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
Greetings from Cairo, Illinois Greetings from Cairo, Illinois Greetings From Cairo, Illinois is a 2005 concept album and historical album by Stace England with songs referencing the history of Cairo, Illinois from 1858 to 2005. The project encompassed five years of research and two years of writing and recording the music. The songs concern people, places and things throughout Cairo's history including Ulysses S. Grant, the American Civil War, blues music, lynching, the Great Migration (African American), Civil Rights struggles, vigilante groups, Jesse Jackson, political corruption, economic decline and hope for renewal. The album was the subject of a radio documentary on VPRO Dutch