Bouncing back from a series of protracted legal battles that kept him out of the studio for nearly three years – a relative eternity at the time – Springsteen delivered a decidedly different sort of album with Darkness On The Edge Of Town. The grandiose production and lyrical scene-setting of previous works was now replaced by a more singular songwriting voice, more aware of himself and the world around him; from this new direction came celebrated crowd-pleasers like ‘Badlands’ and ‘The Promised Land’.

In November 2014, Columbia Records / Legacy Recordings released ‘Bruce Springsteen: The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973–1984,’ a boxed set comprised of remastered editions of the first seven albums recorded and released by Bruce Springsteen for Columbia Records between 1973 and 1984. Now these 7 titles are available individually on CD, and feature artwork true to the original packaging.

Acclaimed engineer Bob Ludwig, working with Springsteen and longtime engineer Toby Scott, has remastered these albums, all newly transferred from the original analogue masters with the Plangent Process playback system.