Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. week. There was a dispute not long after the record was recorded—Appel and John Hammond preferred the solo tracks, while Springsteen preferred the band songs. As such, a compromise was reached—the album was to feature five songs with the band ("For You," "Growin' Up," "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?" "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City," and "Lost in the Flood") and five solo songs ("Mary Queen of Arkansas," "The Angel," "Jazz Musician," "Arabian Nights" and "Visitation at Fort Horn"). However, when Columbia Records president Clive Davis heard the album, he felt that it lacked a
Asbury Park, New Jersey a number of grand hotels were built, including the Plaza Hotel. Uriah White, an Asbury Park pioneer, installed the first artesian well water system. As many as 600,000 people a year vacationed in Asbury Park during the summer season in the early years, riding the New York and Long Branch Railroad from New York City and Philadelphia to enjoy the mile-and-a-quarter stretch of oceanfront Asbury Park. By 1912, "The New York Times" estimated that the summer population could reach 200,000. The "country by the sea" destination experienced several key periods of popularity. The first notable era was the 1890s, marked