LOVE IS A GUN

Home demo version 1

[Spoken (a woman):] Alright?
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] There, on... it's on recording... One, two, there
[Spoken (a woman):] There you go
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] One
[Spoken (a woman):] Let's make sure it's working though
[Spoken (Bruce Springsteen):] It's working

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Info

LOVE IS A GUN is a song written by Bruce Springsteen. It remains officially unreleased and apparently it was not recorded in studio. It's not known if it was even developed into a full song.

The above lyrics are for a demo take of LOVE IS A GUN. It's short snippet consisting of Springsteen singing harmonies. It was recorded solo on acoustic guitar at Springsteen's home in Holmdel, NJ, sometime between January and June 1979.

Another demo take of LOVE IS A GUN is also in circulation. See home demo version 2.

Springsteen recorded many demos at his home around the time The River was being cut in studio. These home demos were not professionally recorded; it seems that Springsteen used a regular cassette recorder. They were just song fragments, and there is much stopping and starting heard as Springsteen records bits and pieces, manually stops the recorder, and then returns sometime later to add more ideas.

Bootleg Releases

This home demo version of LOVE IS A GUN can be found on The Lost Masters Vol. 9 (Labour Of Love) [track 01] bootleg.

Bruce Springsteen -- The Lost Masters Vol. 9 (Labour Of Love)

Credits

Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake at BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.

Available Versions

List of available versions of LOVE IS A GUN on this website:

Page last updated: 11 May 2018