Career Embracing Collection Out On Universal

Featuring A First Of Its Kind Blu-Ray Audio Disc & SuperHighway Tour Online Music Experience

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers release ‘The Live Anthology’, November 23, 2009, a multiple-disc set of recordings drawn from thirty years of incredible live performances around the world.

The collection brings together material from 1978-2007 culled from hundreds of hours of live concert recordings covering every era of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ tours and represents the best tracks as chosen by producers Tom Petty, Mike Campbell and Ryan Ulyate. Several of the tracks were recorded at Wembley and Hammersmith.

The release of The Live Anthology comes on the heels of two sold out US tours, the Grammy winning documentary Runnin’ Down A Dream (directed by Peter Bogdanovich), and an explosive headline performance at 2008s Super Bowl XLII halftime show.

The producers made no fixes or overdubs, letting the newly mixed original recordings showcase the invention, spontaneity, craft, and the musicianship that has made Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers among the most celebrated live performers of their time.

Along with powerful interpretations of their own classic hits and originals, The Live Anthology features the band tackling some of their best-loved cover material, from classics to obscure beauties to unexpected adaptations. The theme from Goldfinger, the Zombies’ “I Want You Back Again,” the Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil,” early Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well,” Booker T. and the MGs’ “Green Onions,” James Brown’s “Good, Good Lovin’” and many more.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers travel wide, paying their musical debts through song and showing just how confidently the band moves across genres and over time.

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Tom Petty on amazon.co.uk

Tom Petty on amazon.com

The Live Anthology Configurations:

Standard Set
48 tracks on 4 CDs plus booklet featuring artwork by renowned contemporary artist Shepard Fairey who became widely know for his Barack Obama ‘HOPE’ poster in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.

Digital
A 48 track digital album

Deluxe Box Set
- 62 tracks on 5 CDs including 14 exclusive tracks on the 5th disc only available in the collector’s deluxe box set.
- DVD of 400 Days, a previously unreleased documentary film by director Martyn Atkins, made during the 1995 Wildflowers Tour.
- DVD of previously unreleased New Years Eve 1978 Santa Monica, CA concert.
- Vinyl of the re-mastered 1976 Official Live ‘Leg bootleg album.
- One Blu-ray disc of all 62 tracks in both stereo and surround sound. This high resolution Blu-ray is an audio only disc with basic song navigation and information displayed on the screen. The 96K 24-bit audio on the disc has 256 times more resolution than a CD providing greater detail and reproducing the music’s full dynamic range, from the softest to the loudest sounds.
- Deluxe book with liner notes offering personal perspective by Tom Petty, Warren Zanes, Bill Flanagan, Robert Hilburn, Joel Selvin, Austin Scaggs, and Phil Sutcliffe.
- Lithograph reproduction of Shepard Fairey Cover Art (12” x 12” on high quality stock)
- Reproduction of 1997 twenty night Fillmore stand concert poster (8” x 12” on high quality stock)
- The Live Anthology notebook.
- Assorted authentic vintage backstage satin passes.

Vinyl Deluxe Box Set
- 51 tracks mastered directly from the uncompressed 24-bit 96K files and pressed on 7 180-gram audiophile quality vinyl LPs.
- Deluxe book with liner notes offering personal perspective on the band and their music by Tom Petty, Warren Zanes, Bill Flanagan, Robert Hilburn, Joel Selvin, Austin Scaggs, and Phil Sutcliffe.

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Superhighway Tour - A First Of Its Kind Online -Only Music Experience

The entire 48 track Live Anthology delivered digitally via TomPettySuperHighwayTour.com.

24 tracks from The Live Anthology will be delivered over a period of 8 weeks prior to the album’s release and the remaining 24 tracks will be delivered on the album’s street date of November 23rd.

The first 24 tracks include an insider’s online experience including new band commentary, archival memorabilia, vintage photos, videos, classic reviews from the shows, access to the Superhighway Tour merchandise booth with limited edition authentic t-shirts, and even more vintage material.

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Tom Petty on amazon.co.uk

Tom Petty on amazon.com

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Superhighway Tour Official Website

Tom Petty Official Website

Steve Winwood a hugely accomplished musician and one of the most respected and innovative performers of his generation is back with an eagerly anticipated new album, 'Nine Lives'.

Backed by his incredible band, 2008 is shaping up to be a busy year on the road for Steve who has also confirmed he will be joining Tom Petty for a three month run of shows in the US this summer.

Tickets go on sale 9:00 am Thursday 24th April 2008.

Details:
Monday 19th May 2008
The Scala, London, UK
Ticket price: £25
Tickets: SeeTickets.com

'Nine Lives' touches and expands on all the many phases of Steve Winwood's lustrous career, bristling with his pure joy of music-making, demonstrating his ability to create an era-bridging soundtrack of distinctive artistry.

The new single "Dirty City" features a guest appearance by Eric Clapton.

The album is out on 5th May, 2008 on Columbia Records.

Steve Winwood - Nine Lives on amazon.co.uk

Nine Lives on amazon.com

Steve Winwood

Steve Winwood returns on April 28th, 2008 with his new UK single release, "Dirty City", a rousing collaboration with Eric Clapton who plays guitar on the track. It will be the first track to be taken from Steve Winwood's forthcoming studio LP 'Nine Lives' which is released in the UK May 5th.

"Dirty City" will be released digitally, and is one of the many highlights from the new album, written and co-produced by Steve Winwood with Johnson Somerset. An opulent, ambitious single, "Dirty City" is a welcome return for the artist who's widely regarded as one of the most respected and innovative performers of his generation.

Other highlights on the album are many and include "Forget About Him", a joyous and moving six-minute journey through horns, keyboards and world instruments. Alongside "Hungry Man", "We're All Looking", and the captivating track "Secrets" means the album is as consistently strong as it is diverse.

Steve Winwood and Eric Clapton played three sold out nights at Madison Square Gardens, New York in February. Steve and his band will be special guests to Tom Petty on his US tour this summer.

Watch Steve Winwood - "Dirty City" video:

Steve Winwood - Nine Lives on amazon.co.uk

Nine Lives on amazon.com

Steve Winwood

As far as the half-time show went, it was certainly a safe bet having Tom Petty on as the act. As expected, the band sounded good and played through a tame set of familiar hits like "American Girl", "I Won't Back Down", "Free Falling" and "Runnin' Down A Dream". We were surprised to see the guitar player pull out the double necked electric at one point - but that's about as risque as it got.

There was news a few days ago that Mark Oliver Everett - or "E" as he's known - from the Eels was going to put on a one second ad during the Super Bowl for their upcoming album, 'Useless Trinkets'. The ad was supposed to be of E saying the first letter of the new album title - the letter "U" and would have been the shortest TV ad ever used during the Super Bowl, at the cost of a mere $100,000.

I've just found out that it didn't air, and E has stated, "In the end we were told that the NFL would have to find 29 other advertisers to buy 1 second spots to fill a standard 30 second advertising slot and that they do not sell advertising time by the second. They also noted that a rapid fire 30 second segment of thirty 1 second commercials could cause people with certain medical conditions to have seizures and that it was against network regulations."

That's too bad. The good thing, though, is that you can still see a video of the 1 second ad here, and a 5 second version here.

We were watching the game on the BBC in England, so this was the first time that I've ever watched the Super Bowl with no ads. Not even British ads this year, which was great. Especially since a lot of people in England don't like watching the NFL because of all the ads.

Anyway, congrats to the NY Giants fans - it was a close game. Condolences go out to my fellow Pats fans!

By: Jenny May - BandWeblogs.com