The cover of Bruce Springsteen’s “lost” album, “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions.”
Bruce Springsteen has released the second single — the dark, introspective “Blind Spot” — from his upcoming Tracks II: The Lost Albums boxed set.
The song is from the Streets of Philadelphia Sessions “lost” album, which Springsteen had considered releasing in 1995.
“That was just the theme that I locked in on at that moment,” said Springsteen of the song, in a press release. “I don’t really know why. Patti and I, we were having a great time in California. But sometimes if you lock into one song you like, then you follow that thread. I had ‘Blind Spot,’ and I followed that thread through the rest of the record.”
Instead of releasing Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, Springsteen reunited with The E Street Band to record tracks for his Greatest Hits album.
“I said, ‘Well, maybe it’s time to just do something with the band, or remind the fans of the band or that part of my work life,’” he said in the press release. “So that’s where we went. But I always really liked Streets of Philadelphia Sessions … during the Broadway show, I thought of putting it out [as a standalone release]. I always put them away, but I don’t throw them away.”
Here is “Blind Spot”:
The boxed set’s first single, “Rain in the River,” was released on April 3.
The complete boxed set will be released on June 27. For information, visit lostalbums.net.
Springsteen’s Tracks, a four-CD boxed set released in 1998, includes rarities and previously unreleased material recorded between 1972 and 1998.
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are currently on a break from touring but will return to the road May 14, at Co-op Live in Manchester, England.
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