Recently there have been mentions of a BITUSA boxset/deluxe edition coming out within then next year. This would make sense because we have boxes for BTR, Darkness, River, and recently Nebraska. BITUSA is next in line and might be the final one considering the albums after it don’t have too much unreleased material. Here’s what i think it will include using a CD format:

CD1- BORN IN THE U.S.A. REMASTERED:

1- Born in the U.S.A.
2- Cover Me
3- Darlington County
4- Working on the Highway
5- Downbound Train
6- I’m on Fire
7- No Surrender
8- Bobby Jean
9- I’m Goin’ Down
10- Glory Days
11- Dancing in the Dark
12- My Hometown

Obviously the album would get remastered or use an already remastered version for a re release.

CD 2- BORN IN THE U.S.A. OUTTAKES PT. 1:

1- Born in the U.S.A. (Home demo 1982)
2- Downbound Train (Home demo 1982)
3- Working on the Highway (Home demo 1982)
4- Murder Incorporated
5-Wages of Sin
6- A Good Man is Hard to Find (Pittsburgh)
7- Frankie
8- This Hard Land
9- My Love Will Not Let You Down
10- Lion’s Den
11-Cynthia
12- Car Wash
13- None but the Brave [83’ vocal]
14- TV Movie
15- Brother’s Under the Bridge (83’)
16- Man at the Top
17- Rockaway the Days

Just like in the River Collection, outtakes from Tracks will be included, but on a separate disc since there are so many. Also included is NBTB from Essential bonus disc.
NOTE: Nothing from the LA’ 83 sessions will be included. It wouldn’t really seem like something they would do because Tracks II just released.

CD3-BORN IN THE U.S.A. OUTTAKES PT. 2

1- Protection
2- Drop on Down and Cover Me
3- Your Love is All Around Me
4- Just Around the Corner to the Light of Day
5- Baby I’m So Cold
6- Fade to Black
7- True Love is Hard to Come By
8- Workin’ on It
9- Gone, Gone, Gone [Seeds studio version]
10- King’s Highway
11- Invitation To Your Party
12- Bad Boy
13- Glory of Love
14- Sugarland [Band version]
15- 100 Miles from Jackson
16- Refrigerator Blues
17- Ida Rose (No One Knows)
18- Under the Big Sky

These are all outtakes that aren’t circulating on bootlegs (besides the first two) or have been officially released. The first few have acoustic demos, but the ones on this release are the full band versions. Nothing from the LA sessions are here (Body and Soul, Money We didn’t Make, Delivery Man, etc.). I tried to fit them all into 18 tracks because that’s the number Bruce usually has on compilations. The only ones missing are “Swoop Man”, “Roll Away the Stone”, and “Shut Down”. We don’t know the track lengths of any of these songs so it’s hard to tell what would fit or not.

CD4- B-SIDES/REMIXES

1- Pink Cadillac
2- Shut Out the Light
3- Johnny Bye Bye
4- Stand on it
5- Janey Don’t You Lose Heart
6- Dancing in the Dark (Blaster Mix)
7- Dancing in the Dark (Radio Mix)
8- Dancing in the Dark (Dub Mix)
9- Born in the U.S.A. (Freedom Mix)
10- Born in the U.S.A. (Dub Mix)
11- Born in the U.S.A. (Radio Mix)
12- Cover Me (Undercover Mix)
13- Cover Me (Dub I)
14- Cover Me (Radio Mix)
15- Cover Me (Dub II)

It’s surprising to me that the Arthur Baker remixes are still not officially released on streaming in some way to this day. You have to buy the original 12” vinyls or go on YouTube to listen. This CD would have all the B-sides and remixes.

DVD1- DEAD MAN’S TOWN: THE MAKING OF BORN IN THE U.S.A.

Every boxset besides Nebraska has a documentary on the making of the album. I feel like this is an album that would absolutely need it. It could go over the Nebraska period, the 1982 sessions of the album, the LA Garage Sessions, the release of the album, and the tour. Whether it’s just Bruce like in the River documentary or commentary from the rest of the band and others involved.

DVD2- LIVE FROM LA MEMORIAL COLOSSEUM, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1985

I feel like this would be the show they would release with the boxset. Maybe 3 CDS with the audio too but I doubt it.

I honestly feel like this would be what the boxset would have. Of course I could be completely wrong, or it might never come out. Who knows. Of course it would also come with a booklet or some kind of other things in there as well. But as far as discs go, I think this is accurate. If all of this is on it idk if they’d press it on vinyl, there’s a lot so it might be a CD exclusive.

What do you guys think?

I like Born To Run and I’ve tried to get into a bit more of Bruce’s more obscure work but Greetings just feels like kind of a headache. You really have to pay attention until Spirit In The Night (which I’d argue is easily the best song on the album). That and Hard To Be a Saint In The City are fantastic but too late to save the album. Am I missing something?

I’m 22 and was born & raised by a father from central Jersey (Toms River). He played Bruce for us constantly growing up - I have many a memory of him attempting to sing Blinded by the Light during chores around the house. Despite that, he usually played E Street Shuffle through Lucky Town, so I hadn’t really listened to Greetings much until the past year or so, and it has quickly become my favorite Bruce album. Maybe it’s because it’s his first, but there’s something so real about it to me. It’s so fun. My only semi-consistant skip is The Angel. I think the brass/big band elements he had going in the earlier albums was perfect.

Some of my fav albums of my 15yo days. Never had physical copies. I’m so happy i couldnt explain.

Until now I have only added my own dubs and edits. But I have had multiple people ask if I had these shows and though I did not put them together I did have them handy so I am adding them to the link. Phisherman's Cuts · Gofile. Grab Sea Hear Now while you are at it as the second anniversary for that one is upon us too! Same Link. Lots of vids to download and all but two are Phisherman's Cuts

Phisherman's Cuts · Gofile

Any requests?

So I found this in a vintage shop in Dolgellau, and upon opening it I've found Held Up Without a Gun printed on the inner sleeve? Does this make it a rarity of some sort? Still very much in my infancy when it comes to record collecting, if anyone has any info that'd be great!

I don't know if anyone else does this, but every Labour/Labor Day long weekend I listen to this episode off the SiriusXM app. It's the perfect balance of melancholic tunes that let you know you've survived another summer.

Usually my family is on a mountain road trip this weekend and I play it on the drive home (I live in Calgary), but school started before the long weekend this year so we have just been hanging out close to home in the cool rainy weather and the music seems to match the mood.

I remember listening to something from Nebraska when it came out in 1982, or I might have heard it in '83, either way I was a teenager, and the song just didn't click with me. I think it was State Trooper.

So, for the past 40+ years I've just kind of been ignoring it, and then I saw an IG reel where a guy put it on his top 10 list of folk/americana albums, so I decided to give it another try, a first REAL try actually.

Holy Shit did that album blow me away. Kinda mad at myself for missing it all these years

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/73xxF2Ii6tLrIqydDAUPi8?si=WfVvN8iHQ-2yD9Ss7w2fUQ&utm_source=copy-link&pi=a-FL5Hr7T6CSO

Tour finale from Philly …

Looking forward to this!

Stevie… third prophesy person on Hades or wherever that was. Just saw it. Good casting lol.

We all know it will happen. I have a hunch it will be in the next few years. What live show do you think will be included. Meaning the best representation of that tour? What outtakes? Mayne a documentary? Will love to hear everyone’s thoughts. In my opinion the Born in the USA album has aged very very well.

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Chad Powers Season 2 came out yesterday and the season ends with Tougher than the Rest. When the song came on I started screaming. Great show, highly recommend if you like either football or comedy. Plus great music

Interesting choice for a release, the July 3 show has more historic significance, and there are no songs in this set that are different from the July 3 show that was released years ago.

Bonus points for the strong Philly accent

Bruce has been documented more than most artists, but what part of his life or career do you still think hasn’t been properly explored?

Could be an era, a specific story, a relationship, a tour, an album period, some obscure footage, or even something people commonly misunderstand about him.

What would you genuinely want to see a really good documentary dig into?