Tracks (Bruce Springsteen album)

Occupation

Bruce Springsteen - vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards
Nils Lofgren - vocals
Steven Van Zandt - guitar
Marty Rifkin - Dobro
Soozie Tyrell - violin
Danny Federici - accordion, organ, glockenspiel
Clarence Clemons - saxophone, percussion
Mario Cruz and Jerry Vivino - Tenor Saxophone
Edward Manion - baritone saxophone
Michael Spengler and Mark Pender - trumpet
David Sancious - piano, organ, keyboard
Roy Bittan - piano, keyboards
Ian McLagan - Organ
Gary Mallaber, Vini Lopez, Jeff Porcaro, Max Weinberg, Omar Hakim and Shawn Pelton - drums
Frank Pagano, Michael Fisher - percussion

Tracks is an album of four CDs, Bruce Springsteen released in 1998 on Columbia Records. It contains 66 songs, 56 of which were previously unreleased. The unpublished pieces come mostly from the recording session for the album Born in the USA, The River, Human Touch, Darkness on the Edge of Town and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle.

General

Bruce Springsteen has been known to take in his recordings numerous pieces, later can not find the path to the published album. The quality has usually not critical, but the fact that the songs did not fit the mood of the album. This meant that many bootlegs appeared, Springsteen, next Bob Dylan, made it the artist with the most bootlegs. Overall, were 200 to 300 songs to choose from for the album. The album contains mostly unreleased material, only a few B-sides ( Pink Cadillac, Shut Out the Light, Janey Do not You Lose Heart ) and the original version of the song Because the Night, with Patti Smith in 1978 had a hit, were already been officially released. The first three recordings on CD 1 from May 3, 1972 come from an audition of Springsteen at the famed producer John Hammond, who had discovered, among others, Bob Dylan. The facilities of the box also includes a booklet with a foreword by Bruce Springsteen, song lyrics and more detailed information about the musicians and production.

In addition to the 4- CD box Springsteen released six months later, a selection of the box under the Title 18 tracks, 15 songs come out of the box, plus the pieces were new The Promise, The Fever and Trouble River.

Among the photographers who contributed images for this album, included Herb Ritts, and Annie Leibovitz. The recordings were digitally processed and newly arrived in the Billboard Top 200 as a best finish 27th place.

Title list

CD 1

Recorded in ' CBS Studios, NY " on May 3, 1972 ( Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ Outtake )

Recorded in ' CBS Studios, NY " on May 3, 1972 ( Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ Outtake )

Recorded in ' CBS Studios, NY " on May 3, 1972 ( Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ Outtake )

Recorded in ' CBS Studios, NY " on May 3, 1972 ( Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ Outtake )

Recorded live in " Max's Kansas City" on January 31, 1973

Recorded in " 914 Sound Studios " on June 28, 1973 ( The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle outtake )

Recorded in " 914 Sound Studios " on June 28, 1973 ( The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle outtake )

Recorded in " 914 Sound Studios " on June 28, 1973 ( The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle outtake )

Recorded in "The Record Plant, NY " on June 28, 1975 ( Born to Run Outtake )

Recorded in " 914 Sound Studios " on June 28, 1973 ( The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle outtake )

Recorded in " Nassau Coliseum, NY (LA Remote) (Live)" on 31 December 1980 (Live 1975-85 Outtake )

Recorded in "The Record Plant, NY " on 10 November 1977 ( Darkness on the Edge of Town Outtake )

Recorded in "The Record Plant, NY " on 27 October 1977 ( Darkness on the Edge of Town Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on June 13, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in "The Record Plant, NY " on January 6, 1978 ( Darkness on the Edge of Town Outtake )

Recorded in "The Record Plant, NY " on 14 October 1977 ( Darkness on the Edge of Town Outtake )

Recorded in "The Record Plant, NY " on July 2, 1977 ( Darkness on the Edge of Town Outtake )

CD 2

Recorded in " The Power Station " on April 11, 1980 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on 5 May 1982 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on April 3, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on 21 August 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on October 9, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on July 18, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on December 7, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on May 10, 1982 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on April 10, 1980 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on July 21, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in "The Record Plant, NY " on July 16, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on May 31, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on May 30, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on June 26, 1979 ( The River Outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" in January 1982 (Nebraska Outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" in January 1983 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" in January 1983 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

CD 3

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on April 20, 1983 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on May 5, 1982 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on May 11, 1982 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on May 14, 1982 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on June 13, 1983 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on June 16, 1983 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Power Station " on January 25, 1982 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on May 31, 1983 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on February 3, 1984 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on September 4, 1983 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on January 12, 1984 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on May 31, 1983 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" in February 1987 ( Tunnel of Love outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on June 16, 1983 ( Born in the USA Outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" on January 20, 1987 ( Tunnel of Love outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" on February 22, 1987 ( Tunnel of Love outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" on February 22, 1987 ( Tunnel of Love outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" on April 4, 1987 ( Tunnel of Love outtake )

CD 4

Recorded in " Oceanway Studios, LA " on February 27, 1990 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in " Oceanway Studios, LA " on 29 June 1990 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" on August 24, 1998

Recorded in " Soundworks West, LA " on January 25, 1990 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in " Soundworks West, LA " on December 4, 1990 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in " Soundworks West, LA " on December 7, 1990 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in "The Record Plant, LA " on December 6, 1990 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in "The Record Plant, LA " on January 31, 1991 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in " Soundworks West, LA " on December 1, 1989 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in " A & M Studios, LA " on January 18, 1992 ( Lucky Town Outtake )

Recorded in " Soundworks West, LA January 1990 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in " A & M Studios, LA " on January 29, 1991 ( Human Touch Outtake )

Recorded in " The Hit Factory" on 12th January 1995 ( Greatest Hits Outtake )

Recorded in " Thrill Hill Recording" on May 22, 1995 ( The Ghost of Tom Joad outtake )

Produced by Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Roy Bittan Tracks 1, 2, 4 - 13, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Plotkin Tracks 3, 14

Critics votes

AMG: ". ... The compilation is an unassuming sampling of what 's in the vaults, from his early acoustic demos to polished outtakes from Human Touch and Lucky Town " ("... the compilation has a modest collection of what is there early from his acoustic demo recordings to the revamped unused songs from Human Touch and Lucky Town. " )
Q: recorded the album in the list of " 50 Best Albums of 1999 "
Tom Lanham - Amazon.com: " Springsteen Proves - simply by issuing long- unreleased material - why he's the most consistent (read: important ) composer in the pop-rock field of his generation. "
The records man says, " is what tracks around it for die-hard fans and such but come on no account. "
Mark Feldman: ". What's really most amazing about this sprawling collection is thatthere really Is not a bad song on it - Bruce Springsteen 's cut - outs and leftovers are better than most artists' released album tracks" ("What is really most amazing that there is no bad song. rejected the material is better than the album tracks of most artists. " )
Anthony Kuzminski ". 'm Not sure if it 's on the same level of some of Dylan's outtake sets, but its damn close" ("I 'm not sure if the album on the same level as it is Dylan outtake releases, but it's damn close. " )

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