Vs HAPPY 20th ANNIVERSARY

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Not sure if it even cracks my top 5 but damn every single song on this album is solid. Like many have said no need to skip any on this album.

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1. "Go" Dave Abbruzzese ....................................................3:12
2. "Animal" Stone Gossard ..................................................2:49
3. "Daughter" Gossard .......................................................3:55
4. "Glorified G" Gossard, Mike McCready .................................3:26
5. "Dissident" Gossard, McCready, Jeff Ament ..........................3:35
6. "W.M.A." Abbruzzese, Ament ...........................................5:59
7. "Blood" Gossard, McCready ..............................................2:50
8. "Rearviewmirror" Vedder ................................................4:44
9. "Rats" Ament ...............................................................4:15
10. "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" Vedder ..3:15
11. "Leash" Gossard, McCready ............................................3:09
12. "Indifference" Ament, Gossard ........................................5:02
All lyrics by Eddie Vedder

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http://www.grunge-forum.com/topics13/pearl-jam-recording-sessions-guide-vt2542.htm
· September 4, 1992 - Southern Tracks Recording - Atlanta, GA

Ed Vedder - vocals
Stone Gossard - guitar, background vocals
Mike McCready - guitar
Jeff Ament - bass, background vocals
Dave Abbruzzese - drum kit

? Leash
Ramblings Continued [1992 Fan Club single]
Sonic Reducer [1992 Fan Club single]

Notes: 'Leash' was written by the time of this session, so it's possible it was recorded, but no information is known for sure. 'Ramblings Continued' was a noise collage that featured messages from the band and sound bites from movies, television shows, and songs.

· February - March 1993 - Galleria Potatohead - Seattle, WA

Ed Vedder - vocals
Stone Gossard - guitar
Mike McCready - guitar
Jeff Ament - bass
Dave Abbruzzese - drum kit, guitar on 'Go'

Better Man
Daughter
Go
? Leash
W.M.A.
others

Notes: Pearl Jam rehearsed for a couple of weeks before leaving Seattle to record Vs. in California. Brendan O'Brien was present for at least a couple of rehearsals. 'Better Man' was demoed at one of the first ones. 'Daughter' was worked on but this version featured more toms in the drum line. 'Go' began life as an acoustic riff and quickly evolved into a full song. 'Leash' was written by the time of this session, so it's possible it was worked on, but no information is known for sure. 'W.M.A.' came together after Ed witnessed an incident while walking to a grocery store during a break and began writing lyrics over a jam the band was working on. This version of the song contained more parts than the version found on Vs. The band stopped playing the song after a while so its arrangement wouldn't get set in stone.

· March - May 1993 - The Site - San Rafael, CA

Ed Vedder - vocals, guitar, background vocals
Stone Gossard - guitar, background vocals
Mike McCready - guitar
Jeff Ament - bass, background vocals
Dave Abbruzzese - drum kit, percussion
Brendan O'Brien - organ
Victoria Williams - guitar and background vocals on 'Crazy Mary'

Animal [Vs.]
Better Man
Blood [Vs.]
Crazy Mary [Sweet Relief - A Benefit For Victoria Williams]
Daughter [Vs.]
Dissident [Vs.]
Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town (a.k.a. Small Town) [Vs.]
Glorified G [Vs.]
Go (a.k.a. Don't Go) [Vs.]
Hard To Imagine
Indifference [Vs.]
Leash [Vs.]
Rats [Vs.]
Real Thing {instrumental} [Judgment Night Soundtrack]
Rearviewmirror [Vs.]
Whipping
W.M.A. [Vs.]
? Yellow Ledbetter
unknown {instrumental}
unknown {instrumental}
unknown {instrumental}

Notes: Vs. sessions began in mid-March and lasted until early May 1993. Sessions were completed before May 13, 1993, as Ed stated during a concert on that day Pearl Jam was leaving the San Francisco area the following day. Everything recorded during these sessions was recorded live except for some lead and vocal overdubs. The band set up in a semi-circle with the drum kit in the middle to record. The drum kit was eventually moved into a tiled room because they wanted a different drum sound on some songs. There were many days where they would record the album all the way through and pick the best takes from those days. They would usually record two to five takes of each song and move on to the next song if it wasn't sounding the way they wanted it to. The rough mix of the album contains outtakes, countdowns, extra feedback, and some guitar lines that were later removed from the final versions of the songs. The first week of recording produced 'Blood,' 'Go,' a slow version of 'Leash,' and 'Rats.' After awhile, recording hit a snag because Ed began frequently disappearing to work on lyrics. He would leave for days and come back ready to finish the songs being worked on, but this held up some of the sessions because the band wanted to keep all of the takes live and mix them down immediately after they were recorded. Without Ed present, those takes could not be finished and everyone would have to wait on him to return to complete them. This resulted in a number of instrumentals being recorded. Ed's vocals on 'Blood,' 'Leash,' and 'Indifference' were his reference vocals. One take of 'Better Man' was recorded, but it didn't sound very good so it was scrapped. An acoustic take of 'Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town' was released on the Go single. 'Glorified G' went through a series of changes before it was finalized. Mike stated in the February 1995 edition of Guitar World his guitar solo on 'Go' "was probably the second of three or four takes." Stone, Jeff, and Dave recorded an instrumental and sent it to Cypress Hill, and they later rapped over it and titled the song 'Real Thing.' 'Rearviewmirror' was the last song recorded and was almost left unfinished. Dave had trouble nailing his drum line for it, so after finally playing it to Brendan O'Brien's satisfaction, he threw his sticks against the wall, punched a hole through the snare drum, and later threw the broken snare off of a nearby cliff. Ed finished his vocals for the song on the final day of recording. 'Whipping' was recorded, but it ended up being shelved and later re-recorded for Vitalogy. Many percussion overdubs were added to 'W.M.A.' Dave stated in the December 1993 edition of Modern Drummer, "I laid down this two-measure drum track and we looped it all the way through the song. Eddie and Jeff came in to do vocals and bass on it and then I went back with some octobans and a cymbal and just winged it. I also did some tambourine and sleigh bell thing and then we did some other crazy stuff like using a slapstick and another tambourine and Stone dancing around the hallway with this freaky boinging thing." An alternate recording of 'Yellow Ledbetter' exists that is different from the version recorded during the Ten sessions, so it may have been recorded, but no information is known for sure. Three instrumentals were recorded, but Ed never got around to writing lyrics for them so they were left unfinished. This seemed to be a common problem throughout the Vs. sessions as Jeff commented in the April 1994 edition of Bass Player, "We got to the point where [we] were getting ahead of Eddie; we were getting a lot of musical ideas, and trying to write lyrics for 20 songs in a month and make them mean something is a pretty intense job."

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27 days to go plus it will be the first show after the new album release, could be an all timer

oysterjar

Big Bank Hank wrote:

That brings me back. Thanks for threading this.

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Bump 26 Days

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oysterjar wrote:

Big Bank Hank wrote:

That brings me back. Thanks for threading this.

back when I use to rock my boombox

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25 days to go

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24 Days To Go

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10.19.2013
The First Show Ever In Brooklyn
The First Show After Lightning Bolt Is Released
The 20th Anniversary Of The Vs Album Release

a 35 song setlist would not surprise me especially if the play the entire Vs album
if I lived within 6 hours I would be there, really could be an all-timer cause you know the crowd will be

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23 days, will be epic

oysterjar

Big Bank Hank wrote:

10.19.2013
The First Show Ever In Brooklyn
The First Show After Lightning Bolt Is Released
The 20th Anniversary Of The Vs Album Release

a 35 song setlist would not surprise me especially if the play the entire Vs album
if I lived within 6 hours I would be there, really could be an all-timer cause you know the crowd will be

Not to argue but wouldn't Worcester be the first show after the album release? BTW my boombox had a double take deck. Did a lot of high speed recording!

Big Bank Hank

oysterjar wrote:

Big Bank Hank wrote:

10.19.2013
The First Show Ever In Brooklyn
The First Show After Lightning Bolt Is Released
The 20th Anniversary Of The Vs Album Release

a 35 song setlist would not surprise me especially if the play the entire Vs album
if I lived within 6 hours I would be there, really could be an all-timer cause you know the crowd will be

Not to argue but wouldn't Worcester be the first show after the album release? BTW my boombox had a double take deck. Did a lot of high speed recording!

I stand corrected

oysterjar

I got nervous and had to check my tickets. I'm going to Worcester on the 15th, first day of album release. I'm hoping for a full LB album show. Maybe a full VS vs LB show in Worcester on the 15?

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oysterjar wrote:

I got nervous and had to check my tickets. I'm going to Worcester on the 15th, first day of album release. I'm hoping for a full LB album show. Maybe a full VS vs LB show in Worcester on the 15?

I think they would save the full Vs setlist for Brooklyn, I wish I could go Worcester and Brooklyn, but I am grateful Pearl Jam is coming to Arizona already got the day of the show and the day after off of work, so stoked for this tour, I am hoping for a 3 disc setlist, I mean makes us wait 10 years for a show, why not play an extra 5 or 6 songs

oysterjar

I've got the day of off, GA section. I don't think you are asking a lot. I expect a lot of great shows this tour.

Big Bank Hank

oysterjar wrote:

I've got the day of off, GA section. I don't think you are asking a lot. I expect a lot of great shows this tour.

yeah I wish all setlists were at least the length and quality of London, may be asking for a lot