It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (live, 1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA)

~ Recording by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (discs made in Japan)
  • 1986-11-06 XE
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (issue #1, one price on obi)
  • 1986-11-09 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Japan, 1st issue)
  • 1986-11-09 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Japan, 2nd issue)
  • 1986-11-09 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 1986-11-10 AU
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 1986-11-10 XE
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 1986-11-10 US
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (discs made in Japan)
  • 1986-11-10 US
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (two discs made in Japan)
  • 1986-11-10 US
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Electrosound Midwest pressing)
  • 1986-11-10 US
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (discs made in West Germany)
  • 1986-11-10 US
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (discs made in U.S.A.)
  • 1986-11-10 US
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 1986-11-21 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (discs made in Austria)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:34Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (discs made in Sweden)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (discs made in Germany)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:34Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (no label code on back)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (missprint)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (cassette shells stamped with MADE IN USA)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (black shell, moulded with small squares)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (black shell, moulded with linear piping)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Europadisk pressing)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (SPO pressing variant in runout)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (alternate red labels)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (discs made in Canada)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Carrollton pressing)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Hauppauge pressing)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Pitman pressing)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Indianapolis pressing)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (manufactured by Tecnodisco)
1.10It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City?:??Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (cassette shells stamped with MADE IN USA)
1.8Its Hard to Be a Saint in the City (Es Dificil Ser Un Santo En La Ciudad)?:??Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:34Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive 1975‐’85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Yugoslavia, version 2)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:34Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (shell is moulded with linear piping)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:34Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Yugoslavia, version 1)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:34Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (clear shell)
1.6It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive 1975 –’85 (1st cassette of 3)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (issue #1, two prices on obi)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (BMG club edition)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (1992 reissue in longbox packaging)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (1995 picture disc reissue)
  • 1995-11-22 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (BMG club edition)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 2002-08-06 XW
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 2002-09-02 XE
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:48Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Japan, vinyl replica edition)
  • 2005-07-20 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (paper sleeve, Japanese import)
  • 2005 -
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:48Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Japan, vinyl replica edition for the european market)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Italy, “Corriere della Sera” and “Sorrisi e Canzoni” reissue)
  • 2012-12-18 IT
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 2023-10-25 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (mega jacket print)
  • 2023-10-25 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Sony Music 57361646)
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (variation in barcode section)
Promotion
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 1986-09-17 US
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Japan, 1st issue)
  • 1986-11-09 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (1995 picture disc reissue, promo)
  • 1995-11-22 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 1999-09-22 JP
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:48Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85 (Japan, vinyl replica edition)
  • 2005-07-20 JP
9.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:48Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandBorn to Run 30th Anniversary
1.4It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City?:??Bruce SpringsteenLive 1975–1985 Digest CD
Bootleg
1.9It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85: Thunder Road
1.4It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:40Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandBackstreets
1.2It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:38Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandBackstreets
1.84It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City?:??Bruce SpringsteenНовая Фонотека В Кармане
1.84It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City?:??Bruce SpringsteenMP3
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:47Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
Withdrawn
1.8It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City4:37Bruce Springsteen & The E Street BandLive/1975–85
  • 1999-09-22 JP

Relationships

recording engineer:Jimmy Iovine (on 1978-07-07)
engineer:Toby Scott
producer:Jon Landau
Chuck Plotkin
Bruce Springsteen
assistant mixer:Paul Hamingson
mixer:Bob Clearmountain
bass:Garry Tallent (on 1978-07-07)
drums (drum set):Max Weinberg (on 1978-07-07)
lead vocals:Bruce Springsteen (on 1978-07-07)
performer:The E Street Band (on 1978-07-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Bruce Springsteen (in 1986)
recorded at:1978‐07‐07: The Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, CA, USA
recorded at:Roxy in West Hollywood, California, United States (on 1978-07-07)
mixed at:Right Track Recording in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
recording of:It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City (on 1978-07-07: live)

Related works

It’s Hard to Be a Saint in the City

lyricist and composer:Bruce Springsteen (in 1972)
arranger:Bruce Springsteen
publisher:Intersong Music Ltd.
Sioux City Music Ltd.
Laurel Canyon Music Ltd. (in 1972)