Tom Petty Estate Announces 50th Anniversary Box Set With Previously Unheard Tracks, Heartbreakers Will Reunite At Americana Awards Tonight

It has been almost nine years since we lost Tom Petty, and it has been almost 50 since Petty and his Heartbreakers released their self-titled debut album. Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers will have its half-century birthday this November, and Petty's estate will celebrate the occasion with the release of Origins 1971-1978, a new box set that'll include previously unreleased tracks from Petty's earliest days.The Origins box set will include newly remastered versions of that self-titled debut album and You're Gonna Get It!, the band's 1978 follow-up, that'll include extended versions of 11 tracks, including the all-timers "American Girl" and "Refugee." It'll also include Live From The Record Plant 1977, a recording of the band's live broadcast from the legendary Sausalito studio, with a guest appearance from Al Kooper.Perhaps the box's biggest selling point is the rarities collection No Sleep Til L.A., which will also be available as a standalone release. It collects music that Petty made when he was figuring out his sound, from his older band Mudcrutch to the earliest days of the Heartbreakers. Seven of that disc's 12 tracks are previously unreleased, including the newly shared singl...