“Origins 1971–1978” captures the sonic formation of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in the white hot ’70s era. Digging into country, rock, folk, punk and soul, this collection chronicles Tom Petty’s first eight years as a recording artist through 51 tracks, including 27 unreleased, live, extended, and previously unheard tracks.
It has been almost 50 years since Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers released their self-titled debut album. “Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers” will have its half-century birthday this November, and Petty’s estate will celebrate the occasion with the release of “Origins 1971-1978″, a new box set that’ll include previously unreleased tracks from Petty’s earliest days.
The Origins box set will include newly remastered versions of that self-titled debut album and “You’re Gonna Get It!”, the band’s 1978 follow-up, that’ll include extended versions of 11 tracks, including the all-timers “American Girl” and “Refugee.” It’ll also include “Live From The Record Plant 1977”, a recording of the band’s live broadcast from the legendary Sausalito studio, with a guest appearance from Al Kooper. Perhaps the box’s biggest selling point is the rarities collection “No Sleep Til L.A.“, which will also be available as a standalone release. It collects music that Petty made when he was figuring out his sound, from his older band Mudcrutch to the earliest days of the Heartbreakers. Seven of that disc’s 12 tracks are previously unreleased, including the newly shared single “Parade Of Loons.”
One other disc included in the Origins box is “The Cut Out Bin“, another rarities collection that features tracks that Petty made with session musicians, including what a press release describes as “a yacht rock track with Leon Russell.” The box also has a live-album version of the Heartbreakers’ 1978 appearance on the British show The Old Grey Whistle Test.
The deluxe of the many versions of the box set also has a Blu-Ray, a DVD, and an 88-page fanzine with liner notes from David Fricke and Bud Scoppa, track-by-track annotations from the band, and other stuff.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers are to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Americana Awards, and surviving members Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch, and Ron Blair will reunite to perform with country star Chris Stapleton, who has covered Petty a few times. Two other Heartbreakers, Steve Ferrone and Scott Thurston, will join in for the final song.
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