The Essential Bruce Springsteen was reissued on, this time as a 2-disc set (clocking at 156:25) with an updated track list, compiling songs from all of Springsteen's studio albums to date plus his Greatest Hits (1995 edition) collection.

FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME).

sessions) and their first ever with Nils Lofgren. The sessions, which lasted about ten days, were the band's first studio reunion in 11 years (since the Born In The U.S.A. Springsteen called the band in early January to record some new songs for the album and they assembled for the recording sessions on at The Hit Factory in New York City, NY. This lead to the Greatest Hits sessions with the E Street Band in 1995. His manager Jon Landau wasn't a fan of the project and recommended shelving it and focusing more on a 'career overview'. In 1994, Bruce Springsteen recorded an album with members of the 1992-1993 touring band. Some of the songs on Greatest Hits are shorter versions of the original album releases.

Greatest Hits (1995 edition) is a collection of some of Bruce Springsteen's hit singles and popular album tracks through the years, in addition to four previously unreleased songs, three of which were recorded with the E Street Band in 1995 - Springsteen's first release with his backing band since the late eighties. I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A., now I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off them Viet Cong Hiring man says, 'Son if it was up to me'

Till you spend half your life just covering up now You end up like a dog that's been beat too much The first kick I took was when I hit the ground

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