Bruce Springsteen signed Bob Dylan to the same label a decade earlier. Despite the expectations of Columbia Records' executives that Springsteen would record an acoustic album, he brought many of his New Jersey-based colleagues into the studio with him, thus forming the E Street Band (although it would not be formally named for several months). His debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.", released in January 1973, established him as a critical favorite though sales were slow. Because of Springsteen's lyrical poeticism and folk rock-rooted music exemplified on tracks like "Blinded by the Light" and "For You", as well as the Columbia
Christmas Greetings (album) Disc 1: (24658) Disc 2: (24659) Disc 3: (24670) The 1949 10" LP album issue Decca DL 5020 consisted of Decca A-715 (details above) plus two additional songs "The Christmas Song" and "O Fir Tree Dark". The album was also issued as catalog number 9-66 in the form of three 45rpm vinyl discs in 1950 with identical tracks to the 78rpm release A-715. Subsequently, it was issued on two EP records numbered ED 561 which included the two extra songs on the 10" LP. Christmas Greetings (album) Christmas Greetings is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby released