Bruce Springsteen to release monster box-set of The River

Brooooooce fans are in for a treat on December 4 as Columbia Records release The Ties That Bind: The River Collection, a monster 4CD/3DVD celebration of the classic1980 double album that propelled Springsteen to a whole new level of stardom.
It was assembled over an 18 month period, during which time Bruce was constantly dropping and re-jigging songs.
The treasure trove of bonus material includes a CD of 1979/1980 studio outtakes, The River: Single Album, with a rockabilly version of 'You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch' of particular interest; The River: Outtakes, none of which have previously been released - well, not officially!; a new hour-long documentary, The Ties That Bind and Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: The River Tour, Tempe 1980, a pearler of a gig edited by Grammy and Emmy-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny.
Add in a hardcover 148-page 'making of' book that includes 200 studio and live photographs, and you've the perfect Christmas gift for the Boss obsessive in your life.
Here's the complete rundown of goodies featured:

CD 1
The River - Record One
1   The Ties That Bind
2   Sherry Darling
3   Jackson Cage
4   Two Hearts
5   Independence Day
6   Hungry Heart
7   Out In The Street
8   Crush On You
9   You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
10 I Wanna Marry You
11 The River
 
CD 2
The River - Record Two
1   Point Blank
2   Cadillac Ranch
3   I'm A Rocker
4   Fade Away
5   Stolen Car
6   Ramrod
7   The Price You Pay
8   Drive All Night
9  Wreck On The Highway
 
CD 3
The River: Single Album
1   The Ties That Bind
2   Cindy
3   Hungry Heart
4   Stolen Car  (Vs. 1)
5   Be True
6   The River
7   You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) (Vs. 1)
8   The Price You Pay
9   I Wanna Marry You
10 Loose End
 
CD 4
The River: Outtakes
Record One
1   Meet Me In The City
2  The Man Who Got Away
3   Little White Lies
4   The Time That Never Was
5   Night Fire
6   Whitetown
7   Chain Lightning
8   Party Lights
9   Paradise By The “C”
10 Stray Bullet
11 Mr. Outside
 
Record Two
12 Roulette
13 Restless Nights
14 Where The Bands Are
15 Dollhouse
16 Living On The Edge Of The World
17 Take 'em As They Come
18 Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own
19 I Wanna Be With You
20 Mary Lou
21 Held Up Without A Gun
22 From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
 
DVD 1
The Ties That Bind (Documentary)
 
DVD 2
The River Tour, Tempe 1980
Concert – Part 1
1   Born To Run
2   Prove It All Night
3   Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
4   Jackson Cage
5   Two Hearts
6   The Promised Land
7   Out In The Street
8   The River
9   Badlands
10 Thunder Road
11 No Money Down
12 Cadillac Ranch
13 Hungry Heart
14 Fire
15 Sherry Darling
16 I Wanna Marry You
17 Crush on You
18 Ramrod
19 You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
 
DVD 3
The River Tour, Tempe 1980
Concert – Part 2
1   Drive All Night
2   Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
3   I'm A Rocker
4   Jungleland
5   Detroit Medley
6   Where The Bands Are (Credits)
 
BONUS: The River Tour Rehearsals
- Ramrod
- Cadillac Ranch
- Fire
- Crush On You
- Sherry Darling