Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (with Al Kooper)
April 23, 1977 · Record Plant Sausalito
Months after their debut album and before they'd broken nationally, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers played the Record Plant on April 23, 1977, with Al Kooper guesting on keyboards. Denny Cordell of Shelter Records was in the room. The ten-song set includes "American Girl," "Breakdown," and "Listen to Her Heart," a track that appears on the broadcast but was dropped from the LP edition. The circulating copy is a KWST-FM Los Angeles rebroadcast of the original KSAN feed, later issued in a grey-market remaster as The Record Plant '77.
- Type
- Live Broadcast
- Date Recorded
- April 23, 1977
- Date Broadcast
- April 23, 1977
KSAN 95 FM broadcast. Tom Donahue series. CENSUS 2026-05-31: Verified. Type: FM Broadcast, live-in-studio with small audience (~20-30). One of the Heartbreakers' earliest radio shows. Personnel: Tom Petty (guitar, vocals), Mike Campbell (guitar), Ron Blair (bass), Stan Lynch (drums), Benmont Tench (keyboards); Al Kooper (keyboards, vocals, guest); Denny Cordell (Shelter Records) present. Setlist (10): Surrender / Jaguar & Thunderbird / American Girl / Fooled Again (I Don't Like It) / Luna / Listen to Her Heart / I Need to Know / Strangered in the Night / Dogs on the Run / Route 66. Best free source: Internet Archive (Recording URL) — circulating copy is KWST-FM (Los Angeles) rebroadcast of KSAN feed. Also Guitars101 Beanstalk 4 and setlist.fm. RELEASE: grey-market remaster 'The Record Plant '77' on Spotify/CD (Discogs URL2). 'Listen to Her Heart' on broadcast but dropped from LP edition. Provenance: grey-market, not official band/label release. ARTICLE: see Articles table (Published). URL2 CLEANUP 2026-07-05: Recording URL2 (Discogs release page, https://www.discogs.com/release/16154380-Tom-Petty-And-The-Heartbreakers-Al-Kooper-The-Record-Plant-Sausalito-CA-April-23-1977) cleared per audio-URL-only policy; full reference preserved here in Notes.
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