The News & Updates Archive 2010

UPDATE # 149 (12/30/10)
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• Label scans of US “Save My Love” 45 added to 7-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• Info on/scans of US “Waitin’ On A Sunny Day (Remix)” 1-track promo CDR single added to 5-Inch pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scan of US “Bruce Springsteen: The Promise Fulfilled - One-Hour Radio Special” promo CDR added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• “Non-album” promo remix of “Waitin’ On A Sunny Day” added to Spare Parts page in the Features section.

• A few corrections and adjustments made throughout the site.

(Special thanks to Mark Bahlen, Lars Becker and Chris Dolan for their help with most of these updates)

UPDATE # 148 (12/07/10)
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• Info on/scans of US “Save My Love” 45 added to 7-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• Sleeve scans of various 1990’s EP’s added to 12-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• Info on/scans of US “Lonesome Day” and “Save My Love” 1-track promo CDR singles added to 5-Inch pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Australian variants of “The Promise” 2-CD set added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• “Non-album” promo radio edit of “Lonesome Day” added to Spare Parts page in the Features section.

(Special thanks to Mark Bahlen, Chris Dolan and Josef Schrefel for their help with most of these updates)

UPDATE # 147 (11/21/10)
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• “The Promise” US 3-LP set added to Albums pages in the Vinyl section.

• Info on/scan of US “The Pitman Family Of Music” V/A promo picture disc LP added to Albums pages in the Vinyl section.

• Info on/scans of UK and Dutch “Save My Love” 1-track promo CDR singles and French “Because The Night” magazine promo CD single added to 5-Inch pages in the Compact Discs section.

• “The Promise: The 'Darkness On The Edge Of Town' Story" 6-disc box set added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• “The Promise” 2-CD set added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• US “The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts” V/A 4-CD set added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scans of UK “Spare Parts” 4-track cassette EP added to Cassette Singles pages in the Tapes section.

• Info on/scan of Indonesian “Tunnel Of Love” cassette album added to Cassette Albums page in the Tapes section.

• New non-album live tracks added to Spare Parts page in the Features section.

• New “guest appearance” album/track added to Somebody Else’s Past page in the Features section.

• A few corrections and adjustments made throughout the site.

(Special thanks to Mark Bahlen, Lars Becker, Johnathan Cartwright, Frederic Clair, Tim Devin, Michael Glaser, Anthony Kelly, Scott Neuman [www.forevervinyl.com], Massimo Truchet, Sietze van der Meer, Arie van Egmond and Martin Vervaart for their help with most of these updates)

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (11/18/10)
A recently published, 100-page all-Springsteen special issue of French music magazine “Les Inrockuptibles” comes with an exclusive 2-track bonus CD containing “Because The Night” and “Save My Love”, housed in a black-and-white cardboard picture sleeve. Thanks to Frederic Clair for the info and sleeve scan.

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (11/11/10)
It appears that the European release of the 3-LP vinyl issue of “The Promise” has been postponed, as customers pre-ordering copies from HMV and Amazon in both the UK and Germany have recently received e-mail notifications informing them that the item won’t be available before mid-December (12/16 to 12/21). Its original 11/16 US street date, however, seems to remain unchanged.

WEBMASTERS’ NOTE (11/10/10)
“Darkness” is approaching…and some of the best “spoilers” can be found here.

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (10/25/10)
11/26 will see the US-only release of “Save My Love” (backed with “Because The Night”) as an exclusive, limited-edition 7-inch vinyl single to commemorate “Black Friday”, a “Record Store Day”-type campaign supporting independent music dealers.

WEBMASTERS’ NOTE (10/15/10)
Steve Matoren, director of a new documentary about Bruce Springsteen fandom entitled “Is There Anybody Alive Out There?!”, is looking for serious Springsteen collectors in the US to present their collections on camera. Check out his website here and drop him a line if you are interested in participating in the project.

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (10/13/10)
The first promo item related to “The Promise”, a 1-track CDR single of “Save My Love” from the UK, has recently surfaced on eBay. Thanks to our Australian mate Mark Bahlen for having its authenticity confirmed via a contact directly at Sony’s London offices.

In other news, the 7-CD “The Collection 1973-84” package now is also scheduled for release in England on 11/29, featuring different box graphics.

UPDATE # 147 (10/02/10)
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• Scan of CBS wrap-around promo sheet for Italian “Born To Run” jukebox 45 added to 7-Inch pages in the Vinyl section (see relevant link within the regular description text).

• Info on/scans of newly-surfaced Costa Rican “Brilliant Disguise” 45 and one-sided “57 Channels” promo issue added to 7-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• Info on/scan of US “I’ll Stand By You Always (Song For Harry Potter”)” 3-track Columbia “in-house” promo CDR EP added to 5-Inch pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scans of Spanish “Human Touch” and French “57 Channels” cassette singles added to Cassette Singles pages in the Tapes section.

• New “guest appearance” EP/track added to Somebody Else’s Past page in the Features section.

• Numerous corrections and adjustments made throughout the site.

(Special thanks to Alessandro Cattaneo, Tim Devin, Josef Schrefel and Jeroen van Vliet for their help with some of these updates. Our very special thanks go out to “Him Who Must Not Be Named” for the truly sensational “I’ll Stand By You Always” CDR info/scan)

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (09/30/10)
Check out Amazon.de for a picture showing all individual packaging elements of the full “The Promise” box set.

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (09/24/10)
The new Ray Davies album of collaborations with other artists, "See My Friends" (due 11/01 from Universal), will feature Bruce on a duet version of the 1981 Kinks song “Better Things”.

SPECIAL WEBMASTERS’ NOTE (09/17/10)
Courtesy of a very generous gentleman from the US who wishes to remain anonymous (let’s just call him “He Who Must Not Be Named”), we are proud to present to you a previously undocumented Springsteen item that can easily be placed in the “Holy Grail” category (and even that would probably be an understatement): A 3-track Columbia “in-house” promo CDR EP that contains Bruce’s original version of his 2001 composition “I’ll Stand By You Always”; a ballad he originally wrote for his youngest son Sam Ryan and later donated to the soundtrack of the first “Harry Potter” film, “Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone” (hence the title “Song For Harry Potter”), although it ultimately wasn’t used for that movie (read more details here). To this day, the song remains unreleased and uncirculated in any form, except for this ultra-mega-super-rare disc, of which probably no more than 5 copies - distributed exclusively to top Columbia executives - were ever made (the two additional tracks are the same live recordings that appeared on the bonus CD single included with the “Live In New York City” DVD in 2001). Our VERY SPECIAL thanks go out to the source who provided us with the scan and background info, thus enabling Lost In The Flood to share this unbelievable gem with all of you.

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (08/26/10)
The eagerly-anticipated “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” box set is finally scheduled for release on 11/16, and it’s going to be monstrous. In addition to a (long overdue) digitally remastered version of the album, “The Promise: The ‘Darkness On The Edge Of Town’ Story” also contains two audio discs of outtakes from the 1977/78 sessions (which will be available as separate 2-CD/3-LP sets as well), plus three DVD’s or BluRays, including - amongst other rare footage - the complete December 8, 1978 concert at The Summit in Houston, Texas. What can we say, except HOLY COW?? Click on the pic below for all the details at Springsteen’s official website.

UPDATE # 146 (08/16/10)
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• Info on/scans of US “London Calling” 1-track promo CDR single added to 5-Inch pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scans of 2010 Indian “Magic” reissue and European “The Collection 1973-84” 7-CD box set added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scans of Brazilian “The Remix Tape” V/A CD sampler added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• A few corrections and adjustments made throughout the site.

(Special thanks to Mike Anderson, Mark Bahlen, Ignacio Casado, Alessandro Cattaneo, Frederic Clair, Henrik Hemdrup and Massimo Truchet for their help with most of these updates)

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (07/21/10)
Joining fellow label artists such as Michael Jackson, Aerosmith, Simon & Garfunkel and Rage Against The Machine in Sony Germany’s “The Collection” series of specially-priced CD box sets, Bruce’s first seven albums will be reissued as “Bruce Springsteen: The Collection 1973-84” on 08/13; featuring “mini-LP” cardboard sleeve packaging and a 16-page booklet.

UPDATE # 145 (07/04/10)
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• Additional info on/scans of promo-stickered US “Blinded By The Light” and “Spirit In The Night” stock 45s added to 7-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• New, enlargable label scans of European “Wrecking Ball” 10-inch “Record Store Day” single added to 10-Inch page in the Vinyl section.

• Info on/scan of Costa Rican one-sided “Human Touch” promo issue added to 12-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• Info on/scan of misprinted US “Born In The U.S.A.” LP added to Albums pages in the Vinyl section.

• Additional info on/scan of second (stickered) Australian “Chicken Lips And Lizard Hips” promo CD variant added to 5-Inch pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scans of “London Calling” UK and New Zealand 1-track promo CDR singles added to 5-Inch pages in the Compact Discs section.

• New, enlargable scan of US “Live / 1975-85” 8-track box set added to 8-Tracks page in the Tapes section.

• Promo-only “Lucky Town” live edit and “London Calling” live version added to Spare Parts page in the Features section.

• New “guest appearance” album/track added to Somebody Else’s Past page in the Features section.

(Special thanks to Mark Bahlen, Carlo Bondi, Alessandro Cattaneo, Jeremy Parkinson, Peter Schaefer and Josef Schrefel for their help with most of these updates)

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (06/27/10)
Bruce will be featured as a guest vocalist on the upcoming new album by Texan singer/songwriter Alejandro Escovedo, "Street Songs Of Love", to be released on 06/29.

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (06/18/10)
“London Calling”, the opening number of Springsteen’s new “London Calling: Live In Hyde Park” concert DVD/BluRay, has just been released in audio form to AOL online radio, and also recently made its way onto a promotional 1-track CDR single in the UK. Thanks to Mark Bahlen for the info.

UPDATE # 144 (05/01/10)
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• New background info on withdrawn/unreleased UK “Sherry Darling”/“Independence Day” promo 45 added to 7-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• Info on/scans of “Wrecking Ball” 10-inch “Record Store Day” single added to 10-Inch page in the Vinyl section.

• New, enlargable scans of Japanese “Last American Hero From Asbury Park, N.J.” promo labels added to Albums pages in the Vinyl section.

• New background info on US “Darkness On The Edge Of Town” promo picture disc LP added to Picture Discs page in the Vinyl section.

• New non-album track added to Spare Parts page in the Features section.

(Special thanks to Dan French, Martin Vervaart, Eddy Wehbe and Dick Wingate for their help with these updates)

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (03/19/10)
brucespringsteen.net now officially confirms both tracks on the forthcoming “Wrecking Ball” 10-inch vinyl single to be the previously released download-only live recordings from 2009 and 2008, respectively (i. e., “The Ghost Of Tom Joad” appearing in the full-band version from the 2008 Anaheim, California show, which featured Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello on guitar and was originally available as part of the “Magic Tour Highlights” digital EP) . Cover artwork will be identical to the “Wrecking Ball” iTunes single, and should look even more awesome on an actual, physical picture sleeve.

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (03/12/10)
Another exclusive Springsteen vinyl release will be issued to commemorate this year’s “Record Store Day” on 04/17, in the form of a 10-inch single containing what presumably are live versions of “Wrecking Ball” (previously available as a "digital single" only) and “The Ghost Of Tom Joad”. No artwork or other details are known as of yet, apart from the recommended retail price of $ 6.98 per copy.

UPDATE # 143 (03/07/10)
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• New, enlargable scan of Portuguese “Dancing In The Dark” EP added to 12-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• Scans of Spanish “Tunnel Of Love” advance promo LP inserts added to Albums pages in the Vinyl section (see relevant link within the regular description text).

• Picture Discs page in the Vinyl section revised to feature upgraded, enlargable scans.

• New, enlargable scan of misprinted Austrian “Tougher Than The Rest” EP sleeve with incorrect tracklisting added to 5-Inch pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Updated info on “The Ghost Of Tom Joad: Japanese Tour Edition” 2-CD set added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scan of Mexican “Working On A Dream” longbox CD issue added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scan of US “Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 1999: The Fourteenth Annual Induction Dinner” V/A promo CD added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Numerous corrections and adjustments made throughout the site.

(Special thanks to Domingo Bauza, Tim Devin, Josef Schrefel, Massimo Truchet and Eddy Wehbe for their help with most of these updates)

COLLECTORS’ NEWS (02/23/10)
Another fake Springsteen vinyl picture disc LP, “The Ghost Of Tom Joad”, has just surfaced on eBay Italy for the first time (with more copies certainly to follow, so make sure to steer clear). Thanks to Alessandro Cattaneo, who posted a link to the auction in the ever-growing “Official Bruce Springsteen Collectors’ Thread” on the “Greasy Lake” message board.

UPDATE # 142 (02/08/10)
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• New, enlargable scan of Brazilian “Hungry Heart” picture sleeve added to 7-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• Updated info on/scans of US “Bruce Springsteen: A Retrospective” (Versions 2 and 3) box set colour variations added to 7-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• Updated info on “The Born In The U.S.A. 12“ Single Collection” box set (original UK issue and Dutch export version) added to 12-Inch pages in the Vinyl section.

• New, enlargable scan of Venezuelan “En Vivo” LP front sleeve added to Albums pages in the Vinyl section.

• Info on/scans of Canadian "Give The Gift Of Music“ V/A promo 2-LP set added to Albums pages in the Vinyl section.

• Several new and/or upgraded scans added to 3-Inch and 5-Inch pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scan of Scandinavian “Human Touch” / “Lucky Town” 2-CD cardboard slipcase reissue added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• Info on/scan of Japanese “The Essential Bruce Springsteen (Limited Edition 3.0)” 3-CD reissue added to Albums pages in the Compact Discs section.

• “Private Collections Online” added to Links page in the About This Site section.

• A few adjustments made throughout the site.

(Special thanks to Alessandro Cattaneo, Morten Kjærvik, Josef Schrefel and Massimo Truchet for their help with some of these updates) 

SPECIAL WEBMASTERS’ NOTE (01/23/10)
Bruce’s awesome acoustic rendition of “We Shall Overcome” performed during last night’s “Hope For Haiti Now” telethon supporting victims of the recent, disastrous Haiti earthquake will be made internationally available as an official iTunes download within the next few days (presumably from 01/25). The track can be purchased both individually and as part of a full digital album featuring all music artists who participated in the event, with proceeds going to seven different relief organizations.

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