MASSIVE EXAMINATION OF LANDMARK ALBUM ARRIVES IN NOVEMBER
Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen's The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story on November 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 of 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. 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 also 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 streaming here.
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
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)
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)
Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen's The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story on November 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 of 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. 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 also 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 streaming here.
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
- Badlands
- Adam Raised A Cain
- Something In The Night
- Candy's Room
- Racing In The Street
- The Promised Land
- Factory
- Streets Of Fire
- Prove It All Night
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town
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)
- Racing In The Street ('78)
- Gotta Get That Feeling
- Outside Looking In
- Someday (We'll Be Together)
- One Way Street
- Because The Night
- Wrong Side Of The Street
- The Brokenhearted
- Rendezvous
- Candy's Boy
- Save My Love
- Ain't Good Enough For You
- Fire
- Spanish Eyes
- It's A Shame
- Come On (Let's Go Tonight)
- Talk To Me
- The Little Things (My Baby Does)
- Breakaway
- The Promise
- City Of Night
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)
- Badlands
- Adam Raised A Cain
- Something In The Night
- Candy's Room
- Racing In The Street
- The Promised Land
- Factory
- Streets Of Fire
- Prove It All Night
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town
- Save My Love (Holmdel, NJ 76)
- Candy's Boy (Holmdel, NJ 76)
- Something In The Night (Red Bank, NJ 76)
- Don't Look Back (NYC 78)
- Ain't Good Enough For You (NYC 78)
- The Promise (NYC 78)
- Candy's Room Demo (NYC 78)
- Badlands (Phoenix 78)
- The Promised Land (Phoenix 78)
- Prove It All Night (Phoenix 78)
- Born To Run (Phoenix 78)
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Phoenix 78)
- Badlands
- Streets Of Fire
- It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
- Darkness On The Edge Of Town
- Spirit In The Night
- Independence Day
- The Promised Land
- Prove It All Night
- Racing In The Street
- Thunder Road
- Jungleland
- The Ties That Bind
- Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
- The Fever
- Fire
- Candy's Room
- Because The Night
- Point Blank
- She's The One
- Backstreets
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
- Born To Run
- Detroit Medley
- Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
- You Can't Sit Down
- Quarter To Three