Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On the Edge of Town (Deluxe Box Set)

Bruce Springsteen refers to his classic 1978 album Darkness on the Edge of Town as "my 'samurai' record...stripped to the frame and ready to rumble." Raw and bristling with anger and exhilaration, Darkness was culled from more than 70 songs written at the time -- a number of which now show up in a massive, six-disc (3-CD/3-DVD) box set arriving November 16 via Columbia. In addition to the remastered original ten-song album, the box includes The Promise, a full 21-track album of rarities and outtakes mixed by Springsteen's long-time collaborator Bob Clearmountain. These tracks "perhaps could have/should have been released after Born To Run and before the collection of songs that Darkness on the Edge of Town became," reflects Springsteen.  "There isn't a weak card in this deck,"adds long-time manager/producer Jon Landau. "The Promise is simply a great listening experience."

On the DVD front, there's the 90-minute documentary The Promise: The Making of Darkness... from award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny (and debuting on HBO October 7). A second DVD includes a 2009 live rehearsal video where Springsteen and band performed Darkness in it's entirety AND twelve more songs taped live in NY, New Jersey and Phoenix 1976-78. A third DVD is a full 26-song live performance "House Cut" recorded in Houston in 1978 for in-concert jumbo-screen telecast during the show. And did we mention the 80-page book of Springsteen's notes, rare pics and recording info? Without a doubt this collection -- six hours of video and two hours of audio -- is one of the finest catalog reissues ever assembled. See the full track listing and watch a preview of The Promise DVD documentary after the jump.

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Bruce Springsteen - "Save My Love" (from the album The Promise)

Photo Credit: Frank Stefanko

CD 1: REMASTERED 'DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN'

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

CD 2: THE PROMISE (DISC 1)

1. Racing In The Street ('78)
2. Gotta Get That Feeling
3. Outside Looking In
4. Someday (We'll Be Together)
5. One Way Street
6. Because The Night
7. Wrong Side Of The Street
8. The Brokenhearted
9. Rendezvous
10. Candy's Boy

CD 3: THE PROMISE (DISC 2)

1. Save My Love
2. Ain't Good Enough For You
3. Fire
4. Spanish Eyes
5. It's A Shame
6. Come On (Let's Go Tonight)
7. Talk To Me
8. The Little Things (My Baby Does)
9. Breakaway
10. The Promise
11. City Of Night

DVD 1: "THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF 'DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN'"

A documentary directed by Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny. The ninety-minute film combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978—including home rehearsals and studio sessions—with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former-manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record.

DVD 2: DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (PARAMOUNT THEATER, ASBURY PARK, NJ, 2009)

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

THRILL HILL VAULT (1976-1978)

1. Save My Love (Holmdel, NJ 76)
2. Candy's Boy (Holmdel, NJ 76)
3. Something In The Night (Red Bank, NJ 76)
4. Don’t Look Back (NYC 78)
5. Ain't Good Enough For You (NYC 78)
6. The Promise (NYC 78)
7. Candy's Room Demo (NYC 78)
8. Badlands (Phoenix 78)
9. The Promised Land (Phoenix 78)
10. Prove It All Night (Phoenix 78)
11. Born To Run (Phoenix 78)
12. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Phoenix 78)

DVD 3: HOUSTON '78 BOOTLEG: HOUSE CUT

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. The 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
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
25. You Can't Sit Down
26. Quarter To Three