Note: Written in 2000. These are two different recordings, both emanating from Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta in February–March, 2002. V1 is with E Street Band and the Nashville String Machine backing. V2 (which was also videoed on Super8 film) is a country-blues arrangement performed solo by Springsteen on acoustic guitar.
Note: Song composed post 9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. Brendan O'Brien contributes hurdy-gurdy.
| FURTHER ON (UP THE ROAD) - V1 |
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uncirculating |
| FURTHER ON (UP THE ROAD) - V2 |
3:52 |
RISING |
Note: Written by Springsteen in 1999 or early 2000 and premiered live on June 4, 2000. V2, found on The Rising, was recorded at Southern Tracks in Atlanta in early 2002, although an earlier studio version with the E Street Band from March 2001 V1 may exist in the vaults.
Note: Song composed post-9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals, Brendan O'Brien plays hurdy-gurdy and glockenspiel, and Jane Scarpantoni plays cello.
| LET'S BE FRIENDS (SKIN TO SKIN) - V1 |
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uncirculating |
| LET'S BE FRIENDS (SKIN TO SKIN) - V2 |
4:21 |
RISING |
Note: V1 was written and recorded at Thrill Hill East (Bruce's New Jersey home studio) sometime during the 1999–2001 period. The base recording from one of these home sessions was utilized and then embellished with additional instruments and production at Southern Tracks Studio in early 2002 and released on The Rising album. This is the only recording issued on the album that was not recorded from scratch at the Atlanta sessions. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals. The choir vocals are provided by the Alliance Singers.
Note: It remains unclear if this composition was written before or after 9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals, Larry Lemaster and Jere Flint play the cello. V1b is a shorter radio edit issued on a US-only 1-track promotional single in 2002.
Note: It remains unclear if this composition was written before or after 9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. The lyrics of the chorus allude directly to Sam Cooke's 1964 song "Meet Me At Mary's Place".
Note: Written in November 2000 and premiered live on December 17, 2000 at a Holiday show in Asbury Park. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals and Jane Scarpantoni plays the cello.
| NOTHING MAN - V1 |
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uncirculating |
| NOTHING MAN - V2 |
4:23 |
RISING |
Note: Initially recorded in the spring of 1994 at a house in Los Angeles rented by Toby Scott, who assisted, programming drum and loops. The finished recording was mixed by Bob Clearmountain and selected for an album that was never released, alongside other songs such as "Missing", "Blind Spot", and "Between Heaven And Earth". "Nothing Man" was re-recorded at Southern Tracks Studio in early 2002 (V2) with the E Street Band and issued on The Rising.
Note: Song composed post-9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002.
| THE FUSE - V1a |
5:37 |
RISING |
| THE FUSE - V1b |
5:37 |
private cdr |
Note: Song composed post-9/11. Recorded in Atlanta at Southern Tracks during February–March, 2002. V1a is the official album track. V1b, usually referred to as "The 25th Hour Remix", includes slightly different editing and features an added string/orchestra arrangement/overlay written during the fall of 2002 by conductor Terence Blanchard for the Spike Lee-directed movie 25th Hour (released in December 2002). The V1b remix of the song is heard during the film's closing credits, although neither V1a nor V1b were issued on the film soundtrack album (released January 2003) – V1b remains officially unreleased except as heard in the movie itself. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals.
Note: Song composed post-9/11, November 2001–February 2002. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals, Jane Scarpantoni plays the cello.
| WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY - V1 |
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uncirculating |
| WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY - V2a |
4:18 |
RISING |
| WAITIN' ON A SUNNY DAY - V2b |
4:13 |
promo CD |
Note: Written and recorded (V1) at Thrill Hill East by Bruce sometime during 1998. That recording has not surfaced. The song was practiced at rehearsals for the E Street Reunion Tour in early 1999 and a complete band version was performed during the soundcheck for the June 17, 1999 show in Germany - but it was not played during the show or at any later show on the 1999–2000 tour. Re-recorded in Atlanta in early 2002 with the E Street Band and issued on the album. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals, while Brendan O'Brien plays glockenspiel and orchestra bells. V2b is a 4:13 version that runs 6 seconds shorter than the regular The Rising track and also features a notably different mix; with both the lead and backing vocals as well as the bass lines and sax solo being much clearer, louder, and generally more upfront. In addition, the drum sound also was altered considerably, and there are about 5 extra seconds of Bruce doing his high-pitched "oh-oh-oooh" vocals not included on the album version. Issued as a US-only 1-track promotional single in 2003.
Note: Song composed post-9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. The background parts contributed by Asif Ali Khan and group were recorded by Chuck Plotkin at Henson Studios in Hollywood, CA. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin.
Note: Song composed post-9/11. Recorded at Southern Tracks, Atlanta, during February–March, 2002. Soozie Tyrell contributes violin and background vocals; Larry Lemaster and Jere Flint play the cello. The song also features the Nashville String Machine.
