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Springsteen Reveals Details for "Darkness" Mega-Box

August 28, 2010 By Joe Marchese 7 Comments

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Folks, Bruce Springsteen doesn't kid around when it comes to keeping promises. The specs are in for The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story, and this monster box set due on November 16 is going to be a doozy, to put it mildly. Boasting three packed CDs and three DVDs or Blu-Rays, The Promise is a treasure chest for longtime Springsteen fans: 21 unreleased audio tracks on two CDs, four hours of concert footage (including 12 performances dating between 1976 and 1978, a whopping 26 tracks from Houston in 1978 and a complete 2009 New Jersey performance of Darkness in its entirety) and Thom Zimny's full-length documentary about the making of the seminal 1978 LP. Oh yeah, and the remastered original album, too! This is all housed in a package containing an 80-page book designed after one of Springsteen's notebooks. The notebook will reproduce alternate lyrics, song ideas, recording details and notes made by Springsteen, in addition to a new essay by Springsteen and rare photographs.

For fans not interested in the video content, The Promise will be available as a two-CD or four-LP set containing only the two discs' worth of unreleased studio material. The press release and a sneak-peek stream is available on Springsteen's own site, and fans can pre-order a package containing a T-shirt and poster here.

Hit the jump for the specs on the truly remarkable array of material being made available for the first time. It's all coming to you on November 16 from Columbia/Legacy.

Bruce Springsteen, The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story (Columbia/Legacy, 2010)

Disc 1: Darkness on the Edge of Town (Columbia LP 35318, 1978)

  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

Disc 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

Disc 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

DVD 1: The Promise: The Making of "Darkness on the Edge of Town"

DVD 2:

"Darkness on the Edge of Town" (Paramount Theater, Asbury Park, 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, 1976)
  2. Candy's Boy (Holmdel, NJ, 1976)
  3. Something in the Night (Red Bank, NJ, 1976)
  4. Don't Look Back (NYC, 1978)
  5. Ain't Good Enough for You (NYC,  1978)
  6. The Promise (NYC,  1978)
  7. Candy's Room (Demo) (NYC,  1978)
  8. Badlands (Phoenix, AZ, 1978)
  9. The Promised Land (Phoenix, AZ, 1978)
  10. Prove It All Night (Phoenix, AZ, 1978)
  11. Born to Run (Phoenix, AZ, 1978)
  12. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Phoenix, AZ, 1978)

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

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. Jacob says

    August 28, 2010 at 12:18 pm

    Looks amazing, I can't wait for the studio version of "Because the Night".

    Reply
  2. Mark Bumgardner says

    August 29, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    Fortunately, I receive my longevity check each November. I'm especially excited about the DVD of the Houston show. The Darkness tour was my first, and still favorite Bruce show.

    Reply
  3. Mark says

    August 30, 2010 at 7:00 pm

    Overdue but greater than ever expected is this box set. The documentary was probably done in 2007-2008 for the proposed 30th anniversary release which never happened. That would explain the late Danny Federici's interviews. I wonder why we've seen no announcement of a stand-alone remastered DARKNESS CD. Wonder if it will available in MP3 or other format.

    Reply
  4. Shaun says

    August 31, 2010 at 9:17 am

    Wow... Even though I expressed doubts awhile back (regarding Little Steven's talk that some of the old outtakes might be tinkered with a bit) this is above and beyond anything I expected!

    The only question now is the cost. This comes out three days before my birthday, so it'll be on my wish list for either the b-day or Xmas.

    The Houston concert should be amazing to see... I just hope the "Rosalita" video from Phoenix (the same one MTV used to play 25 years ago) is the complete video and not the butchered version that was used on my old VHS copy of the Video Anthology.

    Reply
  5. Shaun says

    August 31, 2010 at 9:19 am

    $115 on Springsteen's website... Let's hope Amazon, or someone, sells it for less.

    Reply
  6. Jacob says

    August 31, 2010 at 8:07 pm

    Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe there is a single disc remaster of Born to Run, so I doubt there will be one for Darkness.

    Reply

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