A reissue of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakersâ 1982 album, Long After Dark, is set for release on October 18. The remastered LP comes with 12 bonus tracks, including seven not yet released. To accompany the reissue, the Petty Legacy archives will share a series of unearthed songs and videos from 1982-83 in the coming weeks. Below, check out the first, a 1982 version of âStraight Into Darkness,â shot for French television by director Alan Bibby.
Among the bonus tracks are a few that Petty wanted on the original album, a press release notes. âThere was some music recorded for Long After Dark that didnât get on the record, that I thought wouldâve made it a better album,â Petty is quoted saying. âI left off⦠four things that I liked quite a bit. And probably a few more written that never even got in the door.â Liner notes in the reissue come from David Fricke, with commentary from Jimmy Iovine and Cameron Crowe. Check out the tracklist below.
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Long After Dark (Deluxe Edition):
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
01 Stories We Could Tell (French TV)
02 Never Be You
03 Turning Point (Original Drums Version)
04 Donât Make Me Walk the Line
05 Iâm 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
