"The Promised Land" endures as perhaps Bruce's most optimistic song. Here's how it sounded on the Darkness Tour, captured live in Houston on this day in 1978. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sj7PhsbKg8 | Bruce Springsteen

Released on this day in 2010, "The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story" revisited Bruce’s driven, determined years of the mid-to-late ’70s. An album of unreleased pop, soul and alternate takes — including studio versions of "Fire" and "Because the Night" — showed the breadth of his songwriting, while concert films and a remastered edition of the original album let fans experience the era anew. | Bruce Springsteen