Tom Petty’s back catalog, both solo and with The Heartbreakers, is being remastered in high-resolution digital audio and most of the revamped albums are now available for purchase now at HDTracks.com.

The project was overseen by Ryan Ulyate, who co-produced Petty’s 2014 albumHypnotic Eye, and the remasters were approved by Tom himself.

In a new video posted on Petty’s official YouTube channel, the singer/songwriter discusses the benefits of listening to his music in high-res.

“Many people haven’t discovered it yet and maybe…you don’t understand it, but you will understand it when you listen to it,” he maintains in the clip.  “It’s many, many times the resolution of an MP3 or a CD…If you turn it on, it’s gonna change everything for you musically.”

Petty also points out, “You’ll actually hear what we hear in the studio sitting behind the console, which would make me very happy.  I think an MP3 is five percent of what I’m hearing here in the studio, so while I’m kicking my ass trying to give you the highest fidelity there is, I hate for you to miss out on that.”

In addition, Tom notes that the high-resolution versions of the albums are mastered at a lower volume, so you should turn the volume up when listening to them.

He explains that, in contrast, albums mixed for MP3s and CDs are “so loud that it’s very hard to get the frequencies in the middle of the record, all these beautiful sounds.”

Most of the new high-res editions of Petty’s album were created using the original first-generation master tapes.

Here’s a list of all of the high-res Petty albums now available at HDTracks.com:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976)
You’re Gonna Get It (1978)
Hard Promises (1981)
Long After Dark (1982)
Southern Accents (1985)
Pack Up the Plantation: Live! (1985)
Let Me Up (I’ve Had Enough) (1987)
Full Moon Fever (1989)
Into the Great Wide Open (1991)
The Last DJ (2002)
Highway Companion (2006)
Mojo (2010)

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