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Available on CD or double vinyl, this companion album to Bruce’s new autobiography starts with 1966 and 1967 recordings by his high school band the Castiles, then unearths songs by his early band Steel Mill ("He’s Guilty," 1970) and by the Bruce Springsteen Band ("Ballad of Jesse James," 1972). You’ll hear his 1972 Columbia demo "Growin’ Up" before key songs from the next few decades begin to roll in: "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," "Born to Run," "Badlands," "The River," "Born in the U.S.A.," "Brilliant Disguise," "The Rising," "Wrecking Ball" and more. 18 tracks, five previously unreleased! Columbia.