Pre-Order Thread

Tom Petty - Wildflowers and All the Rest is now available for Preorder on his website, Amazon, and plenty other places I'm sure.

A bit confusing that they have a 3LP, 7LP, and 9LP version...

EDIT: Sorry, didn't realize I was like the10th post on this topic
 
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Realistically, you think there are 6 LPs worth of material as good as this though? No shade, it sounds like this album is your jam and you are comfortable ponying up for the extra $ go for it. It’s not my favorite Petty album to begin with so I am not the person this deluxe edition is targeting.
Plus, Wildflowers is the most recognizable song that 62% of daughters/dads and brides/grooms dance to as their wedding first dance, so a home recording of that is bound to pull on the heart strings.
 
Hi-Fi was a bit of a shit show for RSD the few times I went (used to be my local when I lived in Astoria too). It turned out they only got 1 copy of the album I actually wanted the last year I went but I ended up buying things I didn't really want since I had waited over an hour in line haha.

Yeah wasnt really a fan of it there. They had half of what I wanted at best and I ended up getting FOMO purchases. And it was real pricey. I liked the set up of having it all behind the counter but thats about it.

I understand them not wanting to overorder because Im sure its hard keeping a shop like that open in such a high cost area, but it unfortunately makes it a poor stop for RSD
 
Realistically, you think there are 6 LPs worth of material as good as this though? No shade, it sounds like this album is your jam and you are comfortable ponying up for the extra $ go for it. It’s not my favorite Petty album to begin with so I am not the person this deluxe edition is targeting.

What would be IDEAL is a 5LP version.
The 2 LP OG Tracks: these are essential to any Vinyl collection (I'm willing to go to the mattresses on that).
The 1 LP "All the Rest: Some of the tracks that did not make it on Wildflowers were used on the (very underrated and excellent) "She's the One" soundtrack. Whether those are here or it's all new stuff we haven't heard, I don't know. But being familiar with the She's The One Soundtrack, I'm relatively confident this will be VG/VG+.
The 2 LP 15 Solo Demos: Would I pay $125+ to see Tom Petty Unplugged doing Wildflowers in its entirety with some other songs as well...absolutely. Would I want that as a stand alone Vinyl release and be willing to pay $30+ for it....yes.

So those 5 LPs are a no-brainer. Its the Live 1995-2017 and "Alternate Versions" I probably dont need.
So where is my 5LP version? ( I think I just talked myself into the 7-LP version.)

Also, I have to ask: Full Moon Fever? Damn the Torpedoes? So. Accents?

P.S. if anyone has an OG of the She's the One and is looking to off load it...let me know.
 
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I was looking into this, too, cause this is such a great record. From what I can see, a repressing is expected from a lot of the online stores

I know....and Im probably going to be very tempted when it gets release.
I will try and tell myself I need a OG press to go with my Wildflowers OG and I dont need two copies of any Soundtrack,, and I have on digital so I'm holding out for the OG.
Let's hope that works.
 
Realistically, you think there are 6 LPs worth of material as good as this though? No shade, it sounds like this album is your jam and you are comfortable ponying up for the extra $ go for it. It’s not my favorite Petty album to begin with so I am not the person this deluxe edition is targeting.
That's where I'm at. Home recordings and such will be cool, but I would rarely ever throw them on. I'd be happy just to stream those, which I'm assuming will be available?
 
Some info re: the Petty release from Hoffman forums:

1) Everything was mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering. 24 bit 44.1K and 24 bit 16K mastered at a higher level for streaming (Spotify, etc). 24 bit 44.1K specifically mastered for iTunes (MFiT) -for Apple streaming. Apple now tells us that they can accept 2496 files, but they were too late in telling us for this project, and, at this time, Apple has no facility for streaming at that rate. Happy to consider that for the future!

The CD was mastered at a LOWER level than the original (for more dynamic range). There is another big project that I worked on this year that will come out on CD at a lower level as well. This is how I'm going to do things from now on, in large part from all the comments on the Hoffman Forums about dynamic range. IMO, CD is now it's own ecosystem, and those that are willing to pay for physical media should be rewarded with good packaging and good sound.

24 bit 96K format was mastered at even lower level (most dynamic range) and available for those that currently offer hi-res streaming (i.e.Tidal) and for digital downloads (i.e. HD Tracks). The new vinyl of the original album was mastered from the 1/2" analog master. This was NOT the case in 1994, where the album was mastered from the 16 bit 44.1K CD files! In 2015 Chris and I resequenced the original 1/2" master so he could cut from that. If you bought the deluxe vinyl set Warner's put out in 2015, that is essentially the same (analog) source and EQ that we used on the new pressing. The other vinyl discs were mastered from 2496 Pro Tools sessions (the digital format I transferred from analog multitrack into and mixed the songs) or 2448 Pro Tools (for the Home Recordings, which were transferred from ADAT, a 48K digital recording system that Tom used in the early '90's).

2) Trust me, you will want Disc 5! Some great, earlier, more "rock" versions of some of the songs, some with Stan on drums. "Wake Up Time" and "Don't Fade On Me" are the same takes that were on An American Treasure. They fit in well with the sequence on this disc. "Lonesome Dave" was not included, so we could fit in some more unreleased material (i.e. "You Saw Me Comin'"). Girl On LSD is the same master as the b-side, but it was remixed to fit in with the other new mixes on this disc. (If you're into "hi-fi" and dynamic range, you'll like this mix.) I'm not sure if Disc 5 will be available for downloads. For sure it's not going to be on streaming services.

3) Disc 2: "All The Rest" was as Tom conceived and finished it in 2015. We did not want to alter it in any way. Climb That Hill Blues shares similar lyrics, but is a different melody and just guitar and vocal. Tom loved this and wanted it on the disc.

4) Disc 4 is all live material, mixed from multitrack sources from concerts as early as 1995 and as late as 2017 (no Saturday Night Live). Designed to flow together as one show, imagining the kind of set list Tom would come up with.

Finally, these discs are jam-packed with material. They are all sequenced to "tell a story". We all put a lot of thought into song selection and song order, as Tom was the master of the album art form.
 
That's where I'm at. Home recordings and such will be cool, but I would rarely ever throw them on. I'd be happy just to stream those, which I'm assuming will be available?

Looks like, right now, you can get digital of everything BUT the alternate versions for a crazy price of $30:
 
Looks like, right now, you can get digital of everything BUT the alternate versions for a crazy price of $30:
Eh...$30 for all of that in FLAC specially mastered for digital is not too crazy IMO.
 
Eh...$30 for all of that in FLAC specially mastered for digital is not too crazy IMO.

Maybe growing up in the age of P2P file sharing makes me put the brakes on any digital output that costs more than $15.
Also the "Digital Download Code Swap Meet" thread has not helped change that thought process.

SO I'm not up on what the going rate is for something like this.
 
Maybe growing up in the age of P2P file sharing makes me put the brakes on any digital output that costs more than $15.
Also the "Digital Download Code Swap Meet" thread has not helped change that thought process.

SO I'm not up on what the going rate is for something like this.
I’m in the same boat as you re: P2P era. But I recently got a digital hi-res streaming setup so was looking to see how much high res downloads cost nowadays. A full length album in 24bit tends to cost around $20-25. And this has way more tracks on it. I don’t tend to buy many high res downloads though...I typically buy a CD to rip or buy the vinyl and get stuff on RED but I have downloaded one or two albums from HDTracks or AS.

HD Tracks has a digital version of a Woodstock box set (400+ songs) and it’s $400 just for download haha.
 
Bummer news on the UO coupon front. Looks like they are starting to exclude Vinyl from alot of them. I buy from UO alot so end up getting a good amount of those $10 off $50 for order cancellations, and an occasional 30% apology for when something goes really wrong with a shipment (like a damaged item that is now sold out).
Have used these for Vinyl always abut as of now I have 3 in my bank and none would work for the Weeknd or any other Vinyl. I went straight to the email for 30% off and now vinyl is excluded in the terms (and it never was before).

Luckily sitewide sales would still include everything as well as the $5 reward coupons Im sure. But overall a bummer and will cut back on my UO purchases Im sure, especially with how overpriced some are.

Same here. Hopefully a store wide sale soon. Have a $5 off coupon I could use but that basically only covers the shipping.
 
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