Lonely Night In The Park

LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK - V1 4:30 uncirculating
LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK - V2 4:48 ESR / BWNH / BTRS(10) / BTRCS / UBTROC
LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK - V2b 4:37 2025 single
LONELY NIGHT IN THE PARK - V3 4:20 uncirculating

Note: This long-documented song finally surfaced in late 2005 during broadcasts by Sirius radio. The broadcast version is clearly only an unfinished, early workout. This recording and additional takes on May 4 or 5 are the only mention of the song in studio logs. The song, which borrows some lyrics from the earlier composition "Angel Baby", was documented on two handwritten song lists from 1974, with "Lonely Night In The Park" listed on one, and "Lonely Night At The Beach" on another, which may have been an earlier version of the song. It was in the running for the album up until July 2, 1975, before Mike Appel convinced Bruce to include "Meeting Across The River". The fact that it was considered for the album so late in the process suggests that more work was undertaken on the song between May and July that is undocumented.

V2b was officially issued at midnight on August 21, 2025 to streaming services to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the release of Born To Run. The new track appears to retain Springsteen's original vocal and the basic backing track, but has received some subtle guitar overdubs from Steve Van Zandt and Ron Aniello. The inclusion of a recording engineer credit for Louis Lahav indicates that some part of the track (perhaps the backing) was recorded prior to March 1975 when he left to return to Israel.

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