Bruce Springsteen to release fabled electric version of 1982 album Nebraska

"The original was famously recorded in the bedroom of his New Jersey home, unaccompanied, on a four-track tape recorder rather than a multitrack studio setup. Springsteen attempted to work the songs up into more fleshed-out versions but felt the studio versions lacked the ghostly drama of the originals, and to some confusion in his fanbase and record label insisted on releasing the stark four-track takes."

"As recently as June, Springsteen was denying that the electric versions existed: I have no recollection of it, but I can tell you there's nothing in our vault that would amount to an electric Nebraska, he told Rolling Stone. But he later updated the journalist, saying: I checked our vault and there is an electric Nebraska record, though it does not have the full album of songs."

Bruce Springsteen recorded Nebraska in 1982 alone on a four-track tape recorder in his New Jersey bedroom. He attempted fuller studio versions but judged them to lack the originals' ghostly drama and released the stark four-track takes instead. Nebraska reached No 3 in the US and UK and became one of Springsteen's most distinctive and influential albums. Electric, full-band versions of several Nebraska songs were archived and have now been retrieved for inclusion on a five-disc expanded edition of Nebraska due 17 October, including electric takes of the title track, multiple Nebraska songs, Downbound Train and an alternate Born in the USA. The electric Born in the USA has been released with the announcement and presents a more brooding vocal melody than the later hit.

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