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Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind (1979)

Track listing:
  1. The Ties That Bind 3:36
  2. Cindy 2:28
  3. Hungry Heart 3:28
  4. Stolen Car 4:32
  5. To Be True 3:54
  6. The River 4:54
  7. You Can Look..(But You Better Not Touch) 2:11
  8. The Price You Pay 5:51
  9. I Wanna Marry You 3:30
  10. Loose Ends 4:08

Notes

The original River album

Master Tape Copy Oct 4 1979


01 The Ties That Bind (Take 8, no recording date)-similar to released version with slight change in chorus

02 Cindy (take 3, no recording date)-played at wrong speed on most outtake boots, correct here

03 Hungry Heart (Take 2, no recording date)-minor variations to released version but the closest of all the tracks here to the released versions

04 Stolen car (Take 3, recorded Sep 24 1979)-original arrangement & slight lyric changes

05 To be True (Take 2, no recording date)-alternate with double track vocal & later sax solo

06 The River (take 5, recorded Sep 3 1979)-no b/g vox, alternate vocal take

07 You can look…….(Take 3, recorded Sep 1 1979)-rockabilly version

08 The Price You Pay (Take 1, recorded Sep 25 1979)-alternate 3rd verse

09 I Wanna Marry You (Take 4, recorded 24 Sep 1979)-alternate mix, other varied arrangements

10 Loose Ends (Take 2, recorded Sep 23 1979)-recorded on Bruce’s birthday