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Springsteen's 'Born to Run' gets 30th anniversary treatment

Columbia Records has set a Nov. 15 release date for a three-disc, 30th anniversary edition of "Born to Run," Bruce Springsteen 's landmark 1975 album.

The box set--the production of which was supervised by Springsteen and his longtime manager, Jon Landau--features a newly remastered CD of the "Born to Run" album.

Highlighting the package is the concert DVD "Hammersmith Odeon, London '75," which captures a storied Springsteen and the E Street Band performance at the venue. Though pieces of the concert have turned up in various forms over the years, the DVD features all 16 songs played at the show in sequence. Film from multiple cameras was pieced together by Thom Zinny and his team, who cleaned the original negatives and digitally restored the footage. Zinny won an Emmy for his work on Springsteen's "Live in New York" TV special. Producer Bob Clearmountain, who has a long history with Springsteen, remastered and remixed the DVD in both stereo and 5.1 surround sound.

A third disc contains the 90-minute documentary "Wings for Wheels: The Making of 'Born To Run.'" The film features some previously unreleased archival material, including "substantial footage" of Springsteen and the E Street Band recording the album, and exclusive footage of Springsteen playing solo-piano and guitar versions of tracks from "Born to Run," according to a press release. The documentary also includes newly filmed interviews with Springsteen and current and former E Street Band members about the recording of the album.

Rounding out the set is a 48-page booklet of previously unpublished photographs.

"Hammersmith Odeon, London '75" Track Listing:

1. Thunder Road
2. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
3. Spirit in the Night
4. Lost in the Flood
5. She’s the One
6. Born to Run
7. The E Street Shuffle/Having a Party
8. It’s Hard To Be a Saint In the City
9. Backstreets
10. Kitty’s Back
11. Jungleland
12. Rosalita
13. 4th of July Asbury Park (Sandy)
14. Detroit Medley
15. For You
16. Quarter to Three

"Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run" interview list:

1. Bruce Springsteen
2. Roy Bittan
3. Ernest "Boom" Carter
4. Clarence Clemons
5. Danny Federici
6. Nils Lofgren
7. David Sancious
8. Patti Scialfa
9. Garry Tallent
10. Stevie Van Zandt
11. Max Weinberg
12. Jon Landau
13. Jimmy Iovine
14. Mike Appel
15. Eric Meola