Editing Born to Run (section)

===Mixing===
According to Iovine, the album was mixed in "nine days straight".{{sfn|Masur|2010|p=60}} The final days were hectic; the band worked vigorously between recording for the album and rehearsing for an upcoming tour scheduled to start on July 20.{{sfn|Masur|2010|p=60}}{{sfn|Kirkpatrick|2007|pp=38–39}} Springsteen wrote in his 2016 autobiography ''[[Born to Run (autobiography)|Born to Run]]'': "In a three-day, 72-hour sprint, working in three studios simultaneously, Clarence and I finishing the 'Jungleland' sax solo, phrase by phrase, in one, while we mixed 'Thunder Road' in another, singing 'Backstreets' in a third."{{sfn|Springsteen|2016|p=222}} Springsteen was demanding and refused to compromise,{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2020|p=75}} saying at the time that he could "only hear the things that were wrong with it".{{sfn|Kirkpatrick|2007|p=39}} Appel and Landau fought to keep certain tracks on the finished album. Appel succeeded in leaving "Linda Let Me Be the One" and "Lonely Night in the Park" off and keeping "Meeting Across the River" on.{{sfn|Carlin|2012|p=195}} Mixing lasted until the morning of July 20, just before the tour began.{{sfn|Carlin|2012|pp=197–199}}{{sfn|Dolan|2012|pp=124–125}}  

''Born to Run'' was [[Mastering (audio)|mastered]] by the engineer [[Greg Calbi]]<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bernstein |first=Jonathan |title=Greg Calbi's Invisible Touch |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/greg-calbi-mastering-engineer-interview-1241594/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240117001058/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/greg-calbi-mastering-engineer-interview-1241594/ |archive-date=January 17, 2024 |date=December 4, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> while the band were on the road.{{sfn|Masur|2010|p=62}} Springsteen was furious about the initial acetate, throwing it into the swimming pool of the hotel he was staying at.<ref name="week" />{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2020|p=75}} He contemplated scrapping the entire project and re-recording it live before he was stopped by Landau.{{sfn|Margotin|Guesdon|2020|p=75}}{{sfn|Carlin|2012|pp=197–199}} Springsteen was sent multiple mixes as he was on the road and rejected all but one, which he approved in early August.{{sfn|Masur|2010|p=62}}{{sfn|Dolan|2012|pp=125–126}}