12/29/2008

The Boss and the Evil Empire

No, were not talking about George Steinbrenner and his New York Yankees, but in fact Bruce Springsteen, who will release a budget-priced Greatest Hits, exclusively via Wal-Mart. The collection's 12 tracks will focus only on E-Street material and will not contain any unreleased tracks.

Our first question is, when did Springsteen get the rights to his Columbia catalog? And, secondly, what's behind the decision to make the material available this particular way?

The comp is due on Jan. 13th.

A new album, the Brendan O'Brien-produced Working on a Dream sees the light of day--no pun intended--two weeks later on Jan. 27th.