There was also a 3 disc compilation that came out not too long after Tracks was released called The Genuine Tracks that included the original version of Shut Out The Light that had different, more explicit lyrics that spoke to Bobby's drug addiction and suicide.
I'm surprised that version didn't make the cut for Tracks, but maybe it will see official release someday. I was joking!! Playing on the fact that this seems to be THE most sought after unreleased material. My bad. Would love to hear them. Well, if we're going to do the "what would they sound like? Thanks for the info folks. I actually only bought Tracks and The Promise in the last 6 months or so. I'm often of the belief that the majority of songs that don't make it are for a good reason.
Not always so I know but delving more into Bruce's archives has been enlightening to say the least. There's such quality there and it's great to discover so much of what I've missed. I seem to have scratched the surface at least. My biggest friend has been setlist. Early in my career as a Bruce fan, I discovered through the magic of bootlegs that some of his best songs don't end up on the album. My favorite boots were always the studio outtakes.
The Promise is a great collection of songs that are far afield of what ended up on Darkness. Some of those pop songs are an amazing contrast to what was released. Tracks is a damn treasure trove! Whilst we haven't heard any of the Nebraska material itself in electric form these recordings give us a good idea what it would sound like.
I remember it actually took me a few months to warm up to the outtake stuff - most of it was so, so different from the original material. Tracks disc 2, now one of my favorites, was a strange new world at first. Listen to it man, it's great! One of my favourite comps! Nebraska Electric Sessions. The long-awaited original acoustic version of Born in the USA can finally be heard, and the true meaning of the song cannot be ignored in an arrangement somewhat similar to the solo acoustic tour version, albeit a bit faster.
One has to wonder how differently the song would have been received had this version been released. Child Bride is essentially Working on the Highway but slowed down tremendously, and some say that Child Bride is better than it's album counterpart; a friend said that if the entrepreneurs behind the Lost Masters were ever tried, they could play Child Bride back to back with Working on the Highway and they would be acquitted.
Another interesting note is the song Losin' Kind about a couple who commit a crime before crashing their car in the snow, essentially the same song as Highway 29, released almost 14 years later on The Ghost of Tom Joad album.
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