Returning hero Andrew Matey joins your aul' muckers Kit 'n' James to tackle the first part of the huge (three CDs. Ten sides of vinyl. God only know how many 8 Tracks) boxset that's part greatest hits and part maniacal, spontaneous reinvention of a back catalogue that was already brimming with what Rolling Stone hailed as enjoying "an embarrassment of riches."

The New York Times described this album was "an unprecedented event in popular recording" and "monumental." Drain Cover Spotters Monthly said "...[it's] not really in our remit, can you please stop calling us?" Find out what we thought by listening now.

In the show's exciting, second* rubber burning departure from Bruce, your pals Kit 'n' James take your exploding heart to the heights that you dare not endure! Meatloaf and Jim Steinman and quite a few E Street Band refugees blast it all up in limitless, deathless teenaged rock 'n' roll.

*(or was it the first? Getting the back catalogue onto Libsyn like this feels a mixture of David Tennant, wearing spectacles he does not need, saying "timey-wimey" and a challenging non-linear post-modern novel.)

In their first non-Springsteen epsiode, James and Kit take a diversion to the miserable hellscape of 1977's UK, and the sonic dirty bomb that is Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols. Expect exuberance, love, a deep dive into the nature and power and limitations of offensive art, and more swearing than normal, as befits the source material. Enjoy or die, as Johnny Rotten might have said before becoming a MAGA fuckhead.

This time out, James and Kit travel back in time to 1979 to place some ill-advised political wagers and, more importantly, check out Bruce Sprengteen (and the E-Street Band) taking some time out from the recording of The River to rock the hell out of Madison Square Gardens. It's a wild and raucous affair, as The Boss shares his 30th birthday party with an adoring crowd, and The Boss reminds us all why he is, well, The Boss. It's a first-time visit for James and I, and the love and astonishment is very, very real. Enjoy.

In which James and Kit are joined by drummer (in Kit's new band, no less), friend of the show and lifelong Bruce fan John Busvine, to discuss The Boss's seminal 1978 studio album Darkness On The Edge Of Town. For John, it's a conversation over 30 years in the making, and it's a privilege to get his perspective on an album that's formed part of the soundtrack of his life. Enjoy

James and Kit take on the mammoth task of discussing Springsteen's stadium-filling, career-defining, viagra taking, earth-shaking, bandana quaking, album Born In The USA.

It's their longest episode yet, and they get into their personal history with the record, alongside the record's place in history at large. Enjoy!

In the first time-travel episode, Kit and James find themselves in London, England, in the winter of 1975, just in time to order a round of drinks at the pricy Hammersmith Apollo bar before catching The E-Street band on their first European tour. Expect grunts of appreciation, the occasional long silence of deep appeciation, and the boys digging deep into the superlative barrel to bring you a commentary track across time. Enjoy :)

In In which Kit and James are joined by their brilliant Human Bondage cohost, Christine Kelly, and have a frankly amazing time discussing this obscure, little known album. We're breaking out of here to win.