The River sessions

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The River sessions were Bruce Springsteen’s intensive 1979–1980 recording sessions that produced his double album "The River" and a large body of outtakes later released on archival collections.

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instanceOf Bruce Springsteen recording sessions
music production process
recording sessions
albumTypeProduced double album
archivalMaterialReleasedOn The Essential Bruce Springsteen bonus disc
The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
Tracks
artist Bruce Springsteen
associatedAlbum The River
associatedTour The River Tour
characteristic combination of rockers and ballads
large volume of recorded material
endYear 1980
followedBy Nebraska sessions
genre rock
label Columbia Records
locationStudio The Power Station, New York City
The Record Plant, New York City
linked to: The Record Plant
notableOuttakeRecorded Loose Ends
Meet Me in the City
Restless Nights
Roulette
Take ’Em as They Come
Where the Bands Are
notableSongRecorded Hungry Heart
Independence Day
Out in the Street
Point Blank
Sherry Darling
The River
The Ties That Bind
Two Hearts
precededBy Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions
primaryBand E Street Band
producer Bruce Springsteen
Chuck Plotkin
Jon Landau
Steven Van Zandt
resultedInRelease The Essential Bruce Springsteen
The River
The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
Tracks
songwritingTheme economic hardship
marriage and responsibility
working-class life
startYear 1979
subgenre heartland rock
timePeriod early 1980s
late 1970s

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The Price You Pay recordedFor The River sessions
Independence Day isOnSide The River (double album)
linked to: The River sessions
Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A. (sessions) precededBy The River (sessions)
linked to: The River sessions