Wednesday, November 28, 2007

You're Messin' with Murder Incorporated


















Another snag from usenet, this time it's Unsatisfied Heart - Remastered Born in the USA Outtakes. This set seems especially cool, in that it's a qualitatively different album that eventually begat Born in the USA. From the text notes that accompanied this set: "By July 1983 Springsteen was in the final stages of mixing and track selection for the album. There was talk of a pre-Christmas release. There was certainly no shortage of outstanding material to pick from. A document exists from mid 1983 revealing Springsteen’s selection for the album, as well his selections for b-sides. (reproduced below)"

Born in the USA never gets as much love or respect as Born to Run or his other 70s albums. I blame MTV and videos in general. You can't help but lose some mystique when you start playing dressup and lip-syncing in front of a camera, not just Bruce, but any of them actually (except, of course, "Bastards of Young"). If you flipped this album back 10 years it might be considered as great as some of the others.

Date: 1982 - April 1984
Location: The Hit Factory / The Power Station, New York City, NY

Disc 1:
01 Born In The U.S.A.
02 Murder Incorporated
03 Downbound Train
04 Glory Days
05 This Hard Land
06 My Love Will Not Let You Down
07 Johnny Bye Bye
08 Frankie
09 I'm Goin' Down
10 Working On The Highway
11 I'm On Fire

b-sides:
12 Sugarland
13 Follow That Dream
14 Dont Back Down
15 One Love
16 Little Girl

Disc 2:
01 None But The Brave
02 Murder Incorporated #2
03 (Drop On Down And) Cover Me
04 Janey Don't You Lose Heart
05 My Love Will Not Let You Down #2
06 Cynthia
07 Darlington County
08 Protection
09 TV Movie
10 County Fair

Solo:
11 Shut Out The Light
12 Richfield Whistle
13 Fugitives Dream
14 Delivery Man
15 The Klansman
16 Unsatisfied Heart


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