{"id":10317,"date":"1980-07-15T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1980-07-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=10317"},"modified":"2026-09-22T18:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:29:50","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-mr-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1980\/07\/15\/roll-of-the-dice-mr-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now here’s a curiosity: an officially released song that’s actually an edited version of a bootlegged home demo.<\/p>\n

When Bruce compiled a group of contemporary outtakes to include in his\u00a0The Ties That Bind: The River Collection\u00a0<\/em>box set, he wanted to include “Mr. Outside.” Unfortunately, though, archivist Toby Scott couldn’t locate an “official” recording.<\/p>\n

So Scott did exactly what you and I would have done: he scoured the Internet for a bootleg copy of Bruce’s original home demo, and found one. Here’s that original recording from late 1979:<\/p>\n