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The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story
The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story Box set reissue
Label (Cat #): Columbia (88697 78230 2)
Format: 3xCD + 3xBD
Country: USA
Release date (Original year): 2010 (1978)
Disc 1: [CD / digitally remastered "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" album]
01- BADLANDS
02- ADAM RAISED A CAIN
03- SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT
04- CANDY'S ROOM
05- RACING IN THE STREET
06- THE PROMISED LAND
07- FACTORY
08- STREETS OF FIRE
09- PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
10- DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN

Disc 2: [CD / "The Promise", disc 1]
01- RACING IN THE STREET ('78)
02- GOTTA GET THAT FEELING
03- OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
04- SOMEDAY (WE'LL BE TOGETHER)
05- ONE WAY STREET
06- BECAUSE THE NIGHT
07- WRONG SIDE OF THE STREET
08- THE BROKENHEARTED
09- RENDEZVOUS
10- CANDY'S BOY

Disc 3: [CD / "The Promise", disc 2]
01- SAVE MY LOVE
02- AIN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU
03- FIRE
04- SPANISH EYES
05- IT'S A SHAME
06- COME ON (LET'S GO TONIGHT)
07- TALK TO ME
08- THE LITTLE THINGS (MY BABY DOES)
09- BREAKAWAY
10- THE PROMISE
11- CITY OF NIGHT - THE WAY

Disc 4:[BD / "The Promise: The Making Of Darkness On The Edge Of Town"]
01- A Commitment To Life
02- Two Clouds
03- The Sound Picture
04- The Process
05- Notebook
06- Pop Songs
07- Varying Opinions
08- Adult Music
09- Making An Album
10- Vision Of Now
11- Sense Of Possibilities
12- Credits

Disc 5: [BD / "Darkness On The Edge Of Town, Paramount Theater, Asbury Park 2009"]
01- BADLANDS
02- ADAM RAISED A CAIN
03- SOMETHING IN THE NIGHT
04- CANDY'S ROOM
05- RACING IN THE STREET
06- THE PROMISED LAND
07- FACTORY
08- STREETS OF FIRE
09- PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
10- DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
Disc 5: [continued, "Thrill Hill Vault 1976-1978"]
11- SAVE MY LOVE [Holmdel, NJ 76]
12- CANDY'S BOY [Holmdel, NJ 76]
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 [demo, NYC 78]
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: [BD / "Thrill Hill Vault Houston '78 Bootleg: House Cut"]
01- BADLANDS
02- STREETS OF FIRE
03- IT'S HARD TO BE A SAINT IN THE CITY
04- DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN
05- SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
06- INDEPENDENCE DAY
07- THE PROMISED LAND
08- PROVE IT ALL NIGHT
09- RACING IN THE STREET
10- THUNDER ROAD
11- JUNGLELAND
12- THE TIES THAT BIND
13- SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TOW 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


Notes from Lost In The Flood:
Housed inside a solid, hard cardboard outer slipcase, this thoroughly breathtaking set comes as an elaborately designed and beautifully illustrated 80-page, 11-inch x 8-inch, ring-bound "pocket notebook" replica featuring facsimiles of Bruce's original handwritten lyrics, production notes, "work sheets" and numerous other items related to the album's recording sessions; with the six discs - the newly remastered "Darkness" CD, "The Promise" 2-CD collection of 1977/78 studio outtakes (also released separately), documentary DVD/BluRay "The Promise: The 'Darkness On The Edge Of Town' Story", DVD/BluRay "Darkness On The Edge Of Town - Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park 2009" / "Thrill Hill Vault (1976 - 1978)" and DVD/BluRay "Houston '78 Bootleg: House Cut"; all in individual cardboard picture sleeves - integrated into its pages. An extra, illustrated 12-page black-and-white lyric booklet for "The Promise" is also included as the only loose packaging element. The box originally came sealed with a red info sticker on front and a removable tracklisting sheet detailing all contents glued to the back.

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