Talk:Born to Run/Archive 1

Archive 1

B-class

Set Class to B & Importance to top Megamanic 08:41, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Album Cover

Ultra-thin lettering was used on the mass produced version, which at the time was unheard of, and something of a design classic. It wasn't unprecedented for Springsteen. His previous album, The Wild..., also had ultra-thin lettering on the cover. --Diamonddog13 19:00, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

• • Sorry man, I created the text about the album cover. I hear you, but to be true the thin lettering on the cover was the first time on an album to reach a mass audience, like the iPod was the first time Apple's ultra- sleek designs reached a mass audience. [13:28, June 2, 2007 86.132.226.54]

Assessment comment

The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:Born to Run/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.

Y All the start class criteria Y A completed infobox, including cover art and most technical details Y At least one section of prose (excluding the lead section) Y A track listing containing track lengths and authors for all songs Y A full list of personnel, including technical personnel and guest musicians Y Categorisation at least by artist and year Y A casual reader should learn something about the album. Andrzejbanas (talk) 08:02, 24 June 2008 (UTC) Ultra-thin lettering was used on the mass produced version, which at the time was unheard of, and something of a design classic. It wasn't unheard of for Springsteen. His previous album, The Wild, The Innocent..., also had ultra thin lettering on the cover. --Diamonddog13 18:57, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

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Clarence Clemons question

I just saw the PBS special on the "Born to Run" concert in England in 1975. In one song near the end I heard what sounded like a very long soprano saxophone note (though they didn't show the player). Does this mean that Clarence Clemons plays the soprano sax in addition to the tenor (with which he's usually associated)? If this is true, I'll need to add this info in several places on Wikipedia. Thanks if anyone knows the answer to this. Badagnani 05:28, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Most Sax players can, don't know for sure but I'd guess it is Clarence [08:41, August 24, 2006 Megamanic]

Clarence has been known to play soprano sax on occasion, and more frequently bari sax. But the album's song credits only say "saxophone", "saxophones", or "tenor saxophone", so we can't really list soprano sax here. Wasted Time R (talk) 18:01, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Clemons deffinately didn't play soprano in "Born to Run" in that concert, because he plays tenor all the way through. Although on this album you can hear the very distinctive sound of a bari sax on "Thunder Road" and "Born to Run", although definately on "Thunder Road" at the end. The credits also say Clemons played "saxophones" on that track as well, so should tenor and bari saxes be added instead of just saxophones?Kitchen roll (talk) 22:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

30th Anniversary Edition

I am curious why information about the 30th anniversary rerelease should be excluded from the article. Is there a separate article about that edition? If so, I think there should at least be a link from this one. Rlendog (talk) 04:22, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

No good reason, just nonsense from User:Be Black Hole Sun, who has since been banned. I've restored the section. Wasted Time R (talk) 17:50, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

review tag

An anonymous editor recently added the review tag to the article ("this article reads like a review"). I don't see how this is correct, as the article mostly deals with facts about the album and all critical statements are properly cited. I'm going to remove the tag -- if the anon (or anyone else) feels differently, let's discuss here first. Jgm (talk) 12:44, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

I agree with you, most of the article deals with facts about the album, and the review section is sourced. --Falcorian ^(talk) 23:38, 23 May 2009 (UTC)