Chapter & Verse: il nuovo album - raccolta
Il prossimo 23 settembre, così come pubblicato sul sito ufficiale, vedrà la luce "Chapter & Verse", album - raccolta che anticipa di quattro giorni la complementare autobiografia "Born To Run". L'album, pubblicato in CD singolo e doppio LP, sarà disponibile anche in versione digitale. La raccolta copre ben 40 anni di produzione musicale springsteeniana, partendo dalla mitica "Baby I" dei Castiles (1966), passando per gli Steel Mill per giungere ai recenti lavori del nuovo millennio.
Le canzoni comprese in Chapter & Verse:
1. Baby I — The Castiles (recorded May 2, 1966, at Mr. Music, Bricktown, NJ; written by Bruce Springsteen and George Theiss; previously unreleased)
2. You Can’t Judge a Book by the Cover — The Castiles (recorded Sept. 16, 1967, at The Left Foot, Freehold, NJ; written by Willie Dixon; previously unreleased)
3. He’s Guilty (The Judge Song) — Steel Mill (recorded Feb. 22, 1970, at Pacific Recording Studio, San Mateo, CA; previously unreleased)
4. Ballad of Jesse James — The Bruce Springsteen Band (recorded March 14, 1972, at Challenger Eastern Surfboards, Highland, NJ; previously unreleased)
5. Henry Boy (recorded June 1972, at Mediasound Studios, New York, NY; previously unreleased)
6. Growin’ Up (recorded May 3, 1972, at Columbia Records Recordings Studios, New York, NY; previously appeared on ‘Tracks’)
7. 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) (1973, ‘The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle’)
8. Born to Run (1975, ‘Born to Run’)
9. Badlands (1978, ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’)
10. The River (1980, ‘The River’)
11. My Father’s House (1982, ‘Nebraska’)
12. Born in the U.S.A. (1984, ‘Born in the U.S.A.’)
13. Brilliant Disguise (1987, ‘Tunnel of Love’)
14. Living Proof (1992, ‘Lucky Town’)
15. The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995, ‘The Ghost of Tom Joad’)
16. The Rising (2002, ‘The Rising’)
17. Long Time Comin’ (2005, ‘Devils & Dust’)
18. Wrecking Ball (2012, ‘Wrecking Ball’)
Per ascoltare invece nuove canzoni ed un "vero" nuovo album sembra che dovremmo attendere, secondo rumours più o meno attendibili, la prossima primavera.