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Lost Masters Info.txt
01 Badlands #2.mp3
02 Adam Raised A Cain.mp3
03 Roulette.mp3
04 Chain Lightning.mp3
05 Night Fire.mp3
06 I Don't Want To Be.mp3
07 Find It Where You Can #2.mp3
08 Out On The Run.mp3
09 I Wanna Be With You.mp3
10 The Price You Pay.mp3
11 Stolen Car #1.mp3
12 Cindy #2.mp3
13 Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own.mp3
14 She's A Rocker #1.mp3
15 Hungry Heart #1.mp3
16 Pipeline.mp3
17 Held Up Without A Gun.mp3
18 Two Hearts #8.mp3
19 Jeannie Needs A Shooter #2.mp3
20 All I Need.mp3
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Lost Masters Essential Collection Vol 1 info.txt
02 Baby I'm So Cold (Turn The Lights Down Low).mp3
03 Glory Days.mp3
04 Protection.mp3
05 TV Movie.mp3
06 County Fair #2.mp3
07 Bye Bye Johnny #5.mp3
08 Richfield Whistle.mp3
09 Unsatisfied Heart.mp3
10 Cynthia.mp3
11 Don't Back Down #2.mp3
12 Don't Back Down #7.mp3
13 Don't Back Down #10.mp3
14 One Love.mp3
15 Follow That Dream #1.mp3
16 Your Hometown #1.mp3
17 Sugarland #1.mp3
18 Living In A Doll House #1.mp3
19 Living In A Doll House #2.mp3
20 Point Blank.mp3
21 Slow Fade.mp3
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1. Prove It All Night.mp3
10. I Wanna Marry You #1.mp3
11. Walking On The Avenue #2.mp3
12. Baby Come Back.mp3
13. Living On The Edge Of The World #3.mp3
14. Jole Blon #1.mp3
15. Restless Nights #8.mp3
2. Factory.mp3
3. Sherry Darling.mp3
4. Independence Day.mp3
5. Drive All Night #1.mp3
6. The Promise.mp3
7. Candy's Boy #1.mp3
8. Racing In The Street #1.mp3
9. One Way Street.mp3
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1. Wreck On The Highway.mp3
10. Child Bride.mp3
11. Working On The Highway.mp3
12. Glory Days.mp3
13. My Love Will Not Let You Down.mp3
15. Delivery Man #1.mp3
16. Little Girl #1.mp3
17. Sugarland #3.mp3
18. The Klansman.mp3
19. Betty Jean.mp3
2. Slow Fade #3.mp3
20. Seven Tears.mp3
22. Stolen Car.mp3
23. James Lincoln Dear.mp3
4. Stockton Boys #2.mp3
5. Stockton Girls.mp3
6. You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) #2.mp3
7. You Gotta Be Kind.mp3
8. Fade To Black #1.mp3
9. Born In The U.S.A..mp3
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1.Nebraska.mp3
10.Open All Night.mp3
12.Deputy.mp3
13.Reason To Believe.mp3
14.Child Bride.mp3
15.Dream Baby.mp3
16.Precious Memories.mp3
17.Nebraska #1.mp3
18.Nebraska #2.mp3
2.Atlantic City.mp3
3.Mansion On The Hill.mp3
4.Born In The U.S.A..mp3
5.Johnny 99.mp3
6.Downbound Train.mp3
7.Losin' Kind.mp3
8.State Trooper.mp3
9.Used Cars.mp3
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1.One Way Street.mp3
10.Streets Of Fire.mp3
11.Badlands #1.mp3
12.The Promise.mp3
13.Talk To Me.mp3
14.Get That Feeling.mp3
15.Racing In The Street #1.mp3
2.Don't Look Back.mp3
4.Drive All Night #1.mp3
5.Drive All Night #2.mp3
6.Something In The Night.mp3
7.Candy's Boy #1.mp3
8.Fire.mp3
9.The Fast Song #1.mp3
Lost Masters Vol 02 info.txt
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01 Roulette #1.mp3
02 Roulette #2.mp3
03 Protection.mp3
04 Chain Lightning.mp3
05 Under The Gun #1.mp3
06 Under The Gun #2.mp3
07 Under The Gun #3.mp3
08 Under The Gun #4.mp3
09 Under The Gun #5.mp3
10 Night Fire.mp3
11 Man Who Got Away #1.mp3
12 Man Who Got Away #2.mp3
13 Mary Lou.mp3
14 I Don't Want To Be.mp3
Lost Masters Vol 04 info.txt
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01 She's A Rocker #1.mp3
02 She's A Rocker #2.mp3
03 Ricky Wants A Man Of Her Own.mp3
04 Cindy #1.mp3
05 Cindy #2.mp3
06 Ramrod #1.mp3
07 Ramrod #2.mp3
08 Ramrod #3.mp3
09 Ramrod #4.mp3
10 I Wanna Marry You #1.mp3
11 I Wanna Marry You #2.mp3
12 I Wanna Marry You #3.mp3
13 I Wanna Marry You #4.mp3
14 I Wanna Marry You #5.mp3
15 All I Need.mp3
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01 Hungry Heart #1.mp3
02 Hungry Heart #2.mp3
03 The Price You Pay.mp3
04 I Wanna Be With You.mp3
05 Stolen Car #1.mp3
06 Angelyne #1.mp3
07 The Ties That Bind.mp3
08 Hungry Heart #3.mp3
09 Stolen Car #2.mp3
10 To Be True.mp3
11 Angelyne #2.mp3
12 Angelyne #3.mp3
13 Angelyne #4.mp3
Lost Masters Vol 06 info.txt
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01 Everybody Wants My Baby.mp3
02 Stockton Boys #1.mp3
03 Stockton Boys #2.mp3
04 Two Hearts.mp3
05 Stockton Boys #3.mp3
06 Stockton Boys #4.mp3
07 Stockton Girls.mp3
08 Untitled Harmonies.mp3
09 You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) #1.mp3
10 You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) #2.mp3
11 You Gotta Be Kind.mp3
12 Down In Whitetown #1.mp3
13 Down In Whitetown #2.mp3
14 Drive All Night.mp3
15 Down In Whitetown #3.mp3
16 Down In Whitetown #4.mp3
17 Untitled Harmonies.mp3
18 Party Lights.mp3
21 All I Need.mp3
22 Fade To Black #1.mp3
23 Fade To Black #2.mp3
24 Stolen Car.mp3
25 Love's Gonna Be Tonight #1.mp3
26 Love's Gonna Be Tonight #2.mp3
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01 Protection #1.mp3
02 Protection #2.mp3
03 Protection #3.mp3
04 Protection #4.mp3
05 Protection #5.mp3
06 Love And Kisses #1.mp3
07 Love And Kisses #2.mp3
08 Every Day And Every Night.mp3
09 Under The Gun #1.mp3
10 Under The Gun #2.mp3
11 Under The Gun #3.mp3
12 Under The Gun #4.mp3
13 Under The Gun #5.mp3
14 Jennie Needs A Shooter #1.mp3
15 Jennie Needs A Shooter #2.mp3
16 Untitled Guitar Riff.mp3
17 Man Who Got Away.mp3
18 Chain Lightning #1.mp3
19 Chain Lightning #2.mp3
20 Chain Lightning #3.mp3
21 Baby Don't Go #1.mp3
22 Baby Don't Go #2.mp3
23 Mary Lou #1.mp3
24 Mary Lou #2.mp3
25 Mary Lou #3.mp3
26 Mary Lou #4.mp3
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01 Love Is A Gun #1.mp3
02 Love Is A Gun #2.mp3
03 Walking On The Avenue #1.mp3
04 Walking On The Avenue #2.mp3
05 Take 'Em As They Come #1.mp3
06 Untitled #1.mp3
07 Baby Come Back.mp3
08 Love And Kisses.mp3
09 Love Will Get You Down #1.mp3
10 Love Will Get You Down #2.mp3
11 Love Will Get You Down #3.mp3
12 Love Will Get You Down #4.mp3
13 Untitled #2.mp3
14 Out On The Run (Looking For Love).mp3
15 Under The Gun.mp3
16 Find It Where You Can.mp3
17 Everyone Loves You.mp3
18 Untitled #3.mp3
19 Bring On The Night #1.mp3
20 Take 'Em As They Come #2.mp3
21 Bring On The Night #2.mp3
22 Untitled #4.mp3
23 Bring On The Night #3.mp3
24 Untitled #5.mp3
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01 Long Way Home.mp3
02 Ruled By The Gun #1.mp3
03 Ruled By The Gun #2.mp3
04 Downbound Train.mp3
05 Wages Of Sin #1.mp3
07 I Need You #2.mp3
08 Ruled By The Gun #3.mp3
09 Ruled By The Gun #4.mp3
10 Baby I'm So Cold (Turn The Lights Down Low).mp3
11 Untitled Riff.mp3
12 Wages Of Sin #2.mp3
13 Wages Of Sin #3.mp3
14 Wheels Make The World Go Round.mp3
15 Glory Days.mp3
16 Wages Of Sin #4.mp3
17 Fade To Black.mp3
18 Your Love (Is All Around Me Now) #1.mp3
19 Your Love (Is All Around Me Now) #2.mp3
20 Jesse James #1.mp3
21 Jesse James #2.mp3
22 They Killed Him In The Street #1.mp3
23 They Killed Him In The Street #2.mp3
24 True Love Is Hard To Come By #1.mp3
25 True Love Is Hard To Come By #2.mp3
26 True Love Is Hard To Come By #3.mp3
6 I Need You #1.mp3
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01 Mary Lou #1.mp3
02 Mary Lou #2.mp3
03 Mary Lou #3.mp3
04 Mary Lou #4.mp3
05 Mary Lou #5.mp3
06 Mary Lou #6.mp3
07 Bring On The Night.mp3
08 Pipeline.mp3
09 Help Up Without A Gun #1.mp3
10 Help Up Without A Gun #2.mp3
11 Help Up Without A Gun #3.mp3
12 Help Up Without A Gun #4.mp3
13 Help Up Without A Gun #5.mp3
14 Help Up Without A Gun #6.mp3
15 Help Up Without A Gun #7.mp3
16 Help Up Without A Gun #8.mp3
17 Two Hearts #1.mp3
18 Two Hearts #2.mp3
19 Two Hearts #3.mp3
20 Two Hearts #4.mp3
21 Two Hearts #5.mp3
22 Two Hearts #6.mp3
23 Two Hearts #7.mp3
24 Two Hearts #8.mp3
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1.Living On The Edge Of The World #1.mp3
10.Restless Nights #4.mp3
11.Restless Nights #5.mp3
12.Restless Nights #6.mp3
13.Restless Nights #7.mp3
2.Living On The Edge Of The World #2.mp3
3.Living On The Edge Of The World #3.mp3
4.Chevrolet Deluxe #1.mp3
5.Chevrolet Deluxe #2.mp3
6.Bring On The Night.mp3
7.Restless Nights #1.mp3
8.Restless Nights #2.mp3
9.Restless Nights #3.mp3
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01 Jole Blon #1.mp3
02 Restless Nights #8.mp3
03 Restless Nights #9.mp3
04 Restless Nights #10.mp3
05 Restless Nights #11.mp3
06 Restless Nights #12.mp3
07 Restless Nights #13.mp3
08 Jole Blon #2.mp3
09 Jole Blon #3.mp3
10 Wreck On The Highway.mp3
11 Stolen Car #1.mp3
12 Stolen Car #2.mp3
13 Stolen Car #3.mp3
14 Stolen Car #4.mp3
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01 Find It Where You Can #1.mp3
02 Find It Where You Can #2.mp3
03 Break My Heart (Tonight) #1.mp3
04 Break My Heart (Tonight) #2.mp3
05 Out On The Run (Looking For Love) #1.mp3
06 Out On The Run (Looking For Love) #2.mp3
07 Out On The Run (Looking For Love) #3.mp3
08 The Ties That Bind.mp3
09 In The City Tonight #1.mp3
10 In The City Tonight #2.mp3
11 In The City Tonight #3.mp3
12 In The City Tonight #4.mp3
13 In The City Tonight #5.mp3
14 In The City Tonight #6.mp3
15 In The City Tonight #7.mp3
Lost Masters Vol 14 info.txt
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01 Stolen Car #5.mp3
02 Stolen Car #6.mp3
03 Stolen Car #7.mp3
04 Stolen Car #8.mp3
05 Slow Fade #1.mp3
06 Slow Fade #2.mp3
07 Slow Fade #3.mp3
08 Slow Fade #4.mp3
09 Slow Fade #5.mp3
10 Slow Fade #6.mp3
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01 Don't Back Down #9.mp3
02 One Love.mp3
03 Little Girl #1.mp3
04 Don't Back Down #10.mp3
05 Sugarland #2.mp3
06 Sugarland #3.mp3
07 Shut Out The Light #1.mp3
08 Fugitives Dream.mp3
09 Betty Jean.mp3
10 Bye Bye Johnny #1.mp3
11 Bye Bye Johnny #2.mp3
12 The Klansman.mp3
13 Don't Back Down #11.mp3
14 Seven Tears.mp3
Lost Masters Vol 16 info.txt
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01 Follow That Dream.mp3
02 Follow That Dream #1.mp3
03 Your Hometown #1.mp3
04 Your Hometown #2.mp3
05 Your Hometown #3.mp3
06 Your Hometown #4.mp3
07 Follow That Dream #2.mp3
08 Sugarland.mp3
09 Sugarland #1.mp3
10 Little Girl #2.mp3
11 County Fair #1.mp3
12 Bye Bye Johnny #4.mp3
13 Bye Bye Johnny #5.mp3
14 Delivery Man #1.mp3
15 Delivery Man #2.mp3
16 Unsatisfied Heart.mp3
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01 Don't Back Down #1.mp3
02 Don't Back Down #2.mp3
03 Don't Back Down #3.mp3
04 Don't Back Down #4.mp3
05 Don't Back Down #5.mp3
06 Don't Back Down #6.mp3
07 Don't Back Down #7.mp3
08 Don't Back Down #8.mp3
09 Sugarland #5.mp3
10 Bye Bye Johnny #6.mp3
11 Follow That Dream #3.mp3
12 Cynthia.mp3
13 Bye Bye Johnny #3.mp3
14 Richfield Whistle.mp3
15 Follow That Dream #4.mp3
16 Shut Out The Light #2.mp3
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01 I'm Goin' Down.mp3
02 Murder Incorporated.mp3
03 TV Movie.mp3
04 County Fair #2.mp3
05 Born In The U.S.A..mp3
06 Sugarland #4.mp3
07 My Love Will Not Let You Down.mp3
08 My Hometown.mp3
09 Glory Days.mp3
11 Darlington County.mp3
12 Working On The Highway.mp3
13 Downbound Train.mp3
Lost Masters Vol 19 info.txt
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Torrent description
Bruce Springsteen
The Lost Masters & The Lost Masters Essential Collection
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The Lost Masters: Introduction
In the spring of 1996, word quickly spread of a 19-CD set called "The Lost Masters"
consisting of studio outtakes, home demos, and rehearsal sessions from Bruce Springsteen
and the E Street Band from the years 1977-1983. In addition to the 19 discs,
two "Best of" sets would also be released and would include bonus tracks not found elsewhere in the set.
The discs were to be released individually in groups of five or so and the first five surfaced in early summer.
The CDs can basically be broken down into 5 segments: Darkness outtakes (2 CDs),
River outtakes (2 CDs), home demos (4 CDs), rehearsal sessions (5 CDs),
and Hollywood Hills garage tapes (3 CDs).
Rounding out the set are the complete Nebraska sessions,
Born in the USA outtakes, and "Big Expendables,
" which consists of studio outtakes from The River, home demos,
and rehearsal sessions.
Obviously, personal opinion differs, but the Darkness outtakes,
the Nebraska session, and the Born in the USA full band outtakes seemed
to top most people's lists of the best of the series. These four discs offered,
for the most part, the best sound quality, and, in the case of the Nebraska disc,
the most revealing look at said album.
The Darkness outtakes discs contained the best sound quality of any grouping of the Lost Masters.
Although only 2 songs on these discs were previously uncirculated,
the alternate takes of several songs more than makes up for it.
Prove It All Night with the lyrics from Something in the Night sheds new light on both songs.
Other songs with alternate lyrics include Adam Raised a Cain, Badlands,
and Racing in the Street. However, the gems of these discs might be The Promise and Frankie
in sound quality never before heard.
The River outtakes, while containing outstanding sound quality for the most part,
were marred by multiple takes of the same song. It also seemed like these discs offered
up the fewest previously-uncirculated songs, although, it must be said,
the Definitive River Outtakes Volumes 1 and 2 would have been hard to surpass.
The home demos are difficult to judge. Almost all the material on these discs was previously uncirculated,
and these discs shed a huge amount of light on the way Bruce Springsteen creates his songs.
However, multiple takes on songs and the blandness of most songs make these difficult to listen to repeatedly.
The rehearsal session discs received the most critical reviews. These discs featured Bruce and the Band
rehearsing the same song ad nauseam and in less-than-stellar sound quality,
making it very difficult to listen to some of these discs even once;
eight consecutive run-throughs of Held Up Without a Gun and Two Hearts with very little
noticeable difference, due to the sound quality, can be enough for almost anybody.
The real gems to turn up in these discs were Chevrolet Deluxe, originally "released"
on the River Refinery tapes, although this version is very different than the home demo;
Living on the Edge, a very rocking number in the vein of Buddy Holly;
Wreck on the Highway in a country arrangement; and Stolen Car,
as it goes through the transition from the Son You May Kiss the Bride version to the eventual released version.
Volume 14 could be the most revealing rehearsal disc as it features four previously uncirculated songs.
Although consistenting mostly of rehearsal takes, Volume 4 cannot be grouped entirely with those discs,
as it includes a home demo of Roulette as well as the supposed first take of the song with the band in the studio.
The highlight of this disc, and highlight of the whole set for me,
is Protection, a song Donna Summer recorded with some guitar work from Bruce himself.
Bruce's version of Protection is faster and more forceful than Summer's,
and the sound here is of official release quality.
The Hollywood Hills Garage Tapes were interesting, annoying, and repetitive,
sometimes all on the same disc. Again, the repetitiveness of several songs,
most notably Don't Back Down, which begins Volume 18 with eight different versions,
brings down several of these discs. In addition, while it is interesting to hear Bruce
fool around with a synthesizer and a drum machine,
four consecutive versions of My Hometown can be quite enough;
it has also been pointed out that the same drum beat is used on several songs.
On the other hand, previously uncirculated songs such as The Klansman,
Seven Tears, Unsatisfied Heart, and Richfield Whistle show a transition from the Nebraska
material to the more band-friendly Born in the USA.
Another gem is the complete take of Shut Out the Light with an additional verse
discussing drug abuse by the protagonist.
Volume 1, however, was the gem of this set for many people.
The long-awaited original acoustic version of Born in the USA
can finally be heard, and the true meaning of the song cannot be ignored
in an arrangement somewhat similar to the solo acoustic tour version,
albeit a bit faster. One has to wonder how differently the song would have been received
had this version been released. Downbound Train was another song supposedly recorded for Nebraska,
and, it must be said, was done a favor when Bruce and the E Street Band later recorded
it for Born in the USA. Child Bride is essentially Working on the Highway but slowed down tremendously,
and some say that Child Bride is better than it's album counterpart; a friend said that if the entrepreneurs
behind the Lost Masters were ever tried, they could play Child Bride back to back with Working
on the Highway and they would be acquitted. Another interesting note is the song Losin'
Kind about a couple who commit a crime before crashing their car in the snow,
essentially the same song as Highway 29, released almost 14 years later on The Ghost of Tom Joad album.
Volume 19 is a companion-piece to Volume 1 in some fashion,
as it is a collection of Born in the USA outtakes.
Although only three songs from this CD had never circulated previously,
the sound quality surpasses all previously circulated versions of these songs.
TV Movie quickly became a favorite for many people, and some people speculated on Bruce
doing an album of rockbilly material; TV Movie, Pink Cadillac, Stand On It, County Fair,
and Little Girl could almost be side 2 of such an album.
The source of the tapes that became the Lost Masters has been debated in several circles but without reaching
a definitive answer. While several tape collectors high on the food chain reportedly had these tapes
for a couple of years, those collectors only had copies and their original source was the one who made
the Lost Masters possible. One doesn't have to go too far back in Bruce history
to find two very plausible suspects.
The biggest disappointment of the Lost Masters series was the absence of the legendary
Electric Nebraska tapes, full band arrangements of the songs Bruce "recorded" in January of 1982.
Those tapes exist somewhere, and, if we're good, hopefully they will one day surface.
Hope you enjoy the liner notes and track listings!
Set Contents ;
The Lost Masters Volume 01 - Alone in Colts Neck - The Complete Nebraska Session
The Lost Masters Volume 02 - One Way Street - Darkness Masters Volume 1
The Lost Masters Volume 03 - Rattling The Chains - Darkness Masters Volume 2
The Lost Masters Volume 04 - Big Expendables - Songs That Got Away
The Lost Masters Volume 05 - Heaven's Dawn - Unreleased River Masters Volume 1
The Lost Masters Volume 06 - Travel in Fear - Unreleased River Masters Volume 2
The Lost Masters Volume 07 - Stockton Boy - Solo Masters Volume 1
The Lost Masters Volume 08 - Under The Gun - Solo Masters Volume 2
The Lost Masters Volume 09 - Love is a Gun - Solo Masters Volume 3
The Lost Masters Volume 10 - Jesse James and The Wages of Sin - Solo Masters Volume 4
The Lost Masters Volume 11 - Walk Don't Run - The Telegraph Hill Rehearsals Volume 1
The Lost Masters Volume 12 - Buddy Holly Revisited - The Telegraph Hill Rehearsals Volume 2
The Lost Masters Volume 13 - Restless Days - The Telegraph Hill Rehearsals Volume 3
The Lost Masters Volume 14 - Out On The Run - The Telegraph Hill Rehearsals Volume 4
The Lost Masters Volume 15 - Slow Fade - The Telegraph Hills Rehearsals Volume 5
The Lost Masters Volume 16 - Hollywood Hills Garage Tapes - Unreleased Masters Volume 1
The Lost Masters Volume 17 - Hollywood Hills Garage Tapes - Unreleased Masters Volume 2
The Lost Masters Volume 18 - Hollywood Hills Garage Tapes - Unreleased Masters Volume 3
The Lost Masters Volume 19 - Born in the U.S.A. - Rare Masters
The Lost Masters Essential Collections Volume 1 (disc One & Two) Compilation + Bonus tracks
The Lost Masters Essential Collections Volume 2 (disc One & Two) Compilation + Bonus tracks
