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Originally released as three separate albums, I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME, THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL and HEARTS OF STONE. This 20-song collection combines two albums from rock act Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes: I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME (originally released in 1976) and THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL, released in 1977. Personnel: Southside Johnny (vocals, harmonica); Miami Steve (vocals, guitar); Carlo Novi (vocals, tenor saxophone); Rick Gazda, Tony Palligrosi (vocals, trumpet); Richie Rosenberg (vocals, trombone); Kevin Kavanaugh (vocals, celesta, keyboards); Kenny Pentifallo (vocals, drums, tambourine); Allan Berger (vocals); Billy Rush (guitar); Robert Zelnick, Cathy Tait, Marion Head, Naomi Anner, Barbara Sonies, David Madison, Charles Parker (violin); Dave Barnett, Pete Rosato, Nardo Poy, Karen Dreyfus (viola); Bob Malach (tenor saxophone); Ernest Carter (congas, timpani). Audio Mixer: Jimmy Iovine. Liner Note Authors: John Tobler; Bruce Springsteen. Photographer: Michael Funk. Arrangers: Miami Steve; Southside Johnny; Bruce Springsteen. Southside Johnny is a great, yet sadly overlooked, white soul singer, responsible for some of the finest bar band rock to ever emerge from the East Coast. Many fans point to 1976's I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME, 1977's THIS TIME IT'S FOR REAL, and 1978's HEARTS OF STONE as Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes' artistic peak. This is a hard point to argue after hearing the high quality of these three discs. This box set is a true collection of Southside Johnny classics, as evidenced by such tracks as "Trapped Again," "I Don't Want To Go Home," "The Fever," "Love on the Wrong Side of Town," and countless others.
