Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) b/w The E Street Shuffle (1973)

"4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", often known just as "Sandy", is a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen, originally appearing as the second song on his album The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle.

Set on, as the title suggests, the Fourth of July in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the song is a powerful love ballad, dedicated to one Sandy and describing the depressing atmosphere that threatens to smother the love between the singer and Sandy. Locals include the "stoned-out faces," "switchblade lovers" and "the greasers" who "tramp the streets or get busted for sleeping out on the beach all night." The singer is tired of "hangin' in them dusty arcades" and "chasin' the factory girls."

A - Sandy (4th Of July, Ashbury Park) (5:31)
written-by: Bruce Springsteen / produced-by: Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos
B - The E Street Shuffle (4:23)
written-by: Bruce Springsteen / produced-by: Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos

Label:   Columbia Records
Genre:   Folk Rock

Bruce Springsteen - Badlands b/w Something In The Night (1978)

"Badlands" was the leadoff track on Bruce Springsteen's fourth studio album "Darkness on the Edge of Town", and the second single after "Prove It All Night".
The song tells the story of a man down on his luck and angry at the world, who wants a better lot in life.

Artist:  Bruce Springsteen
Single:  Badlands (4:02) b/w Something In The Night (5:14)
Release:  1978
Label:  Columbia
Genre:  Rock
Producer:  Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau
Written-by:  Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973)

"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" is a 1973 song by Bruce Springsteen, from his "The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle" album, and is especially famed as a concert number for Springsteen and The E Street Band. The song, which clocks in at just over seven minutes, is a story of forbidden love between the singer and the titular Rosalita, whose parents disapprove of his life in a rock and roll band.
Never released as a single and generally unknown upon its initial album release, "Rosalita" began to get FM radio airplay when an advance version of "Born to Run" was given out to rock radio stations. As Springsteen gained commercial success, "Rosalita" became one of his most popular airplay tracks, and is still heard on classic rock radio.

Song: Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (7:04)
Released: September 11, 1973
Recorded: 1973 at 914 Sound Studios in Blauvelt, New York
Genre: Rock
Label: Columbia Records
Producer: Mike Appel, Jim Cretecos

Bruce Springsteen - My Hometown (1985)

"My Hometown" is a single by Bruce Springsteen off his "Born In The U.S.A". album, that was the record-tying seventh and last top 10 single to come from it, peaking at #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. The song is a synthesizer-based, low-tempo number that features Springsteen on vocals. Some of the song's images reference the recent history of Springsteen's own hometown of Freehold Borough, New Jersey, in particular the racial strife in 1960s New Jersey and economic tensions from the same times.

Song - My Hometown (4:33)
Label - CBS Records
Genre - Rock
Producer - Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin, Jon Landau, Steve Van Zandt
Mixed By - Bob Clearmountain
Recorded By - Toby Scott
Written-By - Bruce Springsteen