Bruce Springsteen’s new studio album with the E Street Band, Letter To You, will be released by Columbia Records on October 23. A rock album fueled by the band's heart-stopping, house-rocking signature sound, the 12 track Letter To You is Springsteen's 20th studio album, and was recorded at his home studio in New Jersey.

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“I love the emotional nature of Letter To You,” says Springsteen. “And I love the sound of the E Street Band playing completely live in the studio, in a way we’ve never done before, and with no overdubs. We made the album in only five days, and it turned out to be one of the greatest recording experiences I’ve ever had.”

Letter to You includes nine recently written Springsteen songs, as well as new recordings of three of his legendary, but previously unreleased, compositions from the 1970s, “Janey Needs a Shooter,” “If I Was the Priest,” and “Song for Orphans.” Springsteen is joined on Letter To You by Roy Bittan, Nils Lofgren, Patti Scialfa, Garry Tallent, Stevie Van Zandt, Max Weinberg, Charlie Giordano and Jake Clemons. The album was produced by Ron Aniello with Bruce Springsteen, mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Bob Ludwig. Letter To You is Springsteen's first time performing with the E Street Band since The River 2016 tour, which was named the year's top global tour by both Billboard and Pollstar.

Bruce Springsteen’s recording career spans over 40 years, beginning with 1973's ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ’ (Columbia Records). He has garnered 20 Grammys, won an Oscar and a Tony, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received a Kennedy Center Honor and was MusiCares’ 2013 Person of the Year. Springsteen’s memoir ‘Born to Run’ (Simon & Schuster) and its companion album ‘Chapter and Verse’ were released in September 2016, and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2016. His historic 236-show run of ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ at Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre from October 2017 to December 2018 also yielded an accompanying soundtrack album and Netflix special. In 2019, Springsteen released 'Western Stars,' his first studio album in five years, and together with longtime collaborator Thom Zimny he co-directed ‘Western Stars,’ a feature film released through Warner Bros.

Over 670 pages long, this is the most in-depth study of Springsteen’s music ever written, the full story of every single song that The Boss has recorded and released during his long and remarkable career. With fascinating insights and detailed information on every track, All the Songs is the complete history of one of the greatest musical legacies of all time.

Arranged chronologically by album, expert authors Margotin and Guesdon  explore the details behind early hits such as Blinded by the Light and Spirit in the Night, to masterpieces such as Born to Run, Hungry Heart, Dancing in the Dark, Born in the U.S.A., The Rising, Tucson Train, and more - including outtakes, covers and rare tracks.

Editor Joe Cottington said, "Bruce Springsteen is a poet, a storyteller and the true voice of America, and we are proud to be publishing such a deep-dive into his incredible body of work. Jean-Michel and Philippe have poured their heart and soul into researching every note of the Boss’s music, and no stone is left unturned – this book is essential reading for any Springsteen fan.”

With hundreds of photographs, this is the single greatest record of his music ever produced.

Bruce Springsteen has sold 135 million albums worldwide and remains one of the world’s most legendary performers. 

About the Authors

Jean-Michel Guesdon is a musician, composer, and sound engineer. With Philippe Margotin, he wrote All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Beatles Release and Bob Dylan: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. He lives in Paris. Philippe Margotin has written many books on music including biographies of Radiohead and U2.

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IRON CITY HOUSEROCKERS’ LOST ‘AMERICAN CLASSIC’

TO RETURN MAY 22 AS EXPANDED 40^TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE 

REISSUE FROM CLEVELAND INTERNATIONAL RECORDS 

 You can pre-order a bundle by clicking here! 

Mick Ronson, Ian Hunter, Steven Van Zandt Lead Original Production Team 

on Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive), 2^nd Album from ‘Best Hard Rock Band in the Country,’ Led by Pittsburgh Rocker Joe Grushecky

“A masterpiece of hard-bitten Rust Belt rock.” – All Music Guide

NASHVILLE (April 15, 2020) – Forty years since a holy trinity of rock and roll royalty united to help oversee the recording sessions for an album hailed by Rolling Stone as “a new American classic,” Cleveland International Records is releasing a greatly expanded 40^th anniversary deluxe reissue this spring of Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive),the sophomore album from the Iron City Houserockers, the gritty, blue-collar outfit led by beloved Pittsburgh rocker Joe Grushecky. 

Mick Ronson (David Bowie), Ian Hunter (Mott The Hoople) and Steven Van Zandt (Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny) combined with co-producers the Slimmer Twins (Steve Popovich Sr. & Marty Mooney) and the Iron City Houserockers to create one of rock’s great lost classics. Their cohesive efforts − as producers, arrangers and players − can finally be rediscovered as an entirely new listening experience May 22 when Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive) is released digitally by the fabled indie label. The remastered two-CD set that includes a bonus disc with 16 previously unreleased tracks of demos and other rarities. The new vinyl edition will include a download card of those same 16 tracks to go with a vinyl replica of the original album. (Street date for physical CDs and vinyl is June 19). The album is available for pre-order NOW at Amazon, iTunes, and www.clevelandinternational.com.

The Iron City Houserockers’ 1979 major label debut, Love’s So Tough, had thrust the band into the national spotlight, with incredible praise from some of the most revered rock critics of all time, including Greil Marcus (“one of the least polished first albums I’ve heard in the past year and one of the best” – Rolling Stone), and Robert Palmer (“bringing fresh energy to a hallowed and somewhat moribund rock tradition” – New York Times). The Houserockers were sharing stages with the J. Geils Band, Patti Smith, Meat Loaf and Iggy Pop, to name a few. Everyone from Neil Young to the members of Pink Floyd was coming to see the Iron City Houserockers in concert.

The heat was on to surpass the first album’s success and Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive) handily delivered. The Iron City Houserockers’ willingness to let Ronson, Hunter and Van Zandt reshape their initial ideas in the studio proved prophetic, and the songs they recorded for the 1980 release put down roots that stretched far outside of Pittsburgh. Greil Marcus, this time for The Village Voice, returned to say the album was “the strongest album an American band has made this year” and “proves the Iron City Houserockers are the best hard rock band in the country.” Creem declared Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive) earns the Iron City Houserockers “a permanent place in the hallowed hall of the immortals.” All Music Guide marveled at the new album’s power surge, saying the band “landed with the impact of a Louisville slugger connecting with a fastball” and crediting Grushecky for songwriting and lead vocals that “seethe with a furious passion that's never less than convincing. … The total commitment of his performance, delivered with the conviction of a man fighting for his life, brings these stories to vivid, sweaty life.” 

Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive) is listed as one of the top eight Essential Heartland Rock records alongside the likes of Bob Seger's Night Moves, and John Mellencamp's Scarecrow, and features many of the Houserockers' signature tunes, including "Pumping Iron,” "Junior's Bar," and "Have A Good Time.” During a 1981 live radio concert in Boston, rabid fans can be heard screaming requests for “Pumping Iron,” an anthem Grushecky penned as a tribute to his home city.

Credit for bringing Ronson, Hunter and Van Zandt to the project lands squarely with Popovich, the famed late record industry exec who founded Cleveland International Records in the mid-‘70s after an historic run in promotion for Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Santana, Janis Joplin, Chicago, Tony Bennett, Earth Wind & Fire, Taj Mahal, Miles Davis, Mott the Hoople, Boston, Tom Jones and dozens more giants too numerous to list. Cleveland International first rocketed into our collective consciousness with Meat Loaf’s epic, multi-platinum global smash Bat Out of Hell. Popvich’s son, Steve Jr., relaunched Cleveland International last year.

Popovich Sr. signed the Iron City Houserockers to Cleveland International (after changing their name from the Brick Alley Band) and secured their MCA deal. At Cleveland International, the band created a unique blend of blue-collar rock informed by a deep love of Chicago blues, early rock and roll and old school soul, all mixed together with dollops of punk and new wave. The core group was Grushecky on vocals and guitar, Gil Snyder on piano and vocals, Ned E. Rankin on drums, Art Nardini on bass, Marc Reisman on harmonica and background vocals, and new recruit Eddie Britt on guitar, replacing founding member Gary Scalese following a serious hand injury.

While the debut album essentially documented the band’s live show as a studio recording, the second record sought – and achieved – more cohesive high ground. Fueling that pursuit, Grushecky wrote Have a Good Time (But Get Out Alive) as Pittsburgh’s steel industry was “going down the chutes,” he says, crushing the local economy and dramatically changing the lives of the population. 

“I started really zeroing in on the characters of Pittsburgh, the people who lived in my neighborhoods, the guys who were coming out and seeing us play every night,” says Grushecky. “The whole identity of Pittsburgh was changing.” 

During one particular show, as the audience was becoming a bit too enthusiastic, Grushecky told a fan, “Man, have a good time, but get out alive!” He suddenly realized he had a good song title, which extended to becoming the perfect banner for the album.

Grushecky credits Van Zandt for making him a better writer by encouraging him to make every lyric of every song count and guiding him through that process. “Steve was great with arranging,” he says. “He gave invaluable input and ideas to the band.”

Ronson and Hunter may have looked like the prototypical rock stars of the day, but Grushecky recalls their personalities belied appearances. “They were salt of the earth guys and they were a team,” he says. “You could tell the strong affection they had for each other. It was an honor for me to work with both of them. I’ll say that to my dying days. It was just a tremendous experience for me.”  

As Hunter fondly remembers: “Joe and the Houserockers were and are an actual rock and roll band.  So many 'rock and roll' bands are not real − they just look and act like they are − and fool people most of the time. These guys are for real − and what a lovely man Joe is.”

In the liner notes, Grushecky offers a remarkably concise analysis of the record that emerged:  “We had great songs and the band was smoking,” he writes. “We all knew something special was happening. The results were a mixture of Pittsburgh rock and roll, Jersey Shore savvy and soul, and English mystic and muscle. Add a dash of Cleveland moxie and an anything goes attitude and a legendary album was born.”

HAVE A GOOD TIME (BUT GET OUT ALIVE) Track Listing:

1.         Have A Good Time (But Get Out Alive)

2.         Don’t Let Them Push You Around

3.         Pumping Iron

4.         Hypnotized

5.         Price of Love

6.         Angela

7.         We’re Not Dead Yet

8.         Blondie

9.         Old Man Bar

10.       Junior’s Bar

11.       Runnin’ Scared

12.       Rock Ola

BONUS TRACKS (Disc 2):

1.         Have A Good Time…But Get Out Alive (demo)

2.         Don’t Let Them Push You Around (demo)

3.         Pumping Iron (demo)

4.         Don’t Stop the Music (demo)

5.         Angela (demo)

6.         Price of Love (demo)

7.         Hold Out (demo)

8.         Rock Ola (demo)

9.         Struggle & Die (demo)

10.       Rock Ola (extended)

11.       Charlena/Blondie

12.       Runnin’ Scared

13.       Runnin’ Scared #2

14.       Hypnotized (A Work In Progress)

15.       Rooster Blues

16.       Do Wah Diddy