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Article: Greetings from THE BOSS'S BACK YARD; Asbury Park, the New Jersey seaside town that inspired Springsteen, is emerging from the doldrums; 'The beaches are starting to fill. It's within a decade of being very cool again'said Bruce.(Features)
- Article from:
- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2009
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Byline: Steve Turner
ASKING for a round-trip to Asbury Park at New York's Penn Station felt like enquiring about a ticket to Valhalla or Brigadoon. There seemed to be a real chance that the place existed only in legend, albeit rock 'n' roll legend.
Like most people, I first heard of the New Jersey town when I saw the now-iconic postcard used on the cover of Bruce Springsteen's 1973 debut album Greetings From Asbury Park, where images of sand, water and entertainment were tackily enclosed within the large letters of the resort's name.
The rest of what I knew came from the songs. I had heard about the boardwalk, the casino and a fortune-teller ...
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Article: Who's the Boss? Asbury Park.
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July 21, 2002 ;
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... ... tour of the crumbling resort of Asbury Park -- seen on "The Sopranos ... block wide and 10 blocks long, Ocean Avenue was -- back in the day -- the ... WNEW-FM that aired live from the Asbury Park boardwalk in the early '80s ...
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