The River

The River

2x Digital Media

The River

Album by Bruce Springsteen

Released 10 October 1980

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Tracklist

Digital Media 1
1
The Ties That Bind (single LP version – 1979)
3:36
2
Cindy (single LP version – 1979)
2:25
3
Hungry Heart (single LP version – 1979)
3:25
4
Stolen Car (single LP version – 1979)
4:28
5
Be True (single LP version – 1979)
3:51
5.0 ★
6
The River (single LP version – 1979)
4:54
7
You Can Look (but You Better Not Touch) (single LP version – 1979)
2:09
8
The Price You Pay (single LP version – 1979)
5:49
9
I Wanna Marry You (single LP version – 1979)
3:26
10
Loose Ends (single LP version – 1979)
4:07
Digital Media 2
1
Meet Me in the City (studio outtake – 1979)
3:35
2
The Man Who Got Away (studio outtake – 1979)
3:29
3
Little White Lies (studio outtake – 1979)
2:36
4
The Time That Never Was (studio outtake – 1980)
3:37
5
Night Fire (studio outtake – 1979)
4:42
6
Whitetown (studio outtake – 1980)
3:23
7
Chain Lightning (studio outtake – 1980)
2:49
8
Party Lights (studio outtake – 1980)
3:08
9
Paradise by the “C” (studio outtake – 1980)
3:07
10
Stray Bullet (studio outtake – 1980)
6:06
11
Mr. Outside (studio outtake – 1980)
2:11
12
Roulette (studio outtake – 1979)
3:52
13
Restless Nights (studio outtake – 1980)
3:43
14
Where the Bands Are (studio outtake – 1979)
3:43
3.5 ★
15
Dollhouse (studio outtake – 1979)
3:31
16
Living on the Edge of the World (studio outtake – 1979)
4:17
17
Take ’em as They Come (studio outtake – 1980)
4:28
18
Ricky Wants a Man of Her Own (studio outtake – 1979)
2:44
19
I Wanna Be With You (studio outtake – 1979)
3:21
5.0 ★
20
Mary Lou (studio outtake – 1979)
3:20
21
Held Up Without a Gun (single B‐Side – 1980)
1:16
4.0 ★
22
From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) (studio outtake – 1979)
2:42

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Release credits

Bill Scheniman
assistant [12-22]
Bob Clearmountain
engineer [12], mix [1.1, 2.1-10], recording [2.1-8, 2.10, 1.1]
Bruce Springsteen
guitar [14-16, 19], lead vocals [14, 19], phonographic copyright [9, 12, 21], producer [2.9, 2.14, 2.19, 1.1], vocal [1.4, 2.12-13, 2.15-18, 2.20-22]
Chuck Plotkin
mix [21-22], producer [9]
Clarence Clemons
percussion [15-16], saxophone [14-16, 19]
Dana Bisbee
assistant [21-22]
Danny Federici
glockenspiel [15-16], organ [15-16, 19]
Ed Thacker
mix [2.12-20, 1.4]
Garry Rindfuss
assistant [12-22]
Garry Tallent
bass [9, 14-16, 19]
James A. Farber
assistant [12-22]
Jeff Hendrickson
assistant [12-22]
Jimmy Iovine
recording [9]
Jon Landau
producer [2.9, 2.14, 2.19, 1.1]
Little Steven
background vocals [15-16], drums (drum set) [16], guitar [14-16, 19], producer [2.14, 2.19, 1.1]
Max Weinberg
drums (drum set) [9, 14-15, 19]
Neil Dorfsman
engineer [2.1, 2.5, 1.6], recording [2.1-8, 2.10, 2.12-22, 1.1, 1.4]
Paul Hamingson
assistant [9]
Raymond Willard
assistant [12-22]
Rob Lebret
assistant [1-8, 10]
Ross Petersen
assistant [12-20]
Roy Bittan
piano [15-16, 19]
Sergio Ruelas
assistant [1-8, 10]
The E Street Band
performer [9]
Toby Scott
additional [1-8, 10], compiler [9], engineer [1, 5, 9], mix [21-22]

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The River
2x 12" Vinyl
10 October 1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl
1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Holland, version 2)
1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Holland, version 1)
1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Holland, version 3)
1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Holland, version 4)
1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Greece, version 1)
1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Greece, version 2)
1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Israel, version 2)
1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Israel, version 1)
1980
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The River
8-Track Cartridge
1980
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The River
Cassette (black shell, gold text, screws on A‐side, shell is moulded with small squares)
1980
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The River
Cassette (white shell, MADE in CANADA on B‐side)
1980
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The River
Cassette (white shell, MADE in CANADA on A‐side)
1980
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The River
Cassette (black shell, shell is moulded with linear piping)
1980
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The River
Cassette (black shell, shell is moulded with large plaid‐like squares)
1980
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The River
Cassette (white shell, shell is moulded with small rectangles)
1980
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The River
Cassette (white shell, shell is moulded with small squares)
1980
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The River
Cassette (white shell, shell is moulded with small squares)
1980
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1980
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2x 12" Vinyl
1980
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The River
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1980
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The River
Cassette
1980
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Zimbabwe, version 4)
1980
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2x CD
1985
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The River
2x CD
1988
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The River
2x CD
1990
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The River
2x CD
12 September 1994
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The River
2x CD (Sony Music (not DADC))
1994
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The River
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18 July 2003
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The River
2x CD
2003
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The River
2x CD (Japan, vinyl replica edition)
22 June 2005
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The River
Digital Media (44.1kHz · 24bit, single medium)
4 June 2007
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The River
2x CD (Spain, “El Periódico” reissue)
30 November 2008
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The River
2x CD (Spain, “El Mundo” reissue)
30 November 2008
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The River
2x CD (Italy, “La Repubblica” and “L’Espresso” reissue)
17 December 2008
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The River
2x CD (Japan, vinyl replica edition for the european market)
2008
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The River
2x CD (Portugal, “Editora Planeta DeAgostini” reissue)
2009
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The River
2x CD (Italy, “Corriere della Sera” and “Sorrisi e Canzoni” reissue)
28 August 2012
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The River
2x Digital Media (44.1kHz · 24bit)
2014
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The River
2x Digital Media
2014
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (US, Record Store Day 2015 release)
18 April 2015
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The River
2x CD
16 June 2015
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The River
2x CD
3 July 2015
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The River
2x CD
22 July 2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
Digital Media
4 December 2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
2x Blu-ray, 4x CD
4 December 2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
2x Blu-ray, 4x CD
4 December 2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
4x CD, 3x DVD-Video
4 December 2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
4x CD, 3x DVD-Video
4 December 2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
2x Blu-ray, 4x CD
23 December 2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
4x CD, 3x DVD-Video
23 December 2015
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The River
2x CD
2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
2x Digital Media
2015
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The River
2x CD
4 January 2023
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The River
2x CD
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2x CD
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The River
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The River
2x CD
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl (Greece, version 3)
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The River
Cassette
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The River
Cassette (black shell, silver text, screws on A‐side, shell is moulded with small squares)
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The River
Cassette (black shell, silver text, screws on B‐side, shell is moulded with small squares)
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The River
Cassette
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The River
2x CD
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl
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The River
2x CD
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl
1980
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
4x CD, 3x DVD-Video
23 December 2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
4x CD-R
2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
4x CD-R, 3x DVD-R Video
2015
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The Ties That Bind: The River Collection
4x CD-R, 3x DVD-R Video
2015
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl
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The River
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The River
2x 12" Vinyl