That he had received many more songs for this album, as the 10 songs that eventually made it on "Darkness" was, by the end of the 90's clear to us as "The Boss", the 4-CD box "Tracks" any material published on the 66 songs from 25 years, which he had withheld from us by then, or were only available as B-Sides.
That there were many jeoch that he now "The Promise" veröffentlcht with another 21 songs from this session, would certainly not be somancher dream.
Also that there are not always the worst songs that were then finally sorted out, is already clear as soon as you insert the CD. The alternative version of "Racing In The Street", the start number of the album has some edge over the version in the Darkness album, and like a lot better to me.
Also there is now finally Springsteen studio versions of "Fire" and "Because the Night". The latter he had written together with Patti Smith, whose version for a long time was much more famous until The Boss 1986 his 5-fold LP live album 1975-85 veröffentlchte where live versions of these two songs can be found.
It is likely that The Boss in the coming years plans to publish some albums of this kind, because only for "Born In The USA", whose recording sessions had taken a total of 2 years to complete the bundle of energy Springsteen has (according to the "Rolling -Stone-Facts ") recorded on the 100 songs. About a dozen of them, and that is in this case not much, has also been published on "Tracks". The other is "The Boss" his fans still owe. Let's see what there still is ...
That "The Promise" is an absolute "must-have" for all Springsteen fans is is anyway obvious. But it is also quite a suitable entry-Album for those who do want to become.
