Toby Scott’s entire job lately seems to consist of bringing joy to Springsteen fans. Back in 1984, we waited years between Springsteen releases and now every six weeks brings another gift, miraculously cleaned up, mixed and presented whole… The very best way to experience Springsteen is to listen to one of his concerts start to finish, and ride the ups and downs to the inevitably ecstatic conclusion.

Growing’ Up was initially recorded on June 7, 1972, Springsteen’s first day in the studio as a Columbia recording artist… The piano sketches a repetitive dreamlike pattern, drifting to “once upon a time.” … It’s about youth and defiance, and the possibility that becoming a rock star might be the answer to everything.

When Bruce Springsteen recorded his first album in 1972, Columbia Records President Clive Davis said it contained no hit singles. Springsteen retreated to his bedroom with a rhyming dictionary and emerged with Blinded by the Light…

…live.brucespringsteen.net released another classic show in its entirety: the famous New Year’s Eve concert at Nassau Coliseum, 1980. This marathon stood as his longest show for the next three decades – 38 songs in 3 hours, 48 minutes. (Many claim Springsteen used to perform 4-hour concerts all the time, but that mark wasn’t actually broken until Helsinki, 2012.) Arriving just six weeks after another New Year’s Eve show (Tower Theater, 1975), carefully mixed and mastered, this might be the first one from the vaults to be unanimously voted a must-have by fans.