Today in Rock History with Chris DeCarlo

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AUGUST 25 

ON THIS DAY IN 1975 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN RELEASES HIS BREAKTHROUGH THIRD STUDIO ALBUM, ‘BORN TO RUN’, BRINGING HIM MAINSTREAM SUCCESS. THE LP FEATURES THE TITLE TRACK PLUS “TENTH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT”, “THUNDER ROAD” AND “JUNGLELAND”.  

METALLICA ISSUE THEIR FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, ‘…AND JUSTICE FOR ALL’ TODAY IN 1988, THE FIRST TO FEATURE BASSIST JASON NEWSTED. THE LP IS 8X PLATINUM AND INCLUDES THE TITLE TRACK ALONG WITH “ONE” AND “HARVESTER OF SORROW”.  

AND TODAY IN 1994, ROBERT PLANT AND JIMMY PAGE REUNITE IN A LONDON STUDIO TO RECORD THEIR VERSION OF MTV “UNPLUGGED,” WHICH THEY CALLED “UNLEDDED.”