Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers / Long After Dark deluxe edition

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ 1982 album, Long After Dark, will be reissued in October.

The band’s fifth studio album features the hits ‘You Got Lucky’ and ‘Change of Heart’ and reached the top 10 in the US Billboard charts, although Petty would later grumble about being dissatisfied with the final record and the track selection.

“There was some music recorded for Long After Dark that didn’t get on the record, that I thought would’ve made it a better album. I left off…four things that I liked quite a bit. And probably a few more written that never even got in the door.”

Tom Petty

The new deluxe edition seeks to address that and features the songs that were lost in the debate over the album’s original direction. Highlights include Petty’s version of ‘Never Be You’ (a country hit for Rosanne Cash), ‘Don’t Make Me Walk the Line’ and an up-tempo version of ‘Ways To Be Wicked’ (previously covered by Lone Justice), recorded at Applewood Studios in Denver, Colorado. Some additional tracks are taken from French TV sessions, including ‘Turning Point’ and the Everly Brothers influenced ‘Keeping Me Alive’.

The 2CD set features a newly remastered version of the original album and Engineer Ryan Ulyate has newly mixed the bonus tracks. The 2CD also includes a blu-ray audio disc which features a Dolby Atmos Mix of the album and bonus tracks, plus hi-res stereo versions (Ulyate has also done the Atmos Mix).

As well as the 2CD+blu-ray there’s various 2LP editions and also single LP version. Sleeve notes come courtesy of David Fricke, with commentary from Jimmy Iovine and Cameron Crowe.

Long After Dark will be reissued on 18 October 2024 via Geffen/UMe.

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Long After Dark - 2CD+blu-ray

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Tracklisting

Long After Dark Tom Petty /

• • CD 1 / LP 1
    1. A One Story Town
    2. You Got Lucky
    3. Deliver Me
    4. Change Of Heart
    5. Finding Out
    6. We Stand A Chance
    7. Straight Into Darkness
    8. The Same Old You
    9. Between Two Worlds
    10. A Wasted Life
  • CD 2 / LP 2
    1. Stories We Could Tell (French TV)
    2. Never Be You*
    3. Turning Point (Original Drums Version)
    4. Don’t Make Me Walk The Line*
    5. I’m Finding Out (French TV)*
    6. Heartbreakers Beach Party (Extended Version)
    7. Keeping Me Alive (French TV)
    8. Straight Into Darkness (French TV)
    9. To Be Wicked (Denver Sessions)*
    10. Between Two Worlds (French TV)*
    11. One On One*
    12. Wild Thing*

    * previously unreleased

  • Blu-ray

    All tracks in Dolby Atmos and hi-res stereo

    1. A One Story Town
    2. You Got Lucky
    3. Deliver Me
    4. Change Of Heart
    5. Finding Out
    6. We Stand A Chance
    7. Straight Into Darkness
    8. The Same Old You
    9. Between Two Worlds
    10. A Wasted Life
    11. Stories We Could Tell (French TV)
    12. Never Be You*
    13. Turning Point (Original Drums Version)
    14. Don’t Make Me Walk The Line*
    15. I’m Finding Out (French TV)*
    16. Heartbreakers Beach Party (Extended Version)
    17. Keeping Me Alive (French TV)
    18. Straight Into Darkness (French TV)
    19. To Be Wicked (Denver Sessions)*
    20. Between Two Worlds (French TV)*
    21. One On One*
    22. Wild Thing*

    * previously unreleased