Bruce Springsteen Unreleased Tracks (1960s-2000s)

Bruce Springsteen is one of rock music's most influential singer-songwriters. Focusing on blue collar and working class subject matter in his music, many see his image as part of the "American Dream". His albums Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A. are considered two of the greatest albums ever recorded and he has a long stream of critically and commercially successful work beyond that.

It should be noted that he is an extreme perfectionist and workaholic. Every one of his albums are known for having at least 10 unreleased tracks, many getting up to a whopping 50. This makes Springsteen's catalogue one of the hardest to complete, as complete song lists are very hard to comeby to begin with. Many of these songs were released in live recordings or earlier studio recordings, but are left unaccounted for when it comes to later versions, or studio recordings in general.

While many tracks appear on bootlegs and on the comprehensive 1995 release titled Tracks, many of Springsteen's songs remain lost completely, or trapped in a studio vault.

Pre-Columbia Recordings (Existence Disputed For Some Recordings; 1964 -1972)
Bruce Springsteen started out really active in the music scene from the age of 15. Feeling inspired from the performance of The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show, he wanted to get a strong band together to write catchy music. In the space of these years, Springsteen was a member of many different bands, most notably Steel Mill. Steel Mill produced a few official releases on vinyl and then in later years after its members became famous. Other early bands featuring Springsteen have recordings featured on bootlegs of varying quality.

Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)
Springsteen's first major label release, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. was released in 1973. While the album failed to acheive commercial success upon initial release, it got hailed as a masterpiece right from the get-go.

From the sessions for this album, there is a confirmed 8 unreleased tracks. "Mary, Queen of Arkansas", "Growin' Up", "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street" and an early version of "It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City" were released on the Tracks boxset.

The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle
Springsteen's second album, The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, just like his first, was met with critical acclaim but disappointing sales. It is often regarded as one of his best albums, though nowhere near as acclaimed as Born to Run or Born in the U.S.A. 

It is known that about 11 tracks were cut from the final product. It is thought that Springsteen had a much bigger, more ambitious album in mind, but Columbia was not happy with it because the lackluster sales from his first album. Of the 11 discluded tracks, "Zero and Blind Terry", "Thundercrack", "Seaside Bar Song", and "Santa Ana" were all included on Tracks. An additional track, "The Fever", was included on another collection of unreleased tracks titled 18 Tracks. "Phantoms", a song that can't even be found on bootlegs was reworked into "Zero and Blind Terry". Two other outtakes, "Vibes Man" and "New York Song" were combined to create "New York City Serenade".