Collection: Tom Petty Vinyl Records

Tom Petty built one of the most consistent songwriter-led catalogues in American rock. Across forty years and thirteen records with the Heartbreakers, three solo albums and the Wilburys side-project, Petty produced more lasting singles than almost any of his contemporaries — and the Mike Campbell-led Heartbreakers remain one of the great American backing bands, in the lineage of the E Street Band and Crazy Horse.

The vinyl pressings, particularly the Reprise-era records and the recent half-speed-mastered reissues of Wildflowers and Full Moon Fever, are reference quality. The records were tracked and mixed for vinyl, and the LP cuts reward the format.

Best Tom Petty Albums on Vinyl

Wildflowers (1994)
— His Rick Rubin-produced second solo album. The masterpiece. The title track, "You Don't Know How It Feels", "It's Good to Be King".

Full Moon Fever (1989)
— The first solo album. With Jeff Lynne producing. "Free Fallin'", "I Won't Back Down", "Runnin' Down a Dream".

Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
— The Heartbreakers' third album and breakthrough. "Refugee", "Don't Do Me Like That", "Here Comes My Girl".

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (1976)
— The debut. "American Girl", "Breakdown".