Tom Petty – Finding Wildflowers: Alternate Versions (CD)
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Wildflowers was already one of the most intimate records in Tom Petty's catalog, a deeply personal double album that Warner Bros. ultimately pressured him to trim to a single disc for its 1994 release. These alternate takes, captured during those sessions with Rick Rubin, pull back the curtain even further, revealing the decisions and detours that shaped one of his finest achievements.
Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions)—the latest offering of Tom Petty music, curated with help from his loving family, bandmates and collaborators—will be released on April 16 via Warner Records. The tracks, which were previously released on the limited-edition Super Deluxe 9-LP version of 2020’s Wildflowers & All The Rest, will now be available on limited edition gold vinyl for indie retail, and CD. A black vinyl release will follow on May 7.
Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) features 16 studio recordings of alternate takes, long cuts and jam versions of Wildflowers songs as Tom, band members and co-producer Rick Rubin worked to finalize the album in 1994. The release offers fans further deep access into the writing and recording of Wildflowers, as well as realizing the full vision of the project as Tom had always intended.
The collection was produced by Tom’s longtime engineer and co-producer Ryan Ulyate who listened to 245 reels of 24-track tape, revealing Tom and his collaborators’ evolutionary process, and finding the group willing to do whatever it took to discover the essence and magic in the material.
Tracklist
UPC: 093624884934
Label: Warner Records
Release Date: 4.16.21
Format: CD