Top ten bootlegs

traceysimpson

As a relatively jamily member, and new to the bootlegs I wanted your help. If you could recommend the top 10 bootlegs from ANY concert ANY year, what would they be and why?

Thanks

BF89905

There are plenty of lists available. It is really to-each-their-own when creating such lists.

The following threads were created by Ten Club members which are a great start:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=18228

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=183871&hilit=soundboard+remaster

Some of my choices: Atlanta '94, Boston '94, Philly 4 and 3 from '09, Melbourne 95 and 98, MSG 1 and 2 from 2010, Toronto 2 from 2011, Hamilton 2011 .....

oh yeah, this compilation/collection is phenomenal : viewtopic.php?f=4&t=184573&hilit=live+on+3+legs

Have a great day and weekend.

morgannspicer

I must chime in and say my all-time favorite bootleg is May 2003 State College, PA. When my brother passed away this triple disc bootleg was in his collection and I hold onto it dearly. He had brilliant taste in Pearl Jam tuneage. And it has my favorite "Rockin' in the Free World" -- major tambourine action.

Abe Froman

I'll give mine...

1995-07-11 Soldier Field, Chicago, IL (my favorite boot ever!)
1995-01-08 Monkeywrench Radio, Seattle, WA (Ive always loved this performance. Will never forget listening to this live on the radio. I was blown away at 16 yrs old.)
2003-07-11 Mansfield, MA (the experiment)
1998-07-02 St. Louis, MO (Maybe the tightest I've ever heard the band)
1996-11-03 Berlin, Germany (one of my first soundboard boots and it is awesome! I love No Code so this setlist also works for me!)
1998-03-05 Melbourne, Australia (Again the band is so tight in 98')
2006-09-19 Torino, Italy (really cool set list. Avocado straight through!)
2006-05-04 Letterman, Ed Sullivan Theater, NY (the video of this on YouTube is great too! Such a cool thing to do.)
2010-05-21 New York, NY (love the rarities played at this one)
2011-11-06 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (amazing set list!)

That would be my list. Very hard to choose. I found these are the shows I always go back to for certain versions of songs and to listen to straight through.

AmherstJammer

San Diego 2006 :thumbup:

AmherstJammer

and Saratoga 2000 :thumbup:

dimitrispearljam

need to think this one...

TamaDrummer91

To narrow it down to merely ten is really hard, but I will just keep it at ten as you wish. I tend to go for the official boots since 2000. Here we go in no particular order.

1. Bristow 2010- Putting bias to the side due to being at the show. I love the setlist, but more objectively the band's performance is pretty tight and energetic. Ed's voice is incredibly strong on this boot. Not to mention All Those Yesterdays!
2. Tokyo 2003- Best version of Release out there.
3. Detroit 2000- One of the most energetic bootlegs I have heard.
4. Buffalo 2010- Another energetic show with a setlist that flows very nicely and has a different vibe to it.
5. Philadelphia 10/30 2009- Hard to beat that setlist, a overall solid performance with a tremendous take on Hold On
6. Vegas 2006- Ed had a cold that night, but the show has a nice relaxed, almost fun vibe.
7. Hartford 2010- Energy was high and the band gives a helluva performance. Lots of Backspacer.
8. Torino 2006- Avocado played in its entirety, enough said.
9. Nashville 2000- I guarantee this will not show up on any list you view for best boots. Nonetheless, another very relaxed show with a vibe like no other. The setlist has a nice organic flow and the encores were quite interesting.
10. Lima 2011- One of the tightest boots performance wise you will hear.

I really enjoy the 2010 bootlegs. Love the fact that Yield was basically played in its entirely throughout the tour. Bristow captures the love for Yield with five songs off the album, and the only time All Those Yesterdays was played in the entire 2010 tour. Not to mention, I feel it is one of Ed's strongest tours vocally, if not the strongest.

robthepjfan

1995 washington dc
1996 berlin
1998 melbourne
2000 pittsburgh
2003 buffalo
2011 lima
2011 toronto night 1

theres quite a few i like from 2000 that should be easy to pick up - detroit, tampa, st louis, philadelphia, san diego

get live at the gorge from 2005

Roeghmann

Berlin 2010
Atlanta 1994 (if this one counts)
Seattle II 2000
State Collage 2003
Adelaide 1 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
London 2009
Mansfield 3 2003
Toronto 1 2011
Buenos Aires 2011


.......on top of my head....

erocshifty

i am waaayyyy late on the torino 06 show. WOW!!! i always liked "avacado", but wasn't in love with it. this show gives me the PERFECT version of that album. no talking, life wasted-inside job. the rest of the "hits" that they played were incredible as well. tremor christ & blood thrown in for good measure..absolutely mind bending...
my top 10 shows in chronological order, starting with the ten tour...i'll do one show from each tour & have honorable mentions afterwards...
1.ten:1/17/92- moore theatre seattle
2.vs.:4/3/94-fox theatre atlanta
3.vitalogy:3/17/95-melbourne
4.no code:9/14/96-seattle
5.yield:3/5/98-melbourne
6.binaural:8/12/00-tampa
7.riot act:4/12/03-orlando (house of blues)
8.avacado:9/19/06-torino
9.backspacer:5/18/10-newark
10.pj20:9/11/11-toronto
that was extremely difficult...i honestly go with 3-7 shows from every tour, to full encompass everything they were doing that particular year.honorable mentions:
3/16/92-unplugged,9/20/92-drop in the park, 9/26/92-honolulu:ten 11/5/93-indio (shoe show),11/30/93-las vegas, 4/12/94-orpheum, 4/17/94 -paramount theatre, ny (dave as' last show) :vs. 1/8/95-self pollution radio,1/14-15/95- washington d.c., 7/11/95- soldier field, 11/6-7/95 san diego-vitalogy. 9/29/96-randalls island, 11/3/96-berlin, 11/4/96-hamburg-no code. 1/31/98-monkeywrench radio, 7/2/98-st.louis,7/22/98-seattle,9/7/98-va beach, 9/11/98-msg:yield. 5/10/00-bellingham, 8/3/00-va beach, 8/27/00-SPAC,10/18/00-lubbock,10/22/00-las vegas (pj10),11/6/00-seattle: binaural. 4/22/03-st.louis,6/12/03-bonner springs,ks, 7/1/03-bristow,va (it was called d.c., but reaaly in va), every show after that one from riot act-that includes the boston "experiment", msg,camden,& the jersey "experiment"-two songs from every record in order & the 1st trip to mexico and benaroya. the gorge 05/06, aol sessions, 5/4/06 the letterman show, 8/23/06-dublin-EXCELLENT SHOW:avacado. 6/14/08-bonnaroo, 6/17/08-va beach, 6/22/08-d.c., 6/27/08-hartford. 10/27-31/09- the spectrum, 5/20-21/10-msg 5/17/10-boston, 6/25/10-hyde park, 7/3/10 arras,fr.:backspacer. 9/15/11-hamilton, 11/3-4/11-sao paulo,11/6/11-rio de janero, 11/13/11-buenos aires & 11/18/11-lima,peru.pj20-whew....i couldn't just pick ten. that's what's on my shelf pretty much, along with more shows in another decorated homemade storage box icoincidentally bought at target the same day i got backspacer...happy listening

dimitrispearljam

erocshifty wrote:

i am waaayyyy late on the torino 06 show. WOW!!! i always liked "avacado", but wasn't in love with it. this show gives me the PERFECT version of that album. no talking, life wasted-inside job. the rest of the "hits" that they played were incredible as well. tremor christ & blood thrown in for good measure..absolutely mind bending...
my top 10 shows in chronological order, starting with the ten tour...i'll do one show from each tour & have honorable mentions afterwards...
1.ten:1/17/92- moore theatre seattle
2.vs.:4/3/94-fox theatre atlanta
3.vitalogy:3/17/95-melbourne
4.no code:9/14/96-seattle
5.yield:3/5/98-melbourne
6.binaural:8/12/00-tampa
7.riot act:4/12/03-orlando (house of blues)
8.avacado:9/19/06-torino
9.backspacer:5/18/10-newark
10.pj20:9/11/11-toronto
that was extremely difficult...i honestly go with 3-7 shows from every tour, to full encompass everything they were doing that particular year.honorable mentions:
3/16/92-unplugged,9/20/92-drop in the park, 9/26/92-honolulu:ten 11/5/93-indio (shoe show),11/30/93-las vegas, 4/12/94-orpheum, 4/17/94 -paramount theatre, ny (dave as' last show) :vs. 1/8/95-self pollution radio,1/14-15/95- washington d.c., 7/11/95- soldier field, 11/6-7/95 san diego-vitalogy. 9/29/96-randalls island, 11/3/96-berlin, 11/4/96-hamburg-no code. 1/31/98-monkeywrench radio, 7/2/98-st.louis,7/22/98-seattle,9/7/98-va beach, 9/11/98-msg:yield. 5/10/00-bellingham, 8/3/00-va beach, 8/27/00-SPAC,10/18/00-lubbock,10/22/00-las vegas (pj10),11/6/00-seattle: binaural. 4/22/03-st.louis,6/12/03-bonner springs,ks, 7/1/03-bristow,va (it was called d.c., but reaaly in va), every show after that one from riot act-that includes the boston "experiment", msg,camden,& the jersey "experiment"-two songs from every record in order & the 1st trip to mexico and benaroya. the gorge 05/06, aol sessions, 5/4/06 the letterman show, 8/23/06-dublin-EXCELLENT SHOW:avacado. 6/14/08-bonnaroo, 6/17/08-va beach, 6/22/08-d.c., 6/27/08-hartford. 10/27-31/09- the spectrum, 5/20-21/10-msg 5/17/10-boston, 6/25/10-hyde park, 7/3/10 arras,fr.:backspacer. 9/15/11-hamilton, 11/3-4/11-sao paulo,11/6/11-rio de janero, 11/13/11-buenos aires & 11/18/11-lima,peru.pj20-whew....i couldn't just pick ten. that's what's on my shelf pretty much, along with more shows in another decorated homemade storage box icoincidentally bought at target the same day i got backspacer...happy listening

you need to relisten the euro 2010 shows again..

boyo79

Off the top of my head I'd say:

Bonner Springs '03
Newcastle '06
Arnhem '06
Reading '06
Seattle '00
San Diego '09
Bonnaroo '08
Boston '10
Vegas or LA '06. Can't remember which but I enjoyed listening to them

Any of the Italy '06 shows

There's plenty more but these are good to go with

dimitrispearljam

lets say 20 for now..from 2000 till now...we have official releases..ill think more..lol

Berlin 10
Buenos Aires 11
London 09
Berlin 09
LA3
LA4
Hartford 08
Athens 06
Fargo 03
Bonner Springs '03
Seattle '00
London 2 00
Katowise 2 00
Buenos Aires 05
Toronto 1 11
Masfield 03
Benaroya 03
Marseille 06
Edmonton 05
Boston 10
Cardif 00...(cos os the best fuckin opener ever...)

boyo79

I'd recommend some of the Canada 2005 shows as well, they definitely had fun on that tour and it shows in the setlists and performances!

jamminpearls

Philly 3 2009
Philly 4 2009
Msg 2 2010
Hartford 2008
Philly 2005
East ruth 2 2006
San Diego 2006
Milan Italy 2000
Seattle 2 2000
Boston 2010

locked

I love the complete oversight of the "Boston experiment"
7/2/03, 7/3/03 and 7/11/03.
Three shows you get 82 different songs and 11 covers.. Plus a great accoustic set.

7/2/03 from 5h:
notes: 'Oceans' is gorgeous, taking many by surprise and Ed's voice is strong. Ed states that the band has a plan: "... we've worked up about 70 songs for this tour. We thought we would play three nights without repeating a song and get to every song ... we're actually playing about 105 ."