Wildflowers was the first album of a long-term renaissance.
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Tom Petty released 16 studio albums and over 180 songs over the course of his 40-year career. The Super Deluxe Edition is the most complete it includes an introduction penned by Rick Rubin, the aforementioned essay written by David Fricke - “Somewhere You Feel Free: Tom Petty’s Road to Wildflowers,” lyrics to all the songs on Wildflowers and All The Rest, as well as an in-depth track-by-track by Jaan Uhelszki with contributions from Rubin, Ulyate, Wildflowers engineer Jim Scott, Heartbreakers live mixing engineer Robert Scovill, and Heartbreakers Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench and Steve Ferrone.Īdria Petty also oversaw the creative direction for the Wildflowers project, with original packaging illustrations by Blaze Ben Brooks, original cover beadwork by Maria Sarno, as well as Wildflowers-era photography by Mark Seliger, Robert Sebree and Martyn Atkins. The collection features incredibly special packaging across the various formats. Wildflowers & All The Rest - Super Deluxe is a Direct to Consumer Limited Edition set featuring Finding Wildflowers, 16 studio recordings of alternate takes of Wildflowers songs as Petty, band members and Rubin honed-in on the final album. The Deluxe Edition is rounded-off with 14 live performances of songs from Wildflowers, recorded on various tours from 1995 to 2017. These solo demos provide an intimate look at his songwriting process, where he plays all the instruments and revises lyrics as he works. Wildflowers & All The Rest - Deluxe Edition features 15 recordings made by Petty in his home studio as he was writing the album. Wildflowers & All The Rest will be released in multiple formats. “Wildflowers (Home Recording)” is available now with pre-order of the Deluxe Edition, in addition to the recently released songs “ There Goes Angela (Dream Away) (Home Recording)” and “ You Don’t Know How It Feels (Home Recording).” The significance of the song was revealed in David Fricke’s essay written for the liner notes of the collection: “It would be some time before he understood the complexity of ‘Wildflowers.’ It was, he realized, ‘me singing about me.’” This morning (Thurs, Aug 20th), Mike Campbell, Adria Petty, and Ryan Ulyate spoke with Fricke about the new collection and premiered the home recording on SiriusXM’s Tom Petty Radio (channel 31).
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The video was co-directed by Alan Bibby and Jonny Kofoed and produced by Assembly. “Wildflowers (Home Recording),” a solo demo version of the classic title track, has also premiered alongside a video featuring never before seen footage of Petty at his home, shot by Martyn Atkins during the recording of Wildflowers. Together they stewarded the warmth Petty created through his music and relationship to his fans. The compilation was curated by Petty’s daughters, Adria and Annakim Petty and his wife Dana Petty who call it, “Many, many hours of pure sonic joy,” as well as Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, and was produced by Petty’s longtime engineer and co-producer Ryan Ulyate. Petty’s vision of the project is becoming a reality due to the commitment of his loving family, bandmates and collaborators who helped unearth many previously unheard gems. Tom Petty’s Estate has announced Wildflowers & All The Rest, the long-awaited Wildflowers reissue and comprehensive collection that was first mentioned in 2015, for October 16th via Warner Records.