Toby Scott — Bruce Springsteen's longtime recording engineer who's worked on 18 of the Boss's albums — appeared at this past weekend's SoundCheck Xpo in Mexico City.
As reported by Stereogum, Scott played some alternate versions of Springsteen songs during his presentation at the fest, most notably a previously unheard version of "Born in the U.S.A." This new (old) version — which Scott played alongside the solo acoustic demo that Springsteen recorded in 1982 — is a much bluesier, rough-and-tumble take than the glittering behemoth that we'd eventually get.
You can hear about a minute of that version in the video below at the 23:49 mark.
Springsteen's last album was 2020's Letter to You. Last year it was announced that he'd sold his masters and publishing catalogue for a cool $500 million USD to Sony Music and Sony Music Publishing respectively.
As reported by Stereogum, Scott played some alternate versions of Springsteen songs during his presentation at the fest, most notably a previously unheard version of "Born in the U.S.A." This new (old) version — which Scott played alongside the solo acoustic demo that Springsteen recorded in 1982 — is a much bluesier, rough-and-tumble take than the glittering behemoth that we'd eventually get.
You can hear about a minute of that version in the video below at the 23:49 mark.
Springsteen's last album was 2020's Letter to You. Last year it was announced that he'd sold his masters and publishing catalogue for a cool $500 million USD to Sony Music and Sony Music Publishing respectively.