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This is an official video for the ‘Stand Up For Heroes’ concert, held Nov.5th in New York City. It includes highlights from the show and almost complete versions of all the songs Bruce performed, including «Working on the Highway», «Growin’ Up», «If I Should Fall Behind», «Dancing in the Dark» and a brilliant version of «Born in the U.S.A.».

There’s also the auction of Bruce’s guitar, plus a private 1-hour guitar lesson… and dinner at his home! It fetched $300,000. Bruce sings «Mystery Train» at the end of the auction.

Bruce Springsteen performed last night at the 8th annual Stand Up For Heroes benefit show. As usual he told a few jokes, offered an acoustic performance and participated in the auction.

For his solo acoustic show he brought back the slide-guitar blues version of «Born in the U.S.A.» plus a long «Growin’ Up», preceded by a story.

Patti Scialfa dueted with Bruce on «If I Should Fall Behind». Other songs performed, to open and close the half-hour show, were «Working on the Highway» and «Dancing in the Dark». After the show Bruce auctioned two guitars (which fetched $300,000 each), a one-hour guitar lesson, a ride in his bike and a lasagna dinner at his house.

Springsteen will be playing at another benefit show next Tuesday: «The Concert for Valor», which will be held at the Mall in Washington on Nov.11th. It is a free show which will be broadcast live by HBO and the show’s website. Other performers include Carrie Underwood, The Black Keys, Eminem, Metallica, Rihanna and more.

Photo: Bob Woodruff Foundation

A group of selected fans was lucky to attend an exclusive listening session of the new boxset «The Album Collection Vol.1 1973-1984». Here’s their impressions:

On Nov.17th Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will release Bruce Springsteen: The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973-1984, a boxed set comprised of remastered editions of the first seven albums recorded and released by Bruce Springsteen for Columbia Records between 1973 and 1984. All of the albums are newly remastered (five for the first time ever on CD) and all seven are making their remastered debut on vinyl.

The seven albums are recreations of their original packaging and the set is accompanied by a 60-page book featuring rarely-seen photos, memorabilia and original press clippings from Springsteen’s first decade as a recording artist.

Acclaimed engineer Bob Ludwig, working with Springsteen and longtime engineer Toby Scott, has remastered these albums, all newly transferred from the original analogue masters using the Plangent Process playback system.

Bob Ludwig has talked extensively to Backstreets Magazine, where he reveals a lot more details about the remasters and what’s to come next. Check out the Backstreets special about these remasters.

Albums included:
Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)*
The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle (1973)*
Born To Run (1975)
Darkness On The Edge Of Town (1978)
The River (1980)*
Nebraska (1982)*
Born In The U.S.A. (1984)*
*denotes first time remastered on CD