After years of speculation and fan clamoring, Bruce Springsteen finally releases Friday “Tracks II: The Lost Albums,” an expansive seven-album box set and sequel to 1998’s “Tracks,” comprising decades of music — most of which is previously unheard by even the most devout Spring-nuts.

The sequel to 1998’s outtakes collection gathers a bounty of unreleased and largely unknown material. Offering unexpected, never-before-seen glimpses of the artist, it comes as a revelation.

The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music is hosting the advance listening session for “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Pollak Theater on the campus of Monmouth University in West Long Branch.