Live at the Fillmore: 1997 / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 654289 | Warner Records093624882596 | Warner RecordsPublisher: Los Angeles, CA : Warner Records, [2022]Description: 2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
- Produced by Ryan Ulyate and Mike Campbell.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Northport Library | CD | POP/ROCK Petty, Tom | Available | 33111009990165 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Early in 1997, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers set up shop at the Fillmore in San Francisco, playing 20 consecutive concerts during a residency that amounted to their only live shows of the year. Being anchored in one spot paradoxically gave them the freedom to move, to not constrain themselves to their standard repertoire. Over the course of 20 nights, the Heartbreakers excavated treasures from deep within their vast catalog, set time aside to have their heroes join them in a jam session, and hauled out covers of their favorite oldies. The 2022 set Live at the Fillmore, 1997 collects four CDs' worth (or six LPs) of highlights, all taken from the final six shows at the Fillmore, which were the only concerts that were professionally recorded. Producer Ryan Ulyate and Heartbreaker Benmont Tench shaped those shows into a box set that contains the arc of a massive concert, one that feels more like a sweaty bar than a packed arena. A lot of that is due to how Live at the Fillmore, 1997 presents the Heartbreakers as the world's greatest jukebox, playing any hit or obscurity on demand. Over half of the set is dedicated to covers, some of which are performed by the originators themselves: John Lee Hooker and Roger McGuinn each sit in with the Heartbreakers for multiple songs. What impresses is both the band's range -- Booker T & the M.G.'s groover "Hip Hugger" sits alongside the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil," while the band takes an instrumental stab at the James Bond theme "Goldfinger" and offers a simmering reading of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" elsewhere -- and how loose the group sounds. They're so relaxed, Petty winds up confusing Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" and its sequel "Bye Bye Johnny," and the mistake seems invigorating: the group is here to have a good time and mistakes come with the territory. Although it's a bit light on the hits -- many are here, often in slightly different arrangements, such as the acoustic renditions of "Even the Losers" and "American Girl" -- it could be argued that Live at the Fillmore, 1997 is the definitive live portrait of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: not only do they sound mighty, this freewheeling eclecticism rooted in 1960s rock and pop is the best showcase of the band's aesthetic. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Title from disc label.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers.
Produced by Ryan Ulyate and Mike Campbell.
Recorded in performance at the Fillmore West, San Francisco, between January 10 and February 7, 1997.
Disc 1: Preshow (spoken interlude) -- Jammin' me (Feb. 7) -- Listen to her heart (Feb. 1) -- Around and around (Feb. 3) -- Good evening (spoken interlude) -- Lucille (Feb. 6) -- Call me the breeze (Feb. 1) -- Cabin down below (Feb. 1) -- The internet, whatever that is (spoken interlude) -- Time is on my side (Feb. 7) -- You don't know how it feels (Feb. 3) -- I'd like to love you baby (Feb. 3) -- Ain't no sunshine (Feb. 1) -- Homecoming queen intro (spoken interlude) -- The date I had with that ugly old homecoming queen (Feb. 4) -- Bye bye Johnny (Feb. 7) -- Did someone say Heartbreakers beach party? (spoken interlude) -- Heartbreakers beach party (Feb. 4) -- Angel dream (Feb. 6) -- The wild one, forever (Jan. 31) -- American girl (Feb. 7) -- Let's hear it for Howie and Scott (spoken interlude) -- You really got me (Feb. 7) -- Runnin' down a dream (Feb. 7).
Disc 2: (I can't get no) Satisfaction (Feb. 7) -- It's all over now (Feb. 7) -- Mr. Roger McGuinn (spoken interlude) -- It won't be wrong (Jan. 31) -- You ain't going nowhere (Feb. 1) -- Eight miles high (Feb. 1) -- Honey bee (Feb. 3) -- John Lee Hooker, ladies and gentlemen (spoken interlude) -- Boogie chillen (Feb. 7) -- Sorry, I've just broken my amplifier (spoken interlude) -- Knockin' on Heaven's door (Feb. 3) -- You wreck me (Feb. 6) -- Shakin' all over (Feb. 7) -- Free fallin' (Feb. 7) -- Mary Jane's last dance (Feb. 7) -- Louie Louie (Feb. 7) -- Gloria (Feb. 1) -- Alright for now (Feb. 7) -- Goodnight (spoken interlude).
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers famously played 20 nights at the legendary Fillmore venue in San Francisco in 1997. Six of the shows were professionally recorded, and this release features some of the high points of the residency.