Avon Books has now entered the upcoming book of lyrics in their catalogue along with a detailed description of what it will contain, and it sounds promising to say the least. The time of release is listed as December 1998. The lyrics book, which was confirmed a couple of months ago, will contain lyrics of all Bruce's released songs along with his own comments and lots of photos. Online book stores such as Amazon.com still don't take orders on it, but that will probably happen very soon. Here is what Avon Books has to say about it in their cataloque: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: SONGS by Bruce Springsteen, writer. U.S. $50.00/CAN $65.00 December, 1998 ISBN: 0-380-97619-6 Category: Non-Fiction Subject: Celebrities Commemorating Bruce Springsteen's twenty-five years as a recording artist, here is a panoramic view of his career in a form never seen before. This is the complete collection of Bruce Springsteen's recorded lyrics, illustrated with hundreds of never-before-published images from some of rock & roll journalism's greatest photographers, including Annie Leibovitz, David Gahr, Lynn Goldsmith, Bruce Weber, and many others. From Jim Marchese's informal backstage shots during the European leg of the 1980 The River tour to Neal Preston's amazing documentation of the Born in the U.S.A. days to Pam Springsteen's portraits showing a side of the musician rarely seen by the public, this is the most intimate look at Bruce Springsteen ever published. The photos and lyrics are accompanied by original commentary by Springsteen, in which he reflects on the songs, the performances, and the quarter-century career that for many defines the American dream. In words and in pictures, here is the one book no Bruce Springsteen fan can afford to be without.

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