Playback is a box set compilation by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, released in 1995. It contains popular album tracks, B-sides, previously unreleased outtakes, and early songs by Petty's previous band Mudcrutch.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Tom Petty (all tracks, except disc 2 track 14) – lead vocals, backing vocals, spoken word vocals, whistling, rhythm guitar, lead guitar ("Mary Jane's Last Dance" and "Peace in L.A."), bass guitar, piano, electric piano, harmonica, percussion
- Mike Campbell (all tracks) – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, slide guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, accordion, Dobro, mandolin, koto, percussion, backing vocals ("Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again")
- Benmont Tench (most tracks) – piano, keyboards, backing vocals, crash cymbal ("It's Rainin' Again")
- Stan Lynch (most tracks) – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocal ("Psychotic Reaction")
- Ron Blair (most tracks 1976-81) – bass guitar, acoustic guitar ("Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller"), backing vocals ("Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again")
- Howie Epstein (most tracks 1982-93) – bass guitar, backing vocals, acoustic lead guitar ("Big Boss Man"), spoken word vocal (via telephone) ("Peace in L.A.")
- Scott Thurston – bass guitar (disc 3 track 13), guitar (disc 4 tracks 5, 7 and 15), slide guitar (disc 4 track 6)
- Steve Ferrone – drums on "Ways to Be Wicked"
- Phil Jones – percussion (disc 1 tracks 16-21, disc 2 tracks 1-4 and 8, disc 3 tracks 1-2, 4-5 and 13, disc 4 tracks 2 and 8 and disc 5 tracks 8 and 10), drums (disc 3 tracks 1-2 and 4-5, disc 4 track 10), backing vocal (disc 4 track 2)
- Jeff Lynne – bass guitar, guitar, guitar synthesizer, piano, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals (disc 3 tracks 1-5, 7-11 and 13, disc 4 track 10)
- George Drakoulias – percussion (disc 5 tracks 8-9 and disc 6 tracks 1-5, 9 and 11), drums (disc 5 track 11)
- Phil Seymour – backing vocals on "Breakdown" and "American Girl"
- Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar on "Hometown Blues", "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
- Jim Keltner – percussion on "Refugee", "The Best of Everything" and "Love is a Long Road", drums on "Love Is a Long Road" and "Christmas All Over Again"
- Stevie Nicks – backing vocals on "Insider", "You Can Still Change Your Mind" and "The Apartment Song"
- Molly Duncan – saxophone on "Rebels"
- Bobbye Hall – tambourine on "Rebels"
- Dean Garcia – intro bass guitar on "Don't Come Around Here No More"
- Marilyn Martin – backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More"
- Dave Stewart – electric sitar, synthesizer and backing vocal on "Don't Come Around Here No More", guitar on "Make It Better (Forget About Me)"
- Jack Nitzsche – string arrangement on "Southern Accents"
- Gary Chang – synthesizer on "The Best of Everything"
- Garth Hudson – organ on "The Best of Everything"
- Richard Manuel – backing vocal on "The Best of Everything"
- Jerry Hey – horn arrangement on "The Best of Everything"
- Lee Thornburg – trumpet on "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star"
- George Harrison – acoustic guitar and backing vocal on "I Won't Back Down"
- Robbie Blunt, Kevin Dukes and Jimmy Rip – acoustic guitars on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Tim Pierce – electric guitar on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Scott Humphrey – synthesizer on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Mitchell Froom – harpsichord on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Efrain Toro – marimba on "Christmas All Over Again"
- Shelly Yakus – backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again"
- Jimmy Iovine – backing vocals on "Heartbreakers Beach Party" and "It's Rainin' Again", telephone ring (sound effect) on "Cracking Up"
- Carlene Carter – spoken word vocal (via telephone) on "Peace in L.A."
- John Sebastian – baritone guitar on "I Don't Know What to Say to You"
- Al Kooper – organ and piano on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
- Emory Gordy – bass guitar on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
- Jim Gordon – drums on "Since You Said You Loved Me" and "Louisiana Rain"
- The Bangles (1988 lineup) – backing vocals on "Waiting for Tonight"
- Lenny Kravitz – drums, bass guitar, lead guitar, backing vocal and spoken word vocal on "You Come Through"
- Tom Leadon – lead guitar and backing vocal on "Up in Mississippi Tonight"
Disc one: The Big Jangle
- "Breakdown" (Tom Petty) – 2:42
- "American Girl" (Petty) – 3:33
- "Hometown Blues" (Petty) – 2:12
- "Anything That's Rock 'n' Roll" (Petty) – 2:24
- "I Need to Know" (Petty) – 2:24
- "Listen to Her Heart" (Petty) – 3:03
- "When the Time Comes" (Petty) – 2:45
- "Too Much Ain't Enough" (Petty) – 2:57
- "No Second Thoughts" (Petty) – 2:39
- "Baby's a Rock 'n' Roller" (Petty, Mike Campbell) – 2:52
- "Refugee" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:22
- "Here Comes My Girl" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:25
- "Even the Losers" (Petty) – 3:59
- "Shadow of a Doubt (A Complex Kid)" (Petty) – 4:25
- "Don't Do Me Like That" (Petty) – 2:42
- "The Waiting" (Petty) – 3:59
- "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:23
- "Something Big" (Petty) – 4:44
- "A Thing About You" (Petty) – 3:32
- "Insider" (Petty) – 4:23
- "You Can Still Change Your Mind" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:16
Disc two: Spoiled & Mistreated
- "You Got Lucky" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:36
- "Change of Heart" (Petty) – 3:19
- "Straight into Darkness" (Petty) – 3:47
- "Same Old You" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:30
- "Rebels" (Petty) – 5:19
- "Don't Come Around Here No More" (Petty, Dave Stewart) – 5:05
- "Southern Accents" (Petty) – 4:44
- "Make It Better (Forget About Me)" (Petty, Stewart) – 4:23
- "The Best of Everything" (Petty) – 4:03
- "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" (live) (Roger McGuinn, Chris Hillman) – 3:30
- "Don't Bring Me Down" (live) (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:52
- "Jammin' Me" (Petty, Campbell, Bob Dylan) – 4:08
- "It'll All Work Out" (Petty) – 3:11
- "Mike's Life/Mike's World" (Campbell) – 0:40
- "Think About Me" (Petty) – 3:45
- "A Self-Made Man" (Petty) – 3:00
Disc three: Good Booty
- "Free Fallin'" (Petty, Jeff Lynne) – 4:16
- "I Won't Back Down" (Petty, Lynne) – 2:57
- "Love is a Long Road" (Petty, Campbell) – 4:08
- "Runnin' Down a Dream" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:23
- "Yer So Bad" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:06
- "Alright for Now" (Petty) – 2:02
- "Learning to Fly" (Petty, Lynne) – 4:03
- "Into the Great Wide Open" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:43
- "All or Nothin'" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 4:07
- "Out in the Cold" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:40
- "Built to Last" (Petty, Lynne) – 3:58
- "Mary Jane's Last Dance" (Petty) – 4:33
- "Christmas All Over Again" (Petty) – 4:15
Disc four: The Other Sides
- "Casa Dega" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:37
- "Heartbreakers Beach Party" (Petty) – 1:57
- "Trailer" (Petty) – 3:15
- "Cracking Up" (Nick Lowe) – 3:34
- "Psychotic Reaction" (live) (Ken Ellner, Roy Chaney, Craig Atkinson, John Byrne, John Michalski) – 4:49
- "I'm Tired Joey Boy" (live) (Van Morrison) – 3:42
- "Lonely Weekends" (live) (Charlie Rich) – 2:47
- "Gator on the Lawn" (Petty) – 1:35
- "Make That Connection" (Petty, Campbell) – 5:04
- "Down the Line" (Petty, Lynne, Campbell) – 2:53
- "Peace in L.A." (Peace Mix) (Petty) – 4:43
- "It's Rainin' Again" (Petty) – 1:32
- "Somethin' Else" (live) (Sharon Sheeley, Eddie Cochran) – 2:05
- "I Don't Know What to Say to You" (Petty) – 2:28
- "Kings Highway" (live) (Petty) – 3:30
Disc five: Through the Cracks
- "On the Street" (Benmont Tench) – 2:10
- "Depot Street" (Petty) – 3:26
- "Cry to Me" (Bert Russell) – 3:06
- "Don't Do Me Like That" (Mudcrutch version) (Petty) – 2:47
- "I Can't Fight It" (Petty) – 3:00
- "Since You Said You Loved Me" (Petty) – 4:40
- "Louisiana Rain" (original version) (Petty) – 4:22
- "Keeping Me Alive" (Petty) – 2:59
- "Turning Point" (Petty) – 2:52
- "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (demo) (Petty, Campbell) – 4:11
- "The Apartment Song" (demo) (Petty) – 2:37
- "Big Boss Man" (Al Smith, Luther Dixon) – 2:41
- "The Image of Me" (Wayne Kemp) – 2:33
- "Moon Pie" (Petty) – 1:05
- "The Damage You've Done" (country version) (Petty) – 3:16
Disc six: Nobody's Children
- "Got My Mind Made Up" (original version) (Petty) – 2:51
- "Ways to Be Wicked" (Petty, Campbell) – 3:27
- "Can't Get Her Out" (Petty) – 3:11
- "Waiting for Tonight" (Petty) – 3:30
- "Travelin'" (Petty) – 3:15
- "Baby, Let's Play House" (Arthur Gunter) – 2:33
- "Wooden Heart" (Bert Kaempfert, Kay Twomey, Fred Wise, Ben Weisman) – 2:09
- "God's Gift to Man" (Petty) – 4:18
- "You Get Me High" (Petty) – 2:48
- "Come on Down to My House" (Petty) – 3:05
- "You Come Through" (Petty, Campbell) – 5:15
- "Up in Mississippi Tonight" (Petty) – 3:28