Pack up the Plantation: Live! [Live]

pack up the plantation: live! [live]

Track Listings

1. So You Want to Be a Rock & Roll Star

2. Needles and Pins

3. Waiting

4. Breakdown

5. American Girl

6. It Ain't Nothin' to Me

7. Insider

8. Rockin' Around (With You)

9. Refugee

10. Southern Accents

11. Rebels

12. Don't Bring Me Down

13. Shout

14. Stories We Could Tell

Pack up the Plantation: Live!,Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers,Mca,Album Rock,Bar Band,Heartland Rock,Rock,Rock & Roll

Pack up the Plantation: Live! [Live]

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Due for a remaster...
Go Back to the "good ol days"
A Thrilling Mid-Period Live Set
Tom Petty&The Heartbreakers-'Pack Up The Plantation:Live'(MCA)
Great Live Tom Petty Album, Even If The Horns And Covers Are Too Much

Pack up the Plantation: Live!
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Manufacturer: Mca
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002O86
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star
Needles And Pins
The Waiting
Breakdown
American Girl
It Ain't Nothing To Me
Insider
Rockin' Around (With You)
Refugee
Southern Accents
Rebels
Don't Bring Me Down
Shout
Stories We Could Tell

Customer Reviews:

Due for a remaster..........2007-06-09

I first saw Mr. Petty on his SOUTHERN ACCENTS tour and was blown away. Everything critics had said about the Heartbreakers being among the tightest of tight musical groups was perfectly exemplified by their live show, and while PACK UP THE PLANTATION makes for a good souvenir and is a fine record, it will never quite equal the memory of hearing them in person. That said, I'm disappointed that the CD version of the album is so lacking, having dropped two cuts and (apparently, I haven't checked this myself) truncated some of the remaining tracks. The sound on this old MCA CD also doesn't have much warmth or dynamics, and could use a remastering. (Hey! Rhino! Time to include this one in your catalog!) One reviewer here also mentioned the shoddy art reproduction and the credits which are now so small they're impossible to read. He's absolutely right, but then again, this is MCA; Petty didn't like being signed to them and apparently the feeling was mutual. Remember the whole HARD PROMISES/$8.98 uproar?

Go Back to the "good ol days".......2007-01-16

When I listen to this cd, it takes me back to college. you can feel the energy and forget about the troubles of todays world for an hour or so.

It let's me remember the stories I forgot about and the fun of youth, and that if you don't slow down, you don't have to act old!!!

I play it at work for the youngsters today and let them listen to true MUSIC. It is never tiring .

A must have for any Petty fan.

A Thrilling Mid-Period Live Set .......2006-01-24

I find it a bit curious so many of the reviews here dislike the live covers on this album; as a fan I really enjoy the boys' takes on the Byrds "So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star," or "Needles and Pins," or even "Don't Bring Me Down." I don't look for a "greatest hits live" package from a performer I respect -- I want that artist to dig deep, find some chestnuts from the catalogue, or do some covers that mean something to them -- and that's what Pack Up the Plantation is.

Is it representative? I'd say, after two and half years of effort to create Petty's statement on the South of his raising -- Southern Accents, the live album from the tour of Southern Accents finds Petty in his most meaningful, heartfelt period. My personal view is he feared revealing his most innermost thoughts about the South and himself on Southern Accents, so he felt he needed to gloss up those concepts with Dave Stewart's production tricks and copious horns. Don't forget -- this was 1985. But strip all that away and you have pure Petty, from the heart. The songs skew toward that album, with strong performances of "Rebel" and "It Ain't Nothing to Me," but he throws in some fan favorites as well. It's rounded out with some fun covers, though I agree "Shout" probably didn't need to be included.

I do find this particular cd release to be lacking, however, in that two songs are cut short and the order rearranged from the original release. There's no reason to truncate or reorder the original, and I hope subsequent pressings fix this glitch.

In sum, this is vintage mid-period Petty, rocking out on songs from his heart, even getting Stevie Nicks to join in a few tunes. Is it a comprehensive overview of his career, live? Clearly not. But taken for what it is, Pack Up the Plantation is a very enjoyable live Petty experience and an example of why this artist has been so enduring for so many years.

Tom Petty&The Heartbreakers-'Pack Up The Plantation:Live'(MCA).......2005-07-12

'Pack Up...' is truly a good live album for Tom Petty&The Heartbreakers.I get SO tired of fans saying that Petty is simply a Bob Dylan rip-off.That's where they're wrong,Petty actually CAN sing.Saw Petty on this very tour.It was his first when he employed that 'Alice In Wonderland' routine.'Pack Up...' sounds decent,not perfect.But awfully close I thought.Saw Petty here recently and I can honestly say it was one of the BEST sounding shows I've seen in sometime.Tunes I thought made this CD a true keeper were The Byrd's "So You Want To Be A Rock And Roll Star",The Searcher's "Needles And Pins","The Waiting","American Girl","Refugee" and "Don't Bring Me Down".Total of fourteen tracks and a duration of 71:12.A should-have.

Great Live Tom Petty Album, Even If The Horns And Covers Are Too Much.......2005-07-06

PACK UP THE PLANTATION: LIVE! is a great live album by Tom Petty, with only two flaws: the addition of horns to many of the songs, which were previously rawer in their studio versions, and the excessive number of cover versions that fill out the album. It would have been nice to hear more of Petty's own songs, but some of the renditions of other people's compositions are great, and, combined with Petty's advocacy of sanctions against Indonesia for that country's recent trumped-up drug-smuggling conviction of a young Australian tourist, that more than compensates for the lack of original material on this album.

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