The big chill

To celebrate the imminent arrival of Tracks II: The Lost Albums , Uncut takes a revelatory trip inside the archives of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN . There, we piece together the stories behind an unexpected and expansive alternate discography not even the most devout Bruce fans could have imagined – from garage sessions and solo experiments to film soundtracks, pared-down dustbowl dramas, Vegas swing and more. “If you want to understand how Springsteen works creatively, he’s never shown you more of his cards than he does here,” one collaborator confides to Peter Watts

“Bruce is a repairman,” speaks actor Jeremy Strong, playing music mogul Jon Landau, in the trailer for the forthcoming big-screen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. “He’s repairing that hole

Tracks II: The Lost Albums SONY

Crazy Horse’s bassist BILLY TALBOT on Zuma, the rebirth of Crazy Horse, power cuts, Dylan jams and more

Almost 30 years after Tracks , his first big archival drop, the Boss unveils its sequel: seven unreleased albums. But is bigger really better?

Musical: Hercules Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London ...