Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Origins 1971-1978 Box Set Announced, Hear Previously Unreleased “Parade of Loons”: Stream

The 50th anniversary of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers will be marked with a new box set, Origins 1971-1978. Arriving November 6th via UMe (pre-order now) the collection will be available as a 5xLP set, 4xCD set, and an uber deluxe edition, all of which also come with a DVD of a live performance. Of the 51 included tracks, 27 are previously unreleased, live, extended, and never-before-heard unheard. The box set’s center piece is No Sleep Til L.A., a 12-track rarities compilation that will also be released as a separate LP (with “Galaxy Color” variant), CD, and limited edition Zeotrope vinyl (out November 20th). The album traces Petty’s early sound-seeking recordings, from Mudcrutch’s first studio sessions in 1971, to “the formative Tulsa sessions where Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch and Ron Blair learned to make records.” As the title suggests, the final recordings come from the group’s Los Angeles studio work. No Sleep Til L.A. features five tracks presented in new hi-res mixes, and seven that have never before been released. That includes “Parade of Loons,” which is being shared today as a preview. It comes with a video directed by animator Peter Sluszka and starring I...