Pack up the Plantation: Live!

Pack up the Plantation: Live! is the first live album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1985. It was primarily recorded at the Wiltern Theatre during their 1985 tour but also includes several tracks from previous tours. It was released as a double LP or single cassette and compact disc.

A concert film of the Wiltern Theatre performance, also titled Pack up the Plantation Live! was released on home video in 1986. It included songs that did not make the album, such as originals "Don't Do Me Like That" and "Don't Come Around Here No More", as well as covers such as "Little Bit O' Soul" and "Route 66".

[edit] Track listing

"So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (Chris Hillman, Roger McGuinn) – 3:30
"Needles and Pins" (Sonny Bono, Jack Nitzsche) – 2:23
"The Waiting" (Tom Petty) – 5:08
"Breakdown" (Petty) – 7:43
"American Girl" (Petty) – 3:50
"It Ain't Nothin' to Me" (Petty, David A. Stewart) – 6:05
"Insider" (Petty) – 5:16
"Rockin' Around (With You)" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 3:20
"Refugee" (Petty, Campbell) – 5:22
"I Need to Know" (Petty) - 2:30
"Southern Accents" (Petty) – 5:20
"Rebels" (Petty) – 6:10
"Don't Bring Me Down" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:40
"You Got Lucky" (Petty, Campbell) - 4:20
"Shout" (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) – 9:30
"Stories We Could Tell" (John Sebastian) – 3:55

The compact disc format excludes "I Need to Know" and "You Got Lucky" in order to fit the album on a single CD.

[edit] Recording Information

All tracks recorded at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, California, August 6 & 7, 1985 except,

"Don't Bring Me Down" - Paradise Theater, Boston, Massachusetts, July 16, 1978
"Stories We Could Tell" - Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, March 7, 1980
"Needles and Pins" & "Insider" - The Forum, Los Angeles, June 1981
"Shout" - The Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, March 19, 1983
"Rockin' Around (With You)" - Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine, California, June 10, 1983

[edit] Personnel

Tom Petty - 6 & 12-string electric & acoustic guitars, vocals
Mike Campbell - lead guitar, 12-string, lap steel & slide guitars
Howie Epstein - bass, mandolin & harmony vocals
Benmont Tench - keyboards & vocals
Stan Lynch - drums & vocals

Soul Lips Horns: (on tracks recorded at the Wiltern Theater)

Jimmy Zavala - saxes, harmonica
Lee Thornburg - trumpets, flugel horn
Nick Lane - trombones, euphonium

The Rebeletts: (on tracks recorded at the Wiltern Theater)

Pat Peterson - backing vocals, percussion
Caroll Sue Hill - backing vocals, percussion

Musicians:

Ron Blair - bass on "Insider", "Needles and Pins", "Stories We Could Tell" & "Don't Bring Me Down"
Phil Jones - percussion on "Insider", "Needles and Pins", "Rockin' Around (With You)" & "Shout"
Bobby Valentino - violin on "Stories We Could Tell"
Stevie Nicks - vocals on "Insider" & "Needles and Pins"

v • d • e Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Tom Petty • Mike Campbell • Scott Thurston • Ron Blair • Benmont Tench • Steve Ferrone • Howie Epstein • Stan Lynch

Studio albums	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers • You're Gonna Get It! • Damn the Torpedoes • Hard Promises • Long After Dark • Southern Accents • Let Me Up (I've Had Enough) • Into the Great Wide Open • Songs and Music from "She's the One" • Echo • The Last DJ

Tom Petty solo albums	Full Moon Fever • Wildflowers • Highway Companion

Tom Petty with Traveling Wilburys	Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 • Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3

Tom Petty with Mudcrutch	Mudcrutch

Compilations	Greatest Hits • Playback • Anthology: Through the Years

Live albums	Official Live 'Leg • Pack up the Plantation: Live! • Live at the Olympic: The Last DJ

Production	Jimmy Iovine • David A. Stewart • Robbie Robertson • Jeff Lynne • Rick Rubin • George Drakoulias

Related articles	Discography • Runnin' Down A Dream (film)