Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ Album Gets ‘Holy Grail’ Expanded Edition

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Bruce Springsteen during the Nebraska era (Photo: David Michael Kennedy; used with permission)

Bruce Springsteen’s sixth studio album, 1982’s Nebraska, will be explored with more context and depth than ever before with the release of a five-disc box set featuring many never-before-heard and previously undiscovered recordings. Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition arrives on October 17, 2025, from Sony Music, and will include The E Street Band’s fabled “Electric Nebraska” sessions and solo outtakes from the era including such songs as “Born in the U.S.A.,” “Pink Cadillac,” “Working on the Highway,” a newly shot performance film of the album in its entirety plus a 2025 remaster of the original album. Together, they represent a wholly unprecedented look into this improbable lo-fi release, timed to the October 24 feature film, Deliver Me From Nowhere, about Springsteen during this period. The new collection on 4-CDs plus Blu-ray or 4-LPs plus Blu-ray, is available to pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.

The collection is previewed 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 session 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, described by many of his fans as the “holy grail,” 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 collection comes on the heels of the June 27, 2025, release of Tracks II: The Lost Albums box set, a wealth of previously unreleased material. The 9-LP or 7-CD sets are available in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.

One week after the release of Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition, the feature film Deliver Me from Nowhere will arrive in theaters from 20th Century Studios on October 24 chronicling the making of Nebraska. Directed by Scott Cooper, and adapted by Cooper from Warren Zanes’ book Deliver Me From Nowhere, the film stars Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen and Jeremy Strong as his longtime manager and producer Jon Landau.

Bruce Springsteen Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition Tracklist

Disc 1: Nebraska Outtakes
1. Born in the U.S.A.
2. Losin’ Kind
3. Downbound Train
4. Child Bride
5. Pink Cadillac
6. The Big Payback
7. Working on the Highway
8. On the Prowl
9. Gun in Every Home

Disc 2: Electric Nebraska
1. Nebraska
2. Atlantic City
3. Mansion on the Hill
4. Johnny 99
5. Downbound Train
6. Open All Night
7. Born in the U.S.A.
8. Reason to Believe

Disc 3: Nebraska (Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ)
1. Nebraska
2. Atlantic City
3. Mansion on the Hill
4. Johnny 99
5. Highway Patrolman
6. State Trooper
7. Used Cars
8. Open All Night
9. My Father’s House
10. Reason To Believe

Disc 4: 2025 Remaster
1. Nebraska
2. Atlantic City
3. Mansion on the Hill
4. Johnny 99
5. Highway Patrolman
6. State Trooper
7. Used Cars
8. Open All Night
9. My Father’s House
10. Reason To Believe

Disc 5 (Blu-Ray): Nebraska (Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, NJ)
1. Nebraska
2. Atlantic City
3. Mansion on the Hill
4. Johnny 99
5. Highway Patrolman
6. State Trooper
7. Used Cars
8. Open All Night
9. My Father’s House
10. Reason To Believe

The new collection on 4-CDs plus Blu-ray or 4-LPs plus Blu-ray, is available to pre-order in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.