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Title: Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers – You're Gonna Get It!

Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1978, Roots Rock, Heartland Rock, Gainesville, Florida

Matrix #: DA52029

Condition: VG+ sounds great TC | Members: Tom P (50' - 17'), Mike C (50' - Alive), Benmont T (53' - Alive), Ron B (48' - Alive), Stan L (55' - Alive)

Description Date: 5/26

Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Tom Petty grew up in a violent household and later described music as the escape that gave him a way out of Gainesville.
2. Legal Trouble: Soon after this era, Petty fought his label over contract control, refusing to be treated like inventory and even filing for bankruptcy as leverage.
3. Scene Ecology: The Heartbreakers came out of Florida’s scrappy bar-band circuit before relocating to Los Angeles, carrying a Southern working-band identity into the late-70s rock industry.