BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ghost of tom joad - 1995 COLUMBIA MINT

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Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost of Tom Joad ...

rare 1995 US first pressing COLUMBIA label - extremely rare find on vinyl !!

rare US very first press vinyl LP released 1995 on COLUMBIA stereo label with catalognumber C67484. Cover with original innersleeve and vinyl all AS NEW in pristine NEARMINT/MINT condition - perfect!  Best copy I have seen in many years... Fantastic masterpiece by Bruce Springsteen recorded with true audiophile soundquality... see photo.

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The Ghost of Tom Joad is the eleventh studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1995 (see 1995 in music). The album was recorded and mixed at Thrill Hill during the spring and summer of 1995. Musically and lyrically reminiscent of Springsteen's 1982 critically acclaimed album Nebraska, The Ghost of Tom Joad received mostly favorable reviews. Mikal Gilmore of Rolling Stone called it "Springsteen's best album in ten years," and considered it "among the bravest work that anyone has given us this decade." However, it reached only #11 on the Billboard 200, breaking a string of eight consecutive Top 5 studio albums in the U.S for Springsteen.

The album is mainly backed by acoustic guitar work and the lyrics on many of the tracks are a somber reflection of life in the mid-1990s in America and Mexico. Tom Joad is the protagonist of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Springsteen has commented that he was first inspired by John Ford's film of the novel.

The album's release was followed by Springsteen's solo acoustic Ghost of Tom Joad Tour.

Track listing:

All songs were written by Bruce Springsteen.

1. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" – 4:23
2. "Straight Time" – 3:25
3. "Highway 29" – 3:39
4. "Youngstown" – 3:52
5. "Sinaloa Cowboys" – 3:51
6. "The Line" – 5:14
7. "Balboa Park" – 3:19
8. "Dry Lightning" – 3:30
9. "The New Timer" – 5:45
10. "Across the Border" – 5:24
11. "Galveston Bay" – 5:04
12. "My Best Was Never Good Enough" – 2:00

Personnel:

• Bruce Springsteen – bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, vocals, producer
• Danny Federici – accordion, keyboards
• Gary Mallaber – drums
• Garry Tallent – bass
• Soozie Tyrell – violin, background vocals
• Patti Scialfa – background vocals
• Toby Scott – engineer
• Greg Goldman – recording assistant
• Terry Magovern – research
• Sandra Choron – art direction
• Eric Dinyer – cover art
• Pam Springsteen – interior photographs

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