LISTEN TO A NEVER-HEARD TRIO RECORDING OF ‘BORN IN THE U.S.A.’ FROM THE ‘ELECTRIC NEBRASKA’ SESSIONS

‘SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE’ FEATURE FILM COMES TO THEATERS EVERYWHERE ON OCT. 24

Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” will be explored with more context and depth than ever before this fall, with the release of a five-disc box set featuring many never-before-heard and previously-undiscovered recordings. “Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition” will arrive on Oct. 17 from Sony Music, and include The E Street Band’s fabled “Electric Nebraska” sessions and solo outtakes from the era as well as a newly shot performance film of “Nebraska” in its entirety — and a 2025 remaster of the original album. Together, they represent a wholly unprecedented look into the sonic world of this improbable lo-fi masterpiece turned enduring Springsteen classic.

“Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition” is previewed today with a previously-unreleased version of “Born in the U.S.A” (which was originally written alongside “Nebraska”), featuring Springsteen backed by Max Weinberg and Garry Tallent — in a trio rendition from late April 1982. “We threw out the keyboards and played basically as a three-piece,” Springsteen reflected. “It was kinda like punk rockabilly. We were trying to bring ‘Nebraska’ into the electric world.”

Listen to “Born in the U.S.A (Electric Nebraska).”

In addition to “Electric Nebraska” — which features Tallent, Weinberg, Danny Federici, Roy Bittan and Stevie Van Zandt — the set’s collection of “Nebraska Outtakes” unearths Springsteen solo rarities including more songs from the original “Nebraska” home recordings (“Losin’ Kind,” “Child Bride” and “Downbound Train”) and tracks from a one-off 1982 solo studio session (“Gun In Every Home” and “On the Prowl”). Also included is a present-day performance film of the “Nebraska” album, played in sequence for the first time ever and captured at New Jersey’s Count Basie Theatre by Thom Zimny. Having never toured behind “Nebraska,” Springsteen revisits the material more than 40 years later. “I think in playing these songs again to be filmed, their weight impressed upon me,” said Springsteen. “I’ve written a lot of other narrative records, but there’s just something about that batch of songs on ‘Nebraska’ that holds some sort of magic.”

One week after the release of “Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition,” the feature film “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” will arrive in theaters from 20th Century Studios on Oct. 24 and chronicles the making of Springsteen’s “Nebraska.” Directed by Scott Cooper and adapted by Cooper from Warren Zanes’ “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the film stars Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as his longtime manager and producer Jon Landau — alongside Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser, Gaby Hoffman, Marc Maron and David Krumholtz.

Pre-order “Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition” in both four-LP plus Blu-Ray and four-CD plus Blu-Ray configurations here.

Photo by David Michael Kennedy.