…contains 51 newly-mixed audio tracks, including 27 unreleased, live, extended, and previously unheard tracks.
“Welcome to one of the best origin stories in rock’n’roll: the long march from genesis to liftoff of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers,” trumpets MOJO writer David Fricke’s essay in the beautifully illustrated and informative ‘zine-style guide that accompanies Origins’ 50-plus tracks and Blu-ray of the band’s BBC Old Grey Whistle Test performance. But the actual story is less a glory-bound forward march than a stop-start of slow-downs, double-backs and dead ends before a serendipitous reset. Save for the first two Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers albums not just in toto but with several tracks re-edited to run precious…

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