Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Almost ever since Bruce Springsteen released his “Tracks” boxed set of unreleased material in 1998, fans have clamored for a followup volume.
Twenty-seven years later, they’ll get it. On Thursday morning, Springsteen unveiled the full mouth-watering details for “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” a long-awaited collection that includes recordings made between the years of 1983-2018 and sports 83 previously unreleased songs, 74 of which have never come out in any form before.
There is one interesting wrinkle that distinguishes “Tracks II” from the first set more than a quarter-century ago. This is not a random assemblage of loose ends that got left on the cutting room floor at the end of the making of the familiar albums fans know and love, as the original “Tracks” was.
Rather, it is billed as being comprised of seven complete albums, each of which was recorded and abandoned, all of which will have their own titles and covers as part of the larger collection. “Tracks 2” comes out June 27 through Sony Music and will be available in configurations including a 7-CD set and a 9-LP vinyl collection.
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