Bruce Springsteen – American Beauty EP (2014)

Bruce Springsteen is commemorating Record Store Day (April 19th) by releasing a new EP.
Entitled American Beauty, the record collects three unreleased tracks from Springsteen’s latest album High Hopes – “American Beauty”, “Mary Mary”, and “Hey Blue Eyes” — plus a fourth standalone single, “Hurry Up Sundown”.
Springsteen had around 20 songs recorded during the High Hopes session that failed to make the final cut. “American Beauty” and “Hurry Up Sundown” were both leftover demo tracks that he didn’t end up recording with producer Brendan O’Brien. The other two songs according to Springsteen, “Mary Mary” and “Hey Blue Eyes”, were recorded during the Magic and Working on a Dream sessions, respectively. Springsteen said ”they’re just good music that didn’t get onto this record, and was sitting there. I thought it’s a nice time to support the record stores, which are dwindling and get some new music out at the same time.”Tom Morello, who is featured prominently on High Hopes and it’s supporting tour with Springsteen, plans on covering “Hey Blue Eyes” for an upcoming project.