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compilation by

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were an American rock band from Gainesville, Florida. Formed in 1976, the band originally comprised lead singer and rhythm guitarist Tom Petty, lead guitarist Mike Campbell, keyboardist Benmont Tench, drummer S ...

, released in 1995. It contains popular album tracks,

B-sides The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record company ...

, previously unreleased

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s, and early songs by Petty's previous band

Mudcrutch Mudcrutch was an American southern and country rock band from Gainesville, Florida. They are best known for being the band that began Tom Petty's rise to fame. Mudcrutch formed in Gainesville in 1970 and soon became a popular act across Florid ...

. The first three discs of this collection are Petty's singles with and without the Heartbreakers, arranged in rough chronological order. Disc One covers the years 1976-81, Disc Two covers 1982-87 and Disc Three covers 1989-93. Disc four brings together 15 B-sides that were never officially released on Tom Petty or Heartbreakers albums. Some of these seem like throwaways, while others are miscellaneous live tracks usually found on singles' flipsides. Discs five and six offer 27 recordings that include tracks previously unreleased or unavailable on CD, dating back to Petty's early days with his pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch. A companion VHS home video, later released on DVD, featured the band's most popular music videos.

Track listing

Disc one: ''The Big Jangle''

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Tom Petty Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950October 2, 2017) was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of the rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the lat ...

) – 2:42 #" American Girl" (Petty) – 3:33 #"Hometown Blues" (Petty) – 2:12 #"

Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" is the second UK single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' self-titled debut album. It was their first UK hit, peaking at #36 the week ending July 2, 1977. It was not released as a single in the United States. ...

" (Petty) – 2:24 #" I Need to Know" (Petty) – 2:24 #"

Listen to Her Heart "Listen to Her Heart" is a song recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was released in August 1978 as the second single from their second album, '' You're Gonna Get It!''. It peaked at number 59 on the ''Billboard'' H ...

" (Petty) – 3:03 #"When the Time Comes" (Petty) – 2:45 #"Too Much Ain't Enough" (Petty) – 2:57 #"No Second Thoughts" (Petty) – 2:39 #"Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 2:52 #"

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" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:22 #"

Here Comes My Girl "Here Comes My Girl" is a song written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell, and recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, their third single from their breakthrough hit 1979 album, '' Damn the Torpedoes''. It peaked at number 59 on the U.S. ''Bil ...

" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:25 #"

Even the Losers "Even the Losers" is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It is featured on their breakthrough hit 1979 album, '' Damn the Torpedoes''. It is also featured on the band's 1993 ''Greatest Hits'' album. A li ...

" (Petty) – 3:59 #"Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)" (Petty) – 4:25 #"

Don't Do Me Like That "Don't Do Me Like That" is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was released in November 1979 as the first single from the album '' Damn the Torpedoes'' (1979). It reached number 10 on the ''Billboard' ...

" (Petty) – 2:42 #" The Waiting" (Petty) – 3:59 #" A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:23 #"Something Big" (Petty) – 4:44 #"A Thing About You" (Petty) – 3:32 #"Insider" (Petty) – 4:23 #"You Can Still Change Your Mind" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:16

Disc two: ''Spoiled & Mistreated''

You Got Lucky "You Got Lucky" is the first single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' album '' Long After Dark''. The song peaked at #20 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #1 on the '' Billboard'' Top Tracks chart, where it stayed for three weeks at the end ...

" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:36 #" Change of Heart" (Petty) – 3:19 #"Straight into Darkness" (Petty) – 3:47 #"Same Old You" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:30 #" Rebels" (Petty) – 5:19 #"

Don't Come Around Here No More "Don't Come Around Here No More" is a song written by Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and David A. Stewart of Eurythmics. It was released in February 1985 as the lead single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' '' Southern Accents'' ...

" (Petty, Dave Stewart) – 5:05 #"

Southern Accents ''Southern Accents'' is the sixth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released on March 26, 1985, through MCA Records. The album's lead single, "Don't Come Around Here No More", co-written by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, peaked at n ...

" (Petty) – 4:44 #"

Make It Better (Forget About Me) "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" is a song written by Tom Petty of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and David A. Stewart of the Eurythmics. It was released in June 1985 as the third single from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1985 album '' South ...

" (Petty, Stewart) – 4:23 #"The Best of Everything" (Petty) – 4:03 #"

So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Jim McGuinn and Chris Hillman and included on the band's 1967 album, '' Younger Than Yesterday''. The song was inspired by the manufactured natur ...

" (live) (

Roger McGuinn James Roger McGuinn (born James Joseph McGuinn III; July 13, 1942) is an American musician. He is best known for being the frontman and leader of the Byrds. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with the Byrds. As a ...

Chris Hillman Christopher Hillman (born December 4, 1944) is an American musician. He was the original bassist of and one of the original members of the Byrds, which in 1965 included Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby and Michael Clarke. With freque ...

) – 3:30 #"

Don't Bring Me Down "Don't Bring Me Down" is the ninth and final track on the English rock band the Electric Light Orchestra's 1979 album ''Discovery''. It is their highest-charting hit in the United States to date. History "Don't Bring Me Down" is the band's s ...

" (live) ( Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:52 #"Jammin' Me" (Petty, Campbell,

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

) – 4:08 #"It'll All Work Out" (Petty) – 3:11 #"Mike's Life/Mike's World" (Campbell) – 0:40 #"Think About Me" (Petty) – 3:45 #"A Self-Made Man" (Petty) – 3:00

Disc three: ''Good Booty''

Free Fallin' "Free Fallin'" is the opening track from American musician Tom Petty's debut solo album, '' Full Moon Fever'' (1989). The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne, and features Lynne on backing vocals and bass ...

" (Petty,

Jeff Lynne Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was formed in 1970. As a songwriter, he has cont ...

) – 4:16 #"

I Won't Back Down "I Won't Back Down" is a song by American rock musician Tom Petty. It was released in April 1989 as the lead single from his first solo album, ''Full Moon Fever''. The song was co-written by Petty and Jeff Lynne, also his writing partner for the ...

" (Petty, Lynne) – 2:57 #"Love is a Long Road" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:08 #"

Runnin' Down a Dream "Runnin' Down a Dream" is a song co-written and recorded by Tom Petty. It was released in July 1989 as the second single from his first solo album ''Full Moon Fever''. "Runnin' Down a Dream" achieved reasonable chart success, reaching number 23 b ...

" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:23 #"

Yer So Bad "Yer So Bad" is a song co-written and recorded by Tom Petty. It was released in 1990 as the fifth single from his first solo album '' Full Moon Fever''. Content It tells from the singer's viewpoint about his greedy sister being lucky enough t ...

" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:06 #"Alright for Now" (Petty) – 2:02 #" Learning to Fly" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:03 #" Into the Great Wide Open" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:43 #"All or Nothin'" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:07 #"Out in the Cold" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:40 #"Built to Last" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:58 #"

Mary Jane's Last Dance "Mary Jane's Last Dance" is a song written by Tom Petty and recorded by American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. It was recorded while Petty was recording his '' Wildflowers'' album and was produced by Rick Rubin, guitarist Mike Camp ...

" (Petty) – 4:33 #"Christmas All Over Again" (Petty) – 4:15

Disc four: ''The Other Sides''

#"Casa Dega" (B-side of "

," issued November 1979) etty / Campbell– 3:37 #"Heartbreakers Beach Party" (B-side of "Change of Heart," February 1983)

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– 1:57 #"Trailer" (B-side of "

," March 1985)

– 3:15 #"Cracking Up" (B-side of "Make It Better (Forget About Me)," May 1985) (

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garage rock cover live at Lawlor Events Center, Reno, NV, November 23, 1991; from the UK-only "Too Good to Be True" 1992 maxi CD single) (Ken Ellner / Roy Chaney / Craig Atkinson / John Byrne / John Michalski) – 4:49 #"I'm Tired Joey Boy" (live at Lawlor Events Center, Reno, NV, November 23, 1991; from the UK-only "Too Good to Be True" maxi CD single) (

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

) – 3:42 #"Lonely Weekends" (live at Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA, November 24, 1991; from the UK-only "Too Good to Be True" maxi CD single) (

Charlie Rich Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country music, country, sou ...

) – 2:47 #"Gator on the Lawn" (B-side of "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)," July 1981)

– 1:35 #"Make That Connection" (B-side of "Jammin' Me," April 18, 1987) etty / Campbell– 5:04 #"Down the Line" (B-side of "Free Fallin'", October 1989) etty / Lynne / Campbell– 2:53 #"Peace in L.A." (Peace Mix) (B-side of "Peace in L.A.," May 26, 1992)

– 4:43 #"It's Rainin' Again" (B-side of "Refugee," January 1980)

– 1:32 #" Somethin' Else" (live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, March 7, 1980; B-side of "Even the Losers" in Australia) (Sharon Sheeley /

Eddie Cochran Ray Edward Cochran (; October 3, 1938 – April 17, 1960) was an American rock and roll musician. Cochran's songs, such as " Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", " C'mon Everybody" and " Somethin' Else", captured teenage frustration and desir ...

) – 2:05 #"I Don't Know What to Say to You" (B-side of "

," August 30, 1978)

– 2:28 #"King's Highway" (live at Stephen J O'Connell Center, University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL, November 4, 1993; B-side of the German-only "Something in the Air" as well as the UK-exclusive "

" maxi CD single, March 1994)

– 3:30

Disc five: ''Through the Cracks''

#"On the Street" (1973

outtake) (

Benmont Tench Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III (born September 7, 1953) is an American musician and singer, and a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early years Tench was born in Gainesville, Florida, the second child of Benjamin ...

) – 2:10 #"Depot Street" (1974

outtake)

– 3:26 #"Cry to Me" (1974 Solomon Burke cover by

) ert Russell– 3:06 #"Don't Do Me Like That" (1974

version)

– 2:47 #"I Can't Fight It" (1974

outtake)

– 3:00 #"Since You Said You Loved Me" (1974 outtake featuring Al Kooper, Jim Gordon, and Emory Gordy)

– 4:40 #"Louisiana Rain" (original 1975 version featuring Al Kooper, Jim Gordon, and Emory Gordy)

– 4:22 #"Keeping Me Alive" (from 1982 "Long After Dark" sessions)

– 2:59 #"Turning Point" (from 1982 "Long After Dark" sessions)

– 2:52 #" Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (demo from "Hard Promises" 1981 sessions) etty, Campbell– 4:11 #"The Apartment Song" (demo from "Southern Accents" 1984 sessions)

– 2:37 #" Big Boss Man" ("Southern Accents" 1984 sessions) l_Smith,_Luther_Dixon.html" ;"title="Luther_Dixon.html" ;"title="l Smith, Luther Dixon">l Smith, Luther Dixon">Luther_Dixon.html" ;"title="l Smith, Luther Dixon">l Smith, Luther Dixon– 2:41 #"The Image of Me" (Conway Twitty cover; "Southern Accents" 1984 sessions) [Wayne Kemp] – 2:33 #"Moon Pie" ("Let Me Up 've Had Enough 1986 sessions)

– 1:05 #"The Damage You've Done" (country version from "Let Me Up 've Had Enough 1986 sessions)

– 3:16

Disc six: ''Nobody's Children''

#"Got My Mind Made Up" (from 1986 "

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" sessions;

wrote different lyrics for his "

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" version)

– 2:51 #"Ways to Be Wicked" (from 1986 "

" sessions) etty, Campbell– 3:27 #"Can't Get Her Out" (from 1986 "

" sessions)

– 3:11 #"Waiting for Tonight" (from 1988 sessions featuring

The Bangles The Bangles are an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1981. The band recorded several singles that reached the U.S. top 10 during the 1980s, including "Manic Monday" (1986), "Walk Like an Egyptian" (1986), " Hazy Shade ...

on backing vocals)

– 3:30 #"Travelin'" (1988 outtake from an aborted Heartbreakers album)

– 3:15 #"

Baby, Let's Play House "Baby Let's Play House" is a song written by Arthur Gunter and recorded by him in 1954 on the Excello Records label and covered by Elvis Presley the following year on Sun Records. A line from the song ("I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than ...

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cover from July 1993 "

" sessions") (

Arthur Gunter Arthur Neal Gunter (May 23, 1926 – March 16, 1976) was an American blues guitarist and musician. He was best known for his song "Baby Let's Play House", which was later a hit single for Elvis Presley. Biography Gunter was born in Ogletho ...

) – 2:33 #"

Wooden Heart "Wooden Heart" is a pop song recorded by Elvis Presley. The composition is based on a German folk song " Muss i denn" (''lit.'' Must I then) and it was featured in the 1960 Elvis Presley film ''G.I. Blues''. The song was a hit single for Presl ...

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cover from July 1993 "

" sessions) (

Bert Kaempfert Bert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the mus ...

Kay Twomey Kathleen G. "Kay" Twomey (April 27, 1914 in Boston, Massachusetts – September 26, 1995 in Wellesley, Massachusetts) was an American songwriter and music arranger. Twomey co-wrote '' Serenade of the Bells'', which reached the Billboard magazine ...

, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) – 2:09 #"God's Gift to Man" (August 1992 outtake from an aborted Heartbreakers follow-up to " Into the Great Wide Open")

– 4:18 #"You Get Me High" (August 1992 outtake from an aborted Heartbreakers follow-up to " Into the Great Wide Open")

– 2:48 #"Come on Down to My House" (from July 1993 "

" sessions)

– 3:05 #"You Come Through" (demo from 1986 "

" sessions featuring Lenny Kravitz overdubs recorded in August 1995) etty / Campbell– 5:15 #"Up in Mississippi Tonight" (Debut 1973 A-side for

)

– 3:28 Notes *In 2015, both ''Through the Cracks'' and ''Nobody's Children'' were released on digital purchasing and streaming platforms as standalone releases. As of 2020, only ''Nobody's Children'' is still available to digitally purchase and stream.

Personnel

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers *

Ron Blair Ronald Edward Blair (born September 16, 1948 in San Diego, California) is an American musician notable for being the bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He was originally the band's bassist from 1976 to 1981. In 2002, he returned to the ...

(most tracks 1976-81, plus "The Best of Everything") –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

acoustic guitar An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...

("Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller"),

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

("Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again") * Mike Campbell (all tracks) –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

, bass guitar, squeeze box,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

, backing vocals ("Heartbreakers Beach Party", "It's Rainin' Again" and "Learning To Fly"),

keyboard bass Keyboard bass (shortened to keybass and sometimes referred as a synth-bass) is the use of a smaller, low-pitched keyboard with fewer notes than a regular keyboard or pedal keyboard to substitute for the deep notes of a bass guitar or double bass ...

("Don't Come Around Here No More"),

Dobro Dobro is an American brand of resonator guitars, currently owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally ...

("Southern Accents"),

koto Koto may refer to: * Koto (band), an Italian synth pop group * Koto (instrument), a Japanese musical instrument * Koto (kana), a ligature of two Japanese katakana * Koto (traditional clothing), a traditional dress made by Afro-Surinamese women * K ...

("It'll All Work Out"),

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

("Mike's Life/Mike's World"),

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

("All or Nothin'") *

Howie Epstein Howard Norman Epstein (July 21, 1955 – February 23, 2003) was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Early life Epstein was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in a musical household. His ...

(most tracks 1982-93) – bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic lead guitar ("Big Boss Man"), spoken word vocal (via telephone) ("Peace in L.A.") * Steve Ferrone –

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

overdub Overdubbing (also known as layering) is a technique used in audio recording in which audio tracks that have been pre-recorded are then played back and monitored, while simultaneously recording new, doubled, or augmented tracks onto one or more av ...

("Ways to Be Wicked") *

Stan Lynch Stanley Joseph "Stan" Lynch (born May 21, 1955) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He was the original drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for 18 years until his departure in 1994. Early years Lynch was born in ...

(most tracks) –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal ("Psychotic Reaction") *

(all tracks except disc 2 track 14) –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

, backing vocals, spoken word vocals,

whistling Whistling without the use of an artificial whistle is achieved by creating a small opening with one's lips, usually after applying moisture (licking one's lips or placing water upon them) and then blowing or sucking air through the space. The a ...

, rhythm guitar, lead guitar ("Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "Peace in L.A."), bass guitar,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, electric piano,

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

, percussion *

(most tracks) – piano, electric piano, keyboards, backing vocals,

crash cymbal A crash cymbal is a type of cymbal that produces a loud, sharp "crash" and is used mainly for occasional accents, as opposed to a ride cymbal. It can be mounted on a stand and played with a drum stick, or by hand in pairs. One or two crash c ...

("It's Rainin' Again"), string synthesizer ("Don't Come Around Here No More") *

Scott Thurston Scott Troy Thurston (born January 10, 1952) is an American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and session musician. He was a member of the Stooges, and of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, in which he sang harmony vocals and played guitar, bass, ...

– six-string bass guitar (disc 3 track 13), guitar (disc 4 tracks 5, 7 and 15),

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...

(disc 4 track 6) Additional musicians *Phil Jones – percussion (disc 1 tracks 16-21, disc 2 tracks 1-4 and 8, disc 3 tracks 1-2, 4-5 and 13, disc 4 tracks 2 and 8 and disc 5 tracks 8 and 10), drums (disc 3 tracks 1-2 and 4-5, disc 4 track 10), backing vocal (disc 4 track 2) *

– bass guitar (disc 3 tracks 1-4, 7-8, 10-11, and 13 and disc 4 track 10), guitar (disc 3 tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, and 10-11), keyboards (disc 3 tracks 1-3, 7-8, and 11), backing vocals (disc 3 tracks 1-3, 5, 7-11 and 13 and disc 4 track 10), piano (disc 3 tracks 2 and 5),

guitar synthesizer A guitar synthesizer is any one of a number of musical instrument systems that allow a guitarist to access synthesizer capabilities. Overview Today's guitar synths are direct descendants of 1970s devices from manufacturers (often in partner ...

(disc 3 track 4), percussion (disc 3 track 13) *

George Drakoulias George Drakoulias (born 1965) is a Greek-American music producer and a former A&R executive at the American Recordings label. He is often considered a protégé of Rick Rubin. Drakoulias grew up in Syosset, New York, and attended Syosset High Sc ...

– percussion (disc 5 tracks 8-9 and disc 6 tracks 1-5, 9 and 11), drums (disc 5 track 11) *

Phil Seymour Philip Warren Seymour (May 15, 1952 - August 17, 1993) was an American drummer, singer, guitarist and songwriter, best known for the singles "I'm on Fire" (with The Dwight Twilley Band), his own solo hit "Precious to Me" and for providing backi ...

– backing vocals on "Breakdown" and "American Girl" * Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar on "Hometown Blues", "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" *

Jim Keltner James Lee Keltner (born April 27, 1942) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. He was characterized by Bob Dylan biographer Howard Sounes as "the leading session drummer in America". Howard Sounes. ''Dow ...

– percussion on "Refugee", "The Best of Everything" and "Love is a Long Road", drums on "Love Is a Long Road" and "Christmas All Over Again" *

Stevie Nicks Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and producer known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasi ...

– backing vocals on "Insider", "You Can Still Change Your Mind" and "The Apartment Song" (demo) *

Molly Duncan Malcolm "Molly" Duncan (24 August 1945 – 8 October 2019) was a Scottish tenor saxophonist and founding member of Average White Band. Career Malcolm "Molly" Duncan recorded with Ray Charles, Tom Petty, Buddy Guy, Ben E. King, Dire Straits, Br ...

–

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

on "Rebels" and "Make it Better (Forget About Me)" *

Bobbye Hall Bobbye Jean Hall is an American percussionist who has recorded with a variety of rock, soul, blues and jazz artists, and has appeared on 20 songs that reached the top ten in the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Early career, work for Motown and move to ...

–

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...

on "Rebels" *

Dean Garcia Dean Garcia (born 3 May 1958) is an English multi-instrumentalist musician, best known as a member of the alternative rock duo Curve from 1990 to 2005. He also released solo work and collaborated with many other artists. Biography Garcia was ...

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intro Introduction, The Introduction, Intro, or The Intro may refer to: General use * Introduction (music), an opening section of a piece of music * Introduction (writing), a beginning section to a book, article or essay which states its purpose and ...

bass guitar on "Don't Come Around Here No More" *

Marilyn Martin Marilyn Martin (born May 4, 1954) is an American singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 1985 hit duet with Phil Collins, "Separate Lives", her only number one. Early life Marilyn Martin was born on May 4, 1954, in Tennessee but raise ...

– backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More" * Dave Stewart –

electric sitar An electric sitar is a type of electric guitar designed to mimic the sound of the sitar, a traditional musical instrument of India. Depending on the manufacturer and model, these instruments bear varying degrees of resemblance to the traditiona ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

and backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More", guitar on "Make it Better (Forget About Me)" *

Jack Nitzsche Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche ( '; April 22, 1937 – August 25, 2000) was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He first came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spec ...

– string arrangement on "Southern Accents" *

Gary Chang Gary Chang is an American composer of scores for film and television. Working primarily in the action and thriller genres, he has composed the scores to over seventy films, including '' Under Siege, Sniper'', and '' The Island of Dr. Moreau.'' He ...

– synthesizer on "The Best of Everything" *

Garth Hudson Eric "Garth" Hudson (born August 2, 1937) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for rock group the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He was a ...

– organ on "The Best of Everything" *

Richard Manuel Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in The Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and ...

– backing vocal on "The Best of Everything" *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', '' Rock with You'' ...

– horn arrangement on "The Best of Everything" *

George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...

– acoustic guitar and backing vocal on "I Won't Back Down" *

Robbie Blunt Robert William Blunt (born 4 March 1951) is a rock guitarist who has worked with a variety of bands, most notably with Robert Plant's solo band in the 1980s. Since leaving Plant's band in the mid 1980s, Blunt has provided session work for a nu ...

Kevin Dukes Kevin Dukes is an American guitarist. A native of Natchez, Mississippi, Dukes attended The University of Southern Mississippi as a Music Theory and Composition major prior to moving to Los Angeles, California in the late 1970s. He has toured an ...

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Jimmy Rip Jimmy Rippetoe (born 1956), better known by his stage name Jimmy Rip, is an American guitarist, songwriter and record producer, who is known for his work with Jerry Lee Lewis, Mick Jagger, Debbie Harry, Paul Collins & The Beat, Michael Monroe ...

– acoustic guitars on "Christmas All Over Again" *

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1959 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and the ...

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electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...

on "Christmas All Over Again" *

Scott Humphrey Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed ...

– synthesizer on "Christmas All Over Again" *

Mitchell Froom Mitchell Froom (born June 29, 1953) is an American musician and record producer. He was a member of the bands Gamma and Latin Playboys, and is currently the keyboardist for Crowded House. He has produced albums for several artists, including R ...

– harpsichord on "Christmas All Over Again" *

Shelly Yakus Sheldon Gershon "Shelly" Yakus (born November 1945) is an American music engineer and mixer. Formerly chief engineer and vice president of A&M Records, he was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. Yakus is referenced ...

– backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again" *

Jimmy Iovine James Iovine ( ; ; born March 11, 1953) is an American entrepreneur, record executive, and media proprietor best known as the co-founder of Interscope Records. In 2006, Iovine and rapper-producer Dr. Dre founded Beats Electronics, which produces ...

– backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again", telephone ring (

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) on "Cracking Up" *

Carlene Carter Carlene Carter (born Rebecca Carlene Smith; September 26, 1955) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is the daughter of June Carter Cash and her first husband, Carl Smith. As of 2020, since 1978, Carter has recorded 12 album ...

– spoken word vocal (via telephone) on "Peace in L.A." *

John Sebastian John Benson Sebastian (born March 17, 1944) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonicist who founded the rock band The Lovin' Spoonful. He made an impromptu appearance at the Woodstock festival in 1969baritone guitar on "I Don't Know What to Say to You" *

Charlie Souza Charlie Souza is a bass player, vocalist, musician, writer and producer. He is best known for playing bass in Mudcrutch. He is married to Barbara Benischek Souza. Career Souza toured with The New Rascals, featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

– bass guitar on "Don't Do Me Like That" (Mudcrutch version) *

Al Kooper Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity. ...

– organ and piano on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain" * Emory Gordy – bass guitar on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain" * Jim Gordon – drums on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain" * Susanna Hoffs,

Debbi Peterson Deborah Mary Peterson (born August 22, 1961) is an American musician and the drummer of the band The Bangles. She sang lead vocals on two of the band's released singles, "Going Down to Liverpool" (1984) and " Be with You" (1989). She is the you ...

Vicki Peterson Victoria Anne Theresa Peterson Cowsill (born January 11, 1958) is an American rock musician and songwriter. She has been the lead guitarist for the Bangles since their foundation in 1981. After their first disbandment in 1989, she has returned ...

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Michael Steele Michael Stephen Steele (born October 19, 1958) is an American political commentator, attorney, and Republican Party politician. Steele served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007; he was the first African-American ...

– backing vocals on "Waiting for Tonight" * Lenny Kravitz – drums, bass guitar, backing vocal and spoken word vocal on "You Come Through" *

Tom Leadon Tom Leadon (pronounced ''led-un''; born September 16, 1952) is an American musician. He is one of the founding members of Tom Petty's original band, Mudcrutch, and remained its guitarist following its revival in 2007. He is the brother of Bernie ...

– lead guitar and backing vocal on "Up in Mississippi Tonight"

VHS/DVD

#"Here Comes My Girl" (1979) #"Refugee" (1979) #"The Waiting" (1981) #"A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (1981) #"Insider" (1981) #"You Got Lucky" (1982) #"Change of Heart" (1982) #"Don't Come Around Here No More" (1985) #"Jammin' Me" (1987) #"I Won't Back Down" (1989) #"Runnin' Down A Dream" (1989) #"Free Fallin'" (1989) #"A Face in the Crowd" (1990) #"Yer So Bad" (1990) #"Learning to Fly" (1991) #"Into the Great Wide Open" (1991) #"Mary Jane's Last Dance" (1993)

Certifications

References

{{Authority control Tom Petty compilation albums Albums produced by Denny Cordell Albums produced by Jeff Lynne Albums produced by Tom Petty B-side compilation albums 1995 compilation albums