Unheard version of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ “The Best of Everything” surfaces on new archival collection

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A year on, and the death of Tom Petty still feels like a tremendous loss to rock fans (including our very own Michael Roffman, who waxed poetic about the singer’s works on the one-year anniversary of his passing). Still, his incredible catalog of catchy jams and wailing ballads lingers on. Last week brought the release of the posthumous box set An American Treasure, featuring 60 tracks culled from the rock icon’s extensive catalog. Now, Geffen Reccords and UME have set a November 16th release for a new greatest hits collection called The Best of Everything.

The 38-track set serves as a microcosm of Petty’s career, featuring remastered tracks from The Heartbreakers, his first band Mudcrutch, and even to his solo work. The box set also contains two previously unreleased tracks, “For Real,” and an alternate version of “The Best of Everything” that includes a heretofore-unheard second verse originally meant for the Heartbreakers’ 1985 album Southern Accents. Stream the latter via Spotify below.

(Read: Reliving My Greatest Hits with Tom Petty)

The album will be released in a 2-CD box set and digital formats, and is packaged with a heartfelt essay on Petty from Cameron Crowe. Die-hard vinyl-heads can also pick it up in black and clear vinyl versions on December 7th.

Check out the artwork and tracklist below.

The Best of Everything Cover Art:

The Best of Everything Tracklist:

Disc 1
01.  Free Fallin’

02.  Mary Jane’s Last Dance

03.  You Wreck Me

04.  I Won’t Back Down

05.  Saving Grace

06.  You Don’t Know How It Feels

07.  Don’t Do Me Like That

08.  Listen To Her Heart

09.  Breakdown

10.  Walls (Circus)

11.  The Waiting

12.  Don’t Come Around Here No More

13.  Southern Accents

14.  Angel Dream (No. 2)

15.  Dreamville

16.  I Should Have Known It

17.  Refugee

18.  American Girl

19.  The Best Of Everything (Alt. Version)

Disc 2

01.  Wildflowers

02.  Learning To Fly

03.  Here Comes My Girl

04.  The Last DJ

05.  I Need To Know

06.  Scare Easy

07.  You Got Lucky

08.  Runnin’ Down A Dream

09.  American Dream Plan B

10.  Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (feat. Stevie Nicks)

11.  Trailer

12.  Into The Great Wide Open

13.  Room At The Top

14.  Square One

15.  Jammin’ Me

16.  Even The Losers

17.  Hungry No More

18.  I Forgive It All

19.  For Real

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