Ultimate Bruce Springsteen -Collectible-New Photo Added
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ADDED NOTE: In looking for confirmation of where these autographs were acquired, I found this photo (from Houston, TX - "Darkness on the Edge of Town" tour) that actually shows the pic sleeve in the photo with Bruce (and no comments about my HUGE mustache!)...
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" b/w "Baby Please Don't Go" with Ronnie Spector
This is an extremely rare pic sleeve single that was signed by Bruce Springsteen and the ENTIRE E Street Band... Autographs: Bruce Springsteen / Clarence Clemons / Garry Tallent / Roy Bittan / Danny Federici / Miami Steve Van Zandt / Mighty Max Weinberg
Springsteen has always been very good about signing things, so there are a lot of items out there, but this is truly a unique one, far ahead of the pack and sure to become the centerpiece for someone's Springsteen / E Street Band collection...
The ideal thing would be to take this and get Ronnie Spector's autograph on it!
I personally acquired these autographs in Houston...
ORIGINAL LINER NOTES
Say Goodbye To Hollywood"/ "Baby Please Don't Go"
Ronnie Spector And The E Street Band
Arranged and Produced by Sugar Miami Steve"
It's a great temptation to view Ronnie Spector as a rare and precious treasure that we once held but somehow slipped away. After all, so many of us fell in love the first time we heard her sing -- "Be My Baby," "Do I Love You," "Walking In The Rain," or one of the half dozen other great singles she made as Veronica, lead singer of the Ronettes, with producer (and later husband) Phil Spector, from 1963 to 1965. And since 1965, as Ronnie acknowledges, nothing has quite measured up to the magic of those moments. Well, it only takes about 15 seconds to realize that the magic is back -- it happens in the introduction to "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" with a mighty screech from the hot horn of Clarence Clemons. Clemons plays tenor sax, but it might as well be a herald's trumpet announcing the return of the queen of our hearts. And then Ronnie comes in, once more that invitingly ominous mix of innocence and temptation.She has, as usual, attracted brilliant support. Miami Steve Van Zandt, who produced, played guitar, and wrote, "Baby Please Don't Go," is devoted to expanding and developing rock and soul traditions. "Steve is the first guy since Phil that knows my voice and knows how to handle me," Ronnie says. "And it's amazing, because I never thought that anyone could capture my particular sound on record again like Phil did, in the same way. But Steve did."
Van Zandt had the aid of his cohorts in the ‘E' Street Band on this record. "Say Goodbye To Hollywood" is pure power, but listen also to "Baby Please Don't Go," where Roy Bittan's piano has a music box delicacy and Clemon's sax is used to soothe rather than scourge.
Some of us have dreamed for years of a moment when Ronnie would rise again, the Teen Queen once more, to seduce us with the passion of her music. This is no imitation Ronettes record. Like all works of devotion, it is timeless. And that, I think, is the realization of our dream -- and of Ronnie's. "I'm here," says Ronnie Spector. "I never left." When you hear what's inside, you'll never doubt her.
Dave Marsh
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