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The Penguin Discography: Learning To Fly




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Learning To Fly
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Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne

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Date Performance 1991-00-00
Running Time 4:03
Performers Tom Petty (Lead Vocal), Tom Petty (Background Vocal), Tom Petty (Acoustic Guitar), Mike/Michael Campbell (Acoustic Guitar), Mike/Michael Campbell (Slide Guitar (Solo)), Howie Epstein (Background Vocals), Stan Lynch (Drums), Stan Lynch (Percussion), Jeff Lynne (Guitars), Jeff Lynne (Synthesizer), Jeff Lynne (Electric Piano), Jeff Lynne (Bass Guitar), Jeff Lynne (Background Vocal), Jeff Lynne (Produced By), Tom Petty (Produced By), Mike/Michael Campbell (Produced By), Richard Dodd (Engineered By), Richard Dodd (Mixed By)
CommentsRecorded and mixed at: Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA (MCA Records) Jeff Lynne appears courtesy of Reprise Records "I quite liked 'Learning To Fly,'" Tom says. "I got it from a pilot on television. He said there's not much to learning to fly. The difficult thing is coming down. And I thought, 'Yeah, that's true.' The song came pretty quickly after that. I still like that song and still perform it." Howie notes, "That song, and a lot of the other songs from Into the Great Wide Open, really came alive on tour. I suppose when doing that album the formula was pretty well worn." The promotional music video was directed by Julien Temple.
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Playback (1995)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Playback (1995)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

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Running Time 5:01
Performers Tom Petty (Lead Vocal), Tom Petty (Background Vocal), Tom Petty (Acoustic Guitar), Mike/Michael Campbell (Acoustic Guitar), Mike/Michael Campbell (Slide Guitar (Solo)), Howie Epstein (Background Vocals), Stan Lynch (Drums), Stan Lynch (Percussion), Jeff Lynne (Guitars), Jeff Lynne (Synthesizer), Jeff Lynne (Electric Piano), Jeff Lynne (Bass Guitar), Jeff Lynne (Background Vocal), Jeff Lynne (Produced By), Tom Petty (Produced By), Mike/Michael Campbell (Produced By), Richard Dodd (Engineered By), Richard Dodd (Mixed By)
Comments(Longer Version) by Tom Petty (& The Heartbreakers) (P) 1991 Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises. Recorded and mixed at: Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA (MCA Records) Jeff Lynne appears courtesy of Reprise Records "I quite liked 'Learning To Fly,'" Tom says. "I got it from a pilot on television. He said there's not much to learning to fly. The difficult thing is coming down. And I thought, 'Yeah, that's true.' The song came pretty quickly after that. I still like that song and still perform it." Howie notes, "That song, and a lot of the other songs from Into the Great Wide Open, really came alive on tour. I suppose when doing that album the formula was pretty well worn." The promotional music video was directed by Julien Temple.
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Elizabethtown Vol. 2 (2006)
Various Artists

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2012-06-07