Bruce Springsteen’s ‘LA Garage Sessions ’83’ (ALBUM REVIEW)

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Bruce Springsteen’s boxed set Tracks II: The Lost Albums — due out on June 27 — is a unique project in rock history. Never before has a major artist released seven complete albums — featuring more than 80 songs, recorded over a span of decades — at the same time.

For a reviewer, a unique approach is required. The only way to do the set justice, I believe, is to write separate reviews for each album. So I will do that. I will post them over the course of seven consecutive days, starting today. After that, I may do an eighth post as well, with some general comments about the complete set.

But anyway, we start today with LA Garage Sessions ’83, an album that Springsteen describes, in the…