Blood Brothers is the name of a 1996 EP

Extended play

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 by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. It was released together with the VHS

VHS

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 packaging of the 1996 documentary Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers (documentary)

Blood Brothers is a 1996 documentary film made by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ernie Fritz, chronicling a brief reunion of Bruce Springsteen with The E Street Band in 1995...

, which portrayed the 1995 temporary reuniting of Springsteen with the band to record extra tracks for his Greatest Hits release of that year. The EP contains alternate recordings of two of the new tracks, a live promotional performance of another, and two rejects.

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Springsteen; except "High Hopes" by Tim Scott

1. "Blood Brothers" (alternate version) – 4:04
2. "High Hopes" – 4:30
3. "Murder Incorporated" (live from Tramps) – 5:51
4. "Secret Garden
   Secret Garden (Bruce Springsteen song)
   "Secret Garden" is a 1995 single by Bruce Springsteen. It was originally released 27 February 1995 on his Greatest Hits album on Columbia Records. Upon its initial release it peaked at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1997. It was then re-released on April 11 of that same year on Sony Records...
   
   " (with strings) – 4:38
5. "Without You" – 3:58

The E Street Band

• Bruce Springsteen
  Bruce Springsteen
  Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Roy Bittan
  Roy Bittan
  Roy Bittan is an American keyboardist, best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, which he joined on August 23, 1974...
  
   - piano, backing vocals
• Clarence Clemons
  Clarence Clemons
  Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. , also known as The Big Man, was an American musician and actor. From 1972 until his death, he was a prominent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, playing the tenor saxophone. He released several solo albums and in 1985, had a hit single with "You're a...
  
   - saxophone, backing vocals, percussion
• Danny Federici
  Danny Federici
  Daniel Paul "Danny" Federici was an American musician, best known as the longtime organ, glockenspiel, and accordion player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.- Career :...
  
   - organ, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Nils Lofgren
  Nils Lofgren
  Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock music recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
  
   - electric guitar, backing vocals
• Patti Scialfa
  Patti Scialfa
  Vivienne Patricia "Patti" Scialfa is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. She is married to Bruce Springsteen and they have three children.- Early life :...
  
   - acoustic guitar, vocals
• Garry Tallent
  Garry Tallent
  Garry Wayne Tallent , sometimes billed as Garry W. Tallent, is an American musician and record producer, best known for being the longtime bass player in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band....
  
   - bass, backing vocals
• Steve Van Zandt - guitar, backing vocals
• Max Weinberg
  Max Weinberg
  Max Weinberg is an American drummer and television personality, most widely known as the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and as the bandleader for Conan O'Brien on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.Weinberg grew up in suburban New Jersey...
  
   - drums, backing vocals

Additional musicians

• David Kahne
  David Kahne
  David Kahne is an American record producer. Kahne started his musical career as a working musician and then became notable for his role as in-house producer and engineer at 415 Records, the first American new wave music label, and for his subsequent roles as Vice President of A&R at Columbia...
  
   - string arrangement and string synthesizer on "Secret Garden"
• Lisa Lowell - backing vocals on "High Hopes"
• Frank Pagano - percussion on "High Hopes," backing vocals on "Without You"
• Chuck Plotkin
  Chuck Plotkin
  Chuck Plotkin is a recording engineer and producer, best known for his work with Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan.-Recording engineer:Plotkin has recorded, engineered, mastered and produced albums by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and many other artists, starting with The Floating House Band in 1972...
  
   - backing vocals on "Without You"
• Soozie Tyrell
  Soozie Tyrell
  Soozie Tyrell, , formerly known as Soozie Kirschner, is an American violinist and vocalist, most known for her work with Bruce Springsteen in the E Street Band.-Biography:...
  
  - backing vocals on "High Hopes"