“The River Collection“, it features the originally planned single album of the titular track – which was then titled as “The Ties That Bind” – 11 tracks worth of previously unreleased outtakes, a documentary, a concert video, and additional 10 songs from the era that were released on previous box sets.
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The Boss announced a massive box set dedicated to the making of his seminal 1980 double album The River. “The River: The Ties That Bind” will be released on December 5. In 2010, he received commercial and critical acclaim for The Promise, a double album of previously unreleased music from the Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions which also included a documentary of the album’s creation as part of a box set.
“The River”, Springsteen’s fifth album, was released in October 1980 and became his first #1 in the US.
Springsteen, 66, remains active both in the studio and on the road, releasing his 18th studio album a year ago.
The final visual accompaniment is “Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The River Tour, Tempe 1980”, a new film featuring 24 tracks shot during the singer’s 1980 Stateside tour.
Long described as one of the most intense performances by the famously energetic artist, Springsteen took the stage under a cloud after Ronald Reagan’s sweeping victory a night earlier in the presidential election.
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In addition to all that stuff, there’s a 148-page coffee table book with never-before-seen photos and pages from Springsteen’s notebooks.
