Bruce Springsteen - Tracks II, The Lost Albums (7 fresh new full length records, 1983-2018)

[EKE BBB]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S ‘TRACKS II: THE LOST ALBUMS’ — FEATURING 7 NEVER-HEARD, FULL-LENGTH RECORDS

Seven previously-unheard Bruce Springsteen records will be released for the first time this summer on the widely-rumored and long-anticipated “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” coming June 27 via Sony Music. A set spanning 83 songs, “The Lost Albums” fill in rich chapters of Springsteen’s expansive career timeline — while offering invaluable insight into his life and work as an artist. “’The Lost Albums’ were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released,” said Springsteen. “I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now. I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.”

https://brucespringsteen.net/news/2025/bruce-springsteens-tracks-ii-the-lost-albums-featuring-7-never-heard-full-length-records/

https://www.lostalbums.net/

 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

$37 per CD?!?!?! Are they kidding?

https://www.amazon.com/DP/B0F2LCMLBX

I'd be willing to pay $7 per CD but there's no way I'd drop $265 to hear sessions that Springsteen wouldn't even release when he cut them.

[felser]

3 hours ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

$37 per CD?!?!?! Are they kidding?

https://www.amazon.com/DP/B0F2LCMLBX

I'd be willing to pay $7 per CD but there's no way I'd drop $265 to hear sessions that Springsteen wouldn't even release when he cut them.

Agreed, this is absurd.  His post-1980 output has had very spotty quality IMO, and these are outtakes! 

[Dan Gould]

5 hours ago, felser said:

Agreed, this is absurd.  His post-1980 output has had very spotty quality IMO, and these are outtakes! 

I could not care less about this but the way these sessions are being described, they aren't really outtakes, but cohesive performances that he chose not to issue at the time.

I can't be made to care but at the age of his fans, they probably have enough cash flow to buy enough of these to make it worthwhile.

 

[T.D.]

No interest.

But funny thing about the pricing: Amazon link said $260 when I looked. I googled "bruce springsteen ticket prices" and got a reply

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Bruce Springsteen concert ticket prices vary widely, but average around $276, according to Marketplace. 

Which suggests that $260 won't deter the fan base.

[ghost of miles]

I'm initially only interested in the first album, L.A. Garage Sessions 1983. I wish that had been part of a Born In The USA deluxe set similar to what Sony did with Darkness on the Edge of Town and The River, but starting to think the ship has sailed on a BITUSA box ever coming out. Can't imagine even with the ever-prolific Boss that there's much left in the vaults from the BITUSA era at this point. I saw Springsteen in Columbus, Ohio in April 2024, and it was an amazing show--clocked in at over three hours, and both Springsteen and the E Street Band were on fire. Great version of "Racing in the Streets" from that concert:

 

Edited 8 hours ago by ghost of miles

[felser]

Agreed on the BITUSA box likely not happening.  It's been a decade since the River box.  I don't hold BITUSA with nearly the same regard as the earlier albums, but it was HUGE, so I'm surprised the box never happened.

[jazzbo]

Although I'm proud of the position Bruce is planting himself in public at this time, he's never been an interest of mine. This is an intriguing, attractive set I bet for true fans, previously unreleased albums that were all sewn up and ready to go--I can think of a few artists I would really like to see something like that from and would probably pony up the high cost (I hardly spend my money on anything else, don't drink, go out much at all, etc.)

Edited 7 hours ago by jazzbo

[JSngry]

I suppose he's like Dylan for a/the next generation now. Old and older!

[Eric]

10 hours ago, felser said:

His post-1980 output has had very spotty quality

Completely agree.  

[Rooster_Ties]

Although I’ve never had much of any interest in Springsteen’s music, I have always had a decent amount of respect for him.  Can’t say I’ve heard more than a handful or two of his tunes over the years (just whatever I heard on the radio in high school mosty, in the mid 80’s) — and I literally don’t know that I’ve heard more than a few songs of his since then (in close to 40 years).

He’s always seemed like the real deal to me, but his is a style of music I’ve just never cottoned to much.

I’ve never specifically disliked what I’ve heard — and I’ve never changed the channel when he was on Letterman, or The Tonight Show, etc.  But he just never turns up anywhere in most of the music media I consume.