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| Mudcrutch Extended Play Live EP | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 4 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1219
Category: Music
Artist: Mudcrutch
Publisher: Warner Bros.
Studio: Warner Bros.
Manufacturer: Warner Bros.
Label: Warner Bros.
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 515877
UPC: 093624982425
EAN: 0093624982425
ASIN: B001ED7C6W
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | The Wrong Thing To Do | | • | Bootleg Flyer | | • | Crystal River | | • | High School Confidential |
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Product Description
More than 30 years after Tom Petty co-founded the pre-Heartbreakers Mudcrutch, the band finally issued its debut album this spring- and won widespread critical acclaim. The 'Extended Play EP' features live renditions of three songs from the earlier album plus a cover of a Jerry Lee Lewis classic. This is the standard edition.
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| Customer Reviews:
"The Great Lost Europe 72 Track" and more... December 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Rolling Stone called the 15 minute version of "Crystal River" (adding 6 minutes to the studio version) "the great lost Europe 72 track"...not that there's anything wrong with that.
Let's face it...Tom and Randall and Mike and Benmont and Tom KNEW they were channeling the Dead on this track...and performed live, I refuse to see anything other than Jerry beaming a 1000-watt smile from Rock & Roll Heaven.
"Extended Play Live" isn't a stand-alone masterpiece...it is a COMPANION piece to Mudcrutch. I really don't believe you can have one without the other.
Tom Petty really accomplished the impossible here. In his "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers" career, he attained...and maintained...success far above and beyond most of his "peers."
He released a few "solo albums"...Full Moon Fever, Wildflowers, and Highway Companion.
In doing so, he placed himself squarely among visionaries such as Neil Young and Frank Zappa, musicians who spent their lives in search of the SOUND, ignoring the players and more importantly ignoring the LABELS.
From all reports, Tom is having fun in Mudcrutch. That's great. He deserved it. He's EARNED it. Keep on rockin' in the free world, Tom.
Maybe the next CD will be from "Mudcrutch." Maybe it will be from "Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers." Maybe it will be another "solo" effort.
But...in paraphrasing Hank Williams Jr....leave that boy alone and let him sing his songs. He's worth it.
Petty Rules !! December 22, 2008
This is an awesome little snipit. Tom, Mike and Ben stray out of there Heartbreaker comfort zone, back to the roots of what I consider the finest band ever assembled. Buy it !!
 It's a bargain. November 30, 2008
It's a bargain for the almost 28 minutes of good sound from three live performances. Great digitally engineered recording. Even has one new song not found on the original 'Mudcrutch' albumn (an old Jerry Lee Lewis riff). How about that! And finally, there is mucho 'extended play' with the tune 'Crystal River.' Quite an entertaining session for the typical "country/southern rock" listener.
Crystal River gives me shivers - especially the piano solo November 20, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I was listens to "MudCrutch Extended Play Live" in my Camry driving to work this morning, in moments I was transported back to my 1968 Barracuda on my way to high school with John Powers sitting next to me, listening to WLS, the only radio staion that would come in with clarity.
Thank heavens these guys got back together after 30 some years. The diversity of the four songs and their imaginative renderings drew me into the concert eventhough I wasn't there. All that was missing was the smell of someone lighting up. As the first track began to repeat, all I could think was oh no, is that all. I want more.
For no other reason, eventhough there are plenty others, buy the CD for "Crystal River" - and sit back, light up, close your eyes and see Mike Campbell's fingers gluiding over his guitar, bringing haunting sounds, that resemble an animal crying. Then move on to Benmont's hands that are cascading across the various keyboards and you hear the running of the river, in some places fast - pounding against rocks and others soft, as if the sun is rising and Benmont's fingers are the sun's first touches on the water. At the end Tom's voice comes back. Softly. Yearning. Can there be anything better?
Crystal River transported me - I hope it does the same for you.
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