Bruce Springsteen - Blood Brothers EP (1996/2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Blood Brothers is a five-song EP by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, released in 1996. The EP was originally released along with a film, also titled Blood Brothers, which documented the 1995 temporary reuniting of Springsteen with the band to record extra tracks for his Greatest Hits release of that year.

Four of the five songs on the EP were written and recorded in 1995 during the band's Greatest Hits sessions while "Murder Incorporated" was recorded live in February 1995. The 1995 sessions marked the first time since 1984 that Springsteen and the entire E Street Band recorded together. Part of the band had worked on Springsteen's 1987 album, Tunnel of Love before Springsteen split from the E Street Band in 1989.

The title track was also released on the Greatest Hits album in an acoustic version. The studio version of "Murder Incorporated" can also be found on Greatest Hits along with the original version of "Secret Garden" minus strings. The live version of "Murder Incorporated" featured here is the same version used in the "Murder Incorporated" music video" "High Hopes" and "Without You" were featured on another single, which was rare and hard to find

Tracklist:
1. Blood Brothers (Alternate Version) 04:04
2. High Hopes (EP Version) 04:30
3. Murder Incorporated (Live at Tramps, New York, NY - February 1995) 05:51
4. Secret Garden (String Version) 04:38
5. Without You 03:58

Personnel:
Bruce Springsteen, guitar, vocals, harmonica
Roy Bittan, piano, backing vocals
Clarence Clemons, saxophone, backing vocals, percussion
Danny Federici, organ, synthesizer, backing vocals
Nils Lofgren, electric guitar, backing vocals
Patti Scialfa, acoustic guitar, vocals
Garry Tallent, bass, backing vocals
Steve Van Zandt, guitar, backing vocals
Max Weinberg, drums, backing vocals

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