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Bruce Springsteen has released a lyric video for a previously unreleased track, recorded during The River sessions, entitled ‘Party Lights’.
The Ties That Bind: The River Collection will be released on 4 December, and fans will be pleased to hear that Springsteen has revealed a teaser bonus track from The River with a full-length lyric video.
A bootlegged version of ‘Party Lights’, which was recorded as a solo acoustic home demo in 1979, was leaked many years ago. However, the full-band version has not been released until now. The track’s lyrics are also featured on ‘Point Blank’ and Tom Wait’s ‘Jersey Girl’. The song is revolves around a young mother who is forced to grow up quickly; a theme also adopted by the album’s title track, ‘The River’.
Listen to the previously unreleased 'Party Lights below
The Ties That Bind: The River Collection boxset will feature 52 tracks over four CDs, including previously unreleased material. The tracks include the No.1 double-album, as well as outtakes and demos taken from ‘The River’ sessions between 1979 and 1980.
The collection will also include four hours of never-seen-before video footage spread across four DVDs, featuring an hour documentary entitled The Ties That Bind that documents the writing and recording process behind this iconic album.
