CLUB SOUL CITY 
Springsteen's home demo
Club soul
Club soul city
Ooh, oh yeah, ooh
Club soul
Club soul city
Ah, yeah
[recording cut]
Club soul
Club soul city
Whoah, whoah, whoah
Club soul
Club soul city
Ooh, oh
Club soul
Page last updated: 20 Feb 2008
Intro
Music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen, CLUB SOUL CITY was donated to Gary U.S.
Bonds for his 1982 album On The Line. The album was produced by Bruce Springsteen and Steve
Van Zandt.
Springsteen's Version
Between Spring 1981 and Spring 1982, Bruce Springsteen spent much time laying
down home demos at Thrill Hill East, his home studio in Colt's Neck, NJ. These were
non-professional home recordings most of which have first surfaced on The Lost Masters
bootleg series released by Labour Of Love in 1996. CLUB SOUL CITY was one of the few that didn't
make it on the series, but it later surfaced on the Fist Full Of Dollars bootleg released
by E Street Records in 1998.
The above lyrics are for that 55-seconds warm-up take of CLUB SOUL CITY, and
according to Brucebase, it was recorded
sometime between mid-Sep and Dec 1981 at Thrill Hill East. It can now be found on the bootlegs
Fist Full Of Dollars (E Street Records) and How Nebraska Was Born (Godfather
Records).
Brucebase mentions
that CLUB SOUL CITY was recorded by Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band in Jan or Feb 1982 at
The Power Station recording studio in New York City, NY. That recording has never surfaced.
Cover Versions
Gary U.S. Bonds first released CLUB SOUL CITY on his 1982 album On The
Line. See Gary U.S. Bonds' version for
details. Killer Joe also recorded the song and released it on their 1991 album Scene Of The
Crime. See Killer Joe's version for details.
Mikael Rickfors also covered the song on his 1986 album Rickfors.
Live Performances
As far as it's known, Bruce Springsteen has never played CLUB SOUL CITY live.
However, the song was reported to have been practiced during the sound-check of two Human Touch
/ Lucky Town Tour shows.
- 21 Jun 1992 at Forum Assago, Milan, Italy
- 25 Jul 1992 at Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
Available Versions
List of available versions of CLUB SOUL CITY on this website:
Credits / References
Thanks Jake (ol'catfishinthelake from BTX and Greasy Lake) for the lyrics help.
Some of the info on this page are taken from
Brucebase.
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