The album took over 14 months to record with six months spent recording "Born to Run" alone. E Street Band members David Sancious and Ernest Carter departed after "Born to Run" was completed, and were replaced by Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg on piano and drums, respectively. Springsteen battled with anger and frustration throughout the sessions, saying he heard "sounds in [his] head" that he could not explain to the others in the studio. He also dealt with two producers who had opposing views, which Springsteen had to meet in the middle of. During the recording of "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", Steven Van Zandt conceived the horn parts for the horn players on the spot in the studio after Springsteen and Bittan had failed to write proper ones by the time the players arrived to record. He joined the E Street Band shortly after. Mixing for Born to Run lasted until July 20, 1975, just before a concert tour began.
the album took over 14 months to record with six months spent recording "born to run" alone e street band members david sancious and ernest carter departed after "born to run" was completed and were replaced by roy bittan and max weinberg on piano and drums respectively springsteen battled with anger and frustration throughout the sessions saying he heard "sounds in [his] head" that he could not explain to the others in the studio he also dealt with two producers who had opposing views which springsteen had to meet in the middle of during the recording of "tenth avenue freeze-out" steven van zandt conceived the horn parts for the horn players on the spot in the studio after springsteen and bittan had failed to write proper ones by the time the players arrived to record he joined the e street band shortly after mixing for born to run lasted until july 20 1975 just before a concert tour began