Interview date: 19 Oct 2016
Interview location: Claridge's, London, England
Interview by: Kirsty Young

Program: Desert Island Discs
Channel: BBC Radio 4
Aired date: 18 Dec 2016

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Track list:

01- Complete show [1:00:34]
02- Interview clip 1 [1:32]
03- Interview clip 2 [2:58]
04- Interview clip 3 [4:11]
05- Interview clip 4 [5:21]
06- Interview clip 5 [1:04]

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Sources:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0855znp (complete show)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04lj8wx (interview clip 1)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04lj8lj (interview clip 2)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04lj7kz (interview clip 3)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04lj641 (interview clip 4)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04lnt37 (interview clip 5)

Lineage: recorded using get_iplayer Web PVR Manager 2.97-windows.0
Format (complete show): M4A (AAC 48000Hz stereo 320kbps)
Format (clips): M4A (AAC 48000Hz stereo 128kbps)

Recorded and uploaded by: Eddy Wehbe
Recorded and uploaded on: 22 Dec 2016

Included: audio tracks (M4A), thumbnails, info file, get_iplayer log, checksum (md5)

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Notes:

On 19 Oct 2016, Bruce Springsteen sat in a designated hotel room in London and gave a number of interviews to promote his autobiography Born To Run. This is the complete Desert Island Discs show that aired two months later. It's an extended edition of the original Radio 4 broadcast. I captured the audio for the complete show, plus the other clips from the interview, as posted on bbc.co.uk using get_iplayer. I left audio in its original format (no conversion).

Program notes from bbc.co.uk (about the complete show):
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Bruce Springsteen.
His career has brought him 20 Grammys, two Golden Globes, an Academy Award and his albums sell in their millions around the world. He grew up in New Jersey where the Catholic church played a central role in his early life. The family teetered on the brink of poverty, and his first guitar was rented, rather than bought. He spent his apprentice years as a musician and singer with local bands before landing a record deal in 1972. When 'Born to Run' was released in 1975 it turned him into a household name. His first Top Ten single was 'Hungry Heart', ahead of his most successful album 'Born in the USA' which was released in 1984.
In spite of having long transcended the environment he grew up in, Springsteen has remained a chronicler of blue-collar lives. His records are frequently a political commentary on the struggles of ordinary Americans. In the Nineties he settled into family life with his wife Patti Scialfa who sings with his E Street Band.
Producer: Cathy Drysdale.

Program notes from bbc.co.uk (about interview clip 1):
Bruce Springsteen: ‘It’s like a torrent that floods your soul’
Bruce Springsteen describing Bob Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone’.

Program notes from bbc.co.uk (about interview clip 2):
Bruce Springsteen: ‘Just naming it can help’
Bruce Springsteen on coping with depression.

Program notes from bbc.co.uk (about interview clip 3):
Bruce Springsteen: ‘I was an ambitious young man’
Bruce Springsteen on having the confidence to write ‘Born to Run’.

Program notes from bbc.co.uk (about interview clip 4):
Bruce Springsteen ‘I’d practise dance moves in front of the mirror’
Bruce Springsteen on preparing for Friday nights at the YMCA.

Program notes from bbc.co.uk (about interview clip 5):
Bruce Springsteen ‘At the end of the night I’d sing Twist & Shout’
Bruce Springsteen on his early days on stage.