BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (Numbered Hybrid SACD) - CD [MAY 17]

CD - Limited Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD. 

Released only eight months after his exhilarating debut, Bruce Springsteen’s The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle contains rousing dispatches from the boardwalk, the street, the beach, and the bedroom. It explodes with energy, dares to dream, teases with humor, crackles with tragedy, clings to hope, and overflows with discovery, youthfulness, and personality. The songs feature an unforgettable cast of characters illuminated by vivid color, breathtaking detail, and poetic action. Musically, the heartfelt 1973 record is inhabited by cinematic arrangements steeped in rock ‘n’ roll, soul, jazz, and R&B. It finds the New Jersey native looking beyond the parameters of his preceding record and seeking to move on from environments he knows well by rushing headlong toward unknown territories, adventures, and people. Underpinned by the singer-guitarist’s ambitious poetic enterprise and will to succeed, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle is the album on which Springsteen becomes the Boss.

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s renowned mastering system, Mobile Fidelity’s numbered-edition hybrid SACD of Springsteen’s sophomore effort plays with a clarity, energy, presence, and openness that complement the expressiveness, dynamics, and scope of the seven restless compositions on which the E Street Band makes its debut. Everything from the separation between the instruments to the natural decay of the notes and youthful candour of Springsteen’s voice comes across in studio-like fashion. The work that Rolling Stone ranked the 345th Greatest Album of All Time deserves nothing less. A never-ending invitation to act real cool and stay up all night, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle always feels alright. 

• The Soulful Rock ‘n’ Roll Revue on Which Bruce Springsteen Becomes the Boss: The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle Teems with Discovery, Youthfulness, and an Unforgettable Cast.

• Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s Renowned Mastering System for Audiophile Sound: Numbered-Edition Hybrid SACD Plays with Terrific Clarity, Energy, Presence, and Openness.

• Album on Which the E Street Band Debuts Includes “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)” and “4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)”.

Tracklist:

1. The E Street Shuffle
2. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
3. Kitty’s Back
4. Wild Billy’s Circus Story
5. Incident on 57th Street
6. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
7. New York City Serenade