On Born to Run’s 50th Anniversary, Recalling The Song’s Birthplace

On Born to Run’s 50th Anniversary, Recalling The Song’s Birthplace

Plaque at the site for the former 914 Sound Recording Studios in Blauvelt, NY, which was unveiled in 2016. Photo by Clare Sheridan. In 2015, I wrote about the recording of Bruce Springsteen’s rock-and-roll anthem “Born to Run” on the album’s 40th anniversary, which led to the unveiling of a historic plaque at the site a year later. I revisited and revised the story on the album’s 50th anniversary. Fifty years ago this month — Aug. 25, 1975 —  th…