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The Penguin Discography: God's Gift To Man




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God's Gift To Man
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Tom Petty

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Running Time 4:18
Performers Tom Petty (Lead Vocal), Tom Petty (Guitar), Mike/Michael Campbell (Lead Guitar), Ben(mont) (M.) Tench(, III) (Piano), Howie Epstein (Bass Guitar), Stan Lynch (Guitar), Tom Petty (Produced By), Mike/Michael Campbell (Produced By), Mike/Michael Campbell (Engineered By), George Drakoulias (Mixed By), Jim Scott (Mixed By)
CommentsRecorded at: Gone Gator Two. Mixed at: Johnny Yuma Recordings, Burbank, CA "That was improvised," Tom says. "The entire song. It just came off the top of my head, we did the whole thing, and then I went back and took out me saying, 'O! G!' That was the take. It was done just pre-Wildflowers at Mike's house. The band came in and worked for about a month. We had a great time jamming around and working with song fragments and ideas. Then when it came time to start putting down some tracks, it completely fell apart. If we weren't thinking at all, we could do things easily, but as soon as we wanted to do it it became impossible. Hence my decision - I had to walk away from the band again. Though really I just walked away from Stan, I suppose. Which he took rather personally and I don't blame him." "I was being asked to play less and less rather than growing," Stan says. "I wanted to be wild. I wanted to be Keith Moon by 'Even the Losers.' I wanted to be a great classic rock and roll drummer, to the point of being abandoned, freaky. And it became more restrictive, more of a pop, classic rock, record band. I admire both camps, it just wasn't the one biologically I was linked up with."
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Playback (1995)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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2008-08-18