Tom Petty Box Set ‘An American Treasure’ to be Released Sept 28 on Reprise Records

On September 28, Reprise Records will release An American Treasure—a career-spanning Tom Petty box set. The 60-track set unveils dozens of previously unreleased recordings, alternate versions of classic songs, rarities, historic live performances and deep tracks that spotlight Tom’s remarkable depth and evolution as a revered and tremendously influential songwriter, recording artist and performer. An American Treasure marks the first release of Tom Petty music since the artist’s tragic passing in October 2017.

The first single from An American Treasure is “Keep A Little Soul”—a previously unreleased recording from 1982 sessions that resulted in Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ classic album, Long After Dark. Watch the video featuring rare never-before-seen footage of the band here. The song is also available today with box set pre-order here. To add to the celebration of this announcement, a newly redesigned website at www.TomPetty.com has been launched.

Tom’s daughter, Adria Petty, and his wife, Dana Petty, were the primary catalysts for the commission, creation and release of An American Treasure­—a tribute and love letter pointing to the music in between the hits, and a strong musical portrait of the person they know in their hearts. Adria and Dana both serve as the project’s Executive Producers, and, together with Tom’s bandmates of 45 years, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, and his studio collaborator, Ryan Ulyate, curated the box set’s track list from Petty’s rich song catalog. Campbell, Tench and Ulyate also produced An American Treasure.

The creation of An American Treasure was a true labor of love, as Adria Petty and Dana Petty explain, “Everyone involved in this project chose each track with tremendous care and deep respect for the body of work Tom Petty created over the course of 40 years. He also accumulated a wealth of unreleased music in his vaults, and we have collectively uncovered one gem after another that will keep us all listening and discovering new facets of Tom’s talent for many years to come. We can’t wait to share with Tom’s fans this musical portrait of an artist who deeply affected our culture and indelibly touched the lives of fans the world over.”

The custom cover artwork for An American Treasure was created by prominent American artist Shepard Fairey from an image of Petty by renowned photographer Mark Seliger.

An American Treasure will be released in multiple formats:

An American Treasure: Deluxe Edition—A 4-CD set that features all 60 tracks, plus a 52-page booklet with rare and previously unseen photographs of Tom, his bandmates, family and friends. The booklet also features detailed track-by-track liner notes by noted journalist and Tom Petty aficionado Bud Scoppa, who drew upon his previous interviews with Tom and new conversations with Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench and Ryan Ulyate, as well as Adria and Dana Petty.

An American Treasure: Super Deluxe Limited Edition—A 4-CD set that features all 60 tracks and an 84-page hardbound book expanded from the Deluxe Edition to include many additional photographs and an essay by renowned author Nicholas Dawidoff – written especially for An American Treasure – that speaks to Tom Petty’s presence in our lives and influence on our culture for more than 40 years. This special package also includes a newly-created lithograph of Shepard Fairey’s cover artwork, as well as custom reproductions of Tom Petty’s handwritten lyrics to four songs featured in this collection and a numbered certificate of authenticity.

An American Treasure: Vinyl Edition—A 6-LP set that features all 60 tracks and a 48-page booklet containing all of the photographic and editorial elements found in the CD Deluxe Edition. This set also includes the Nicholas Dawidoff essay. This special Vinyl Edition will be released on Friday, November 23, but is available for pre-order now.

An American Treasure: Standard Edition—A 2-CD set that features 26 career spanning tracks chosen from the Deluxe editions, as well as Bud Scoppa’s detailed track-by-track.

All newly released recordings on An American Treasure have been mixed by Ryan Ulyate from pristine transfers of the original studio multitrack masters. All 60 recordings have been re-mastered for this collection by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.

AN AMERICAN TREASURE TRACK LISTING (4-CD Editions):

CD 1

1

Surrender

Previously unreleased track from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers sessions—1976

2

Listen To Her Heart

Live at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA—November 11, 1977

3

Anything That’s Rock ‘N’ Roll

Live at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA—November 11, 1977

4

When The Time Comes

Album track from You’re Gonna Get It!—May 2, 1978

5

You’re Gonna Get It

Alternate version featuring strings from You’re Gonna Get It! sessions—1978

6

Radio Promotion Spot

1977

7

Rockin’ Around (With You)

Album track from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers —November 9, 1976

8

Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It)

Alternate version from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers—1976

9

Breakdown

Live at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA—November 11, 1977

10

The Wild One, Forever

Album track from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers—November 9, 1976

11

No Second Thoughts

Album track from You’re Gonna Get It!—May 2, 1978

12

Here Comes My Girl

Alternate version from Damn The Torpedoes sessions—1979

13

What Are You Doing In My Life

Alternate version from Damn The Torpedoes sessions—1979

14

Louisiana Rain

Alternate version from Damn The Torpedoes sessions—1979

15

Lost In Your Eyes

Previously unreleased single from Mudcrutch sessions—1974

CD 2

1

Keep A Little Soul

Previously unreleased track from Long After Dark sessions—1982

2

Even The Losers

Live at Rochester Community War Memorial, Rochester, NY—1989

3

Keeping Me Alive

Previously unreleased track from Long After Dark sessions—1982

4

Don’t Treat Me Like A Stranger

B-side to UK single of “I Won’t Back Down”—April, 1989

5

The Apartment Song

Demo recording (with Stevie Nicks)—1984

6

Concert Intro

Live introduction by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, The Forum, Inglewood, CA—June 28, 1981

7

King’s Road

Live at The Forum, Inglewood, CA—June 28, 1981

8

Clear The Aisles

Live concert announcement by Tom Petty, The Forum, Inglewood, CA—June 28, 1981

9

A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me)

Live at The Forum, Inglewood, CA—June 28, 1981

10

Straight Into Darkness

Alternate version from The Record Plant, Hollywood, CA—May 5, 1982

11

You Can Still Change Your Mind

Album track from Hard Promises—May 5, 1981

12

Rebels

Alternate version from Southern Accents sessions—1985

13

Deliver Me

Alternate version from Long After Dark sessions—1982

14

Alright For Now

Album track from Full Moon Fever—April 24, 1989

15

The Damage You’ve Done

Alternate version from Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) sessions—1987

16

The Best Of Everything

Alternate version from Southern Accents sessions—March 26, 1985

17

Walkin’ From The Fire

Previously unreleased track from Southern Accents sessions—March 1, 1984

18

King Of The Hill

Early take (with Roger McGuinn)—November 23, 1987

CD 3

1

I Won’t Back Down

Live at The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA—February 4, 1997

2

Gainesville

Previously unreleased track from Echo sessions—February 12, 1998

3

You And I Will Meet Again

Album track from Into The Great Wide Open—July 2, 1991

4

Into The Great Wide Open

Live at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena—November 24, 1991

5

Two Gunslingers

Live at The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY—May 25, 2013

6

Lonesome Dave

Previously unreleased track from Wildflowers sessions—July 23, 1993

7

To Find A Friend

Album track from Wildflowers—November 1, 1994

8

Crawling Back To You

Album track from Wildflowers—November 1, 1994

9

Wake Up Time

Previously unreleased track from early Wildflowers sessions—August 12, 1992

10

Grew Up Fast

Album track from Songs and Music from “She’s the One”—August 6, 1996

11

I Don’t Belong

Previously unreleased track from Echo sessions—December 3, 1998

12

Accused Of Love

Album track from Echo—April 13, 1999

13

Lonesome Sundown

Album track from Echo—April 13, 1999

14

Don’t Fade On Me

Previously unreleased track from Wildflowers—sessions—April 20, 1994

CD 4

1

You And Me

Clubhouse version—November 9, 2007

2

Have Love Will Travel

Album track from The Last DJ—October 8, 2002

3

Money Becomes King

Album track from The Last DJ—October 8, 2002

4

Bus To Tampa Bay

Previously unreleased track from Hypnotic Eye sessions—August 11, 2011

5

Saving Grace

Live at Malibu Performing Arts Center, Malibu, CA—June 16, 2006

6

Down South

Album track from Highway Companion—July 25, 2006

7

Southern Accents

Live at Stephen C. O’Connell Center, Gainesville, FL—September 21, 2006

8

Insider

Live (with Stevie Nicks) at O’Connell Center, Gainesville, FL—September 21, 2006

9

Two Men Talking

Previously unreleased track from Hypnotic Eye sessions—November 16, 2012

10

Fault Lines

Album track from Hypnotic Eye—July 29, 2014

11

Sins Of My Youth

Early take from Hypnotic Eye sessions—November 12, 2012

12

Good Enough

Alternate version from Mojo sessions—2012

13

Something Good Coming

Album track from Mojo—July 15, 2010

14

Save Your Water

Album track from Mudcrutch 2—May 20, 2016

15

Like A Diamond

Alternate version from The Last DJ sessions—2002

16

Hungry No More

Live at House of Blues, Boston, MA—June 15, 2016