Bruce Springsteen Complete (Paperback)

by Bruce Springsteen (Author) "ADAM RAISED A CAIN..." (more)
Key Phrases: big things one day, next strain, tie girl, All Rights Reserved, Moderate Rock, Bright Rock (more...)

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Product Description
This all-inclusive volume contains 76 songs from his first seven albums plus 17 more titles written or co-written by Bruce Springsteen, in 'fakebook style' that includes many transcribed parts and chord frames for guitar plus all the vocal parts with complete lyrics. There are also six pages of full-color photos.

Product Details

• Paperback: 236 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0769273602
• ISBN-13: 978-0769273600
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #446,965 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Useful book, though somewhat uninformative., October 16, 2001

By	D. F. Shay (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I purchased this book, I did not know exactly what "fakebook" style meant. Apparently, it means that the notes correspond not to the notes actually played by the guitar, but to the notes sung by Bruce. Personally, I was rather disappointed with this discovery, and had hoped for a more in-depth transcription of the music. The chords and chord charts are useful if you just can't quite figure out exactly which chord is being played in certain songs, although a lot of Bruce's early stuff is pretty easy to figure out by ear, if you've got an ear for music. Overall, I've given the book two stars, however, in all fairness, I think that any review of a book like this will be influenced by the reviewer's experience level as a guitarist. This book would be great for beginners and lower-level intermediate players, or for players who just want to learn the basic chord structure of the songs. If you want to learn solos, or the more nuanced stuff that you can't always pick out of the background, look elsewhere.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Complete, but Inconvenient, July 11, 2005

By	-TMcN- (Snohomish, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This is a Fakebook of the vocals, not the music so much. So no musical bridges, and it's aimed at solo instruments rather than piano or guitar. It does have all (or at least a very large amount of) his songs, but it's the vocal part it has, with a few areas of instrumental notes called out.

The biggest problems with this book are that it has a glued binding, so it won't lie flat easily without loosening the pages, and that the songs most often begin on the right-page and require a page flip even when only two pages long. The music is good, and it has a lot of great stuff he wrote but wasn't famous for such as "Because the Night" (made famous by 10,000 Maniacs) and "Blinded By The Light". But be prepared for some annoyances due to the binding and layout.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT GUITAR BOOK, December 12, 2003

By A Customer

I found this book with my dad's old guitar.....I started reading it and I realized that I had just found a gold mine.... I loved it 'cause it helped me improve my guitar skills and I enjoyed practicing because I love Springsteen's songs..... His work is known to be excellent and this book just goes to prove it.......

I think it's a great gift for anybody who plays the guitar (even if you don't master the instrument, this book could actually help you)!!!