Bruce Springsteen - The Ties That Bind (STU/FLAC)

(Studio FLAC)

"The Ties That Bind" 

Bruce Springsteen 

Red Robin Records 

ROB-1022 

Released in Europe in 1994 

Source: Original silvers 

Somehow, all versions of Bruce's lost album from late 1979 have fallen off of the tracker. It came very close to being released before he pulled out at the last minute. The source for all of the releases of this album including this one before the excellent JEMS version was from the master tapes but not a 'perfect' transfer until JEMS re-transfered it. Anyways, the album would have appeared exactly like this, with tracks 1-5 making up side 1 and 6-10 making up side 2. It is a shame that Bruce threw three of these fantastic songs away and then re-recorded or chose another mix for others for the River album. 

01 - The Ties That Bind - Take 8 

02 - Cindy - Take 3 

03 - Hungry Heart - Take 2 

04 - Stolen Car - Take 3 

05 - To Be True - Take 2 

06 - The River - Take 5 

07 - You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) - Take 3 

08 - The Price You Pay - Take 1 

09 - I Wanna Marry You - Take 4 

10 - Loose Ends - Take 2 

This version of the bootleg seems to be hard to find. There are apparently 5 different versions of this CD out there (prior to JEMS), 3 of which have virtually the same exact artwork minus the CD. The one that seems to be very common is the the version without a label that has 'The Ties That Bind' written on the CD in the classic blue font used on The River album cover. This version has a red CD with different writing on it with a label of Red Robin records.