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August 26, 2010
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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 currently 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 ('78)
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 (1976-1978)
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 78)
5. Ain't Good Enough For You (NYC 78)
6. The Promise (NYC 78)
7. Candy's Room Demo (NYC 78)
8. Badlands (Phoenix 78)
9. The Promised Land (Phoenix 78)
10. Prove It All Night (Phoenix 78)
11. Born To Run (Phoenix 78)
12. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Phoenix 78)
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