Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers/UK 1982

In 1982, Tom Petty led THE HEARTBREAKERS and had a series of Top 10 hits in the US, and was at the height of his peak. Introducing a miraculous original master that allows you to experience the scene at its finest. What is inscribed in this work is “Brighton performance on December 12, 1982”. It is a transcendental audience recording. The biggest point of this work is the unusual high sound quality that far exceeds the common sense of the audience, but first of all, the position of the show. Speaking of Tom during this period, “MILWAUKEE 1983”, which I introduced the other day, is also very popular, so let’s check it out from the schedule at that time. 1982/June 6: PEACE SUNDAY COMMITTEE BENEFIT appearance/September 1-19: North America #1 (4 performances)/November 1: Paris performance [“LONG AFTER DARK” released on November 2]/ November 30th – December 21st: Europe (14 performances) ←★Here★ January 17th – April 25th, 1983: North America #2 (57 performances) ← *MILWAUKEE 1983 ・June 1st – 11th Japan: North America #3 (6 performances) This is Tom Petty in 1982/1983. “MILWAUKEE 1983” was a North American recording of “LONG AFTER DARK TOUR”, but this work can also be said to be a British version. This was the 8th concert of the “Europe” leg. This work, recorded at the scene, is a superb sound that makes you want to line it up in a row, saying “super…”. After all, his talent is amazing. I miraculously obtained a super heavy-duty taper cassette that is unknown to anyone in the British collector world. This is one of the best products that has been directly digitized. Anyway, super thick and super tight. The atmosphere is transparent…or rather, there is no atmosphere at all. Even when I listened carefully with headphones, I couldn’t hear any hall noise, and there was no sense of distance or spacing. The applause that erupts between songs (for some reason) is at the level of a whisper, far beyond the extremely thick performance sound. In fact, unless it was provided by the person who recorded it, it would be hard to believe that this was the audience. Sounds like this one are not something you come across very often. The aforementioned “MILWAUKEE 1983” was also a masterpiece by the Chicago master, but this work goes even further (those who don’t know about that masterpiece may be left wondering, “What are you talking about?” However, I have to tell those who have experienced it that it’s even more amazing than that!) It’s just like a sound board, and it’s a close-up sound that sounds like it was recorded directly from a mix table. What is depicted with such a tight sound is a full show that makes you feel like your whole body is exposed to the wind at its peak. Speaking of Tom in the 80s, the traditional official edition “PACK UP THE PLANTATION: LIVE!” also comes to mind, but it is a completely different set. Let’s compare and organize them here. SHELTER era (6 songs) American Girl: American Girl/Strangered in the Night (★) Breakdown/Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll (★) Your Gonna Get It!: Listen To Her Heart (★ ) / I Need to Know BACKSTREET / MCA era (10 songs) / Destruction: Don’t Do Me Like That / Louisiana Rain (★) / Refugee / Hard Promise: A Thing About You (★) / A Woman in Love ( It’s Not Me) (★) / Kings Road (★) / Long After Dark: You Got Lucky / Change of Heart (★) / Straight Into Darkness (★) / A One Story Town (★) Others (5 songs)・I’m in Love (★: Bobby Womack) / You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (★: Bob Dylan) / Shout (★: THE ISLEY BROTHERS) / So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star (THE BYRDS) / Route 66 (Bobby Troop) *Note: Songs marked with a “★” cannot be heard on the official edition “PACK UP THE PLANTATION: LIVE!” …and it looks like this. It is natural that the official work is different because it is an edited work composed of several tours, but it is also different from “MILWAUKEE 1983” from the same tour. Not only originals such as “Strangered in the Night”, “Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll” and “Louisiana Rain”, but also cover songs other than “Shout” are all repertoires that could not be heard even in “MILWAUKEE 1983”. Even so, it’s wonderful. This is a great sounding live album. The tone is different from the official work and the soundboard, but that doesn’t mean it’s a spatial recording. This is a two-disc set packed with masterpieces and passionate performances that have a super-realistic on-site feel and a quality that is on a different level from the sound you might expect from the words “audience recording.” Original cassette sound unique to this work that cannot be experienced online or elsewhere. Superb audience recording of “December 12, 1982 Brighton Performance”. This is a masterpiece directly digitized from the original cassette of the famous British taper, super thick and super tight. If there was no sense of distance or spacing, the applause would be at the level of a whisper, far beyond the sound of a very loud performance. It feels like a sound board connected directly to the desk. The show was full of the energy of their heyday, and there were a lot of famous songs that couldn’t be heard even on the traditional official edition “PACK UP THE PLANTATION: LIVE!”. This is a delicious new album that includes extremely rare cover songs such as “I’m in Love” and “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.” Live at Brighton Centre, Brighton, UK 12th December 1982 ULTIMATE SOUND(from Original Masters) Disc 1 (56:57) 1. American Girl 2. Listen to Her Heart 3. A Thing About You 4. You Got Lucky 5. I Need to Know 6. Don’t Do Me Like That 7. I’m in Love 8. Change of Heart 9. Strangered in the Night 10. Straight Into Darkness 11. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere 12. Louisiana Rain 13. A One Story Town Disc 2 (51:56) 1. A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me) 2. Kings Road 3. Breakdown 4. Refugee 5. Shout 6. So You Want to Be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star 7. Anything That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll 8. Route 66 Tom Petty – lead vocals, guitars Mike Campbell – guitars Howie Epstein – bass, backing vocals Benmont Tench – keyboards, backing vocals Stan Lynch – drums, backing vocals