Springsteen: 7 new albums of 83 unreleased songs coming in June

Very cool for Boss fans, Tracks 2 coming in June. 7 albums of 83 unreleased tracks from 1983-2018. Tracks 1 which was released in the late 90’s had some great songs, so I got high hopes for this one. Nice to see an artist unload the vault and give his fans lots of material.

Albums:

L.A Garage Sessions ‘83
Streets of Philadelphia Sessions
Faithless
Somewhere North of Nashville
Inyo
Twilight Hours
Perfect World

Teaser track released today, Rain in the River.

After the first listen to Rain in the River I was so so. Now after multiple listens I really like this track. It’s later day Bruce, with a tinge of gospel to it.

Damn, it’s nice to get new music from your favourite artists.

I lost interest in Bruce after the Human Touch/Lucky Town era, but I might check this out.....

Now this is what I call a “vault”.

From my paper this morning:

The rumor, fueled by the singer himself on social media, had been growing since the beginning of the week. On Thursday morning, The Boss confirmed that he will be releasing a box set on June 27 containing seven new albums, almost entirely previously unreleased.

Released in 1998, the Tracks box set compiled 66 B-sides, studio outtakes, and demo versions. Its sequel, long-awaited by the followers of The Boss, turns out to be an even more monumental project, bringing together seven unreleased albums that, until recently, had been gathering dust in the archives of the energetic septuagenarian.

Although officially spanning the years 1983-2018, the box set, according to its trailer, seems to draw primarily from the 1990s—a period often described as unproductive for Springsteen, during which he released what remains his worst album (Human Touch, 1992).
Without his E Street Band, Bruce sometimes seemed to have lost track of who he was.

But because, for The Boss, a lack of inspiration is always temporary, that decade was also when he created Streets of Philadelphia (1993), a song for which he won an Oscar.

One of the seven discs included in Tracks: The Lost Albums is titled Streets of Philadelphia Sessions and will likely feature more of his experiments with drum machines and synthesizers, which Springsteen was exploring at the time.

Another disc, LA Garage Sessions ’83, is presented as the “essential link” between the masterpieces Nebraska (1982) and Born in the U.S.A. (1984). Somewhere North of Nashville is said to lean toward country, while Faithless is a soundtrack composed for a film that was never made.

The powerful first single from this project, Rain in the River, is reminiscent of the rock sound from some of his more recent albums, like Wrecking Ball (2012).

It was during the pandemic that Bruce Springsteen undertook the task of unearthing these recordings from his personal archives and refining them. Tracks: The Lost Albums will include 83 songs, 72 of which have never been heard in any form.

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...and he wants $360 for it. He can go fuck himself.

I'll wait until it leaks on soundcloud. I've paid enough money to Brooce.

...and he wants $360 for it. He can go fuck himself.

I'll wait until it leaks on soundcloud. I've paid enough money to Brooce.

I’ll listen through my monthly subscription.

...and he wants $360 for it. He can go fuck himself.

I'll wait until it leaks on soundcloud. I've paid enough money to Brooce.

That’s vinyl I think. Cds will be cheaper, and I’ll listen on Spotify.

Holy shit, the new song is dark. When I first heard it I thought it had a gospel tinge to it.

Down at the water, I held my Marie
She said, "Now Johnny, your love means no more to me"

Than rain in the river
Than rain in the river

In bloody boots, I stood on shallow ground
Her long black hair neatly falling down

Like rain in the river
Like rain in the river

Last night I put on my jacket and I went for a ride
Smelled the sweet mustard fields, had my Colt at my side

Like rain in the river