I was Born to Run

 

God, the times I listened to this!  Released on August 25, 1975, about a month before my 15th birthday, Born to Run proved to be one of the soundtracks to my youth. A real corker of an album, from the days when every track counted.

I think I remember buying a boxed set next, which included  Darkness on the Edge of Town,  Greetings from asbury park, The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle? I can't find a reference to it on the net though.

By the time The River came out in 1980, I'd moved on to pastures & sounds new, although you'll have a hard job persuading me that he released anything to match these first 4 cuts. Along came 1977, punk & all that, and my time for Bruce diminished.

Wiki on Loose Windscreen

As an aside, Steven Van Zandt, aka Little Steven or Miami Steve, was a long time member of Bruce's band, and of course In 1999, Van Zandt took one of the lead roles in The Sopranos, playing level-headed but deadly mob consigliere and strip club owner Silvio Dante. What a life he must have led. I wonder if that's his arse on the cover of Born To Run...