Who's still got their original Vs. cd?

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  • mattcoz
    mattcoz Chicago Posts: 2,243
    I don't have MY original, it was stolen. :cry:

    But I bought an eco pak off ebay, so I have someone's original, heh.
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  • morgie2
    morgie2 Posts: 1,065
    i have mine. bought it day one.
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  • As the Earth to the Sun
    As the Earth to the Sun Posts: 241
    I was just a 15 year old kiddo with no CD player - but I do have my Five Against One cassette tape! :D Wore the hell out of it too in my Sony Walkman... along with the early cassette boots I got from some other fan near the dawn of the internet. Wish I still had those, but I think they got taped over or tossed or ??? Not even sure what shows they were, but I KNEW then that this was a band that would change my life forever!!!!
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  • ejh76
    ejh76 Posts: 133
    i do! i do! Ive got all my original Cd's bought the day they went on sale...
    only cd that skips and jumps is Ten...
    been around the world with these Cd's ...love them :)
  • gfnk001
    gfnk001 Posts: 652
    I still have every studio release on cd, with original case. They are stored in my cabinet with the other 500 or so cd cases I have too.
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  • shadowcast
    shadowcast Posts: 2,345
    Jerome230 wrote:
    on2legs wrote:
    joe2468 wrote:
    wasnt it supposed to be called 5 against one

    but i do have my original copy .. and is it really rare like most of you guys are saying ?

    I don't see how an album that sold 900,000 copies the first week could be rare.

    950,378 ;)

    I was a sophomore in high school, and I skipped class to go pick this cd up. Of course, I didn't go back to school until we all heard the album in its entirety.

    That was a record at that time (units sold in one weeks time). What band beat that 950,378 in the late 90's?
  • Fatal
    Fatal Posts: 821
    I have all of my original Pearl Jam cd's. From Vs. on i bought them on the first day of release. I probably bought Ten about 6 months after it was released.

    All are still in surprisingly good shape considering how much i listened to them over the years. I pretty much just listen to the digital copies these days.
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  • KP_McMinn
    KP_McMinn West Philadelphia born and raised Posts: 748
    i have the cassette. the one that says Five Against One on it. 8-)
  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    i don't.
    back when we were young and dumb my guy broke all my pj cds in a fight.
    he bought them all back the next week.
    and yes i'm still with him. no more temper. hahaha!
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  • Given to...
    Given to... Wyoming Posts: 5,007
    I have two of the FIVE AGAINST ONE bootlegs, and the original jewel case CD. I like the disc pic of the bootleg, the crowd shot with a guy with a dread-hawk right near the bottom

    One of them has a few of my Mookie Blaylock cards in it.
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  • Gonzo1977
    Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Bought this CD the day of release...It's the 5 Against 1 version.

    Still on heavy rotation after all these years
  • HA30208
    HA30208 Posts: 39
    Sorry I haven't read all the posts replies but the subject of this one really brings back memories. Me and my buddy went down to the local On Cue (a midwest knockoff of Sam Goody) on October 19, 1993 (as I see the date from the "Music" section of PJ.com). So that would put me as a sophomore in high school, so that means I would have had my driver’s license so we definitely drove ourselves from high school to On Cue.

    Anyway, I remember walking into On Cue and right behind the counter they had boxes of the new CD in anticipation of all the sales that day. But most of the people were buying the non-jewel case version. So when I got up to the counter I asked them if they had any of the Jewel-Case version to match my version of Ten, and I thought the Jewel-Case would offer more protection. Then everyone behind me started asking for the Jewel-case version. I’d never been a trend setter before or since…

    So long story short I have the Jewel-Case version. The words “VS” appear nowhere on my copy. Beneath the CD was the hand with the “against one” written on it so I still refer to it as 5 against one. To this day I wish I would have just picked up the regular version since 18 years later that one seems more aesthetically pleasing than the Jewel-Case that is now all scratched up.

    Man, can remember the drive home from the record store to my house was the longest (who had a CD player in their car in ’93?) I couldn’t wait to listen to the new disk.

    We sat in my buddy’s basement and played the whole thing, then listened to Animal again just because we both had see it play on the VMA’s.

    I remember my buddy not being as impressed with it and even now, 18 years later he still doesn’t consider himself a fan of Pearl Jam.

    But I knew then, and I’ve always known it. This band defines my generation and I will always carry their music with me.
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  • Given to...
    Given to... Wyoming Posts: 5,007
    What is the eco-pack worth these days?
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  • AELARA
    AELARA Posts: 803
    I bought mine a few years ago from a small,local music store. Used. It's nice! :)
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  • Goatboy
    Goatboy Posts: 509
    still have all the originals unbelievably. wish they could tell me how many times they've been played. and god damnit everytime i open up ten and look at the liner notes and see the tenclub info it kills me. I distinctly remember thinking I should join :cry:
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Got my trifold with just pearl jam on the spine.
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  • dwhite76
    dwhite76 Posts: 2,801
    I actualy found that I still have the cassette sealed. What a little gem. :D
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  • I Am Tall
    I Am Tall Posts: 45
    i've got the VS cd and the version without the album title.

    The VS cd isn't recognised as a cd anymore in any of my machines due to the scratches and wear and tear.
  • DelrayLocal
    DelrayLocal Posts: 6
    I still have my original (cardboard version) that i stood in line for the night it came out. Cant believe it has been 18 years!
  • Black73
    Black73 Posts: 1,018
    Just found the eco-pack at a used cd/dvd store this weekend...couldn't pass it up for $2.99! Now, as someone earlier in the post says, I have someone's original!

    Middle of Michigan where I bought my original copy only had jewel cases offered, so this past Saturday was the first time I've held the eco-pack version. Nice inexpensive add to my collection - thanks to the OP for raising the question!

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