Talk:Playback (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers album)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 08:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Additional personnel
In listing the personnel, I went through the Playback liner notes and endeavored to include all musicians who play on five or more songs, or who have their own Wikipedia page (or both). I omitted personnel who play on fewer than five songs and who have no Wikipedia page of their own. I feel there must be some limiting criteria, because there are innumerable contributors. As it turns out, the only one who plays on five or more songs but has no Wikipedia page is Phil Jones.

There are spelling mistakes in the Playback liner notes, but I corrected them with the help of allmusic.com and, in the case of the song "Heartbreakers Beach Party", by looking at the sleeve of the single, which contains no apostrophe in the song title. I also confirmed that the Gary Chang to whom I link is indeed a synthesizer player, not just a film score composer (he in fact played synthesizer for Stevie Wonder). See the Wikipedia page for "Serge synthesizer" to confirm. Similarly, the Scott Humphrey to whom I link is likewise the correct player, as evidenced by his allmusic.com page. The Playback credits omit Scott Thurston from "King's Highway" live in Gainesville 1993, but his presence at that show is confirmed by the liner notes to The Live Anthology. There is only one backing vocalist on the song, and it is likely Howie not Scott, as indicated by the video of a similar arrangement of the song at the 1994 Bridge School benefit concert. The Playback credits also omit Jeff Lynne's keyboard credit on "Built To Last", but there is an audible synth on the track and with the exception of one song ("All or Nothin'") that is a reworked Mike Campbell demo Lynne plays all synth on the album from which the track comes (Into the Great Wide Open, on which Benmont Tench plays only accordion, piano, and electric piano).

For "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and for "It's Rainin' Again", the Playback liner notes list for backing vocals "Everyone Present". I don't know whether that means musicians only, or also the producer Jimmy Iovine and the engineer Shelly Yakus. Since the latter two were in fact present, and are listed in the notes in their capacities as producer and engineer, I have listed them as contributing backing vocals to these two songs. If I learn that they did not contribute backing vocals to these songs, I will revise the credits accordingly. Iovine's credit on the song "Cracking Up" should remain regardless, as it is included in the Playback liner notes (as "telephone call").

Finally, the Playback liner notes do not list Phil Jones on the Damn The Torpedoes material or its B-sides. I wrote to Mr. Jones and he confirms he did not play on Damn The Torpedoes or on the final version of "Love is a Long Road". In addition, contrary to the Playback liner notes, there are no drums or percussion on "Alright For Now" (and Mr. Jones advises he does not recall playing on it). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.54.54.64 (talk) 06:04, 30 October 2015 (UTC)