Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1982 album, Long After Dark, is receiving a deluxe reissue set for release on October 18th via Geffen/UMe.
The remastered collection features 12 bonus tracks, including seven previously unreleased songs. “There was some music recorded for Long After Dark that didn’t get on the record, that I thought would’ve made it a better album,” the late Petty is quoted as saying in a press release. “I left off… four things that I liked quite a bit. And probably a few more written that never even got in the door.”
Notable inclusions in the expanded collection are Petty’s version of “Never Be You” (which became a No. 1 country hit for Rosanne Cash), the pop-leaning “Don’t Make Me Walk the Line,” and an uptempo version of “Ways to Be Wicked.” The latter became a single for the country rock band Lone Justice.
Other bonus cuts were taken from French TV sessions, including the Everly Brothers-influenced “Keeping Me Alive” and an alternate version of “Straight Into Darkness.” Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition) will also come with liner notes from rock journalist David Fricke with commentary from Jimmy Iovine and Cameron Crowe.
See the full tracklist for Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition) below. CD and vinyl pre-orders are ongoing.
To accompany the reissue, the Petty Legacy archives will release a series of unearthed songs and videos from 1982 to 1983, led off by a performance of “Straight Into Darkness” shot by Alan Bibby for French television. Watch the video for that below.
Last year, Petty’s estate celebrated what would have been his 73rd birthday with Mojo (Extra Mojo Edition), a reissue of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 2010 blues album.
Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition) Artwork:
Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition) Tracklist:
Disc 1
01. A One Story Town
02. You Got Lucky
03. Deliver Me
04. Change of Heart
05. Finding Out
06. We Stand a Chance
07. Straight Into Darkness
08. The Same Old You
09. Between Two Worlds
10. A Wasted Life
Disc 2
01. Stories We Could Tell (French TV)
02. Never Be You *
03. Turning Point (Original Drums Version)
04. Don’t Make Me Walk the Line *
05. I’m Finding Out (French TV) *
06. Heartbreakers Beach Party (Extended Version)
07. Keeping Me Alive (French TV)
08. Straight Into Darkness (French TV)
09. Ways to Be Wicked (Denver Sessions) *
10. Between Two Worlds (French TV) *
11. One on One *
12. Wild Thing *
* = w/ previously unreleased