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The cover photograph, taken in Nevada by Eric Meola on 22 August 1977, shows Bruce Springsteen leaning against the hood of a red Galaxie 500 convertible, parked on a dust road which disappears toward Battle Mountain in the background. Bruce is reflective, hand to face. There is drama in the sky – impending darkness. In his book Streets of Fire (2012) Eric shares his recollections from that 1977 shoot, and they set the scene perfectly:…We had come to a place marked on the map as Unionville, just to the west of Battle Mountain. Nearby was an abandoned one-room schoolhouse and a cabin where Mark Twain once lived. I took some photographs of the gravel road, and of Bruce driving towards the camera, as the sky began to darken. It was August…August 22nd. We had spent the night before in Elko, and because we had been driving all day and all night, we tried to fall asleep in the car. But on that restless night, I slept fitfully on the hood of the Galaxie, listening to the sound of dogs howling all along Main Street. We left the road at Unionville, and grabbed a bite to eat at a nearby roadside cafe. When we went back, the sky had gone black and the wind had come up. I photographed more images including a shot of Bruce in front of the car, leaning on the hooda long, thin, dusty dirt road going off in the distance behind him, disappearing over Battle Mountain. It began to rain, and flashes of lightning filled the valley floor. It was one of those days and moments that stay with you to the grave. There was that strong, fresh, electric smell of ozone after lightning has cleared the air, and the feel of moisture mixed with dry desert windsomething I had felt only once before.…Photographing Bruce Springsteen – Eric Meola (ericmeola.blogspot)
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