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August 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Mudcrutch: 2

Mudcrutch 2 Reprise Warren Zanes’ excellent biography of Tom Petty predicted just this sort of move (of course Zanes was deep inside the camp and would have actually known, would have been able to correctly steer us) – where the previous Mudcrutch album was Tom all but paying lip-service to his earlier group this one […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2, Album Review, Full Moon Fever, Mudcrutch, Second Album, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Two, Warren Zanes, Wildflowers ·

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March 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 732

Tom Petty and  The Heartbreakers, Southern Accents (1985) A difficult album this, apparently. But a rewarding one. I  can never name a favourite album by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers (though the sentimental fav is probably Damn The Torpedoes) but some days this comes close, a special album at any rate. From a band that […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1985, Damn The Torpedoes, LP, Pack Up The Plantation, Rebels, Record, Southern Accents, The Heartbreakers, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 732, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Vinyl ·

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January 17, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 765

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Long After Dark (1982) A good music book sends you straight to the music, sends you back to favourites and off to reconsider things you never bothered with or dismissed or forgot about…and so it was with Warren Zanes’ excellent Tom Petty bio, a bit of my summer reading. I’ve […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1982, Long After Dark, LP, Petty: The Biography, Record, The Heartbreakers, The Vinyl Countdown # 765, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Vinyl, Warren Zanes, You Got Lucky ·

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January 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Warren Zanes: Petty – The Biography

Petty: The Biography Warren Zanes Henry Holt & Co/First Edition edition Tom Petty – class act. Magnificent run of albums and singles, kick-ass live band, a bit of time out on his own, but a fantastic bandleader, also a member of music’s first serious attempt at a living Mount Rushmore of Rock band, The Traveling […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Biography, Bob Dylan, Book, Book Review, Dusty In Memphis, George Harrison, Interviews, Live Anthology, Music Bio, Peter Bogdonavich, Petty: The Biography, Runnin' Down A Dream, Stan Lynch, Stevie Nicks, The Heartbreakers, The Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Warren Zanes: Petty - The Biography ·

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September 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Southern Accents In The Sunshine State

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Southern Accents In The Sunshine State: 1993 FM Broadcast – Gainesville, Florida Gossip Here we have a double-live album, from a 1993 concert that was a radio broadcast at the time. I captures Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers in fine form, tumbling out the hits with a focus on the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1993, 1993 FM Broadcast – Gainesville, 2015, Bootleg, Florida, Full Moon Fever, Greatest Hits, Into The Great Wide Open, Live, Radio Broadcast, Reissue, Southern Accents In The Sunshine State, Southern Accents In The Sunshine State: 1993 FM Broadcast – Gainesville, The Heartbreakers, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ·

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September 9, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 5 My Favourite Doll: Johnny Thunders’ So Alone

Some albums just make you want to write them a love letter. No matter how imperfect they might be, they hooked you in at some point, and never let you go. I probably have a dozen or so of those albums. The really special albums. This is one. The New York Dolls were a mystery […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Guest Blog, Guest Post, Johnny Thunders, Looking For Johnny, Michael Ross, Mike Ross, Music, New York Doll, New York Dolls, Punk, Radio Nowhere, Radio Nowhere # 5, Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 5 My Favourite Doll: Johnny Thunders’ So Alone, So Alone, The Heartbreakers, Writing ·

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July 28, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Hypnotic Eye

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Hypnotic Eye Warner Bros. As good as Mojo was it felt like nobody wanted to hear it. It also felt like Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers trying too hard. Sometimes it’s better to hear them when they’re hardly trying. Hypnotic Eye takes some of the fire of Mojo and applies […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2014, Album Review, Damn The Torpedoes, Echo, Hard Promises, Hypnotic Eye, Into The Great Wide Open, Mike Campbell, Mojo, The Heartbreakers, The Last DJ, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers ·

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July 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1085

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Live Anthology (2009) Not a fan of the “mixed format” box-set to tell the truth. And this one just about covers it all – DVDs, (blu-ray), CDs – a vinyl EP, reproduced laminates and faux tour ephemera, the booklet, live shows and docos – it takes a stab at all […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1976, 2009, Anthology, box-set, Deluxe Edition, Dog On The Run, EP, Live, Live Anthology, LP, Super Deluxe, The Heartbreakers, The Official Live 'Leg, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Vinyl ·

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May 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1119

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Hard Promises (1981) By no means a dud, but this is the Tom Petty album I’ve listened to the least. I really can’t answer why that is. I remember The Waiting from the time – or at least around this time. I remember it as following on from Refugee and […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Hard Promises, LP, Something Big, The Heartbreakers, The Waiting, Tom Petty, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Vinyl ·

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