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Best wishes for Tom Petty

Terrible news for Tom Petty
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/tom-petty-critical-condition-cardiac-arrest-article-1...

I saw TP in 1979 when his debut album was just getting attention. What a great band back then. His first 3 albums still get time on my table and sound fresh.

Hoping for a successful recovery.

tablejockey
tablejockey OP
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"Would like to have this if it improves on original releases."

jafreeman-I see your a digital only listener, so my suggesting you simply look for unmolested early presses won't help. It looks like that system is tough to break away from, once you settle in and hit play.

As mentioned earlier, a regular early press of YGGI has spectacular sonics, which is what I've played at shows."Breakdown" from the first album is stellar on a really good turntable.

Ive heard those same redbook albums on really nice systems and to my nostalgic ears, the music doesn't connect the same way a record does? I'm not a fan of "audio" recordings so perhaps I haven't heard a really nice disc or file.

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bdp24
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Here's a Tom Petty story:

Tom and the rest of Mudcruntch left Florida, heading for Los Angeles to get a record deal. The Dwight Twilley Band (Dwight and his partners, Phil Seymour on drums and vocals, and guitarist Bill Pitcock IV) already had their first album out on Shelter, and it had made quite an impact amongst 50's and 60's Rock 'n' Roll aficionados (that album---Sincerely---is one of the greatest debut albums of all time. It's an incredible blend of Memphis and Liverpool.).

Mudcruntch stopped in Tulsa Oklahoma to seek advice from TDTB, and perhaps get some L.A. contacts. Twilley introduced Petty to Leon Russell, who had a Shelter office in town. After arriving in L.A., Petty did his first recording at the Shelter recording studio on Sunset Blvd., and the renamed TP & THB debut came out on Shelter Records, seeing respectable sales. Petty ended up achieving far more success than did The Dwight Twilley Band.

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jond
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Ok apparently he is alive this is crazy but thank God! Lets hope he recovers completely!
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asvjerry
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Good luck, Tom if you're still with us...

I just got out of hospital Sat. 30 after TAVR for aortic stenosis, and more than happy to still be amongst all of us.  Since TP and I are the same age, I wish my luck moves on to his space....;)
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shadorne
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It is official he has died. RIP one of greatest story tellers and song writers of our time. His songs had such a healing effect, I don't know of any lyricist that I like better.
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