release date: Aug. 1, 1988
format: digital (4 x File, FLAC)
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,28]
producer: Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin
label: Official Digital Download - nationality: USA
Tracklist: 1. "Tougher Than the Rest" - 2. "Be True" - 3. "Chimes of Freedom" - 4. "Born to Run"
4-track live ep released by Bruce Springsteen originally released by Columbia Records and recorded from three different concerts (tracks #1 and #4, Apr. 27, 1988 at Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, track #2, Mar. 28, 1988 at Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, track #3, Jul. 3, 1988 at Stockholms Olympiastadion, Sweden). All tracks are found in studio versions on his 1975, '84 and '86 albums, and the album features the Bob Dylan cover, which gave name to the title.
All tracks are extended versions and quite different from the studio songs. Especially, his all-time hit "Born to Run", which normally is one of his electrifying rockers is here transformed into an acoustic singer / songwriter and folk composition.
Not essential but nice to know of.
[ allmusic.com 2,5 / 5 stars ]
