Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ Early Years Explored in New Box Set

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Tom Petty’s Origins Explored in New 1970s-Era Box Set

Watch a video for the unreleased “Parade of Loons,” from Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 5xLP Origins 1971-1978 By Jazz Monroe September 16, 2026 Save this story Save this story

A new Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers box set, Origins 1971-1978 , is on the way to mark the band’s 50th birthday. Out November 6 via UMe, the 5xLP collection comprehensively documents the incubation and early years of the band around its formation in 1976. One of the discs, No Sleep Til L.A. , which compiles rarities spanning from Petty’s Mudcrutch years to the dawn of the Heartbreakers, is also getting a standalone release. That one features seven unreleased songs. A video for one them, “Parade of Loons,” stars Iain Armitage, aka Young Sheldon . Check it out below.

Completing the set are 50th anniversary editions of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and You’re Gonna Get It! —both newly mixed and mastered by longtime producer and engineer Ryan Ulyate—as well as the sessions recording Live from the Record Plant 1977, released in full for the first time, and rarities set The Cut Out Bin . Find the full tracklist below.

The announcement precedes a Heartbreakers reunion at tonight’s Americana Awards, where Petty and the Heartbreakers will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award. Chris Stapleton will join original Heartbreakers Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Stan Lynch, and Ron Blair to open the show.

As well as the 5xLP set, the box comes in 4xCD and “uber deluxe” editions, each with an additional Blu-ray and a DVD of the band’s 1978 performance on the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test . The vinyl editions come with an 88-page fanzine with liner notes by David Fricke and Bud Scoppa, track-by-track annotations from the band, and various collectibles.

Origins 1971-1978 :

LP1: No Sleep Til L.A. 01 Parade of Loons 02 You’re Gonna Learn 03 Another Lonely Night 04 I Can’t Fight It 05 Depot Street 06 Sin City 07 Wild Eyes 08 Unheard of Kind of Hero 09 Up in Mississippi Tonight 10 Satisfy Yourself 11 Since You Said You Love Me 12 Long Way

LP2: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (50th Anniversary Edition) 01 Rockin’ Around With You 02 Breakdown 03 Hometown Blues 04 The Wild One, Forever 05 Anything That’s Rock ’N’ Roll 06 Strangered in the Night 07 Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It) 08 Mystery Man 09 Luna 10 American Girl

LP3: You’re Gonna Get It! (50th Anniversary Edition) 01 When the Time Comes 02 You’re Gonna Get It 03 Hurt 04 Magnolia 05 Too Much Ain’t Enough 06 I Need to Know 07 Listen to Her Heart 08 No Second Thoughts 09 Restless 10 Baby’s a Rock ’N’ Roller

LP4: Live From the Record Plant 1977 01 Pre-Show 02 Surrender 03 Jaguar and Thunderbird 04 Band Intros 05 American Girl 06 Al Kooper, Denny Cordell Intro 07 Fooled Again 08 Luna 09 How We Doin’ on Tape? 10 Listen to Her Heart 11 I Need to Know 12 Strangered in the Night 13 Dog on the Run 14 (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66

LP5: The Cut Out Bin 01 Save Me 02 Making Some Noise 03 The Ballad of Harry, Neil & Tillie 04 Cry to Me 05 Lost in Your Eyes

Jazz Monroe is a music and culture writer based in London. His work also appears in The Guardian , The Independent , and elsewhere. ... Read More Associate Staff Writer -

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