The River is a double album by Bruce Springsteen released in 1980. The sources of The River go back into earlier parts of Springsteen's recording career. Independence Day, Point Blank, The Ties That Bind, Ramrod, and Sherry Darling were leftovers from the previous Darkness on the Edge of Town album and had been featured on that 1978 tour, as had parts of Drive All Night as a long interpolation within Backstreets. The River had premiered at the September 1979 Musicians United for Safe Energy concerts, gaining a featured spot in the subsequent July 1980 No Nukes documentary film.