Interview date: 19 Oct 2016 Interview location: Unknown hotel room, London, England Interview by: Simon Mayo Program: Simon Mayo Drivetime Channel: BBC Radio 2 Aired date: 20 Oct 2016 -------------------------------------------------- Track list: 01- Complete show [1:58:17] 02- Interview clip 1 [3:07] 03- Interview clip 2 [27:47] 04- Interview clip 3 [0:44] -------------------------------------------------- Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07ysthf (complete show) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04cpkh5 (interview clip 1) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04cjxw4 (interview clip 2) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04cjymy (interview clip 3) Lineage: recorded using get_iplayer Web PVR Manager 2.97-windows.0 Format (complete show): M4A (AAC 48000Hz stereo 319kbps) Format (clips): M4A (AAC 48000Hz stereo 128kbps) Recorded and uploaded by: Eddy Wehbe Recorded and uploaded on: 30 Oct 2016 Included: audio tracks (M4A), thumbnails, info file, get_iplayer log, checksum (md5) -------------------------------------------------- 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. Track 01 is the complete Simon Mayo Drivetime show that aired on the following day. The 2-hour radio show includes Simon Mayo's interview with Springsteen (1:06:43 to 1:44:00). 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): Bruce Springsteen In his first Radio 2 interview since 2009, Bruce Springsteen talks exclusively to Simon about his career, his music and his autobiography 'Born To Run'. Simon will ask about some of the revelations in The Boss's hugely acclaimed - and deeply personal - memoir, plus Bruce will also take listeners questions during this special, extended interview. Program notes from bbc.co.uk (about interview clip 1): Bruce Really Is The Boss! Bruce Springsteen tells Simon Mayo why he's been influenced to be such a hard taskmaster. Program notes from bbc.co.uk (about interview clip 2): Bruce Springsteen with Simon Mayo In his first Radio 2 interview since 2009, Bruce Springsteen talks exclusively to Simon about his career, his music and his autobiography 'Born To Run'. Simon will ask about some of the revelations in The Boss’s hugely acclaimed – and deeply personal - memoir, plus Bruce will also take listeners questions during this special, extended interview. Program notes from bbc.co.uk (about interview clip 3): Bruce Springsteen: "I wrote a song for a Harry Potter film but they didn't use it" The Boss tells Simon Mayo about an apparently unwanted track he wrote for the film series