Bruce Springsteen - The Lost Masters - Essential Collection 1977-1983 (1996)

Bruce Springsteen once said he intended to make an album with words like Bob Dylan that sounded like Phil Spector where he sang like Roy Orbison, a nifty summary of many, but not all, of his artistic ambitions and a key to his appeal.

Unlike any of the other singer/songwriters saddled with the appellation of "the new Dylan" in the early '70s, Springsteen never hid how he was raised on '60s AM radio. He loved rock & roll, whether it was the initial blast from the '50s or the mini-symphonies from the days before the Beatles or the garage rockers that surfaced in the wake of the British Invasion, and all this could be heard within his wild, wooly collective the E Street Band, a group who debuted on his second album, 1973's The Wild The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle, and who would support him through most of his career. The E Street Band allowed Springsteen to touch upon all of his beloved music – rock & roll, soul, jazz – yet he would still step outside the band to do an occasional solo project, often acoustic-oriented excursions into folk where he'd deliberately pick up the story-telling torch left behind by Woody Guthrie. Here, Springsteen turned the working class into myth but that same sense of romance was evident in his rock & roll, surfacing spectacularly on his 1975 album Born to Run. Greeted by superlative reviews along with the rare distinction of Bruce appearing on the covers of the news weeklies Time and Newsweek within the same week, Born to Run put Springsteen on the map and over the next few years he worked hard, touring regularly with the E Street Band and releasing the acclaimed, successful records Darkness on the Edge of Town and The River. What pushed Springsteen into the stratosphere was 1984's Born in the U.S.A., a record that turned into a 15-million-unit selling phenomenon and made Bruce a global superstar. He had some difficulty with the fallout of fame, stepping away from the E Street Band for nearly a decade as he wandered through a series of albums of varied quality, but at the turn of the millennium, he first reunited the band for a successful tour and then found an artistic rebirth with 2002's The Rising. From that point on, Springsteen and the E Street Band were a constant presence, issuing albums every few years and touring regularly, still playing the three-to-four-hour sets for which they're legendary and defying all expectations by maintaining their spirit and vigor even as such key members as saxophonist Clarence Clemons and keyboardist Danny Federici passed away. Bruce Springsteen was born September 23, 1949 in Freehold, New Jersey, the son of Douglas Springsteen, a bus driver, and Adele (Zirilli) Springsteen, a secretary. He became interested in music after seeing Elvis Presley perform on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956 and got a guitar, but he didn't start playing seriously until 1963. In 1965, he joined his first band, the Beatles-influenced Castiles. They got as far as playing in New York City, but broke up in 1967 around the time Springsteen graduated from high school and began frequenting clubs in Asbury Park, New Jersey. From there, he briefly joined Earth, a hard rock band in the style of Cream. Also in the hard rock vein was his next group, Child (soon renamed Steel Mill), which featured keyboard player Danny Federici and drummer Vini Lopez. (Later on, guitarist Steve Van Zandt joined on bass.) Steel Mill played in California in 1969, drawing a rave review in San Francisco and even a contract offer from a record label. But they broke up in 1971, and Springsteen formed a big band, the short-lived Dr. Zoom & the Cosmic Boom, quickly superseded by the Bruce Springsteen Band. Along with Federici, Lopez, and Van Zandt (who switched back to guitar), this group also included pianist David Sancious and bassist Garry Tallent, plus a horn section that didn't last long before being replaced by a single saxophonist, Clarence Clemons. Due to lack of work, however, Springsteen broke up the band and began playing solo shows in New York City. It was as a solo performer that he acquired a manager, Mike Appel, who arranged an audition for legendary Columbia talent scout John Hammond. Hammond signed Springsteen to Columbia in 1972. In preparing his debut LP, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., Springsteen immediately rehired most of his backup band, Federici, Lopez, Sancious, Tallent, and Clemons. (Van Zandt, on tour with the Dovells, was mostly unavailable.) The album went unnoticed upon its initial release in January 1973 (although Manfred Mann's Earth Band would turn its lead-off track, "Blinded by the Light," into a number one hit four years later, and the LP itself has since gone double platinum). The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle (September 1973) also failed to sell despite some rave reviews. (It too has gone double platinum.) The following year, Springsteen revised his backup group – now dubbed the E Street Band – as Lopez and Sancious left, and Max Weinberg (drums) and Roy Bittan (piano) joined, and in 1975, Van Zandt returned to the group. With this unit he toured extensively while working on the LP that represented his last chance with Columbia. By the time Born to Run (August 1975) was released, the critics and a significant cult audience were with him, and the title song became a Top 40 hit while the album reached the Top Ten, going on to sell six million copies. Despite this breakthrough, Springsteen's momentum was broken by a legal dispute, as he split from Appel and brought in Jon Landau (a rock critic who had famously called him the "rock & roll future" in a 1974 concert review) as his new manager. The legal issues weren't resolved until 1977, during which time Springsteen was unable to record. (One beneficiary of this problem was Patti Smith, to whom Springsteen gave the composition "Because the Night," which, with some lyrical revisions by her, became her only Top 40 hit in the spring of 1978.) He finally returned in June 1978 with Darkness on the Edge of Town. By then, he had to rebuild his career. Record labels had recruited their own versions of the Springsteen "heartland rock" sound, in such similar artists as Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band (who actually preceded Springsteen but achieved national recognition in his wake), Johnny Cougar (aka John Mellencamp), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Meat Loaf, Eddie Money, and even fellow Jersey Shore residents Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, to name only some of the more successful ones. At the same time, the punk/new wave trend had become the new focus of critical devotion, making Springsteen seem unfashionable. Notwithstanding these challenges, Darkness earned its share of good reviews and achieved Top Ten status, selling three million copies as the single "Prove It All Night" hit the Top 40. (In early 1979, the Pointer Sisters took Springsteen's composition "Fire" into the Top Ten.) Springsteen fully consolidated his status with his next album, the two-LP set The River (October 1980), which hit number one, sold five million copies, and spawned the Top Ten hit "Hungry Heart" and the Top 40 hit "Fade Away." (In 1981-1982, Gary U.S. Bonds reached the Top 40 with two Springsteen compositions, "This Little Girl" and "Out of Work.") But having finally topped the charts, Springsteen experimented on his next album, preferring the demo recordings of the songs he had made for Nebraska (September 1982) to full-band studio versions, especially given the dark subject matter of his lyrics. The stark LP nevertheless hit the Top Ten and sold a million copies without the benefit of a hit single or a promotional tour. (Van Zandt amicably left the E Street Band for a solo career at this point and was replaced by Nils Lofgren.) But then came Born in the U.S.A. (June 1984) and a two-year international tour. The album hit number one, threw off seven Top Ten hits ("Dancing in the Dark," which earned Springsteen his first Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, "Cover Me," "Born in the U.S.A.," "I'm on Fire," "Glory Days," "I'm Goin' Down," and "My Hometown"), and sold 15 million copies, putting Springsteen in the pop heavens with Michael Jackson and Prince. For his next album, he finally exploited his reputation as a live performer by releasing the five-LP/three-CD box set Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-85 (November 1986), which topped the charts, was certified platinum 13 times, and spawned a Top Ten hit in a cover of Edwin Starr's "War." (In March 1987, "the Barbusters" – actually Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, took Springsteen's composition "Light of Day," written for the movie of the same name, into the Top 40.) Characteristically, Springsteen returned to studio work with a more introverted effort, Tunnel of Love (October 1987), which presaged his 1989 divorce from his first wife, actress Julianne Phillips. (He married a second time, to singer/songwriter/guitarist Patti Scialfa, who had joined the E Street Band as a backup vocalist in 1984.) The album was another number one hit, selling three million copies and producing two Top Ten singles, "Brilliant Disguise" and the title song, as well as the Top 40 hit "One Step Up." The album earned him a second male rock vocal Grammy. (In the spring of 1988, Natalie Cole covered the Springsteen B-side "Pink Cadillac" for a Top Ten hit.) Springsteen retreated from public view in the late '80s, breaking up the E Street Band in November 1989. He returned to action in March 1992 with a new backup band, simultaneously releasing two albums, Human Touch and Lucky Town, which entered the charts at numbers two and three, respectively, each going platinum. A double-sided single combining "Human Touch" and "Better Days" was a Top 40 hit. Of course, this was a relative fall-off from the commercial heights of the mid-'80s, but Springsteen was undeterred. He next contributed the moody ballad "Streets of Philadelphia" to the soundtrack of Philadelphia, film director Jonathan Demme's 1993 depiction of a lawyer fighting an unjust termination for AIDS. The recording became a Top Ten hit, and the song went on to win Springsteen four Grammys (Song of the Year, Best Rock Song, best song written for a motion picture or television, and another for male rock vocal) and the Academy Award for best song. In early 1995, Springsteen reconvened the E Street Band to record a few new tracks for his Greatest Hits (February 1995). The album topped the charts and sold four million copies, with one of the new songs, "Secret Garden," eventually reaching the Top 40. Despite this success, Springsteen resisted the temptation to reunite with the E Street Band on an ongoing basis at this point, instead recording another low-key, downcast, near-acoustic effort in the style of Nebraska, The Ghost of Tom Joad (November 1995), and embarking on a solo tour to promote it. The LP won a Grammy for best contemporary folk album, but it missed the Top Ten and only went gold. A much more prolific songwriter and recording artist than what was reflected in his legitimately released discography, Springsteen went into his vault of unreleased material and assembled the four-CD box set Tracks (November 1998), which went platinum. Whether inspired by the playing he heard on those recordings, bowing to constant fan pressure, or simply recognizing the musicians with whom he had made his most successful music, Springsteen finally reunited the E Street Band in 1999, beginning with a performance at his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. All the members from the 1974-1989 edition of the group returned. (Characteristically, Springsteen sidestepped the question of whether to use Van Zandt or Lofgren in the guitar position by rehiring both of them.) They embarked on a world tour that lasted until mid-2000, its final dates resulting in the album Live in New York City, which hit the Top Ten and sold a million copies. Springsteen's writing process in coming up with a new rock album to be recorded with members of the E Street Band was given greater impetus in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the resulting disc, The Rising (July 2002), contained songs that reflected on the tragedy. The album hit number one and sold two million copies, winning the Grammy for rock album, and the title song won for rock song and male rock vocal. Following another lengthy tour with the E Street Band, Springsteen again returned to the style and mood of Nebraska on another solo recording, Devils & Dust (April 2005), taking to the road alone to promote it. The album hit number one and went gold, winning a Grammy for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. One year later, Springsteen unveiled another new musical approach when he presented We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions (April 2006), an album on which he played new arrangements of folk songs associated with Pete Seeger, played by a specially assembled Sessions Band. The album reached the Top Ten and went gold as Springsteen toured with the group. It also won the Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album. The tour led to a concert recording, Live in Dublin (June 2007), which reached the Top 40. Once again, Springsteen recorded a new rock album, Magic (October 2007), as a precursor to re-forming the E Street Band and going out on another long tour. The album hit number one and went platinum, with the song "Radio Nowhere" earning Grammys for rock song and solo rock vocal. (Another track from the album, "Girls in Their Summer Clothes," won the rock song Grammy the following year.) Sadly, longtime E Street Band keyboardist Danny Federici succumbed to a three-year battle with melanoma on April 17, 2008, his death causing the first irrevocable change in the group's personnel (saxophonist Clarence Clemons would die on June 18, 2011 due to complications from a stroke). Federici was replaced by Charles Giordano, who had played with Springsteen previously in the Sessions Band. Springsteen finished the tour in 2008 and held several additional shows in support of Senator Barack Obama, whose presidential campaign had kicked into hyperdrive earlier that year. While playing an Obama rally in early November, Springsteen debuted material from his forthcoming album, Working on a Dream, whose tracks had been recorded with the E Street Band during breaks in the group's previous tour. The resulting album, which was the last to feature contributions from Federici (as well as his son, Jason), arrived on January 27, 2009, one week after Obama's historic inauguration. It immediately hit number one, Springsteen's ninth album to top the charts over a period of three decades, and it went on to go gold and win him another Grammy for solo rock vocal. In February, Springsteen and the E Street Band provided the half-time entertainment at Super Bowl XLIII. The group's tour, which featured full-length performances of some of Springsteen's classic albums at selected shows, ran through November 22, 2009. In December, the 60-year-old was ranked fourth among the top touring acts of the first decade of the 21st century, behind only the Rolling Stones, U2, and Madonna. The same month he was a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. Springsteen's 2010 was devoted to a revival of Darkness on the Edge of Town, with the 1978 masterpiece receiving an expanded box set called The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town; the set contained a feature-length documentary and a double-disc set of outtakes that was also available separately. As Springsteen began work on a studio album produced by Ron Aniello, who'd previously worked with Patti Scialfa, Clarence Clemons died. Clemons' last recorded solo appeared on "Land of Hope and Dreams," one of many politically charged songs on the resulting album, Wrecking Ball. Supported by a major media blitz that included a showcase week of Springsteen covers on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and the Boss delivering a keynote address at South by Southwest, Wrecking Ball appeared the first week of March 2012. Before the end of that month, he embarked on a mammoth world tour to promote the album, on which he eventually took in 26 countries over the course of 18 months. Late in 2013, it was announced that the E Street Band would receive a belated induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in early 2014. Prior to the induction ceremony came High Hopes, Springsteen's 18th studio album. Inspired in part by Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, who had temporarily replaced Van Zandt for the last six months of the Wrecking Ball tour and also played on the album, High Hopes was a collection of covers, reinterpretations of old songs, and leftovers; it appeared in mid-January 2014 and easily reached number one on the album charts. He toured with the E Street Band through the late spring, and also issued the EP American Beauty, which consisted of four unreleased songs from the High Hopes sessions. In late 2015, Springsteen released another audio/video box set offering an in-depth look at one of his classic albums. The Ties That Bind: The River Collection offered a remastered version of Springsteen's 1980 album, along with an expansive disc of outtakes, an early single-LP version of the album Springsteen pulled prior to release, an original documentary on the making of The River, and a complete concert filmed in Tempe, Arizona, in 1980. In the fall of 2016, Springsteen released a memoir entitled Born to Run, which was accompanied by a career-spanning collection called Chapter & Verse that he compiled himself. Shortly after publishing his memoir, Springsteen adapted the book for the stage in the guise of the Broadway production Springsteen on Broadway. Opening in October 2017, the show ran until December 2018. Upon its conclusion, the production was captured as a film and a double-disc album; the record debuted at 11 on Billboard's Top 200. In June 2019, Springsteen returned with his first studio album of original material in five years. Titled Western Stars, the solo record was produced by Aniello and debuted at number two on Billboard's Top 200. Later that year, he released the accompanying concert film to Western Stars, which he directed himself; a soundtrack was released in conjunction with the movie. Springsteen next reunited the E Street Band for Letter to You, an album recorded live in the studio and featuring finalized versions of songs Bruce wrote in the early '70s. Letter to You was released in October 2020 and debuted at number two on the Billboard 200. An archival album, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts, arrived in November 2021.

Tracklist
The Lost Masters Essential Collection - Vol 1

Disc 1

01. Badlands
02. Adam Raised A Cain
03. Roulette (Original Version)
04. Chain Lightning
05. Night Fire
06. I Don't Want To Be
07. Find It Where You Can #2
08. Out On The Run (Looking For Love) #3 (Aka Looking For Love)
09. I Wanna Be With You
10. The Price You Pay (Alternate Take With: 12 String Guitar & Accordion)
11. Stolen Car #1
12. Cindy #2 (Alternate Take With: Clarence's Harmony Vocals)
13. Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own (Alternate Take)
14. She's A Rocker #1 (Take #4)
15. Hungry Heart #1 (Alternate Mix)
16. Pipeline
17. Held Up Without A Gun (Miami Steve On Lead Vocals)
18. Two Hearts #8 (Rehearsals)
19. Jeannie Needs A Shooter #2 (Acoustic Demo)
20. All I Need

Playing Time:……… 01:07:46

Disc 2

01. Pink Cadillac
02. Baby I'm So Cold (Turn The Lights Down Low)
03. Glory Days
04. Protection
05. Tv Movie
06. County Fair #2 (Full Band Version With: Female Vocals)
07. Bye Bye Johnny #5 (Aka Johnny Bye-Bye)
08. Richfield Whistle
09. Unsatisfied Heart
10. Cynthia (Solo Version)
11. Don't Back Down #2 (Electric Version)
12. Don't Back Down #7 (Acoustic Version In Key A)
13. Don't Back Down #10 (Different Music & Double Track Vocals)
14. One Love
15. Follow That Dream #1
16. Your Hometown #1 (Rockabilly Version)
17. Sugarland #1 (Rockabilly Version)
18. Living In A Doll House #1 (Aka Dollhouse)
19. Living In A Doll House #2 (Harmonies - Aka Dollhouse)
20. Point Blank (Harmonies & Guitar Practice)
21. Slow Fade (Earliest Known Version Of Fade Away)

Playing Time:……… 01:12:17

The Lost Masters Essential Collection - Vol 2

Disc 1

01. Prove It All Night (With: Different Lyrics)
02. Factory (With: Different Lyrics)
03. Sherry Darling
04. Independence Day (Original Version)
05. Drive All Night #1 (Original Version)
06. The Promise
07. Candy's Boy #1
08. Racing In The Street #1
09. One Way Street
10. I Wanna Marry You #1 (Alternate Take With: New Vocal)
11. Walking On The Avenue #2
12. Baby Come Back
13. Living On The Edge Of The World #3
14. Jole Blon #1
15. Restless Nights #8

Playing Time:……… 01:11:26

Disc 2

01. Wreck On The Highway (Country Version)
02. Slow Fade #3 (Aka Fade Away)
03. Jackson Cage #2 (Different Music & Lyrics)
04. Stockton Boys #2
05. Stockton Girls
06. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) #2
07. You Gotta Be Kind
08. Fade To Black #1
09. Born In The U.S.A.
10. Child Bride
11. Working On The Highway
12. Glory Days
13. My Love Will Not Let You Down
14. Frankie 07:39
15. Delivery Man #1
16. Little Girl #1 (Double Track Vocals)
17. Sugarland #3 (Country Version)
18. The Klansman
19. Betty Jean
20. Seven Tears
21. Jackson Cage
22. Stolen Car
23. James Lincoln Dear

Playing Time:……… 01:14:08

Vol 01 - Alone in Colts Neck - The Complete Nebraska Session

01. Nebraska
02. Atlantic City
03. Mansion On The Hill
04. Born In The U.S.A.
05. Johnny 99
06. Downbound Train
07. Losin' Kind
08. State Trooper
09. Used Cars
10. Open All Night
11. Pink Cadillac
12. Deputy (aka Highway Patrolman)
13. Reason To Believe
14. Child Bride
15. Dream Baby
16. Precious Memories
17. Nebraska #1
18. Nebraska #2

Playing Time:……… 59:45

The Lost Masters - Vol 02 - One Way Street - Darkness Masters Volume 1

01. One Way Street
02. Don't Look Back (instrumental)
03. Frankie
04. Drive All Night #1 (original version)
05. Drive All Night #2 (alternate version)
06. Something In The Night
07. Candy's Boy #1
08. Fire
09. The Fast Song #1 (instrumental)
10. Streets Of Fire
11. Badlands #1 (instrumental)
12. The Promise
13. Talk To Me (instrumental)
14. Get That Feeling
15. Racing In The Street #1 (alternate version With: harp

Playing Time:……… 01:12:54

The Lost Masters - Vol 03 - Rattling The Chains - Darkness Masters Volume 2

01. Badlands #2 (With: different lyrics)
02. Adam Raised A Cain (With: different lyrics)
03. Factory (With: different lyrics)
04. Racing In The Street #2 (With: different lyrics)
05. Prove It All Night (With: different lyrics)
06. Because The Night (early version)
07. Racing In The Street #3 (slow version With: different lyrics)
08. Streets Of Fire #2 (With: different lyrics)
09. The Fast Song #2
10. Sherry Darling
11. Candy's Boy #2
12. Badlands #3 (With: different lyrics)
13. Spanish Eyes
14. Independence Day (original version)
15. Breakout (early version - aka All Night Long)
16. Someday, Tonight (instrumental)

Playing Time:……… 01:03:46

The Lost Masters - Vol 04 - Big Expendables - Songs That Got Away

01. Roulette #1 (acoustic demo)
02. Roulette #2 (original version)
03. Protection
04. Chain Lightning
05. Under The Gun #1
06. Under The Gun #2
07. Under The Gun #3
08. Under The Gun #4
09. Under The Gun #5
10. Night Fire
11. Man Who Got Away #1
12. Man Who Got Away #2 (acoustic demo)
13. Mary Lou
14. I Don't Want To Be

Playing Time:……… 46:26

The Lost Masters - Vol 05 - Heaven's Dawn - Unreleased River Masters Volume 1

01. She's A Rocker #1 (Take #4)
02. She's A Rocker #2 (Take #6)
03. Rickie Wants A Man Of Her Own (alternate take)
04. Cindy #1 (alternate take)
05. Cindy #2 (alternate take With: Clarence's harmony vocals)
06. Ramrod #1
07. Ramrod #2
08. Ramrod #3
09. Ramrod #4
10. I Wanna Marry You #1 (alternate take With: new vocal)
11. I Wanna Marry You #2 (Take #16)
12. I Wanna Marry You #3 (Take #22)
13. I Wanna Marry You #4 (Take #24)
14. I Wanna Marry You #5 (Take #12)
15. All I Need

Playing Time:……… 52:51

The Lost Masters - Vol 06 - Travel in Fear - Unreleased River Masters Volume 2

01. Hungry Heart #1 (alternate mix)
02. Hungry Heart #2 (alternate mix)
03. The Price You Pay (alternate take)
04. I Wanna Be With You
05. Stolen Car #1
06. Angelyne #1 (acoustic demo)
07. The Ties That Bind
08. Hungry Heart #3
09. Stolen Car #2 (alternate lyrics)
10. To Be True (original version - aka Be True)
11. Angelyne #2 (acoustic demo)
12. Angelyne #3 (acoustic demo)
13. Angelyne #4 (acoustic demo)

Playing Time:……… 43:27

The Lost Masters - Vol 07 - Stockton Boy - Solo Masters Volume 1

01. Everybody Wants My Baby
02. Stockton Boys #1
03. Stockton Boys #2
04. Two Hearts
05. Stockton Boys #3
06. Stockton Boys #4
07. Stockton Girls
08. Untitled Harmonies #1
09. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) #1
10. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) #2 (Raggae Version)
11. You Gotta Be Kind
12. Down in Whitetown #1
13. Down in Whitetown #2
14. Drive All Night (Harmonies)
15. Down in Whitetown #3
16. Down in Whitetown #4
17. Untitled Harmonies #2
18. Party Lights
19. Jackson Cage #1
20. Jackson Cage #2
21. All I Need
22. Fade to Black #1
23. Fade to Black #2 (Harmonies)
24. Stolen Car (Harmonies)
25. Loves Gonna Be Tonight #1
26. Loves Gonna Be Tonight #2

Playing Time:……… 44:11

The Lost Masters - Vol 08 - Under The Gun - Solo Masters Volume 2

01. Protection #1
02. Protection #2
03. Protection #3 (incomplete takes)
04. Protection #4
05. Protection #5 (incomplete takes)
06. Love And Kisses #1
07. Love And Kisses #2 (harmonies)
08. Every Day & Every Night
09. Under The Gun #1
10. Under The Gun #2 (guitar riff)
11. Under The Gun #3 (incomplete takes)
12. Under The Gun #4
13. Under The Gun #5
14. Jeannie Needs A Shooter #1 (harmonies)
15. Jeannie Needs A Shooter #2
16. Untitled Guitar Riff
17. Man Who Got Away (harmonies)
18. Chain Lightning #1
19. Chain Lightning #2
20. Chain Lightning #3
21. Baby Don't Go #1
22. Baby Don't Go #2
23. Mary Lou #1 (incomplete takes)
24. Mary Lou #2
25. Mary Lou #3
26. Mary Lou #4

Playing Time:……… 50:43

The Lost Masters - Vol 09 - Love is a Gun - Solo Masters Volume 3

01. Love is a Gun #1 (harmonies)
02. Love is a Gun #2
03. Walking on the Avenue #1
04. Walking on the Avenue #2
05. Take 'Em As They Come #1
06. Untitled #1
07. Baby Come Back
08. Love & Kisses
09. Love Will Get You Down #1 (riffs & harmonies)
10. Love Will Get You Down #2
11. Love Will Get You Down #3
12. Love Will Get You Down #4
13. Untitled #2
14. Out on the Run (Looking for Love) (instrumental guitar riff)
15. Under the Gun (harmonies)
16. Find It Where You Can
17. Everyone Loves You
18. Untitled #3
19. Bring on the Night #1
20. Take 'Em As They Come #2
21. Bring on the Night #3
22. Untitled #4 (harmonies)
23. Bring on the Night #3
24. Untitled #5 (riffs & harmonies)

Playing Time:……… 54:38

The Lost Masters - Vol 10 - Jesse James and The Wages of Sin - Solo Masters Volume 4

01. Long Way Home
02. Ruled By The Gun #1
03. Ruled By The Gun #2
04. Downbound Train
05. Wages of Sin #1
06. I Need You #1
07. I Need You #2 (background vocals)
08. Ruled By The Gun #3
09. Ruled By The Gun #4 (harmonies)
10. Baby I'm So Cold (Turn The Lights Down Low)
11. Untitled Riff
12. Wages of Sin #2
13. Wages of Sin #3 (harmonies)
14. Wheels Make The World Go Round
15. Glory Days
16. Wages of Sin #4
17. Fade To Black
18. Your Love (Is All Around Me Now) #1
19. Your Love (Is All Around Me Now) #2
20. Jesse James #1
21. Jesse James #2 (harmonies)
22. They Killed Him In The Street #1
23. They Killed Him In THe Street #2 (harmonies)
24. True Love Is Hard To Come By #1
25. True Love Is Hard To Come By #2
26. True Love Is Hard To Come By #3

Playing Time:……… 01:01:01

The Lost Masters - Vol 11 - Walk Don't Run - The Telegraph Hill Rehearsals Volume 1

01. Mary Lou #1
02. Mary Lou #2
03. Mary Lou #3
04. Mary Lou #4
05. Mary Lou #5
06. Mary Lou #6
07. Bring On The Night
08. Walk, Don't Run
09. Held Up Without A Gun #1 (practice takes)
10. Held Up Without A Gun #2
11. Held Up Without A Gun #3
12. Held Up Without A Gun #4 (Miami Steve on lead vocals)
13. Held Up Without A Gun #5
14. Held Up Without A Gun #6
15. Held Up Without A Gun #7
16. Held Up Without A Gun #8
17. Two Hearts #1 (guitar solo mid-song)
18. Two Hearts #2 (practice takes)
19. Two Hearts #3
20. Two Hearts #4
21. Two Hearts #5 (new verse)
22. Two Hearts #6 (new verse & guitar solo)
23. Two Hearts #7 (extended ending)
24. Two Hearts #8 (alternate With: new guitar solo)

Playing Time:……… 01:00:05

The Lost Masters - Vol 12 - Buddy Holly Revisited - The Telegraph Hill Rehearsals Volume 2

01. Living On The Edge #1
02. Living On The Edge #2
03. Living On The Edge #3
04. Chevrolet Deluxe #1
05. Chevrolet Deluxe #2
06. Bring On The Night
07. Restless Nights #1 (slow version)
08. Restless Nights #2 (slow version)
09. Restless Nights #3
10. Restless Nights #4 (incomplete practice takes)
11. Restless Nights #5
12. Restless Nights #6
13. Restless Nights #7

Playing Time:……… 56:41

The Lost Masters - Vol 13 - Restless Days - The Telegraph Hill Rehearsals Volume 3

01. Jole Blon #1
02. Restless Nights #8
03. Restless Nights #9 (practice takes)
04. Restless Nights #10
05. Restless Nights #11 (practice takes)
06. Restless Nights #12
07. Restless Nights #13
08. Jole Blon #2
09. Jole Blon #3
10. Wreck On The Highway (country version)
11. Stolen Car #1
12. Stolen Car #2
13. Stolen Car #3 (practice takes)
14. Stolen Car #4

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The Lost Masters - Vol 14 - Out On The Run - The Telegraph Hill Rehearsals Volume 4

01. Find It Where You can #1 (incomplete take)
02. Find It Where You Can #2
03. Break My Heart (Tonight) #1
04. Break My Heart (Tonight) #2 (rehearsals of sax solo)
05. Out On The Run (Looking For Love) #1
06. Out On The Run (Looking For Love) #2
07. Out On The Run (Looking For Love) #3
08. The Ties That Bind
09. In The City Tonight #1 (incomplete takes)
10. In The City Tonight #2
11. In The City Tonight #3 (incomplete take)
12. In The City Tonight #4
13. In The City Tonight #5 (incomplete takes)
14. In The City Tonight #6
15. In The City Tonight #7 (incomplete takes)

The Lost Masters - Vol 15 - Slow Fade - The Telegraph Hills Rehearsals Volume 5

01. Stolen Car #5
02. Stolen Car #6
03. Stolen Car #7
04. Stolen Car #8 (rehearsals of sax solo)
05. Slow Fade #1 (practice takes - aka Fade Away)
06. Slow Fade #2 (aka Fade Away)
07. Slow Fade #3 (aka Fade Away)
08. Slow Fade #4 (practice takes - aka Fade Away)
09. Slow Fade #5 (aka Fade Away)
10. Slow Fade #6 (aka Fade Away)
11. Jackson Cage #1 (different music & lyrics)
12. Jackson Cage #2 (different music & lyrics)

The Lost Masters - Vol 16 - Hollywood Hills Garage Tapes - Unreleased Masters Volume 1

01. Don't Back Down #9
02. One Love
03. Little Girl #1 (double track vocals)
04. Don't Back Down #10 (different music & double track vocals)
05. Sugarland #2 (rockabilly version)
06. Sugarland #3 (country version)
07. Shut Out the Light #1 (With: 2 extra verses)
08. Fugitives Dreams
09. Betty Jean
10. Bye Bye Johnny #1 (rock version)
11. Bye Bye Johnny #2 (slow acoustic version With: crickets)
12. The Klansman
13. Don't Back Down #11 (alternate slow version)
14. Seven Tears

The Lost Masters - Vol 17 - Hollywood Hills Garage Tapes - Unreleased Masters Volume 2

01. Follow That Dream - false start
02. Follow That Dream #1
03. Your Hometown #1 (rockabilly version of My Hometown)
04. Your Hometown #2 (rockabilly version of My Hometown)
05. Your Hometown #3 (rockabilly version of My Hometown)
06. Your Hometown #4 (rockabilly version of My Hometown)
07. Follow That Dream #2
08. Sugarland - false start
09. Sugarland #1 (rockabilly version)
10. Little Girl #2
11. County Fair #1
12. Bye Bye Johnny #4
13. Bye Bye Johnny #5
14. Delivery Man #1
15. Delivery Man #2
16. Unsatisfied Heart

The Lost Masters - Vol 18 - Hollywood Hills Garage Tapes - Unreleased Masters Volume 3

01. Don't Back Down #1 (electric version)
02. Don't Back Down #2 (electric version)
03. Don't Back Down #3 (electric version)
04. Don't Back Down #4 (acoustic version in key A)
05. Don't Back Down #5 (acoustic version in key A, incomplete)
06. Don't Back Down #6 (acoustic version in key A)
07. Don't Back Down #7 (acoustic version in key A)
08. Don't Back Down #8 (acoustic version in key A)
09. Sugarland #5 (rock version)
10. Bye Bye Johnny #6
11. Follow That Dream #3
12. Cynthia (solo version)
13. Bye Bye Johnny #3
14. Richfield Whistle
15. Follow That Dream #4
16. Shut Out The Light #2

The Lost Masters - Vol 19 - Born in the U.S.A. - Rare Masters

01. Down Down Down (orig complete take of I'm going down)
02. Murder Incorporated
03. TV Movie
04. County Fair #2 (full band version With: female vocals)
05. Born In The USA (complete take)
06. Sugarland #4 (acoustic version)
07. My Love Will Not Let You Down
08. My Hometown (with female backing vocals)
09. Glory Days (extra verse)
10. Frankie
11. Darlington County
12. Workin On The Highway
13. Downbound Train