Bruce Springsteen - The Bottom Line, NYC, 1975

The Bottom Line had opened in New York’s Greenwich Village the previous year as a “showcase club” where record companies could present their hottest new acts to the media, radio and music industry in an intimate 400-seat venue. Springsteen’s highly anticipated third album, Born To Run, was slated for release on August 25. His back-up group which had helped generate a buzz for the artist’s dynamic live performances officially became known as The E Street Band in September the previous year. He was booked into the club for five days/two shows a night that began on 13th August in 1975, and promoted with a poster campaign that covered Manhattan with the artist’s leather jacket-clad image.