Comments on: Cover Me: Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. http://prettyfakes.com/2007/01/cover-me-greetings-from-asbury-park-nj/ Pouring bourbon on the line that separates art from trash. And then? Setting it on fire. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bosshead http://prettyfakes.com/2007/01/cover-me-greetings-from-asbury-park-nj/comment-page-1/#comment-135588 Bosshead Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:57:33 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=941#comment-135588 Well I went on a little stalking mission in October to Rumson, NJ and then Asbury Park. There was a little shop there on the boardwalk and I asked if they had any of these postcards. She told me she orders them by the hundreds but they sell out immediately. Then she said "oh wait!" and pulled 2 of them from underneath the cash register drawer. So now I have on and my sister does too! I only regret that we did not have the time to find the local post office and have it mailed from Asbury Park, NJ!! Well I went on a little stalking mission in October to Rumson, NJ and then Asbury Park. There was a little shop there on the boardwalk and I asked if they had any of these postcards. She told me she orders them by the hundreds but they sell out immediately. Then she said “oh wait!” and pulled 2 of them from underneath the cash register drawer. So now I have on and my sister does too! I only regret that we did not have the time to find the local post office and have it mailed from Asbury Park, NJ!!

]]> By: Marty Carman http://prettyfakes.com/2007/01/cover-me-greetings-from-asbury-park-nj/comment-page-1/#comment-123574 Marty Carman Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:02:18 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=941#comment-123574 I grew up in two places: Jersey City and Manahawkin. Once, back in 1970 we were headed to the "Coffee House" in Beach Haven to hear someone named Bruce Springsteen, a local boy. We got tired of trying to get a ride via hitchhiking, so we gave up. I never did see him and regret not trying harder. Well this local boy sure made it big. Love him. I grew up in two places: Jersey City and Manahawkin. Once, back in 1970 we were headed to the “Coffee House” in Beach Haven to hear someone named Bruce Springsteen, a local boy. We got tired of trying to get a ride via hitchhiking, so we gave up. I never did see him and regret not trying harder. Well this local boy sure made it big. Love him.

]]> By: bo sprangsten http://prettyfakes.com/2007/01/cover-me-greetings-from-asbury-park-nj/comment-page-1/#comment-114703 bo sprangsten Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:34:51 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=941#comment-114703 Hi Guys, when I visited Asbury Park in the beginning of the 90's I met an old gentleman in a newsagency and I asked him where I could find and buy this famous postcard, he told me that it have never existed for real, it was all a mock-up for this album, which is a true mile-stone in the rock history... Hi Guys, when I visited Asbury Park in the beginning of the 90’s I met an old gentleman in a newsagency and I asked him where I could find and buy this famous postcard, he told me that it have never existed for real, it was all a mock-up for this album, which is a true mile-stone in the rock history…

]]> By: Scott http://prettyfakes.com/2007/01/cover-me-greetings-from-asbury-park-nj/comment-page-1/#comment-34052 Scott Sat, 03 Feb 2007 17:17:11 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=941#comment-34052 A damn fine read, gentlemen. Looking forward to the next entry... A damn fine read, gentlemen. Looking forward to the next entry…

]]> By: bobby http://prettyfakes.com/2007/01/cover-me-greetings-from-asbury-park-nj/comment-page-1/#comment-33793 bobby Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:18:24 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=941#comment-33793 and still one of Springsteen's best and deepest luv songs, For You and still one of Springsteen’s best and deepest luv songs, For You

]]> By: gorjus http://prettyfakes.com/2007/01/cover-me-greetings-from-asbury-park-nj/comment-page-1/#comment-33778 gorjus Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:06:19 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=941#comment-33778 Yeah, this was a <a href="http://www.backstreets.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BR&Product_Code=PROGREETPC&Category_Code=080">pre-existing postcard</a>, and we updated above to note that it was made by the Tichnor Bros., a venerable Boston-based postcard outfit. Yeah, this was a pre-existing postcard, and we updated above to note that it was made by the Tichnor Bros., a venerable Boston-based postcard outfit.

]]> By: bulb http://prettyfakes.com/2007/01/cover-me-greetings-from-asbury-park-nj/comment-page-1/#comment-33756 bulb Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:31:02 +0000 http://prettyfakes.com/?p=941#comment-33756 It's also not about the band because they'really wasn't one for this album! That kind of post card was a typical confection of late 1950s/early 1960s tourism (see the recent stamp reissue by state in the same style). I do wonder if there were an original pre-existing post card for Asbury Park. If not, do people now buy facsimiles of 2/3 of an album cover on the "boardwalk"? It’s also not about the band because they’really wasn’t one for this album!

That kind of post card was a typical confection of late 1950s/early 1960s tourism (see the recent stamp reissue by state in the same style). I do wonder if there were an original pre-existing post card for Asbury Park. If not, do people now buy facsimiles of 2/3 of an album cover on the “boardwalk”?

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