Born to Run: Why the Poor Sound Quality?

LOL, almost all of the CBS half-speeds suck; Vlado Meller and crew had almost no idea what they were doing. Very few exceptions, the Abraxas is OK, but the frequency response on so many are completely screwed up. As the rumor goes, CBS asked MoFi what titles they would like to do and then did them themselves. Well, at least they had company, the A&M Audiophile series, while somewhat better than these, is pretty poor, as well.

Interesting explanation, I thought it was just engineering incompetence....I don't listen to the Springsteen CD's unless I'm in my car since on the home rig they are unlistenable to me.
Larry

Never thought that much of BTR but I love Pink Floyds Animals and it sounds like crap, even on my friends super premium vinyl edition it sounds bad...but better.

Agreed-
Springsteen did have a big hand in all aspects of this album! As we all know now, this was his last attempt at a Hit before his Label dropped him.

Wild Billy's Circus Story - that's my favorite Springsteen cut if we're talking sonics. Springsteen's early stuff was pure magic at the time.