New music video offers archive material from Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers who perform a classic song by The Troggs

Tom Petty Estate debuted a brand new music video for Petty and the inspired live-in-the-studio cover by The Heartbreakers' Inspired in 1966 from 1966 “Wild Thing”. Tom and his band recorded the song in the famous Los Angeles Studio The Record Plant while he was shot for the French TV show Houba Houba.

The audio of the cover “Wild Thing” was published in 2024 as part of the Deluxe new edition of Petty and the 1982 album by Heartbreakers Long after darkness. The video was staged by Justin Kreutzmann and contains a newly restored film material from Tom and the band, which performed the song in the record work, as well as previously invisible film material by director Cameron Crowe while making the documentary from 1983. Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party. The clip that you can now see on Petty's YouTube Channel also has a newly remastered sound.

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The band's bonus film material contains scenes in the concert, travel to a tour bus, participation in a radio interview and the bypass during the video shoot “You Got Lucky”.

Kreutzmann, whose credits include a variety of rock documentary films and concert films, found the son of Grateful Dead, Bill Kreutzmann.

“Wild Thing” was written by Chip Taylor and recorded in 1965 by the New York City Rock Band the Wildes. The British band The Troggs published its version of “Wild Thing” in 1966. Advertising board Hot 100 for two weeks this summer.

Heartbreaker beach party Soundtrack

The recently rediscovered and revised documentary Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party Received his exclusive TV streaming premiere on Paramount+ in the USA and Canada on March 11.

The film, which marked the directorial debut of the Oscar winner filmmaker Crowe, recorded Petty and his band in 1982 and '83 when they ended the recording, advertised and toured to support them Long after darkness.

Together with the Paramount+ Premiere of the film, a digital soundtrack album of the accompanying digital soundtrack was published. The 35-track collection offers a variety of classic petty and heartbreaker songs mixed with tracks from the deluxe Long after darkness New edition.

More about Heartbreaker beach party

The original version of Heartbreaker beach party Only once on television, on the MTV in February 1983. In 2024, long-lost 16-mill roles of the documentary were found, and the film was restored and remastered. The updated film contains invisible archive bonus material 19 minutes earlier and new comments from Crowe.

The restored version Heartbreaker beach party Initially examined in selected theaters in October 2024. The demonstrations fell with the publication of a deluxe new edition of together Long after darkness.

More about the deluxe Long after darkness New edition

The deluxe edition of Long after darkness Shows a newly remastered version of the original album and 12 newly mixed bonus tracks. Additional tracks include several songs that have been recorded for Petty and the appearance of the Heartbreakers Houba Houba.

The package also contains Liner Notes from Lobed Rock Journalist David Fricke and comment by Crowe and producer Jimmy Iovine. In addition, the publication offers a brochure with texts and a variety of archive photos.