Bruce Springsteen to release five-disc Nebraska 82 Expanded Edition

Bruce Springsteen will open his vaults this fall with a five disc expanded edition of his 1982 album Nebraska that includes long-rumored full-band sessions, previously unreleased outtakes and a newly filmed live performance, the singer announced Thursday. Nebraska 82 Expanded Edition will be released Oct. 17 through Sony Music and Columbia, Springsteen said, and will be available as a multi-disc box set featuring the original LP remaster, solo outtakes, an Electric Nebraska disc with E Street Band recordings, a 2025 remaster and a Blu-ray of a recent Count Basie Theatre performance in Red Bank, New Jersey.

The centerpiece of the set is Electric Nebraska, a collection of eight full-band versions of Nebraska-era songs recorded with E Street Band members Garry Tallent, Max Weinberg, Danny Federici, Roy Bittan and Stevie Van Zandt. Springsteen said he found the tapes after returning to the vault and was surprised by how different the material sounded. In a statement he described one trio recording of Born in the U.S.A. as "kinda like punk rockabilly" and said the band was "trying to bring Nebraska into the electric world."

Springsteen previewed fans with a previously unreleased...