Nebraska '82 (Remastered Expanded Edition) Bruce Springsteen

• 1 Born In the U.S.A. (Demo Version - 1982) 03:10
• 2 Losin' Kind (Nebraska Outtakes) 05:00
• 3 Downbound Train (Nebraska Outtakes) 02:33
• 4 Child Bride (Nebraska Outtakes) 05:32
• 5 Pink Cadillac (Nebraska Outtakes) 04:33
• 6 The Big Payback (Single B-side - 1982) 01:57
• 7 Working on the Highway (Nebraska Outtakes) 03:21
• 8 On the Prowl (Nebraska Outtakes) 02:59
• 9 Gun in Every Home (Nebraska Outtakes) 02:30
• 10 Nebraska (Electric Nebraska) 04:45
• 11 Atlantic City (Electric Nebraska) 04:47
• 12 Mansion on the Hill (Electric Nebraska) 04:13
• 13 Johnny 99 (Electric Nebraska) 04:10
• 14 Downbound Train (Electric Nebraska) 02:23
• 15 Open All Night (Electric Nebraska) 03:17
• 16 Born in the U.S.A. (Electric Nebraska) 03:31
• 17 Reason to Believe (Electric Nebraska) 03:37
• 18 Nebraska (Nebraska Live) 04:28
• 19 Atlantic City (Nebraska Live) 04:01
• 20 Mansion on the Hill (Nebraska Live) 03:56
• 21 Johnny 99 (Nebraska Live) 04:12
• 22 Highway Patrolman (Nebraska Live) 04:47
• 23 State Trooper (Nebraska Live) 03:02
• 24 Used Cars (Nebraska Live) 03:13
• 25 Open All Night (Nebraska Live) 03:11
• 26 My Father's House (Nebraska Live) 05:14
• 27 Reason to Believe (Nebraska Live) 04:06
• 28 Nebraska 04:27
• 29 Atlantic City 03:56
• 30 Mansion on the Hill 04:03
• 31 Johnny 99 03:38
• 32 Highway Patrolman 05:39
• 33 State Trooper 03:15
• 34 Used Cars 03:06
• 35 Open All Night 02:53
• 36 My Father's House 05:03
• 37 Reason to Believe 04:11
• Total Runtime 02:22:39

Info for Nebraska '82 (Remastered Expanded Edition)

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.”

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,” “Downbound Train”) and tracks from a one-off 1982 solo studio session (“Gun In Every Home,” “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.”

“The one thing that we didn’t do on the ‘Nebraska’ album was we didn’t play it live, so my first thought when we were talking about celebrating the record was there’s got to be a performance, singing these songs from top to bottom,” Springsteen said. “What I was concerned about was getting some of the spooky quality the record had. We’re lucky we got the great Larry Campbell and Charlie Giordano to assist in the very minimal instrumentation on the record, and Rob Lebret did a really nice job of mixing and maintaining the record’s integrity on that level.”

"So, the upshot of all of this? Electric Nebraska may not be what we imagined – a full rock-star treatment of some of Springsteen’s best songs – but it’s an interesting audio look inside one of last century’s greatest internal musical debates; how do we release these songs in their best possible form? As it turns out, Springsteen’s instincts (aided and abetted by those he trusted most) prove correct in just about every single instance. We had to wait a couple of years to hear “Born in the U.S.A.” and “Downbound Train” in their best incarnation. But, in 1982, we got pure Nebraska. Imperfect? Sure, in a technical sense. But, like the characters found across these 10 songs, the unvarnished truth, then and today, is what we need to hear." (Andrew Gulden, americanahighways.org)

Bruce Springsteen, vocals, guitars, harmonica (1–5, 7, 9–10), mandolin (1–3, 5), glockenspiel (1, 7), synthesizer (9)
Roy Bittan, piano, keyboards, strings
Garry Tallent, bass
Stevie Van Zandt, guitars, acoustic guitar
Max Weinberg, drums
Additional musicians:
Larry Campbell, guitar, mandolin, tambourine
Charlie Giordano, synthesizer, celeste

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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen's recording career spans more than thirty years, beginning with 1973's Columbia Records release 'Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ.' By 1975, the covers of both Time and Newsweek declared Springsteen's music a national phenomenon. He has released twenty-four albums, garnered nineteen Grammy Awards, won an Oscar (for 1994's "Streets of Philadelphia") and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Springsteen's newest album 'Working On a Dream,' debuted at number one on the Billboard chart in 16 countries, including the U.S. He is a 2009 recipient of Kennedy Center Honors.

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