Bruce Springsteen has announced seven new “lost albums” of unreleased songs he has recorded over a 35-year period.

The Grammy-winning American singer, 75, said he had now “finished everything I had in my vault” over the years.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums, to be released on June 27, includes 83 tracks recorded by Springsteen between 1983 and 2018.

The Dancing in the Dark singer, one of the best-selling musicians of all time, said in a video: “I often read about myself in the 90s as having some lost period or something. Really, I was working the whole time.

“During the pandemic, what I did for that period of time was I finished everything I had in my vault. So this is Tracks II: The Lost Albums. [They] are records that were full records, some even to the point of being mixed and not released.

“For one reason or another, something I felt was missing from some of them, or they just didn’t feel complete at the time. Over a period of time, I built up a small collection of full albums that, for one reason or another, never got put out.”

On Thursday, he released the song Rain in the River, which comes from the “lost album” Perfect World.

The six others are called LA Garage Sessions ‘83, Streets Of Philadelphia Sessions, Faithless, Somewhere North Of Nashville, Inyo and Twilight Hours.

‘Different musical directions’

The collection, being released through Sony Music, was described as filling in “rich chapters of Springsteen’s expansive career timeline while offering invaluable insight into his life and work as an artist”.

The musician told his fans: “I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now. I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.”

He explained that recording at home whenever he wanted to allowed him “to go into a wide variety of different musical directions” with the expansive collection.

The lost albums will come in limited-edition nine LP, seven CD and digital formats with a 100-page cloth-bound, hard cover book featuring archival photos and a personal introduction to the project from Springsteen.

A companion set called Lost And Found: Selections From The Lost Albums will feature 20 highlights from across the collection, available on two LPs or one CD.

Springsteen, also known as The Boss, has been making music for decades and formed his backing group the E Street Band in 1972. He has won 20 Grammys across his career, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.

Tracks II: The Lost Albums will be released via Sony Music on June 27, and Springsteen will be performing in the UK in May and June.