Bruce Springsteen will release a 7-disc box set featuring material recorded for his 1980 double-album, “The River.”
Due December 4, “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection” presents the original record alongside “The River: Single Album” – originally named “The Ties That Bind” – a 10-track album that Springsteen recorded in 1979 as a follow up to 1978’s “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” but never released.
“The songs lacked the kind of unity and conceptual intensity I liked my music to have,” Springsteen wrote in the lyrics/photo book “Songs.” “So we went back in the studio.”
The 4CD/3DVD package also delivers 22 outtakes from the sessions – including 11 previously unreleased – an hour-long documentary/interview with Springsteen complete with solo acoustic guitar performances, and a legendary 1980 concert filmed at Arizona State University in Tempe, AZ.
The box set also presents a hardcover 148-page coffee table book containing 200 studio and live photographs plus pages from Springsteen’s notebooks, single covers, images and outtakes from the original album package, and other memorabilia documenting the album.
“The River” delivered Springsteen his first No. 1 US album on the Billboard 200 on its way to sales of more than 5 million copies in the States alone.
The rocker is premiering an unreleased outtake, “Meet Me In The City”, as a preview of the forthcoming package.
A full tracklisting for “The Ties That Bind: The River Collection” follows the song below.
Bruce Springsteen
"The Ties That Bind: The River Collection"
Release date: December 4
CD 1
The River - Record One
01 - The Ties That Bind
02 - Sherry Darling
03 - Jackson Cage
04 - Two Hearts
05 - Independence Day
06 - Hungry Heart
07 - Out In The Street
08 - Crush On You
09 - You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
10 - I Wanna Marry You
11 - The River
CD 2
The River - Record Two
01 - Point Blank
02 - Cadillac Ranch
03 - I'm A Rocker
04 - Fade Away
05 - Stolen Car
06 - Ramrod
07 - The Price You Pay
08 - Drive All Night
09 - Wreck On The Highway
CD 3
The River: Single Album
01 - The Ties That Bind
02 - Cindy
03 - Hungry Heart
04 - Stolen Car (Vs. 1)
05 - Be True
06 - The River
07 - You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (Vs. 1)
08 - The Price You Pay
09 - I Wanna Marry You
10 - Loose End
CD 4
The River: Outtakes
Record One
01 - Meet Me In The City
02 - The Man Who Got Away
03 - Little White Lies
04 - The Time That Never Was
05 - Night Fire
06 - Whitetown
07 - Chain Lightning
08 - Party Lights
09 - Paradise By The “C”
10 - Stray Bullet
11 - Mr. Outside
Record Two
12 - Roulette
13 - Restless Nights
14 - Where The Bands Are
15 - Dollhouse
16 - Living On The Edge Of The World
17 - Take 'em As They Come
18 - Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own
19 - I Wanna Be With You
20 - Mary Lou
21 - Held Up Without A Gun
22 - From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
DVD 1
The Ties That Bind (Documentary)
DVD 2
The River Tour, Tempe 1980 Concert – Part 1
01 - Born To Run
02 - Prove It All Night
03 - Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
04 - Jackson Cage
05 - Two Hearts
06 - The Promised Land
07 - Out In The Street
08 - The River
09 - Badlands
10 - Thunder Road
11 - No Money Down
12 - Cadillac Ranch
13 - Hungry Heart
14 - Fire
15 - Sherry Darling
16 - I Wanna Marry You
17 - Crush on You
18 - Ramrod
19 - You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
DVD 3
The River Tour, Tempe 1980 Concert – Part 2
01 - Drive All Night
02 - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
03 - I'm A Rocker
04 - Jungleland
05 - Detroit Medley
06 - Where The Bands Are (Credits)
BONUS: The River Tour Rehearsals
- Ramrod
- Cadillac Ranch
- Fire
- Crush On You
- Sherry Darling
See also:
VIDEO: Bruce Springsteen performs with Jackson Browne in New Jersey
VIDEO: Bruce Springsteen performs Jon Stewart farewell
VIDEO: Bruce Springsteen performs with U2 in New York
VIDEO: Bruce Springsteen plays surprise set at New Jersey bar
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