I bought the 9LP Indie version awhile back in a impulsive late night decision. I saw TP many times through the years including seeing Mudcrutch in Gainesville during college. Regarding Mudcrutch I have no memory of their music but do remember skinny bass player with stringy blond hair and never put it together that it was Tom Petty until the first Mudcrutch record. Did late night dive (see it’s a pattern) playing Original Wildflowers and Live Tracks. I am still blown away as to how good this set sounds. I really enjoy that you get to hear the band stretch out on the Live tracks. Thinking I made right decision for me as I can see I will listen to this set with regularity. I am such a fan it’s almost embarrassing. But IMO , the music we like is what heals us from time to time.
Recently posted on Twitter. “Drawn from a newly discovered archive of 16mm film showing @tompetty at work on his 1994 record Wildflowers, considered by many to be his greatest album, Somewhere You Feel Free is an intimate view of a musical icon. See the World Premiere at #SXSW Online! ow.ly/6W0D50Dx1j6”
I saw this last night too. I'm certainly interested, but I wonder how much overlap of footage there will be between this new project and the "400 Days" documentary.
Any recommendations for outer sleeves that would hold the 3LP version? I have a couple triple LPs that I need outer sleeves for.
New 2XLP Wildflowers Release: - Petty, Tom - Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) Gold Vinyl Disc 1 Track Title 1 A Higher Place 2 Hard on Me 3 Cabin Down Below 4 Crawling Back To You 5 Only a Broken Heart 6 Drivin’ Down To Georgia 7 You Wreck Me 8 It’s Good to Be King Disc 2 Track Title 1 House in The Woods 2 Honey Bee 3 Girl On LSD 4 Cabin Down Below (Acoustic Version) 5 Wildflowers 6 Don’t Fade on Me 7 Wake Up Time 8 You Saw Me Comin’
Yes, but in the 9lp box they were ‘exclusive’. Now they will be widely available for 30 bucks! Cant wait for the live versions LPs in time for Christmas.
I just received this announcement (via promo for new single "You Saw Me Comin'"): 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 TomPetty.com and indie retail, CDs and on all digital streaming platforms for the first time. A black vinyl release will follow on May 7. Today, “You Saw Me Comin’,” a previously unreleased song and recording from 1992 and the final track on the collection, is premiering alongside a video directed by Joel Kazuo Knoernschild and Katie Malia. Reflecting upon recording “You Saw Me Comin’” for Wildflowers, Heartbreaker Benmont Tenchnotes, “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 the disc.” FINDING WILDFLOWERS (ALTERNATE VERSIONS) A Higher Place Hard on Me Cabin Down Below Crawling Back to You Only a Broken Heart Drivin’ Down to Georgia You Wreck Me It’s Good to Be King House in the Woods Honey Bee Girl on LSD Cabin Down Below (Acoustic Version) Wildflowers Don’t Fade on Me Wake Up Time You Saw Me Comin’
Well don't I feel like a sucker for buying the Super Deluxe box to get that "Exclusive" disc. The family is putting Tom's logo and likeness on every possible product they can sell, now they are just laughing in the face of fans who were willing to throw an extra $100 in to get "exclusive" music. Nice. Tom Petty / Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) | superdeluxeedition
Yeah, though honestly I can’t say I’m too surprised about this, tbh. Also the comments in this forum of “why couldn’t Neil do with Vol. II what the Petty estate did with the Wildflowers reissue and tell us what all of the available versions would be upfront” sure don’t look so good now in hindsight.
Looks like it’s available at the official Tom Petty store if you still want one: Finding Wildflowers (Alternative Versions)
Pretty sad, actually. I'm one of the people that bought the Ultra Deluxe 9LP. And while I don't regret that decision, it's not cool that the Uber exclusive Girl on LSD 45 and now the Finding Wildflowers have been issued independent of that set. No doubt an independent release of the demos is next.
I bought the 9 LP set, as well, but I’m not mad because the price difference between the 7 and 9 LP sets wasn’t that dramatic. But having said that, I’d definitely be more peeved if I paid the $100 difference for the 5 CD super deluxe edition.
Like I said, at the end of the day, no regrets. That said, on principle, I think it's a pretty crappy thing to do to say "the only way you can ever get x is to buy y" and then turn around and sell x later, independent of y. It's basically a con in it's simplest form.
+1 I just posted this on the TP website forum: "Well they are at it again. The 9 LP vinyl ($250) and 5 CD ($150) Super Deluxe Limited sets containing the "Exclusive" Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) are no longer Exclusive. You can now get the Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) as a stand alone. LP is $30 and CD is $19. So now you can buy the 4CD set @$50 and the new Alternate CD for $19 and get the same music as the "Exclusive" 5CD for $70 total. Less than half the cost of the 5CD set. It's a $50 savings for vinyl. Not cool."
Probably wouldn’t be hard to sell the 9xLP or 5xCD on Discogs, if the newly-reduced level of exclusivity has somehow diminished the ability to enjoy the music...
so infuriating to say the least.....Tom Petty's estate only care about the money and don't care about screwing over the fans apparently.... i should be refunded the difference of the 4 cd set and this single release for the Finding Wallflowers....you know since it was like a $100 difference just to get this cd, but now you can get it for $19.....this is total bullcrap!
yeah weird move to make the exclusives, no longer exclusives, but at least his estate is doing something
Well, so much for "You Saw Me Comin'" being a deluxe-only, physical-only exclusive track they were so careful to keep away from streaming, etc. It's now officially on Spotify and YouTube, with a faux music video (just some landscape shots mainly — pretty but nothing band related) and everything. Ah well, what are you going to do. I don't know if this info would've changed my purchasing decision last year or not anyway, but you have to feel a little ridiculous for paying the extra $100 for a bonus disc that's now going to be widely available much cheaper a few months later. At least the music's good!
wow - once upon a time i was so excited about the finding wildflowers set. then it was made available WAY outside my price range, and i was pretty disappointed. then i heard the wildflowers remaster, and realized it didn't please my ears (nice DR, but no real bottom end). now it looks like i can get finding wildflowers on cd for a reasonable price, and i'm sad to say that i'm not really that interested. smitquest
i just emailed the Tom Petty website's customer service about my order and this release of the "EXCLUSIVE" disc being released separately and how us fans that bought the box sets because of this "EXCLUSIVE" disc were royally screwed over and how upset a lot of us are. Last time i buy a Tom Petty release now....i will not tolerate being lied to and their deceitful ways.
Wow, glad I held out and didn’t get the 5CD set. I can see why people who did would be upset about this but I’m glad they are releasing it for cheaper.
