Review of 40th Anniversary of Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA (and comparison to 1st EU)

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen legendary album Born in the USA. The album contains Springsteen classics like Dancing in the Dark, Cover Me, I'm On Fire, Glory Days, I'm Going Down and My Hometown. The anniversary is celebrated with a rerelease of the album remastered by Bob Ludwig on red vinyl with a booklet and a litho. What does this new release sound like?
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[@larsbecker4371]

The Springsteen remasters are generally better than the original pressings IMO.

[@Dr.Kleinerhl]

mine is on its way, im so exited

[@top5records796]

Good to hear that! I’m sure you’ll love it!

[@laszlomolnar298]

Thank you for the unboxing video. The album is a spectacular, sonic masterpiece. I have the original Masterdisk US pressing and the remastered reissue. Honestly, I can’t hear the difference. With that said the anniversary edition is a bit lame regarding content.

[@JWD1992]

Fun Fact: I have lived in Freehold-literally the town he sings about in "My Hometown" and which was his real-life hometown-since I was 14. He is worshipped in this area. My good friend Mark (with whom I have sold hundreds, if not thousands, of records online) is the biggest Bruce fan I know. He has seen him well over 100 times. He had already seen him over 100 times by the time I met him over a decade ago, haha. Mark was a teenager in the 80s, and this album was massive for him (although he had already been a fan prior). He has been after a 1st US pressing of this album-in the shrink with the hype sticker that apparently only shows three singles instead of five-for a while now. Also, I'm sure the recent remaster was done at Ludwig's Gateway studio in Portland, Maine-my city of birth. I guess I should go grab it, haha.

[@top5records796]

That is really awesome! How is living in Freehold?

[@JWD1992]

@@top5records796 I enjoyed it as a teenager and in my early 20s, but I am looking elsewhere now. I actually just attempted a cross-country move, but had to put it off for a bit for financial reasons. But it's cool saying I live in Springsteentown, haha.

[@davidhartley1155]

Great album .. misunderstood by Ronald Reagan's campaign team and a few fellow travellers

[@top5records796]

They thought the title track was about USA pride?

[@EliteXclutchX21]

@@top5records796yeah😂🤦🤦🤦

[@chuchez]

Looks great...Is it a 180 grams record?

[@davepounds8924]

I have the OG which sounds great! This is a good reissue but I would pass on it I’m hearing that the sound quality isn’t great and I’m not crazy about colored vinyl yet but if you don’t have the original this would be fine

[@top5records796]

Quality is better than the 1st European pressing. But if you have a 1st USA I can imagine being sceptical. Would love to find one of those.

[@EliteXclutchX21]

@@top5records796I can confirm this pressing completely blows a 1st press usa out of the water 1st pressings from the USA are very harsh, closed in and sound very bright

[@Moordiin]

My dad is a huge Springsteen fan and he has been to the tour last year. I thought about buying it for him but idk whether he would like it as a collectable (for now) because we do not own a record player and those can be quite expensive

[@Moordiin]

I would certainly love having my fav albums as a vinyl even without a record player because I just like the vibe but idk about him

[@top5records796]

That’s interesting! What does your father listen to for music? Also; second hands you can find the most wonderful equipment not expensive… The sound of vinyl can be really incredible and open up a new world.

[@spinnerd5979]

Hey man! I would really like to meetup with you some time (I'm from Belgium). Created a channel like yours during the pandemic as well, but failed to keep it running! I feel we could talk for hours about music and it's album history!

[@trep17mag]

Love the album but seeing all that Vinyl garbage is a huge turn off. You cannot play vinyl in your car You cannot set a program of tracks with vinyl. You get horrible crackling noises with it. Its take up way too much storage space. And its more prone to damage.

[@top5records796]

If you handle it with care there are no crackling noises.

[@trep17mag]

@@top5records796 Ok. I had a big record collection in the period 1975 to 1986. I then started buying albums on cassette, especially chrome/metal cassettes. Absolutely brilliant audio quality superior to both vinyl and CD. I then started to change to CD's around 1992. Best thing I ever did. Anyway, Born in the USA is brilliant.

[@EliteXclutchX21]

@@trep17magunfortunately for you vinyl is on a continuing rise as the main form of physical media

[@trep17mag]

@@EliteXclutchX21 Yes. However as I've learned, most people are not smart. My motto is, 'Observe what the herd is doing, then do the opposite!' The thing is I have a number of very rare CD Albums that are worth 10 times what the vinyl version is worth. In 10 years the vinyl craze will die and they'll be seeing the true value of CD.

[@GuitarFabi]

​@@trep17mag I think for most people, including me who just recently got into vinyl records, listening to vinyl isn't purely about sound. It's about having something physical, a big artwork etc. Listening to a record makes me appreciate an album much more because I tend to listen to it in full length, which I wouldn't do if I just skip through Spotify or whatever. It's just a nice ritual and a perfect way to listen to a record for me. There is no right or wrong like you say "I look what the majority doesy and then do the opposite" lol. People are not stupid because they love listening to records man... Art is subjective.

[@Abefroman-lq3md]

Hated this when it came out. Still hate the album now. Springsteen and his hypocrisy is too much for me. I will not give him or the record company a penny.

[@top5records796]

Interesting! Why hypocrisy?

[@Abefroman-lq3md]

@@top5records796 . He is a multimillionaire elite who tries to play the working class hero. He pranced around Hollywood with all the rest of the deviants and hypocrites waving their little flags and spouting sound bites about wokism. He has nothing to do with the normal person. He has been churning out the same old musical verbal diarrhoea for 40 plus years.