{"product_id":"bruce-springsteen-discography-map","title":"Bruce Springsteen Discography Tube Map Art Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eA gift for Bruce Springsteen fans who could not say from memory which records are E Street and which he made alone, because this separates them: every credited musician running as their own line across 21 albums. They own the records already, and this is the part the sleeves never show at a glance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper, textured matte, archival and acid-free. Produced unframed or framed. Deeply researched and designed by me in East Sussex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI plot these in CAD software. Every credited musician becomes a transit line, every album becomes a station, and anyone who appears only once gets a branch line of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stations run chronologically from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. in 1973, through Born to Run, Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A., to Only the Strong Survive in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy this Bruce Springsteen discography tube map art makes a gift fans keep\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe E Street Band is one of the longest continuous line-ups in American rock, and continuity is far easier to see as lines than to hold in your head. The map also shows you exactly where that continuity stops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis particular design is held in the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University. It is the kind of present that gets framed and kept rather than opened once and shelved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContributing musicians on the map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNebraska is the strangest station on the print. Every other line stops dead at 1982, because Springsteen is the only credited musician on it, so the map narrows to a single thread and then widens again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClarence Clemons has the longest reach of the band, thirteen albums from the 1973 debut through to High Hopes. Danny Federici's organ covers twelve, and Garry Tallent and Roy Bittan twelve apiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMax Weinberg holds eleven and Steven Van Zandt ten, his line dropping out after Born in the U.S.A. and rejoining much later. Patti Scialfa's line starts at Tunnel of Love in 1987 and then runs almost unbroken to Letter to You.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVini Lopez is the shortest of the founding lines, drumming on the first two albums and no others. David Sancious leaves after Born to Run, then reappears on Human Touch and again, decades later, on Western Stars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo family lines meet on Working on a Dream. Danny Federici appears on the record, and his son Jason plays the accordion on The Last Carnival. Evan Springsteen sings backing vocals on High Hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn to Run pulls in a horn section most fans never think about: Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker and David Sanborn all have stations there. Tom Morello arrives late, on Wrecking Ball and High Hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow I make each print\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach one is a Giclée on 230gsm premium fine art paper with a textured matte finish, archival and acid-free, so the colours hold for years. Choose A2 or A1, unframed or framed. These are posters for music obsessives rather than decoration, so put it where someone can stand and follow a line: a hallway, a living room or a studio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cthead\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUK\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eUSA \/ CAN \/ AUS equivalent\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eOrientation\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/thead\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eA2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e594 x 420 mm (23 x 16 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e24 x 18 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eLandscape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eA1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e841 x 594 mm (33 x 23 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003e36 x 24 in\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 8px;\"\u003eLandscape\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this map really held in an archive?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes, this design is held in the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow are the maps drawn?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn CAD software, plotted line by line. Every credited musician is a transit line, every album a station, and one-off contributors branch off the main routes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy does Nebraska look different on the map?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause Springsteen is the only credited musician on it. Every band line stops at that station and picks up again afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho has the longest line after Springsteen?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClarence Clemons, across thirteen albums from the 1973 debut through to High Hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen does Patti Scialfa join?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt Tunnel of Love in 1987, and her line then runs almost unbroken through to Letter to You.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre there family connections on the map?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYes. Jason Federici plays accordion on The Last Carnival, on the same album his father Danny appears on, and Evan Springsteen sings on High Hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are the framing options?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnframed, or supplied framed and ready to hang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRelated Music Maps\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the full range of gifts for music fans at the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/music-wall-art-prints\" title=\"Music gifts for the obsessive fan - all discography tube map art prints\"\u003eGifts for Music Fans collection\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/collections\/music-icons-tube-maps\" title=\"Music icons tube maps and discography art prints\"\u003eMusic Icons collection\u003c\/a\u003e at mikebellmaps.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of American heartland rock and roots songwriting, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/products\/tom-petty-heartbreakers-art-prints-discography-map\" title=\"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers discography map art print\"\u003eTom Petty and the Heartbreakers Discography Map Art Print\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/products\/bob-marley-discography-map\" title=\"Bob Marley discography tube map art print\"\u003eBob Marley Discography Map Art Print\u003c\/a\u003e are natural companion pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MikeBellMaps","offers":[{"title":"A2 - 23x16 in \/ Unframed","offer_id":57080267145591,"sku":"10-SPRING-A2-UNF","price":42.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 - 23x16 in \/ Black Frame","offer_id":57080267178359,"sku":"30-SPRING-A2-BLK","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 - 33x23 in \/ Unframed","offer_id":57080267243895,"sku":"20-SPRING-A1-UNF","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 - 33x23 in \/ Black Frame","offer_id":57080267276663,"sku":"50-SPRING-A1-BLK","price":175.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0445\/9551\/1464\/files\/bruce-springsteen-art-prints-music-maps-fan-gifts-04.jpg?v=1780124244","url":"https:\/\/mikebellmaps.com\/it\/products\/bruce-springsteen-discography-map","provider":"MikeBellMaps","version":"1.0","type":"link"}