| THE PRICE YOU PAY - V1 | 5:29 | LM-6 / PYP / ATMF |
| THE PRICE YOU PAY - V2 - take 1 | 5:43 | RIVER: SINGLE / TTTBR / TTTBJ / DROC2 / LEK |
| THE PRICE YOU PAY - V3 | 5:24 | RIVER |
Note: Studio takes covered four days, June 15, 18, 19 and 21, 1979 at the Power Station. V1 is an earlier take (but dated to June 21 in the Lost Masters liner notes) and a different mix, with some minor lyrical variations and vocalisations over the instrumental ending. V2 was completed on the final day, and submitted for the single album. Once the single album was canned Bruce returned to the song with a re-written third verse. It is unknown if that verse was recorded at the same time as the rest of the song, or if it was recorded later and overdubbed over the original. Logs show just one more entry, April 4, 1980, which may be a mixing date. Springsteen added the "original" third verse back to "The Price You Pay" for live performances during the River Tour, though all performances since 1981 have used the original album lyrics. Many consider V2 to be the definitive studio take, and it was officially released on The River Single Album in 2015.