The Tom Petty estate has shared a new extended version of Petty and the Heartbreakers' "American Girl."
The track, which is on streaming services and YouTube now, also comes in a HiRes spatial mix done from the original multi-track tapes by Petty's long-time engineer Ryan Ulyate. This version features a never-before-heard outro that was recently uncovered in the Petty archives.
The Petty estate says that with "the 50th anniversary of The Heartbreakers later this year, we are opening the archives to release some treasures from the white hot ‘70s era of the band."
This extended version is being used for Major League Baseball's campaign around America's 250th birthday. And along with America turning 250 on the Fourth of July, "American Girl" turns 50 on that date. Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded the track with producer Denny Cordell on July 4th, 1976 at Shelter Studios in Hollywood. It was released on their self-titled album on November 9th, 1976.
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