1970s
The Petty Archives

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Billboard -- March 24, 1979

GOLDEN HEARTBREAKERS -- ABC's Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers receive an Ampex Golden Reel Award for "You're Gonna Get It," recorded at Shelter Studio in Los Angeles. Shown, left to right, are group members Stan Lynch, Ron Blair, Mike Campbell, above, and Tom Petty; group manager Tony Dimitriades; Ampex mastering tape salesman Joe Cirincione; group member Ben Trench; and Ampex regional sales manager Jack Valdespino. The group selected the Free Arts Clinic, a home for battered children, as recipient of Ampex's $1,000 cash donation.