Tom Petty: Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) (2LP)

Tracks from this album were previously released on the limited edition Super Deluxe 9 LP and 5 CD version of 2020's "Wildflowers & All The Rest". The latest offering of music from Tom Petty, curated with the help of his loving family, band members and collaborators, features 16 studio recordings of alternate takes, long cuts and jam versions of Wildflowers songs as Petty, band members and co-producer Rick Rubin worked to complete the album in 1994. The release offers fans another in-depth look at the writing and recording of Wildflowers, as well as the realization of the full vision of the project as Petty had always intended The collection was produced by Petty's longtime engineer and co-producer Ryan Ulyate, who listened to 245 reels of 24-track tape, revealing the development process of Petty and his collaborators and establishing that the group was willing to do whatever it took to discover the essence and magic of the material. Wildflowers was originally planned as a double album when it was released in 1994, but the songs were cut due to space limitations. Four of the songs were later released on the She's The One soundtrack, and several of them appear on the American Treasure box set. In 2015, Petty released "Somewhere Under Heaven" as the first single from Wildflowers - All The Rest, calling it a "lost gem from one of the most prolific periods of Petty's career."