Posts Tagged ‘Unreleased Bruce Springsteen’

Springsteen has a history of changing tempo and approach of songs from a set of lyrics before settling on the final cut, “Cover Me” from the 1982 Born in the USA sessions was transformed into a different song on the later sessions, the re-worked song has a lot going for it Max pushes the song along at a furious pace and there is a great guitar solo.

Cindy was a outtake from The River Sessions in 1979, the song is about a girl the guy is madly in love with, but she constantly dismisses his attentions, it has a great bass harmony from Clarence and a lovely guitar break. Before deciding The River would be a double album, Springsteen came close to releasing it as just a single disc titled “The Ties That Bind” . Eventually most songs were on the double album release and a handful also appeared on the Tracks collection

There were some amazing songs recorded for the River Sessions, bootleg tapes of the E.Street band rehearsals from that era contain a treasure trove of unbelievable material and a glimpse of songs that would become classics. There are rumours that there will be a deluxe box set this year similar to the Darkness re-issue