Your next box set: The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story

Three DVDs and three CDs give the most complete vision yet of Bruce Springsteen at his creative peak in 1978The most breathless piece of pop film footage I've ever seen was shot in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1978. Bruce Springsteen is charging through Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), and while the performance itself is magnificent, what makes it extraordinary is the reaction of the crowd – specifically the young women at the front. When one woman gets on stage for a kiss, she's wrestled away by security...

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