Tom P*tty & the Heartbreakers - Stories We Could Tell - Non-Album Tracks (1981-1985)

Here's another album of stray tracks by Tom P. and the Heartbreakers. 

(Note that I'm not using the full name of this artist due to concerns about copyright issues.)

As I said in a previous in this series, I think P.'s albums from his first ten or so years with the Heartbreakers are spotty, usually with some great songs, but also with some forgettable ones. So I'm surprised once again at how strong the songs that didn't make his albums are. I think with better song selection of what was available at the time, nearly all of his early albums could have been as solid as 1979's classic "Damn the Torpedoes."

It's baffling to me that a good song like "Worried Guy (Insomnia)" not only wasn't released at the time, but didn't make it on either of the box sets released since then either ("Playback" and "An American Treasure"). There are hints that there are lots more songs still in the vaults that haven't even been bootlegged. Let's hope they get released someday soon.

This time around, most of the songs are from B-sides or the two box sets I've mentioned. There's also a duet with Stevie Nicks, "I Will Run to You," that was written by P. but was only released on Nicks' 1983 album "The Wild Heart." And speaking of duets with Nicks, I've included the solo version of "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" rather than the hit duet version with Nicks, since I figure any P. fan interested in this already has the duet version.

Four songs, "Stories We Could Tell," "The Image of Me," "Big Boss Man," and "Cracking Up," are covers. A couple of the originals are goofy throwaway type songs ("Gator on the Lawn" and "Heartbreaker's Beach Party") but I think that adds to the charm of the album.

This album is 55 minutes long. 

I'm not including the track list due to copyright issues. But you can find it in the mp3 download file.

https://pixeldrain.com/u/gsq3kb8t

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/EYutriaRbj69uLj/file

I made the album cover using a 1980 concert poster as the basis. Unfortunately, the poster is rectangular. Through the magic of Photoshop I managed to stretch some parts and squish other parts without changing the shape of P.'s head. :)