Overview
- The set arrives Friday via Sony in tandem with the 'Deliver Me from Nowhere' biopic.
- It includes the long-rumored Electric Nebraska sessions that Springsteen recently said he found after telling Rolling Stone they did not exist.
- The electric takes add parts from E Street players Stevie Van Zandt, Danny Federici, and Roy Bittan, though several play like early run-throughs of later live arrangements.
- Two highlights cited are a gritty early 'Born in the USA' and a punk-charged 'Downbound Train' that were not on the 1982 album.
- A remaster of the original album closes the package and is deemed the strongest element, aligning with Jon Landau’s view that the demos were the right release.