I think I bought mine at Caldor, too! I'm trying to remember if that was the cheesy K Mart equivalent in the Lincoln Mall, Rhode Island, 1992. I was 18. It was about the fourth CD I had ever purchased, since CDs were newfangled technology back then! All my 1992 CDs came with a lovely paperboard longbox. Remember those?!?
I was 19 when PJ came onto the scene...my brother's girlfirend worked for a radio station in San Francisco and she sent me a cassette of a gig from PJ's first European tour...I subsequently received comp tickets to see them at First Avenue in Minneapolis...I picked up the TEN disc at the show after they played...they spray painted a stickman on the backstage/loading door on the side of the club at some point...idiots at First Avenue have since painted over it! I loved walking past that club and seeing the stickman, courtesy of Ed from their first Minneapolis gig....I cannot see myself ever feeling like that again (in regards to music) but I am so grateful to have been witness to it...fucking sweeeeet time to be alive....
"No way to save someone who won't take the rope,and just lets go..."
1) ordered it import from usa, because it wasn't released in uk yet
2) 20
3) don't know
4) i bought primarily because i was following on jeff and stones career after mlb, and i'd seen the video for alive so i knew it would be good,
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I can't remember that far back. But it was a cassette and it was about 1992 (I was 10). I got it because my friend's older brother had it and we thought it was like the coolest thing ever. A 10 year old listening to Jeremy, Alive, Even Flow, and Why Go for the first time opened my heart and mind to things I never thought were possible at the time.
"FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
17
1991
my brother (came home for xmas break. Came back with all sorts of new music (Nirvana, Candlebox, Big head Todd, Blues Travler,Green River, MLB,TOD, AIC) I was still listening to Motley Crue,NWA, bon jovi, poison and 2 live crew. what a change. Wasn't really into concerts then, they were here April 92 then for lolla in August. I had flight to catch, as i was leaving for college. fuck)
Demented and sad, but social
Wrigley Earthcam/Hartford 2013
I think I was 18
Flip Side Records(Palatine, IL) on Cassette
heard evenflow and was blown away by the coolness of the sound(after first listen Deep and Once were my favorites as I was a total metal head...but Release had some power over me I just loved.. To be honest Jeremy, & Alive were maybe my least favorite tracks. I do recall loving Black and Garden first time as well. I did not become a FREAK until I saw them Live in 94...then it was all PJ all the time for almost 3 straight years
1. West Chester
2. 17 or 18
3. i have no idea what store it was, probably in the mall (maybe Rainbow Records or Sam Goody?)
4. Jeremy (seeing the video on MTV really got me into them, but heard Alive and Evenflow first)
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Vitalogy was the first PJ album I bought . . . . I then got No Code & Yield when they came out and it wasn't until after the Barrie show in '98 that I was prompted to finally buy Ten and Vs. Got them both used while in University in the fall of '98 (I was 20) from a table in the University Centre that was selling used CD's.
Barrie 08/22/98 Montreal 10/04/00 Toronto 10/05/00 Toronto 06/28/03 Kitchener 09/11/05 Ottawa 09/16/05 Toronto 08/21/09 Toronto 09/11/11 Ottawa 09/14/11 Buffalo 10/12/13 Ottawa 05/08/16 Chicago 08/20/18 Ottawa 09/03/22 Nashville 09/16/22
and as much as I love downloading, I truly miss the days when I had to go to a record store, buy the tape/cd, and wait till I got home to listen to it with a friend (or, if I went alone, ripping it open and throwing it into my Walkman for the bus ride home). Never hearing anything but the singles.
Those were the days.
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Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
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23 years old
not sure of the store but bought it at the same time as Nevermind (at that time equally loved Nevermind and Ten, until Vs. came out and blew Nirvana away)
not one particular song, loved Jeremy video, Alive and Evenflow all over the radio as well.
1. Glendale, CA.
2. 35
3. MusicPlus
4. Used a gift certificate from Christmas to get 'Nevermind'. There was a balance on the certificate, so I wanted to pick up something else. The store clerk recommended 'Ten', saying, 'If you like Nirvana, you'll probably like these guys'. Tossed in the balance and walked out with the two CDs.
'Ten' got little or no play because my CD player was spinning 'Nevermind' and Nirvana on an endless loop for a couple of years. I thought Pearl Jam was more like Bon Jovi.
It wasn't til 1993, when I first saw them live (on a free ticket) that things changed.
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Hail, Hail!!!
and as much as I love downloading, I truly miss the days when I had to go to a record store, buy the tape/cd, and wait till I got home to listen to it with a friend (or, if I went alone, ripping it open and throwing it into my Walkman for the bus ride home). Never hearing anything but the singles.
Those were the days.
You do realize that you dont have to download the music? They still sell it at stores as well.
1. Stockton, CA
2. 12 (1992)
3. Tower Records
4. I'd never heard of PJ, but my "cool" older neighbor told me I would like it. Turns out, he was right. I bought my first two CD's that day; Ten and Core (STP). Ten didn't leave my CD player for about two months.
- Ellsworth, Kansas (my home town, population 2,500)
- 14 years old (1992)
- Bought the cassette from "The House of Sight and Sound" in Salina, KS (The place still exits - http://www.houseofsightandsound.com/)
- I bought it because my best friend brought his copy over to my house for a listen a week or so before. I loved everything about it.
Side note: that same kid that introduced me to Pearl Jam traveled to Chicago this past April and we went to our first ever PJ show together on 8/23/2009.
~ Chicago 5/16/06 ~ Chicago 8/23/09 ~ Chicago 8/24/09 ~ ~ Kansas City 5/3/10 ~ Alpine Valley 9/3/11 ~ Alpine Valley 9/4/11 ~ ~ Wrigley Field 7/19/13 ~ Oklahoma City 11/16/13 ~ St. Louis 10/3/14 ~ ~ Wrigley Field 8/20/16 ~ Wrigley Field 8/18/18 ~ Wrigley Field 8/20/18 ~ ~ Fenway Park 9/4/18 ~ Denver 9/22/22
Where were you, how old were you, when was it, what store did you buy it from, what single or song made you go get it?
1. My parents' house, Bucks Co., PA
2. 12
3. XMAS 1992
4. The Wall (either Oxford Valley or Neshaminy Mall) - It was a chirstmas gift, but I know because it had/has the lifetime guarantee sticker.
5. Probably Alive, but Even Flow and Jeremy already were in heavy rotation at that point too and the Jeremy video was the best I'd seen in my life.
and as much as I love downloading, I truly miss the days when I had to go to a record store, buy the tape/cd, and wait till I got home to listen to it with a friend (or, if I went alone, ripping it open and throwing it into my Walkman for the bus ride home). Never hearing anything but the singles.
Those were the days.
You do realize that you dont have to download the music? They still sell it at stores as well.
obviously. I still buy all my music on a physical copy unless it's not available as such. I meant (but didn't specify-my bad) the AGE of downloading. Not just d/l'ing itself, but myspace, legal full album streaming, all that jazz. It's actually pretty difficult to avoid hearing something before it's released. That's all I meant.
Gimli 1993
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
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2. 25 yo
3. The Record Garden
4. Saw the 'Alive' video and heard it was from the former members of MLB(I already loved Apple).
2) 19
3) MixUp
4) Black
2) 20
3) don't know
4) i bought primarily because i was following on jeff and stones career after mlb, and i'd seen the video for alive so i knew it would be good,
2) 14 years old
3) a big store I don't remember the name
4) even flow & alive
I just question our modern needs
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hang on, your first visit to the uk was to Sheffield?!?!? Erm, why? As a resident I have a right to know!
2 . 15 years old
3 . HMV (?)
4 . Jeremy!
1991
my brother (came home for xmas break. Came back with all sorts of new music (Nirvana, Candlebox, Big head Todd, Blues Travler,Green River, MLB,TOD, AIC) I was still listening to Motley Crue,NWA, bon jovi, poison and 2 live crew. what a change. Wasn't really into concerts then, they were here April 92 then for lolla in August. I had flight to catch, as i was leaving for college. fuck)
Wrigley Earthcam/Hartford 2013
Flip Side Records(Palatine, IL) on Cassette
heard evenflow and was blown away by the coolness of the sound(after first listen Deep and Once were my favorites as I was a total metal head...but Release had some power over me I just loved.. To be honest Jeremy, & Alive were maybe my least favorite tracks. I do recall loving Black and Garden first time as well. I did not become a FREAK until I saw them Live in 94...then it was all PJ all the time for almost 3 straight years
2. 17 or 18
3. i have no idea what store it was, probably in the mall (maybe Rainbow Records or Sam Goody?)
4. Jeremy (seeing the video on MTV really got me into them, but heard Alive and Evenflow first)
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
4/28/16- Philly, PA
4/29/16- Philly, PA
5/1/16- NYC
5/2/16- NYC
9/2/18- Boston, MA
9/4/18- Boston, MA
9/14/22- Camden, NJ
9/7/24- Philly, PA
9/9/24- Philly, PA
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
Vitalogy was the first PJ album I bought . . . . I then got No Code & Yield when they came out and it wasn't until after the Barrie show in '98 that I was prompted to finally buy Ten and Vs. Got them both used while in University in the fall of '98 (I was 20) from a table in the University Centre that was selling used CD's.
Montreal 10/04/00
Toronto 10/05/00
Toronto 06/28/03
Kitchener 09/11/05
Ottawa 09/16/05
Toronto 08/21/09
Toronto 09/11/11
Ottawa 09/14/11
Buffalo 10/12/13
Ottawa 05/08/16
Chicago 08/20/18
Ottawa 09/03/22
Nashville 09/16/22
2.)20 yrs. old
3.)Strawberries
4.)Alive
1) Winnipeg, MB
2) 17 years old
3) Musiplex
4) Even Flow
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
Those were the days.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
not sure of the store but bought it at the same time as Nevermind (at that time equally loved Nevermind and Ten, until Vs. came out and blew Nirvana away)
not one particular song, loved Jeremy video, Alive and Evenflow all over the radio as well.
2. 35
3. MusicPlus
4. Used a gift certificate from Christmas to get 'Nevermind'. There was a balance on the certificate, so I wanted to pick up something else. The store clerk recommended 'Ten', saying, 'If you like Nirvana, you'll probably like these guys'. Tossed in the balance and walked out with the two CDs.
'Ten' got little or no play because my CD player was spinning 'Nevermind' and Nirvana on an endless loop for a couple of years. I thought Pearl Jam was more like Bon Jovi.
It wasn't til 1993, when I first saw them live (on a free ticket) that things changed.
Hail, Hail!!!
11 or 12
I forget the name of the store, but it was in the Smithhaven mall in Smithtown, NY
Alive
22 years old
Took it from my sister (I was a bigger fan)
Even Flow
Everybody winds up kissing the wrong person goodnight. - Andy Warhol
1993
Sarasota Florida - store boogie woogie - I always go there when I'm in florida
go (vs hit me like a train)
21 (1992)
Can't remember where I bought it - either Hamden or New Haven
Black, but I loved them all.
You do realize that you dont have to download the music? They still sell it at stores as well.
1. Stockton, CA
2. 12 (1992)
3. Tower Records
4. I'd never heard of PJ, but my "cool" older neighbor told me I would like it. Turns out, he was right. I bought my first two CD's that day; Ten and Core (STP). Ten didn't leave my CD player for about two months.
- 14 years old (1992)
- Bought the cassette from "The House of Sight and Sound" in Salina, KS (The place still exits - http://www.houseofsightandsound.com/)
- I bought it because my best friend brought his copy over to my house for a listen a week or so before. I loved everything about it.
Side note: that same kid that introduced me to Pearl Jam traveled to Chicago this past April and we went to our first ever PJ show together on 8/23/2009.
~ Kansas City 5/3/10 ~ Alpine Valley 9/3/11 ~ Alpine Valley 9/4/11 ~
~ Wrigley Field 7/19/13 ~ Oklahoma City 11/16/13 ~ St. Louis 10/3/14 ~
~ Wrigley Field 8/20/16 ~ Wrigley Field 8/18/18 ~ Wrigley Field 8/20/18 ~
~ Fenway Park 9/4/18 ~ Denver 9/22/22
1. My parents' house, Bucks Co., PA
2. 12
3. XMAS 1992
4. The Wall (either Oxford Valley or Neshaminy Mall) - It was a chirstmas gift, but I know because it had/has the lifetime guarantee sticker.
5. Probably Alive, but Even Flow and Jeremy already were in heavy rotation at that point too and the Jeremy video was the best I'd seen in my life.
obviously. I still buy all my music on a physical copy unless it's not available as such. I meant (but didn't specify-my bad) the AGE of downloading. Not just d/l'ing itself, but myspace, legal full album streaming, all that jazz. It's actually pretty difficult to avoid hearing something before it's released. That's all I meant.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014