The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story is a three-CD/three-Blu-ray collection that includes a completely remastered version of the Darkness album and two more discs containing 21 unreleased songs recorded during the period that eventually produced the album. There is so much music here that Bruce Springsteen wondered whether or not much of this music should have been released between 1975's Born to Run and 1978's Darkness. The sheer amount of it is surprising in and of itself. That said, given how much of this is first-rate Springsteen and E Street Band material, it's staggering. The first of the three Blu-rays features a full-length documentary (which was shown on HBO) on the making of the album. The second disc contains a complete 2009 performance of the album at the Paramount Theatre in Asbury Park, NJ, as well as previously unseen footage from the Thrill Hill Vault, including complete song performances from band rehearsals, studio sessions, and live concerts during the Darkness era. The third Blu-ray is a complete concert performance by Springsteen and the E Street Band in Houston during 1978. The set also includes an 80-page spiral-bound reproduction of Springsteen's notebooks documenting the album sessions.
Condition: Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTING
Disc 1
1 Badlands 4:04
2 Adam Raised a Cain 4:34
3 Something In the Night 5:13
4 Candy's Room 2:48
5 Racing In the Street 6:56
6 The Promised Land 4:29
7 Factory 2:19
8 Streets of Fire 4:05
9 Prove It All Night 4:00
10 Darkness On the Edge of Town 4:32
Disc 2
1 Racing In the Street '78 6:50
2 Gotta Get That Feeling 3:19
3 Outside Looking In 2:18
4 Someday (We'll Be Together) 5:38
5 One Way Street 4:20
6 Because the Night 3:25
7 Wrong Side of the Street 3:36
8 The Brokenhearted 5:19
9 Rendezvous 2:39
10 Candy's Boy 4:39
Disc 3
1 Save My Love 2:38
2 Ain't Good Enough For You 4:03
3 Fire 4:09
4 Spanish Eyes 3:50
5 It's a Shame 3:16
6 Come On (Let's Go Tonight) 2:20
7 Talk To Me 4:21
8 The Little Things (My Baby Does) 3:18
9 Breakaway 5:32
10 The Promise 5:54
11 City of Night 7:07
Disc 4
1 A Commitment To Life
2 Two Clouds
3 The Sound Picture
4 The Process
5 Notebook
6 Pop Songs
7 Varying Opinions
8 Adult Music
9 Making an Album
10 Vision of Now
11 Sense of Possibilities
12 Credits
Disc 5
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
11 Save My Love Holmdel, Nj 79
12 Candy's Boy Holmdel, Nj 79
13 Something In the Night Red Bank, Nj 76
14 Don't Look Back Nyc, 78
15 Ain't Good Enough For You Nyc, 78
16 The Promise Nyc, 78
17 Candy's Room Nyc, 78 / Demo Version
18 Badlands Phoenix, 78
19 The Promised Land Phoenix, 78
20 Prove It All Night Phoenix, 78
21 Born To Run Phoenix, 78
22 Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) Phoenix, 78
Disc 6
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 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: Devil With the Blue Dress/Good Golly Miss Molly/C.C. Ri
24 Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
25 You Can't Sit Down
26 Quarter To Three
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