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Just got this in my email box....can't WAIT to get "Ghost of Tom Joad" it's my FAVE Springsteen song!! And for a great cause too - can't beat that!! ;D -------------------
MAGIC TOUR FOUR-TRACK LIVE EP DUE JULY 15
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With official live Springsteen recordings few and far between (even though they've stepped up the game in recent years), we've always been fans of the Chimes of Freedom EP model -- no grand statement or tour summation, just getting great live music out fast. Twenty years later, we've got something of the same species: a four-track live EP with recordings from mere months ago, to be released even as the Magic tour continues.
Magic Tour Highlights, available in less than two weeks, embraces the digital era, delivering mp3s and videos online with no physical release currently planned. The EP will be available for download from all digital downloads stores, including the iTunes Store and Amazon.com.
Four songs from Bruce and the E Street Band's spring 2008 U.S. leg have been selected, each highlighting a special guest -- if you count Danny Federici's re-emergence for his only 2008 appearance, what turned out to be his final performance in Indianapolis. A "guest spot" or not, it was an emotional high point of the tour that's captured here, along with three other unique performance highs. The tracks:
"Always a Friend" with Alejandro Escovedo (April 14, Houston) "The Ghost of Tom Joad" with Tom Morello (April 7, Anaheim) "Turn! Turn! Turn!" with Roger McGuinn (April 23, Orlando) "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" with Danny Federici (March 20, Indianapolis)
In addition to the audio tracks, each of these will be available in accompanying live videos. The recordings were mixed by Bob Clearmountain and mastered by Bob Ludwig; Thom Zimny handled re-editing on the videos.
The artists, songwriters, and music publishers are waiving all of their royalties, and Columbia Records is donating all of its net profits, for all sales to benefit The Danny Federici Melanoma Fund. The iTunes Store is donating their first year's net profits as well. Magic Tour Highlights will be available for download beginning July 15.
Well, I downloaded the "Tom Joad" version from ITunes tonight with Tom Morello....and....WoW!!! Over 8 minutes long...they have a video of it too, but my nano doesn't do videos well so I passed and just got the single. If you are AT ALL a fan of the original "Tom Joad" song...or the RATM remake of the song....this would be an EXCELLENT complimentary verison. As I say....I am not a HUGE Springsteen fan but "Tom Joad" blew me away the very first time I heard it BEFORE I knew that RATM had done a remake of it...it was just so....political and pointed and not AT ALL subtle like so many of his songs were....
And THIS version...has Tom being...well TOM! NOT the total Nightwatchman Tom...but more leaning towards the RATM Tom....lots of electric solo runs and improv...even some of his signature scratching at the end....like the Bulls on Parade stuff...it's just a TOTALLY unexpected version of the Springsteen versions...VERY DIFFERENT from what you are expecting! The other songs are much more traditional tho...but good stuff for just that one song! ;D
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Over 8 minutes long...they have a video of it too, but my nano doesn't do videos well so I passed and just got the single. If you are AT ALL a fan of the original "Tom Joad" song...or the RATM remake of the song....this would be an EXCELLENT complimentary verison. As I say....I am not a HUGE Springsteen fan but "Tom Joad" blew me away the very first time I heard it BEFORE I knew that RATM had done a remake of it...it was just so....political and pointed and not AT ALL subtle like so many of his songs were....
