Here we go again! Two New Jersey record companies have sued Bruce accusing him of using "bullying tactics" to prevent them from releasing some of Bruce's early recordings, which the two companies, Pony Express Records Inc. and JEC Music USA Inc., claim they have the rights to. The recordings are, of course, once again, the famous Prodigal Son songs from the very early Seventies. They were first attempted released in 1993 by the British company Dare International. Bruce had this stopped after a court settlement, but apparently only temporarily. Why anyone would want to release these songs in the first place remains a mystery. Most Springsteen fans already have the bootlegs that followed in the wake of Dare's failed release. And apart from that, most of the songs are just not worth listening to more than a few times. The record companies may think there's good money in anything with Bruce's name on it, but in this case they would probably be disappointed. Maybe they are just hoping for an out-of-court settlement that would land them a small compensation from Bruce.

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