The Boss in all his glory days
Bruce Springsteen fans will have a tough time deciding what to do first with the Born to Run 30th Anniversary Edition box set: Play the remastered CD or slip in one of the set’s two revealing DVDs.
The three-disc set out today (Sony, $40) is a treasure-trove about the 1975 classic album that vaulted Springsteen and the E Street Band into superstardom:
ï The set has a booklet with a written introduction by Springsteen and dozens of photos unpublished until now.
√Ø Then-and-now studio footage of Springsteen appears in Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run, a 90-minute documentary that features interviews with current and past E Street Band members. Also included are three songs recorded live in Los Angeles in 1973, Spirit in the Night, Wild Billy’s Circus Story and Thundercrack.
√Ø The set’s crowning jewel is a Nov. 18, 1975, performance at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. The two-hour, 10-minute performance, restored and remixed in surround sound, is the only full-length concert film released from the band’s first 25 years.
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