Bruce Springsteen : Becoming the Boss-1949-1985 / MVD Entertainment Group.

This video documentary traces the years Bruce Springsteen spent perfecting his art, via the various bands that he played with in the bars and nightspots of New Jersey to his signing with Columbia Records. Experts discuss his third, breakthrough album Born To Run, recorded in 1975 to critical and com...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
MVD Entertainment Group
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2013], ©2005.
Edition:Unauthorized.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
Springsteen, Bruce.
Music > Performance.
Rock music.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (90 min.) : sound, color
Variant Title:
Becoming the Boss-1949-1985
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Introduction: Bruce Springsteen: Becoming the Boss- 1949-1985 (Unauthorized) (2:01)
  • Springsteen's Background (2:09)
  • Childhood Musical Interest (2:30)
  • Castiles (2:07)
  • Castiles' Success (1:52)
  • Springsteen's Castiles Days (2:00)
  • Ashbury Park (2:13)
  • The Upstage (1:19)
  • Vinny Lopez (2:51)
  • Steel Mill (2:14)
  • Tinker's Role (1:36)
  • Early Springsteen as Live Performer (2:06)
  • Robbin Thompson (3:11)
  • Love Triangle (1:40)
  • New Direction (3:38)
  • Financial Challenges (1:45)
  • Music Business Connections (2:03)
  • Dylan Comparison (2:27)
  • Greetings from Asbury Park (3:00)
  • Springsteen's Band under Appel (3:59)
  • Recognition of Springsteen's Identity (1:33)
  • Band Grows (1:28)
  • Richard Blackwell (1:10)
  • Albee Tellone (1:52)
  • The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (1:59)
  • Lopez-Appel Conflict (1:19)
  • Landau Boosts Springsteen (0:54)
  • Live Performer (2:51)
  • Landau and Born to Run (1:10)
  • Born to Run (1:34)
  • Road as Metaphor (2:35)
  • Suing Appel (2:49)
  • "Darkness on the Edge of Town" (3:33)
  • Slow Pace (1:26)
  • The River (1:51)
  • European Response (2:03)
  • Nebraska (3:06)
  • Born in the U.S.A. (2:21)
  • Patriotic Protest Song (2:09)
  • Springsteen as American Icon (2:46)
  • Credits: Bruce Springsteen: Becoming the Boss- 1949-1985 (Unauthorized) (0:27)
  • Albee Tellone Performance (1:11)