Though much is made of the six months it took to record "Born to Run", "Jungleland" was not completed until 19 months after its first rehearsal take on January 8, 1974 at 914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York. It was on July 12, 1974 at The Bottom Line, New York, that Springsteen finally decided to debut it live; at this juncture is still very much of a piece like other jazzed-up mini-operas from "The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle", influenced by David Sancious.