Overview

• Peter Ames Carlin’s Tonight in Jungleland, released on August 5, offers the first authorized, comprehensive account of Born to Run’s creation
• The book details how Springsteen meticulously refined lyrics and orchestrations note by note, including an all-night marathon to perfect Clarence Clemons’s saxophone solo
• Session tensions escalated when Springsteen threatened to scrap the album, prompting his band and crew to walk out of the studio in protest
• Facing a make-or-break ultimatum from Columbia Records, Springsteen overcame low initial pressings by tripling pre-orders and propelling the album to No. 3 on the Billboard 200
• At 75, Springsteen reflects in the book on his enduring affection for Born to Run and revisits its Jersey Shore roots during anniversary drives