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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?

Question meant for only true fans sorry

Let’s say there’s a maximum of 18 tracks like on most of his compilations. What would you put?

This can be anything from:

- Nebraska
- Tunnel of Love
- Lucky Town
- TGOTJ
- D&D
- LA Garage Sessions 83’
- Streets of Philly Sessions
- Inyo
- anything else released that’s solo

Personally here’s how I would do it:

1- Atlantic City
2- Johnny 99
3- Reason to Believe
4- Tunnel of Love
5- One Step Up
6- Brilliant Disguise
7- Better Days
8- My Beautiful Reward
9- The Ghost of Tom Joad
10- Straight Time
11- The Line
12- All the Way Home
13- Long Time Comin’
14- Sugarland
15- County Fair
16- Unsatisfied Heaet
17- Blind Spot
18- Waiting on the End of the World