Bruce Springsteen has released ‘Lonely Night In The Park’, an outtake from ‘Born To Run’ to mark the album’s 50th anniversary.
The never-before-released track was recorded during the sessions for the classic 1975 album in New York City’s Record Plant with producer Jon Landau, but was left off the final album’s tracklist at the last minute.
‘Lonely Night In The Park’ was briefly played in rotation on the Bruce Springsteen-dedicated SiriusXM radio station in 2005 but has otherwise never been available to the public.
As reported in the book Down Thunder Road: The Making Of Bruce Springsteen by Mike Appel, who also worked on the album, Landau fought to include the song on the album in place of ‘Meeting Across The River’, but was unsuccessful.
‘Lonely Night In The Park’ boasts the classic Springsteen ‘70s sound and you can check it out here:
In June, the Boss released seven near-heard-before records as part of a compilation dubbed ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums’, made up of 83 songs from across his career.
He has also confirmed that he has already finished compiling another batch of unheard material, which will be aptly titled ‘Tracks III’.
In keeping with the structure of ‘Tracks II’, the layout of the project won’t be a jumble of unreleased songs, but rather full, complete albums that previously didn’t make the light of day. “[There are] five full albums of music,” he said, adding that it will pretty much clear out his vault.
“There was a lot of good music left,” he added, before sharing that the material in ‘Tracks III’ will date back to the time he shared his 1973 debut ‘Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.’, all the way up to 2024.
Springsteen also made headlines this year after using his show in Manchester to call Donald Trump’s administration “corrupt, incompetent, and treasonous” – a move which led to the President describing him as a “dried out ‘prune’” who “ought to KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT until he gets back into the Country.” The Boss would later get backing from Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder, Neil Young, Tom Morello and Bono for his on-stage comments.
