Heartbreakers working on 3 new albums

LOS ANGELES, May 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. rock group Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are working on a live album, a second "Greatest Hits" package and a new studio release, said Billboard.com.

In an interview on the band's official Web site, Petty said he and touring sound engineer Robert Scovill are compiling live material for a double-disc release.

"We did a live record in '84 ('Pack Up the Plantation: Live!') and I never thought it was the great live album that this band should put out," Petty said. "So that's kind of another project we have going, to get this live album recorded and out at some point. If it went really quick, maybe it would be out this year."

Petty is also planning to release "Greatest Hits, Part II," possibly featuring a few new songs, in the months ahead.

The group previously issued "Greatest Hits" in 1993 and "Anthology: Through the Years" in 2000.

Due next year via Warner Bros., the new studio album will be the follow-up to 2002's "The Last DJ," which debuted at No. 9 on The Billboard 200.