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It's Good To Be King: Tom Petty Rarities Get Standalone Release on "Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)" Due April 16

March 5, 2021 By Sam Stone 7 Comments

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Tom Petty's 1994 solo album Wildflowers yielded the instant classics "You Don't Know How It Feels," "You Wreck Me," and of course the enduring title track. But there was much more material from those sessions which ultimately sat on the shelves until last year's excellent Wildflowers & All The Rest box set. The highlight of the super-deluxe, most expensive configuration of the box set was Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions). The 16-song collection will now see a stand-alone release on CD or indie-exclusive 2-LP gold vinyl on April 16. Digital editions will go live the same day to stream or download, and a standard black vinyl edition will follow on May 7.

Petty's longtime engineer and collaborator Ryan Ulyate combed through nearly 250 reels of 24-track tape to compile this digestible compendium of alternate takes, forgotten cuts, and jams from the original Wildflowers sessions. The result gives fans a unique look into the creation of a beloved recording, presenting another side of the project as Petty intended.

To preview the collection, Warner Records and the Tom Petty Estate have released "You Saw Me Comin'," a recording from 1992.  As Heartbreaker Benmont Tench recalls, "There's this kind of longing in the song, in the way that he wrote the chord structure, the melody and the lyrics. It's wistful, and it would have been the perfect way to end [Wildflowers]."

You can take a listen to the track below and pre-order your copy of Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) from your favorite retailer.

Watch: Tom Petty, "You Saw Me Comin'" (Alternate Version)

Tom Petty, Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) (originally released as part of Wildflowers & All The Rest: Super Deluxe Edition, Warner Records box set 093624893004, 2020 - reissued as standalone Warner Records LP 093624884941, 2021)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Tom Petty Online Store / Your Local Record Shop
2-LP gold: Tom Petty Online Store / Your Local Record Shop
2-LP black: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Tom Petty Online Store / Your Local Record Shop

Side 1:

  1. A Higher Place
  2. Hard on Me
  3. Cabin Down Below
  4. Crawling Back To You

Side 2:

  1. Only a Broken Heart
  2. Drivin' Down To Georgia
  3. You Wreck Me
  4. It's Good to Be King

Side 3:

  1. House in The Woods
  2. Honey Bee
  3. Girl On LSD
  4. Cabin Down Below (Acoustic Version)

Side 4:

  1. Wildflowers
  2. Don't Fade on Me
  3. Wake Up Time
  4. You Saw Me Comin'

Categories: News Formats: CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock Tags: Tom Petty

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Sam Stone has been obsessed with catalog music ever since his folks gave him a Contours best-of collection for his fourth birthday. He quickly began to learn all he could about rock and roll history and beyond, a passion that continues to this day. Sam followed his love for music to the classroom, earning a B.A. from Towson University in Electronic Media and Film, concentrating on radio and audio production, as well as an M.A. in Audio Arts from Syracuse University. He has put his knowledge and skills to work at prominent reissue labels and is excited to bring his perspectives on catalog music to a broader audience. When he’s not writing for The Second Disc, Sam can be found researching about music, talking about Joni Mitchell’s career, and adding another box set to his Amazon wish list.

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Comments

  1. Guy Smiley says

    March 6, 2021 at 1:10 am

    So... People who paid the ridiculous $100 extra for the super, ultra mega-box last year feel like suckers right about now. Don’t they?

    Reply
    • JG says

      March 6, 2021 at 12:16 pm

      *raises hand*

      Thanks a bunch, Warner Bros.
      Pretty sure I can hear Tom punching his casket right now. I’d love to know if Mike, Ben, or the Pettys had any say in this.

      Reply
    • Andrew says

      March 6, 2021 at 10:24 pm

      I know I do.

      Reply
    • VinylShmuck says

      April 15, 2021 at 6:16 pm

      I specifically googled things like “Tom Petty Box Set Ripoff” and “Finding Wildflower Alternative No Box Set” just so I can find a forum where people were just as pissed about this as I am. People have warned me about being a vinyl sucker and boy do I feel like one now. Total money grab rip off!

      Reply
  2. Robert says

    March 6, 2021 at 12:53 pm

    Glad to not have $100 worth of swag I don’t want or a big box to store. Happy to have just the music (on physical product, of course) Patience & cheapness pays off most of the time.

    Reply
  3. RJD says

    March 8, 2021 at 1:32 pm

    I bought the 2cd set as the price per disc for the bigger set(s) was ridiculous in comparison and, as much as I like Wildflowers, i wasn't sure how much I would play it. I'll get this but definitely feel for those who thought the only way to get 'Finding' was the pricey big box.

    Reply
  4. Fletch says

    March 10, 2021 at 10:00 pm

    I bought the double CD disc set. I have always loved the album Wildflowers, but I have to say, for me the extra tracks don't add much. I think the strongest album was the originally released single disc.

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