Bruce Springsteen : Chimes of Freedom (EP)

FOR THE LONESOME-HEARTED LOVERS

WITH TOO PERSONAL A TALE

AN' FOR EACH 

UNHARMFUL GENTLE SOUL

MISPLACED INSIDE A JAIL

AN' WE GAZED UPON 

THE CHIMES OF FREEDOM

 Chimes of Freedom

 is a live EP 

by the American

 singer-songwriter 

Bruce Springsteen.

 It was released in 1988

 to support the

 multi-artist

 Human Rights Now! Tour

 in benefit of 

Amnesty International. 

This tour was announced 

near the end of a

 first-set radio broadcast

 during Springsteen's

 July 3, 1988, show

 in Stockholm, Sweden,

 after which

 Bob Dylan's

 "Chimes of Freedom" 

was performed.

 The performance of

 "Chimes of Freedom" 

on this EP 

peaked at number 16 

on the

 Mainstream Rock charts

 in mid-late 1988.

Background

The other tracks

 were also recorded

 on earlier 

American stops of 

Springsteen and the E Street Band's

 1988 Tunnel of Love 

Express Tour, 

which also featured

 the Miami Horns. 

Most notable is the

 slowed-down

 acoustic rendition of 

"Born to Run."

 "Be True" 

was originally released 

as a studio recording 

on a vinyl single as the

 B-side to

 "Fade Away"

 in 1980, 

and featured 

prominently 

as the second or

 third song 

of the shows.

Release

The EP

 is certified gold

 in Canada in 1988,

 for over 

50,000 copies sold

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