Wildflowers Box Set

After teases, unearthed songs and demo recordings, Tom Petty’s estate has finally announced its long awaited reissue for Petty’s beloved 1994 solo album "Wildflowers".

"Wildflowers And All The Rest", a comprehensive 5 CD or 9 LP box set due out October 16th, 2020, features the 1994 album alongside dozens of unreleased tracks, home recordings, demos, alternate versions and live renditions of "Wildflowers" tracks.

In addition to the announcement of "Wildflowers And All The Rest", Warner Records also shared Petty’s home recording version of the album’s title track.

The Rick Rubin and Mike Campbell produced sessions for "Wildflowers" yielded enough material for a double album filled with 25 songs. However, the label advised that Petty pare it down to a single disc, with unused tracks either winding up on Petty’s "She’s The One" soundtrack or in the archives, like “Somewhere Under Heaven”, which appears in the box set. “I did not remember writing it, recording it, anything”, Petty said in 2014. “And it was really good, uptempo, but very unusual, in some strange time signature”.

In the years prior to his October 2017 death, Petty admitted that restoring "Wildflowers" to its full glory was a top priority. “I broke through to something else. My personal life came crashing down, and it derailed me for a while. But I was at the top of my game during that record”, Petty said.

The planned 25 song album is realized on the 1st 2 discs of "Wildflowers And All The Rest", which adjoins the original 15 song album with the 10 song “All The Rest” containing 5 previously unreleased tracks. The “Home Recordings” disc finds Petty’s solo workshopping of 15 "Wildflowers" songs in his home studio, while the “Alternate Versions (Finding Wildflowers)” disc sees Petty and his studio band working toward the final album. The box set, curated by Tom’s daughters, Adria and Annakim Petty, his wife Dana Petty and Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench, is rounded out by a collection of 14 live recordings of "Wildflowers" songs spanning 1995 to 2017.

"Wildflowers And All The Rest" is available in a variety of editions, ranging from a stripped down 2 CD and 3 LP edition, with the complete album of 25 songs, to a massive ultra deluxe limited edition that contains a lyric book, custom made necklace, an exclusive 7" of “You Don’t Know How It Feels” and more. Each version also comes with a booklet that includes an introduction by Rick Rubin and an essay by Rolling Stone contributor David Fricke.