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Bruce Springsteen Unveils ‘Nebraska ’82’ Box Set Featuring ‘Electric Nebraska’ Sessions

The release resolves decades of speculation over the long-rumored electric studio takes, arriving as a biopic nears.

Overview

  • Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition arrives Oct. 17 via Sony Music, timed to land about a week before the Deliver Me From Nowhere biopic opens.
  • An Electric Nebraska disc presents E Street Band recordings of six Nebraska songs plus 1982 band versions of “Born in the U.S.A.” and “Downbound Train,” confirming the material exists but not as a complete alternate album.
  • A newly released electric take of “Born in the U.S.A.” from April 1982, cut as a trio with Max Weinberg and Garry Tallent, is streaming now.
  • The package adds a disc of home-recorded outtakes with unreleased tracks such as “On the Prowl” and “Gun in Every Home,” a 2025 remaster of the original album, and a full-album performance filmed at the Count Basie Theatre on Blu-ray.
  • Springsteen previously told Rolling Stone the electric sessions did not exist, then corrected the record after checking the vault and confirming a partial set of recordings.