Bruce Springsteen: Published “Blind Spot” from “Album Hip Hop”

From today, April 17, it is available Another anticipation From the Bruce Springsteen “Lost Albums” box to be released on June 27th. After the first single extract“Rain in the River” from “Perfect World”, the song “was published today”Blind Spot“From the” Streets of Philadelphia Sessions “collection.

“Streets of Philadelphia Sessions” is described in a press release such as The collection of ten songs previously known by fans as the much rumored “Loops Records“By Springsteen. Written on the wave of” Streets of Philadelphia “, which will then be worth the Oscar at the New Jersey singer -songwriter, the album saw the artist explore an interest in the rhythms of music of the mid -90sand in particular in the Hip-Hop of the West Coast. The collection will therefore represent the much fabled “Hip-hop album“, Even if in the tracklist there is” Missing “, which was published in that period and was believed to be part of it.

The press note then informs that, starting with listening to battery samples in his home in Los Angeles, Springsteen began to create its loops with the sound engineer Toby Scottcreating a rhythmic base on which he would have built music with keyboards and synthesizers. Bruce is the main instrumentalist in almost all “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions”, with the support of his band on tour in 1992-1993 as well as Patti Scialfa, Soozie Tyrell and Lisa Lowell.

In the “Blind Spot” press release, described as A song that explores doubt and betrayal in relationshipsis thus presented by Springsteen himself:

“That was simply the theme on which I focused at that moment. I don’t really know why Patti and I, we were having a lot of fun in California. But sometimes, if you focus on a song you like, then follow that thread. I had ‘Blind Spot’, and I followed that thread for the rest of the disc”.

Completely finished, mixed and expected for an exit in the spring of 1995, “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions” was finally put aside, given that Springsteen decided to meet with the and street band for the first time after seven years. “I said, ‘Well, maybe it’s time to do something with the band, or to remind fans of the band or that part of my working life,” added Springsteen: “So that’s where we went. But I always liked ‘Streets of Philadelphia Sessions’… during the show in Broadway, I thought of publishing it (as an autonomous exit). I always put them aside, but I never throw them away “.

“Tracks II: The Lost Albums”, which follows “Tracks” of 1998, It will be available in a limited edition in 9 LP, 7 CD and digital formatwith distinctive packaging for each unpublished album and a book bound in 100 pages fabric that includes rare archive photos, detailed notes on each album written by the essayist Erik Flannigan and a personal presentation of the project signed by Springsteen himself. Will also be released on June 27th The set “Lost and Found: Selections From The Lost Albums”with 20 songs selected by the collection, in 2 LP or 1 CD format.