If Tracks itself presented 'the alternate route,' consider this booklet the alternate road map." - The Editors of Backstreets In the purest sense of the word it is a supplement, one which we hope will broaden our readers' understanding and interest in 66 fascinating songs recorded over 27 years. It is in no way intended to replace the Tracks booklet, nor is it meant as our statement as to what kind of liner notes should have been included in Tracks.
This booklet takes a comprehensive look at all 66 songs on Tracks by presenting some of Springsteen's own comments about the material in context with each track's researched history (correcting a few Tracks typos along the way) and the editors' contemporary analysis. Over the last 19 years that this magazine has been published, the editors of Backstreets have attempted to catalog Springsteen's recording and performance history from a fan’s perspective, albeit at times an obsessive one. However, with the release of the box set, he did give an unprecedented number of interviews to publications like Billboard and MOJO which revealed fascinating background details about these songs, how he chose them, and why they were left off of the albums in the first place. A 12-page booklet, sized to fit the Tracks box set, originally bound and included with Backstreets Magazine #61 (Winter, 1998), now sold out.įrom the 1998 introduction: "Beyond his insightful introductory note, Bruce Springsteen elected not to annotate the 66 songs included on Tracks.
By Erik Flannigan and Christopher Phillips.
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