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Bruce Springsteen The River
1980 2x Vinyl
Folk Rock
Pop Rock

Main image
CBS, CBS
acoustic guitar, electric guitar Steve Van Zandt
art direction, design, photography by [other] Jimmy Wachtel
backing vocals Clarence Clemons
backing vocals Roy Bittan
backing vocals Steve Van Zandt
bass Garry Tallent
drums Max Weinberg
engineer [assistant] Dana Bisbee
engineer [assistant] Garry Rindfuss
engineer [assistant] James Farber
engineer [assistant] Jeff Hendrickson
engineer [assistant] Raymond Willard
lacquer cut by Ken Perry
lyrics by, music by Bruce Springsteen
management Jon Landau Management
mastered by Ken Perry
tracks a1 to a5, b2 to d4 mixed by Chuck Plotkin
tracks a1 to a5, b2 to d4 mixed by Toby Scott
organ Danny Federici
photography by [cover, other] Frank Stefanko
photography by [other] Amanda Flick
photography by [other] Barry Goldenberg
photography by [other] David Gahr
photography by [other] Joel Bernstein
piano Roy Bittan
producer Bruce Springsteen
producer Jon Landau
producer Steve Van Zandt
tracks a2 to d2, d4 recorded by Neil Dorfsman
saxophone, percussion Clarence Clemons
technician [digital operator] Jim Bauerlein
vocals, electric guitar [6 & 12 string], harmonica Bruce Springsteen
Recorded At Power Station
Mixed At Clover Recorders
Phonographic Copyright (p) Bruce Springsteen
Copyright (c) Bruce Springsteen
Copyright (c) CBS Inc.
Mastered At Capitol Mastering
Pressed By CBS, Haarlem
Recorded at The Power Station, New York City
Mixed at Clover Recording Studios, Los Angeles

Special Thanks to Neil Dorfsman and Chuck Plotkin

On labels: Made in Holland
On back cover: Printed in Holland

Issued with printed cardboard inner sleeves and a 4-page lyrics insert.

Misprint on inner sleeve of record 2: Held Up Without A Gun is printed between Point Blank and Cadillac Ranch in C-side tracklist, but not on C-side label and the back cover.
Rights Society: BIEM / STEMRA
Label Code: LC 0149
Price Code: CB 252 (Boxed)
Price Code: 61 (Encircled)
Other: 88510-1/2 (Inner sleeve, record 1)
Other: 88510-3/4 (Inner sleeve, record 2)
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