Pack Up The Plantation: Live (1985) - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Featuring »

Ron Blair, Mike/Michael Campbell, Howie Epstein, Stan Lynch, Tom Petty, Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III)

Tracklisting »

So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 3:30   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. Mobile recording by Westwood One. Mixed at: Gone Gator One, Los Angeles, CA. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. (MCA Records) "This version is quite different from the Byrds' actually," Petty says. "The guitar section is more inspired by 'Eight Miles High.' Roger actually adapted that into his act. I know all of the Byrds pretty well and they're lovely people. They've always been supportive of me, which I find very flattering. They never thought I was ripping them off. All of them have told me, 'If it weren't for you, we probably would have been forgotten.' I remember when we did 'So You Want to be a Rock 'N' Roll Star', Chris Hillman called me up and said, 'I'm so thrilled that you did it, I always thought that if the Byrds could have gotten along better and stuck it out we could have been as big as you guys.' That hit me so strange! Even when I did 'Feel a Whole Lot Better' on Full Moon Fever, Gene Clark called and thanked me so profusely. He was so proud of it. I felt really good that he got some dough and felt remembered. I'm grateful to the Byrds.' Needles And Pins   Date Performance: 1981-06-00, Running Time: 2:23   Comments: Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Record Plant Mobile truck. Chart: Billboard US Hot 100 Singles Peak Position: 37 Peak Dates: Mar 1, 1986 & Mar 8, 1986 Weeks On Charts: 9 The Waiting   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 5:08   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. Breakdown   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 7:43   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. American Girl   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 3:50   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. It Ain't Nothin' To Me   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 6:05   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. Insider   Date Performance: 1981-06-00, Running Time: 5:16   Comments: Recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Record Plant Mobile truck. Rockin' Around (With You)   Date Performance: 1983-06-10, Running Time: 3:20   Comments: Recorded at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine, Calif. Engineered in the Record Plant Mobile truck. Refugee   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 5:22   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. I Need To Know   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 2:30   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. Not included on the CD issue of the album. Southern Accents   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 5:20   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. Rebels   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 6:10   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. Don't Bring Me Down   Date Performance: 1978-07-16, Running Time: 3:40   Comments: Recorded live to 2-track at the Paradise Theater, Boston, Massachusetts. (1985, MCA Records) From the Paradise in Boston, when the Heartbreakers were young and Ron Blair was still aboard. "The thing that I brought to the band was Eric Burdon and the Animals," Stan declares. "I was an Animals freak, I loved everything about them. I was more excited about the Animals on Ed Sullivan than I was ever going to be about the Beatles. I freaked out. I remember thinking, 'These records are killin.' I love that sound!' I played those records for Tom and he wasn't totally aware of them. I thought that was what Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers was going to grow up and become. We were going to go bluesy and gutbucket and mean and we were going to be a little ornery." You Got Lucky   Date Performance: 1985-08-00, Running Time: 4:20   Comments: Recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California. Engineered in the Westwood One Mobile truck, either August 6th or 7th, 1985. With Soul Lips Horns & The Rebeletts. Not included on the CD issue of the album. Shout   Date Performance: 1983-03-19, Running Time: 9:30   Comments: Recorded at Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio. Engineered in the Recording Connection truck. Stories We Could Tell   Date Performance: 1980-03-07, Running Time: 3:55   Comments: Recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, England. Engineered in the Mobile Manor Unit.

Guest Appearances »

Caroll Sue Hill, Caroll Sue Hill, Phil Jones, Nick Lane, Nick Lane, Stevie Nicks, Pat Peterson, Pat Peterson, Soul Lips Horns, The Rebeletts, Lee Thornburg/Thornberg/Thomberg, Lee Thornburg/Thornberg/Thomberg, Bobby Valentino, Jimmy Z(avala)/Z(anala), Jimmy Z(avala)/Z(anala)

Released »

1985

Format »

Domestic Vinyl/CD Album

Other Appearances »

Richard Fernandez (Tour Manager), Sonny (Salvatore) Bono (Songwriter), Mike/Michael Campbell (Songwriter), Mike/Michael Campbell (Songwriter), Gerry/Gerald Goffin (Songwriter), Chris Hillman (Songwriter), Chris Hillman (Songwriter), Ronald Isley (Songwriter), Rudolph Isley (Songwriter), Rudolph Isley (Songwriter), Ronald Isley (Songwriter), O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (Songwriter), O'Kelly Isley, Jr. (Songwriter), Carole King (Songwriter), Roger McGuinn (Songwriter), Roger McGuinn (Songwriter), Jack Nitzsche (Songwriter), Tom Petty (Songwriter), Tom Petty (Songwriter), John Sebastian (Songwriter), Dave/David A(llan) Stewart (Songwriter), Alan (Bugs) Weidel (Assistant Engineer), Terry Marchant (Drum Technician), Charles Rook (Guitar Technician), Alan (Bugs) Weidel (Guitar Technician), Tom Gindera (Stage Manager), Mary Klauzer (Tour Coordinator), Jim Lenahan (Lighting Director), Mike/Michael Campbell (Produced By), Mike/Michael Campbell (Produced By), Tom Petty (Produced By), Tom Petty (Produced By), Charles Kaplan (Engineered By), Don Smith (Engineered By), Shelly Yakus (Engineered By), Linda Burcher (Wardrobe), Tony Dimitriades (Management), Elliot Roberts (Management), Mike Carver (Recorded By), Doug Field (Recorded By), Don Smith (Mixed By), Stephen/Steve Marcussen (Mastered By), Alan Santos (Production Manager), Paul Wasserman (Publicity), Barry Bell (Booking Agent), Electrotec (Sound), Electrotec (Lights), Kevin Brown (Keyboard Technician), Mickey Heyes (Assistant Tour Manager), Ian Knight (Set Design), Jim Lenahan (Set Design), Alan (Bugs) Weidel (Crew Chief), David Bryson (Stage Monitor Mixer), Gennaro Rippo (House Sound Mixer), Ed Wynne (House Sound Mixer), Roy Bickel (Rigger), Jeff Gilreath (Carpenter), Booby Daniels (Sound Technician), Tom Larou (Sound Technician), Peter Varcoe (Sound Technician), Dave Barton (Lighting Technician), Tad Intarera (Lighting Technician), Stacy LaBarbera (Lighting Technician), Gary Laovy (Lighting Technician), I.T. McDonald (Lighting Technician), John Herbert (Truck Driver), Pete Kudas (Truck Driver), Wayne Singer (Truck Driver), Ed Stuckey (Truck Driver), Charlie Adams (Bus Driver), Art Hafetad (Bus Driver), Synctolites (Programmable Lights), J(eff) Stein (Film Directed By), Kathy Dougherty (Film Produced By), Kathy Dougherty (Film Edited By), Tony Mitchell (Film Director Of Photography), Joel Hinmen (Film Production Coordinator), Kim Dempster (Film Co-Produced By), Overview (Productions) (Film Production)

Record Label »

MCA Records

Catalogue Number »

MCAD2-8021 JVC-435 (CD)

Running Time »

72:28

Liner Notes »

Mixed at Gone Gator One. Mastered at Precision Lacquer. From the soundtrack of the file "Pack Up The Plantation" available on videocassette. Stevie Nicks appears courtesy of Modern Records (C) (P) 1985 Manufactured for MCA Records, Inc. 70 Universal ity Plaza Universal City, California U.S.A. Manufactured in U.S.A. Warning: All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Compact Disc Digital Audio

Reviews »

Add your review here. Absolutely Class - Great Album Review written by D.S. Lydiard, October 16th, 2004 This live album from Tom and the guys is amazing. This actually was the first Tom Petty album I bought after watching Behind The Music and I have to say it is just fantastic. Every track is great and before you say well he's a Petty fan you have to remember that I had only heard snippets of these songs and hadn't heard of this guy before. However now I'm a total Heartbreakers nut O). The only dissapointment with this though is Breakdown, I mean dont get me wrong it is a great track but this version is, in my opinion anyway, too long, plus the crowd sings the first verse and chorus which is fine but it doesn't really float my boat. Mike is on great form here, his solos to American Girl and Refugee are class and It Ain't Nothing to Me co-written by Eurythmics' Dave Stewart also shows Mike playing brilliantly. Also at one point I could almost see Benmont playing, yeah it sounds weird but I got this image of Benmont just rocking out. Tom's vocals are superb on this album, showing that he is a great singer in a live situation. Now we come to the important part, Stevie Nicks. In typical Stevie style she manages to wrap her voice around Pettys with breathtaking ease and shows off her fantastic ability to sing, but we already knew that right. Stevie appears on Needle and Pins and Insider and does a brilliant job on both. I would recommend Pack Up The Plantation to anyone cos it is a great live album showing the world that real bands with real talent and real instruments do exist and can really kick ass. Britney and the rest aren't fit to breathe the same air as Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers or Fleetwood Mac for that matter. This album is amazing as I've already said, I can't say enough about it. My mate has listened to a few tracks and he likes it and he hates this type of music, so there is hope after all. Every track is brilliant except I am dissapointed with Breakdown except the parts that appear on the original recording, after that it tends to drag on. Everyone must buy this album. Its GREAT !!!!!!!!

Comments »

"I Need To Know" & "You Got Lucky" are NOT available of the CD versions of this album. They were only available on the vinyl LP & cassette versions of the album.

Last Modified »

2011-02-14