Hear the fabled Electric Nebraska version of Bruce Springsteen’s “Born In The USA”

On October 17, Sony Music will release Bruce Springsteen’s five-disc Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition on vinyl and CD (+Blu-Ray). It includes 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. Below, you can hear a previously unreleased, April 1982 version of “Born In The USA” (which was originally written alongside Nebraska), featuring Springsteen backed by Max Weinberg and Garry Tallent. 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. “I think in playing these songs again to be filmed, their weight impressed upon me,” says Springsteen.