Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes DVD to be released
Eagle Rock Entertainment has recently announced the next installment of their Classic Albums series for DVD and blu-ray. This time around, the focus will be on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1979 Damn the Torpedoes album.
I personally love the format of the Classic Albums series. The original album producer along with band members usually sit at the mixing desk and go through the multi-tracks and explain the process of how the songs were recorded. You can’t get that level of detail anywhere else. Kudos to the director and producers of the series for not incorporating MTV-style hyper-editing or dumbing down the info. The show is a straight-forward documentary that will please the fans that prefer content over style.
I’m looking forward to this release. “Damn the Torpedoes” was a significant album in Petty’s career which featured the hits “Refugee” and “Don’t Do Me Like That”. Can’t wait to see it. Look for it in stores starting August 3rd 2010.
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers – “Damn the Torpedoes” in stores August 3rd
The latest addition to Eagle Rock’s critically acclaimed and highly successful Classic Albums series is Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1979 breakthrough album “Damn The Torpedoes”. The band’s third album defined their musical style and took them into the mainstream hitting No.2 on the US charts and spawning the top 10 single “Don’t Do Me Like That”. The DVD features newly filmed contributions from the band members Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench, Ron Blair and Stan Lynch along with co-producer Jimmy Iovine and engineer Shelly Yakus as they analyze the tracks from the original multi-track tapes and through new and archive performances. “Damn The Torpedoes” has stood the test of time as one of the great American rock albums of its era and is a worthy addition to the Classic Albums series.
Bonus Features
Over 40 minutes of additional interviews, archive footage and new demonstrations not included in the broadcast version.
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