Stunning new Springsteen box set!

[RadioMaster]

this just made my day: http://www.shorefire.com/index.php?a...release&o=4215

Columbia Records To Release Bruce Springsteen's 'The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story' Nov. 16


Box Set Includes 3CD/3DVD Package Of Remastered Album, Never-Before-Seen Studio & Live Footage, 80-Page Notebook, 21 Previously-Unreleased Songs, And An Extraordinary Documentary Film That Will Debut At The Toronto Film Festival Sept. 14 And On HBO Oct 7

Package Features Nearly Six Hours Of Footage, Including Classic 1978 Houston Performance, And More Than Two Hours Of Audio

Columbia To Simultaneously Release 'The Promise' Double CD Complete Songs From Darkness On The Edge Of Town's Lost Sessions


Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen's 'The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story' on Nov 16. The Deluxe Package comprises over six hours of film and more than two hours of audio across 3 CDs and 3 DVDs. The media contents are packaged within an 80-page notebook containing facsimiles from Springsteen's original notebooks from the recording sessions, which include alternate lyrics, song ideas, recording details, and personal notes in addition to a new essay by Springsteen and never-before-seen photographs. Containing a wealth of previously unreleased material, 'The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story' offers an unprecedented look into Springsteen's creative process during a defining moment in his career. 'The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story' will additionally be released as a 3CD/3 Blu Ray disc set.

The set will be available as 'The Promise,' an edition which consists of only the unheard complete songs on two CDs or four LPs, along with lyrics and the new essay by Springsteen.

The previously unheard song "Save My Love" and an excerpt from the documentary are now streaming at http://www.BruceSpringsteen.net.

The Deluxe Package includes 'Darkness on the Edge of Town,' digitally remastered for the first time.

CD 1: REMASTERED 'DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN'
1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Something In The Night
4. Candy’s Room
5. Racing In The Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Factory
8. Streets Of Fire
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

"'Darkness' was my 'samurai' record," Springsteen writes, "stripped to theframe and ready to rumble…But the music that got left behind was substantial." For the first time, fans will have access to two discs containing a total of 21 previously-unreleased songs from the 'Darkness' recording sessions, songs that, as Springsteen writes, "perhaps could have/should have been released after 'Born To Run' and before the collection of songs that 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' became."

Highlights include the extraordinary rock version of "Racing in the Street," the never-before-released original recordings of "Because the Night," "Fire," and "Rendezvous," the supreme pop opus "Someday (We'll Be Together)," the hilarious "Ain't Good Enough for You," the superb soul-based vocal performance on "The Brokenhearted," the utterly haunting "Breakaway," and the fully orchestrated masterpiece and title song "The Promise." All 21 songs have been mixed by Springsteen's long-time collaborator Bob Clearmountain. According to long-time manager/producer Jon Landau, "There isn't a weak card in this deck. 'The Promise' is simply a great listening experience."

CD 2: THE PROMISE (DISC 1)
1. Racing In The Street ('7
2. Gotta Get That Feeling
3. Outside Looking In
4. Someday (We'll Be Together)
5. One Way Street
6. Because The Night
7. Wrong Side Of The Street
8. The Brokenhearted
9. Rendezvous
10. Candy's Boy

CD 3: THE PROMISE (DISC 2)
1. Save My Love
2. Ain't Good Enough For You
3. Fire
4. Spanish Eyes
5. It's A Shame
6. Come On (Let's Go Tonight)
7. Talk To Me
8. The Little Things (My Baby Does)
9. Breakaway
10. The Promise
11. City Of Night

The Deluxe Package also features "The Promise: The Making of 'Darkness on the Edge of Town,'" a documentary directed by Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny. The ninety-minute film combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978—including home rehearsals and studio sessions—with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former-manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record. Advanced word on the documentary is so strong that it was invited to debut at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival on September 14 and will make its television debut on HBO on October 7.

DVD 1: "THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF 'DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN'"

In addition, the set features more than four hours of live concert film from the Thrill Hill Vault, including the bootleg house cut (the footage that appeared on-screen at the concert) from a 1978 Houston show, and a 2009 performance of 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' in its entirety from Asbury Park. The special performance in Asbury Park was shot in HD without an audience and successfully recreates the stark atmosphere of the original album.

DVD 2: DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (PARAMOUNT THEATER, ASBURY PARK, NJ,
2009)
1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Something In The Night
4. Candy's Room
5. Racing In The Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Factory
8. Streets Of Fire
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town

THRILL HILL VAULT (1976-197
1. Save My Love (Holmdel, NJ 76)
2. Candy's Boy (Holmdel, NJ 76)
3. Something In The Night (Red Bank, NJ 76)
4. Don’t Look Back (NYC 7
5. Ain't Good Enough For You (NYC 7
6. The Promise (NYC 7
7. Candy's Room Demo (NYC 7
8. Badlands (Phoenix 7
9. The Promised Land (Phoenix 7
10. Prove It All Night (Phoenix 7
11. Born To Run (Phoenix 7
12. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Phoenix 7

DVD 3: HOUSTON '78 BOOTLEG: HOUSE CUT
1. Badlands
2. Streets Of Fire
3. It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City
4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. Spirit In The Night
6. Independence Day
7. The Promised Land
8. Prove It All Night
9. Racing In The Street
10. Thunder Road
11. Jungleland
12. The Ties That Bind
13. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
14. The Fever
15. Fire
16. Candy's Room
17. Because The Night
18. Point Blank
19. She's The One
20. Backstreets
21. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
22. Born To Run
23. Detroit Medley
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
25. You Can't Sit Down
26. Quarter To Three

[Sarge]

WOW! I didn't expect it to be that opulent. I wonder how much you'll have to fork out for it.

[RadioMaster]

same thought here. As long as it's not more than 150€ it's well worth the money I'd say.

The Meat Loaf equivalent of this probably would be a box including

Dead Ringer remastered
Original 81 recordings of Meat doing all the Bad for Good songs, and the Bonnie Tyler/Steinman songs
An upscaled HD version of the Wembley 82 show
HD versions of several other live performances of DR songs
The Dead Ringer movie
and a HD recording of Meat doing all the DR songs in 09 livewithout audience
+an 80 page booklet

[RadioMaster]

considering the contents the price sounds quite reasonalbe!
http://www.sonymusicdigital.com/bruc...pages/5634215/

[allrevvedup]

Originally Posted by RadioMaster

considering the contents the price sounds quite reasonalbe!
http://www.sonymusicdigital.com/bruc...pages/5634215/

the promise has a lot of song titles with Street in it

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by RadioMaster

considering the contents the price sounds quite reasonalbe!

Obviously a better deal than the HCTB Super Deluxe Edition or whatever the thing is called. I'm especially looking forward to the notebook.

[Evil One]

Originally Posted by RadioMaster

The Meat Loaf equivalent of this probably would be a box including

Dead Ringer remastered
Original 81 recordings of Meat doing all the Bad for Good songs, and the Bonnie Tyler/Steinman songs
An upscaled HD version of the Wembley 82 show
HD versions of several other live performances of DR songs
The Dead Ringer movie
and a HD recording of Meat doing all the DR songs in 09 livewithout audience
+an 80 page booklet

Our equivalent was the poxy Rockpalast DVD with poor quality sound.

[LucyK!]

Stunning isn't it RJ!! Andy's gonna see it in about 3 minutes, I'm sure you'll hear the response

[RadioMaster]

think I'll abuse my mod powers for once and let this have it's own thread

[samurai7]

I'm getting that too!

[LucyK!]

That's bloody cheap too for what you get! When we're paying £200 for a M&G, t-shirt and laminate...

[A Slice Of English]

*salivates*

[RadioMaster]

how much did we pay for the HCTB box again?

[Sarge]

Probably too much, considering what you got for it.

[LucyK!]

Don't think about that RJ lol

Springsteen's stuff is always such good value for money, and I don't think I've ever seen such attractive merchandise (if you can call it merchandise), it's always so well presented and thought out

[Evil One]

Originally Posted by RadioMaster

how much did we pay for the HCTB box again?

An extra £40 for a t-shirt, a shitty DVD, a key ring, a shiny box and no book.

[RadioMaster]

Absolutely! Springsteen fans have a much easier life than Meat Loaf fans lol

[RadioMaster]

Lucy, can you tape Andy's reaction when he reads this? lol

[Evil One]

I'm guessing it will be similar to "Woah, double rainbow!"

[LucyK!]

Don't worry, his eyes will still be bulging by the time we next see you!

[AndyK]

Me want!

It's only 2 years late, but possibly worth the wait! Certainly a better collection than the Born To Run Box Set which is awesome in itself.

The original recordings of Because The Night, Fire and Talk To Me will be worth it, let alone the rest of the loot!

[Sarge]

Everybody seems to be crazy about it, I better pre-order as early as possible.

[RadioMaster]

might be a good idea....

[Winston]

Originally Posted by AndyK

Me want!

It's only 2 years late, but possibly worth the wait! Certainly a better collection than the Born To Run Box Set which is awesome in itself.

The original recordings of Because The Night, Fire and Talk To Me will be worth it, let alone the rest of the loot!

Agreed Darkness is by far a better album than BTR!

[Sarge]

Originally Posted by RadioMaster

Absolutely! Springsteen fans have a much easier life than Meat Loaf fans lol

Maybe Bruce has a better feeling for what the fans want, plus he's been with the same record company for decades, writes his own songs... Maybe that makes it easier to release really cool stuff.