AMERICAN MADNESS

L’ unica cosa positiva di questa benedetta influenza è che ho molto tempo per ascoltare o vedere un bel po’ di bootleg di Springsteen.
Questa mattina è il turno di American Madness che copre i miei anni preferiti:
Title: American Madness: Remastered Darkness On The Edge Of Town Outtakes 
Label: Ev2 
Format: 4CD 
Source: Studio 
Date: June 1977 – April 1978 
Location: Atlantic Studios / The Record Plant, NYC, NY 

Disc 1: 
01 Don’t Look Back 
02 Prove It All Night 
03 Candy’s Room 
04 The Promised Land – w/o guitar solo 
05 Badlands 
06 Something In The Night 
07 Factory 
08 Racing In The Street 
09 Prove It All Night #2 
10 Darkness On The Edge Of Town 

11 Spanish Eyes 
12 Sherry Darling 
13 Streets Of Fire 
14 Candy’s Room #2 
15 Prove It All Night* 

* Promo cut for radio play, recorded at Community Auditorium, Berkeley, CA July 1, 1978. 
– See info in the end of this file 

Disc 2: 
01 The Promise 
02 Badlands 
03 Adam Raised A Cain 
04 Something In The Night 
05 Prove It All Night 
06 Down By The River (Say Sons) 
07 Taxi Cab (Taxi Driver, City At Night) 
08 Factory 
09 Streets Of Fire #1 
10 Because the Night #1 
11 The Iceman 
12 Preacher’s Daughter 
13 Crazy Rocker 
14 Drive All Night #1 
15 The Way #2 
16 The Fast Song (instrumental) 
17 Someday, Tonight (instrumental) 
18 Racing In The Street 

Disc 3: 
01 The Promise 
02 Hearts Of Stone 
03 One Way Street 
04 Candy’s Boy #1 
05 Endless Night (English Sons) 
06 Spanish Eyes 
07 Streets Of Fire #2 
08 Factory 
09 Loose Ends 
10 Independence Day 
11 Drive All Night #2 
12 The Way #1 
13 Racing In The Street 
14 Don’t Look Back (instrumental) 
15 Badlands (instrumental) 
16 Castaway (The Ballad) 

Disc 4: 
01 What’s The Matter Little Darling 
02 Get That Feeling #2 
03 Get that Feeling #1 
04 Candy’s Boy #2 
05 Rendezvous 
06 I Wanna Be With You 
07 Don’t Look Back 
08 Ramrod 
09 Frankie 
10 Because The Night #2 
11 Sherry Darling 
12 Outside Lookin’ In 
13 I’m Goin’ Back 
14 Fire 
15 The Fast Song 
16 Break Out 
17 Talk To Me (instrumental) 
18 Racing In The Street 

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Disc One (1) details: 

Source: ‘Original Darkness Mixes’, E Street Records ES-08. 
Date: June 1977 – April 1978 
Location: The Record Plant, New York City, NY 

Original mixes for the album, recorded from original acetates. 

– Some tracks have some crackle & hiss, nothing I could do to remove it (they were on the original files) 
 

Disc Two (2) details: 

Recording details: 
– Tracks 1,9,10,16,18 recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC August 1977 
– Tracks 2,3,5 recorded at Atlantic Studios OR The Record Plant, NYC August 1977. 
– Tracks 4,17 recorded at The Record Plant, NYC September 1977. 
– Track 14 recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC June 1977. 
– Tracks 6,7,8,11,12,13,15 recorded at The Record Plant, NYC Oct-Dec 1977. 

Source details: 
– Tracks 1,9,14,16 from ‘Lost Masters II’, LOVE 002 
– Tracks 2,3,5,10,17 from ‘Lost Masters III’, LOVE 003 
– Tracks 6,7,12,11 from ‘Loose Ends’, Scorpio 
– Track 8 from ‘Definitive Darkness Outtakes Collection’, ES-17/18 
– Track 4 from ‘The Promise’, BS300 
– Track 15 from ‘Ultra Rare Trax Volume 1’, MR001 
– Track 13 from ‘Treasures From The Vault’, Ev2 (DDITV edit) 
– Track 18 is a mix of ‘Lost Masters III’ & ‘The Promise’. 

Track descriptions: 
Tracks 1,6,7,10,12,13,14,15,16,17 unreleased outtakes 
02 Different lyrics 
03 Alternate take w/ different lyrics 
04 Different mix 
05 Lyrics from ‘Something In The Night’ 
08 Violin overdub from David Lindley 
09 Earlier take 
11 Virtually identical to ‘Tracks’ version 
18 Slow version with different lyrics (solo piano?) 
 

Disc Three (3) details: 

Recording details: 
– Tracks 8,13,15,16 recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC August 1977 
– Track 6 recorded at Atlantic Studios OR The Record Plant, NYC August 1977. 
– Tracks 1,7,10 recorded at The Record Plant, NYC September 1977. 
– Track 3,4,11,14 recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC June 1977. 
– Tracks 2,5,12 recorded at The Record Plant, NYC Oct-Dec 1977. 
– Track 9 recorded probably at The Record Plant, NYC April 1978. 

Source details: 
– Tracks 3,11,13,14,15 from ‘Lost Masters II’, LOVE 002 
– Tracks 6,8,10 from ‘Lost Masters III’, LOVE 003 
– Tracks 4,9,16 from ‘Loose Ends’, Scorpio 
– Tracks 2,5,7,12 from ‘Definitive Darkness Outtakes Collection’, ES-17/18 
– Track 1 from ‘Treasures From The Vault’, Ev2 (DDITV edit) 

Track descriptions: 
Tracks 1,3,4,5,6,10,11,12,14,15,16 unreleased outtakes 
02 Different mix without the ’98 recorded horns on Tracks 
07 Different mix 
08 Alternative lyrics 
09 Different mix 
13 Alternate version with harp 
 

Disc Four (4) details: 

Recording details: 
– Tracks 2,4,11,15,17,18 recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC August 1977 
– Tracks 8,10 recorded at The Record Plant, NYC September 1977. 
– Track 5,6,7,9,12,14 recorded at Atlantic Studios, NYC June 1977. 
– Tracks 1,3,13,16 recorded at The Record Plant, NYC Oct-Dec 1977. 

Source details: 
– Tracks 2,9,14,17 from ‘Lost Masters II’, LOVE 002 
– Tracks 4,11,15,18 from ‘Lost Masters III’, LOVE 003 
– Tracks 5,6,13,16 from ‘Loose Ends’, Scorpio 
– Tracks 1,3 from ‘Treasures From The Vault’, Ev2 (DDITV edit) 
– Tracks 7,10 from ‘The Promise’, BS300 
– Track 12 from ‘Definitive Darkness Outtakes Collection’, ES-17/18 
– Track 8 from ‘The Iceman’, BS100 

Track descriptions: 
Tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 unreleased outtakes 
07 Rough vocals, very different take 
18 Different lyrics 

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