The Promise:The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story

   16. november udsender Columbia Records et gigantisk Bruce Springsteen bokssæt, som indeholder ikke mindre end 3 CD'er og 3 blu-rays (også en udgave med 3 DVD'er).
Anledningen er Springsteens 1978, Darkness on the Edge of Town, som af mange fans, undertegnede inklusive, betragtes som værende hans bedste. Albummet har dog aldrig haft en god klang, men nu har man digitalt remastered albummet, som man gjorde med Born To Run for få år siden og forhåbentlig lyder det nu fantastisk.

Springsteen havde 70!!! numre at vælge imellem til pladen og "gav" klassikere som Because the Night og Fire væk til Patti Smith og Robert Gordon (Springsteen skrev nummeret til Elvis Presley, som desværre døde året før udgivelsen), fordi han ikke mente de passede.

21 numre fra dengang, hvoraf de fleste aldrig er hørt endnu, er nu at finde på de to andre CD'ere.

Video delen består af en dokumentar film, Thom Zimnys "The Promise", som omhandler hele processen med at indspille Darkness on the Edge of Town (tilsvarende kom der en dokumentar "Wings for Wheels" om Born To Run for nogle år siden, som var helt igennem forrygende). Dokumentaren har galla premiere på Toronto Film Festivalen i september og premiere på HBO i oktober.

De sidste to blu-ray skiver er henholdsvis en koncert fra 2009, hvor Springsteen spillede hele Darkness on the Edge of Town albummet fra ende til anden, samt en koncert fra december 1978 i Houston betegnet Bootleg, The House Cut, som formentlig varer 4 timer eller mere. Springsteen gav på det tidspunkt praktisk talt aldrig koncerter, som var kortere end 3½ timer og legenden går om en koncert, som varede helt op til 8 timer (Springsteen vaskede bagefter gulvet!)

De to koncerter skulle begge være i HD kvalitet!!!

For Springsteen fans er dette noget nær "The Holy Grail" materiale. 1978 turnéen er nærmest mytisk! Vi fik koncerten fra Hammersmith Odeon i 1975 for nogle år siden, hvilket satte sindene i kog og ingen tvivl om, at Springsteen feberen vil rase hele vinteren i USA, når dette bokssæt udgives. Prisen vil blive omkring $125-140 og der vil medfølge en 80 siders bog.

Tjek uddrag fra dokumentarfilmen inklusive en afslappet version af Sherry Darling ved klaveret.

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 the frame 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 Comin' 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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