When did you start collecting PJ Merchandise?

pdalowsky

ah Kev was just saying he was harder into collecting during that period and his interest has now subsided.....

wwsuicide

The Wrigley cards were a blast! Felt like a kid again with baseball cards.

tempo_n_groove

theserialthrilla said:

No releases from lightningbolt other then digital or radio promos hurt. Yeah we got sevens. But that was a album release imo. Might have been cooler to have two or three 7" instead.
Been collecting since the beginning of pj. But not as hard now as I was between 2008-2012

Gone are the days of B sides too...

TinAnt

tempo_n_groove said:

theserialthrilla said:

No releases from lightningbolt other then digital or radio promos hurt. Yeah we got sevens. But that was a album release imo. Might have been cooler to have two or three 7" instead.
Been collecting since the beginning of pj. But not as hard now as I was between 2008-2012

Gone are the days of B sides too...

Did Lost Dogs kill the B-sides? Are they saving them up for something?

EZcomeEZgo

TinAnt said:

tempo_n_groove said:

theserialthrilla said:

No releases from lightningbolt other then digital or radio promos hurt. Yeah we got sevens. But that was a album release imo. Might have been cooler to have two or three 7" instead.
Been collecting since the beginning of pj. But not as hard now as I was between 2008-2012

Gone are the days of B sides too...

Did Lost Dogs kill the B-sides? Are they saving them up for something?

Back in the day, you had to hunt down B-Sides on import singles mostly. It was sometimes work to find the imports you needed... bands like Nine Inch Nails had great success appeasing collectors because Trent would label all of his work with a Halo #, and the B-Sides as well. With Pearl Jam, you'd have to sometimes hunt down the European import to get the b-side because Epic wouldn't release those tracks here.
Now everything is available for virtually free in digital form - and while that has boosted the catalog availability to the general public, it has made collecting b-sides pretty pointless.

EZcomeEZgo

I started collecting posters in 2003 but stopped for a while in 2006. I went through a huge breakup with my girlfriend (also a PJ fan) and we split up the posters we had collected together. That left a bitter taste in my mouth and I ended up selling my half of the collection for practically nothing on eBay. Since, 2011 however, I started collecting again and I've picked up a large number of the posters I lost from the 2003 tour since then.

F Me In The Brain

started with posters/shirts in 2010 2009 and have expanded to other foolishness. Having extra money was the reason I could start stockpiling shit I dont need. Would have loved to have done it in the 90s or 2000s but I didn't have extra $$.

Release EV

wwsuicide said:

The Wrigley cards were a blast! Felt like a kid again with baseball cards.

This.

Uncle Snuffy

I only collect posters so I guess that's the story I'll tell.

Poster collecting for me started in 1995 with the Soldier Field poster. It all snowballed from there. Having to own every poster from the 25 concerts I've attended is already madness enough. But I have to own the signed/numbered editions as well as every variant. Now that's complete and total madness. Unfortunately, that's just the way my brain works. Thank goodness I'm current and only have to worry about obtaining posters for any future concerts I attend. Oh, and buying another copy of them for any concert I take my nephew to. I unfortunately warped his brain with the same obsession. LOL !

- Uncle Snuffy

demetrios

Since '91. Anything I could get my hands on that had Pearl Jam on it, I would buy it. Remembering the good old day's placing orders though Hit Paradar for many Pearl Jam VHS / CD bootlegs. Poster, clothing etc.. Bugging Sam The Record Man & HMV every weekend for anything new in the world of Pearl Jam. It was fun. But it was tough living in a small town on the East Coast of Canada.

Since '99, being logged onto the internet, it's been SOOO much better & easier to get my Pearl Jam fix.

Eddieshometown said:

Has merchandise always been this big or did things kind of explode after PJ20 and Wrigley? Has it always been normal to wait 2 hours for a poster? I really liked that in 2009 you could 'blind order' the poster ahead of time and they shipped it a few weeks after the concert.

I missed the blind order poster 10club sale. The Ames Bros poster subs. It was so exciting to wait & see what the art would look like, knowing you already blown your money many day's in advanced.

For the past few year's now it's exploded because there are more people out there who's day job is to flip stuff, and that's it. It's true. They don't need to be a fan of the band or give a shit of the product. Once they find out of an item that is "limited", they could care less. They will sell it 2x's + the value to make their profits.

whofeelslikeadrank

demetrios said:

For the past few year's now it's exploded because there are more people out there who's day job is to flip stuff, and that's it. It's true. They don't need to be a fan of the band or give a shit of the product. Once they find out of an item that is "limited", they could care less. They will sell it 2x's + the value to make their profits.

kind've sickening, but sadly true