

“In early 2020 a collection of 16mm film was discovered in the Tom Petty archive. A graphic in the first few minutes explains the origin of much of the contents: The Making of Wallflowers takes us into the studio as Petty records the songs that became the Wildflowers album. How much of the story is left to tell after those vaults have been emptied? Turns out, quite a bit.
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The next year saw an updated/rejiggered release of Petty’s soundtrack to the movie She’s the One that included even more material recorded around the Wildflowers sessions.

That edition - appropriately titled Wildflowers & All the Rest (Deluxe Edition) - not only added the 10 selections initially cut from the running order, but also included home demos, outtakes, alternate and live versions for most of the songs. Hardcore fans of the Heartbreakers’ frontman felt they’d found the gold mine after the release of 2020’s five-disc expansion of the record, which increased the initial 15-song platter to a mammoth 54-track overview. Thought you knew all there was to know about Tom Petty’s classic 1994 Wildflowers release? Not so fast.
