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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are set to release The Live Anthology today. The four-CD set features 48 of the best live performances given by the band over their multi-decade career.
A standard edition of The Live Anthology will be in stores on Tuesday, with a deluxe version to appear exclusively at Best Buy on Sunday.
The deluxe version includes a 14-track fifth disc, a deluxe booklet with Petty’s song-by-song commentary and two bonus DVDs that feature a 1978 New Year’s Eve performance in Santa Monica, Calif., and a documentary shot during the 1995 Wildflowers tour.
The tracks were recorded all over the U.S., but one location in particular is heavily featured on the anthology. The band opted to include eight tracks from a performance in their hometown of Gainesville, Fla.
“We found that when we were going through the tapes, every time we went there, we played really good,” Petty wrote in his comments on “Mary Jane’s Last Dance.”
The Live Anthology will feature hits and classic original cuts, as well as several of the band’s favorite cover tunes, such as the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil,” Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well,” James Brown’s “Good, Good Lovin’” and Booker T. and the MGs‘ “Green Onions.”