The voice of the people with a box for the people

66 songs, including 56 previously unreleased tracks from the years 1972 to 1995. For this purpose, a booklet with foreword by the artist, photos and all lyrics. The four CD's in HDCD Quality stuck in a well-designed package, each with matching photo for each phase Springsteen (Asbury Park, cars, USA and traveling).
Unlike many other rarities box (Nirvana or Buffalo Springfield for example) are the 66 songs on this box sets actually finished songs produced and no demos. The set was published in 1998, so now more likely to be unpublished pieces have been added, not to mention quite unfinished songs.
Especially positive on tracks is the fair price! Here not a new "song with a best-of is hawked as Michael Jackson's This Is It in 2009 and no credit here must be taken as for Neil Young's brilliant, but plenty of costly Archives.

Which songs, it is understandable that they previously unreleased remained and in which it is incomprehensible not see any similar handset. Had the acoustic version of Born in the USA enforced from tracks instead of the more familiar version, Springsteen would have been his biggest hit poorer and not become this huge star. For this was also not so much misunderstood and been ridiculed by some critics.

Tracks is an essential box set for Bruce Springsteen fans. Perhaps a reminder of better days in the music industry. 2010 you might have republished all albums, each with 2-4 songs from tracks as bonus tracks. Buys recordings so tracks does not degenerate into a museum piece, but a model for other box sets remain! Springsteen as a download? That would be like Springsteen in VW Passat with Wackeldackel. That does not rock.

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