Tom Petty - Transmission Impossible (3CD)

His first album hit the streets in 1976 and initially its arrival caused few heads to turn. Music fans were confused; were these a bunch of punks or 1960s revivalists with a liking for Gene Clark era Byrds? Fortunately, as is so often the case, the UK seemed to 'get it' pretty soon after the record's release there and it reached #24 on the British chart. News traveled West, and a full year after the home turf release Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers entered the Billboard chart. Shortly thereafter second album You're Gonna Get It! was released, and became a hit right away. The rest, as they say, is history. But it's relatively recent history about which any number of books, films and of course superlative albums are readily available for students of this remarkable performer to delve into. This three disc set adds to that body of work by making available in one collection a number of broadcast recordings from the live canon of Tom Petty and his veritable Heartbreakers.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

Bye Bye Johnny
Breakdown
King's Road
The Waiting
Don't Come Around Here No More
For What It's Worth
The Image Of Me
Here Comes My Girl
Should I Stay Or Should I Go
You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover
Anyway You Want It
Runaway Trains
Refugee

Disc 2:

Bye Bye Johnny
The Damage You've Done
Breakdown
Free Fallin'
The Waiting
Benmont's Boogie
Don't Come Around Here No More
Southern Accents
Even The Losers
Listen To Her Heart
A Face In The Crowd
Something Big
I Won't Back Down
I Need To Know
Refugee
Runnin' Down A Dream

Disc 3:

Free Fallin' (Bridge School Benefit 1994)
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert 1992)
Straight Into Darkness (Farm Aid 1985)
Refugee (Live Aid 1985)
License To Kill (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert 1992)
Even The Losers (Farm Aid 1986)
Spike (Farm Aid 1986)
Across The Borderline (Farm Aid 1985 w/ Bob Dylan)
Mr. Tambourine Man (Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert 1992 w/ Roger McGuinn)
I Won't Back Down (Bridge School Benefit 1994)
A Face In The Crowd (Letterman 1991)
Time To Move On (Bridge School Benefit 1994)
Thank God (Chabad-Lubavitch Benefit 1986 w/ Bob Dylan)
Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) (Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, New Years Eve, 1978)