More than 30 years after Tom Petty co-founded the pre-Heartbreakers Mudcrutch, the band finally issued its debut album this spring- and won widespread critical acclaim. The 'Extended Play EP' features live renditions of three songs from the earlier album plus a cover of a Jerry Lee Lewis classic. This is the standard edition.
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"The Great Lost Europe 72 Track" and more...:
Rolling Stone called the 15 minute version of "Crystal River" (adding 6 minutes to the studio version) "the great lost Europe 72 track"...not that there's anything wrong with that. Let's face it...Tom and Randall and Mike and Benmont and Tom KNEW they were channeling the Dead on this track...and performed live, I refuse to see anything other than Jerry beaming a 1000-watt smile from Rock & Roll Heaven. "Extended Play Live" isn't a stand-alone masterpiece...it is a COMPANION piece to Mudcrutch.... more info
Petty Rules !!:
This is an awesome little snipit. Tom, Mike and Ben stray out of there Heartbreaker comfort zone, back to the roots of what I consider the finest band ever assembled. Buy it !!
It's a bargain.:
It's a bargain for the almost 28 minutes of good sound from three live performances. Great digitally engineered recording. Even has one new song not found on the original 'Mudcrutch' albumn (an old Jerry Lee Lewis riff). How about that! And finally, there is mucho 'extended play' with the tune 'Crystal River.' Quite an entertaining session for the typical "country/southern rock" listener.
Crystal River gives me shivers - especially the piano solo:
I was listens to "MudCrutch Extended Play Live" in my Camry driving to work this morning, in moments I was transported back to my 1968 Barracuda on my way to high school with John Powers sitting next to me, listening to WLS, the only radio staion that would come in with clarity. Thank heavens these guys got back together after 30 some years. The diversity of the four songs and their imaginative renderings drew me into the concert eventhough I wasn't there. All that was missing was the smell of someone... more info
