The Tom Petty Estate and Third Man Records are collaborating to release a unique bootleg performance of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, recorded by house sound mixer Gennaro Rippo.
Taped at the band’s show in Edinburgh, Scotland, this rare recording showcases a raw, era-defining moment in the band’s career as they toured their groundbreaking record Long After Dark. Set for release on November 29, the bootleg will be available in a limited vinyl pressing of 7,000 copies. Watch the trailer for Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Live in Edinburgh 1982: The Gennaro Tapes here and pre-order it now.
This offering is inspired by Third Man Records’ Jack White and Ben Blackwell, longtime fans of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, and their enthusiasm for hearing something raw and unpolished from the band during this golden era.
The release marks the first and only Petty live recording that hasn’t been touched since the day it was captured. It was pressed directly from cassette to vinyl, courtesy of the beloved sound mixer Gennaro Rippo. The band enjoyed listening to the cassette tapes after shows, affectionately dubbing the sessions “Gennaro’s Hawaiian Disco.” They often gave Rippo the Presidential Suite at the hotel, where the band would gather each night to hang out and listen.
This previously unreleased show will be available as a three-disc collection in three unique colorways: Tom Petty Store-exclusive turquoise vinyl, Third Man Records Store-exclusive maroon reverse splatter, and indie retail-exclusive orange wisp.
Recorded during the band’s Long After Dark tour in the fall of ’82, The Gennaro Tapes complements an incredible collection of 1982 archival footage and music shared by the Tom Petty Estate this year. Cameron Crowe’s documentary Heartbreakers Beach Party and the Long After Dark Deluxe Edition—including 45 minutes of rediscovered music—have delighted fans this fall. Petty’s unearthed original single from the deluxe edition, “Never Be You,” is out now with a new music video created and directed by animator Jeff Scher (Bob Dylan, Graham Nash, Paul Simon)—watch it here.
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS LIVE IN EDINBURGH 1982: THE GENNARO TAPES—TRACKLISTING
SIDE A
1. American Girl
2. Listen To Her Heart
3. A Thing About You
4. You Got Lucky
SIDE B
5. I Need To Know
6. Don’t Do Me Like That
7. I’m In Love
8. Change Of Heart
9. Louie Louie
SIDE C
10. Straight Into Darkness
11. Stories We Could Tell
12. Louisiana Rain
SIDE D
13. One Story Town
14. A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me)
15. Kings Road
SIDE E
16. Breakdown
(Hit The Road Jack Interlude)
17. Refugee
SIDE F
18. Shout
19. So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
20. Anything That’s Rock ‘N’ Rol
