Bruce Springsteen MisPressing VERY RARE- Working on a Dream- Franz Ferdinand

	£		250
	$		331

Highly unusual copy of Bruce Springsteens - Working on a Dream.

I purchased this American copy of the vinyl album from the states when it was released and it comes in the original cellophane wrapping although has been opened to play the records. Due to a pressing plant error side 2 has three tracks from Franz Ferdinands 3rd album Tonight  (Send Him Away , Twilight Omens and Bite Hard) rather than Working on a Dream , Queen of the Supermarket and What Love Can Do , these being all of side 2 of the Tonight album. Both vinyl discs play as mint however there is some surface scuffing which suggests that the discs may have been taken out in the plant after the error was realised however somehow they got back into the system.

The sleeve is mint being in original cellophane wrapping the vinyl is Ex as described above.

I am an avid Springsteen collector and have neve seen or heard of another mispressing of this type on Ebay or elsewhere therefore the investment is significant

The album was officially announced, along with a track listing, on November 17, 2008.[3] The album first began selling in Germany and Ireland, on January 23.

The album came out of songwriting and recording that Springsteen continued with towards the close of his previous work, 2007's Magic, as the band worked on a video for one of that album's songs.[4][5] "What Love Can Do" was written, in Springsteen's words, as a "love in the time of Bush" meditation, but felt like the start of something new rather than a candidate for Magic.[4] Encouraged by his 2000s producer Brendan O'Brien, Springsteen decided to start work on a new album and wrote "This Life," "My Lucky Day," "Life Itself," "Good Eye," and "Tomorrow Never Knows" during the next week.[4] They were then recorded with the E Street Band members during breaks on their 2007–2008 Magic Tour, with most being finished in just a few takes.[3] This all reflected a faster pace of producing new music than Springsteen had been known for in the past;[4] Springsteen said, "I hope Working on a Dream has caught the energy of the band fresh off the road from some of the most exciting shows we've ever done."[5] As with Magic, most of the tracks were first recorded with a core rhythm section band comprising Springsteen, drummer Max Weinberg, bassist Garry Tallent, and pianist Roy Bittan; other members' contributions were then added subsequently.[6]

The album is the last to feature new work of founding E Street Band members Danny Federici and Clarence Clemons, who died in April 2008 and June 2011, respectively. Federici's son Jason also plays on the album.[7]

Title number "Working on a Dream" was first performed during Springsteen's November 2, 2008 appearance in Cleveland for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign (accompanied by Patti Scialfa), and then a chopped-up airing of the recorded version first appeared during the November 16 NBC Sunday Night Football broadcast at halftime. The intact "Working on a Dream" began airing on radio stations and their websites on November 21;[8][9] it was made available for free download via iTunes and the Sony BMG website on November 24. The track entered the UK Singles Chart at position 195 the following week.[10] A music video appeared on some foreign sites showing the recording of the song. "My Lucky Day" was made available in the United States on amazon.com on December 1, accompanied by a longer music video that showed Springsteen and the band arranging and recording the song.[11] "Life Itself" was released as a free download from amazon.com on December 28, with a music video that featured studio footage interspersed with vague scene snippets that may illuminate the moody song.[12]

On January 12, 2009, the album leaked onto the internet. On January 19, NPR.org scheduled a streaming of it free for a week, in advance of the actual release.[13] Sony BMG's Irish website also began streaming it.[14] An extensive and carefully planned promotional push for Springsteen and the album was put together, incorporating appearances at the Golden Globe Awards, the Barack Obama presidential inauguration, a new greatest hits album, the half-time show of Super Bowl XLIII and an anticipated appearance at the 81st Academy Awards.[15] The last of these went awry when, in what Rolling Stone termed "shocking news," "The Wrestler" was snubbed by the Academy and failed to gain a nomination.[16] Nevertheless, all the activity led Springsteen to say, "This has probably been the busiest month of my life."[17]

An abbreviated version of "Working on a Dream" was included in Springsteen's February 1 performance during the Super Bowl. VH1 Classic aired the documentary Bruce Springsteen: The Making Of 'Working On A Dream' in early February 2009.[18] The Working on a Dream Tour began on April 1, 2009, in the wake of the album's release.

Themes

The release of the first two songs prompted The New York Times to proclaim Springsteen as "more hopeful, less bleak" than on his previous album Magic.[19] It saw this go-around of the Springsteen persona manifesting "the voice of an honest striver redeemed by love and hard work."[19] E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt sees Working on a Dream as part of a trilogy with The Rising and Magic: "They make sense together in terms of sound, concept and writing style. The three records have been a projection more toward the pop-rock form – this one more than the other two."[6]

The album's opener, "Outlaw Pete", which some observers felt borrowed a central riff from Kiss's 1979 disco hit "I Was Made for Lovin' You",[20][21][22][23][24] is more than eight minutes long, while two others clock in at less than three minutes.[7]