What does everyone collect?

mcgruff10

With everything out there: poster, vinyl, bootlegs, dog collars, sheep, stickers, variant this, variant that; I was just wondering where everyone's passion lies when collecting pj merch.

At one point I had around 75 posters, everything on vinyl, newspaper/magazine articles about the band, 15 concert t shirts and literally hundred of boots on tape and cd.
Lately I've scaled back and sold all my vinyl except for my benny, and only kept seven posters. I still have all of my bootlegs but unfortunately lost around 50 boots in a move.
So at this point in my life I guess my main collecting focus is bootlegs: I still need to try complete my silver pressed bootleg collection from 1995 and continue to acquire as many boots as possible from each tour.

SVRDhand13

PJstatTracker makes it seem like I collect songs I've seen live
Then I like having audio from all the bootlegs (not necessarily the actual CDs though)
Then I will buy the occasional merch, but nothing crazy

So I guess I care most about the music

JB23237

Vinyl and posters from shows I attended

mcgruff10

SVRDhand13 said:

PJstatTracker makes it seem like I collect songs I've seen live
Then I like having audio from all the bootlegs (not necessarily the actual CDs though)
Then I will buy the occasional merch, but nothing crazy

So I guess I care most about the music

totally forgot about pjstattracker!!! good call bud.

SVRDhand13

mcgruff10 said:

SVRDhand13 said:

PJstatTracker makes it seem like I collect songs I've seen live
Then I like having audio from all the bootlegs (not necessarily the actual CDs though)
Then I will buy the occasional merch, but nothing crazy

So I guess I care most about the music

totally forgot about pjstattracker!!! good call bud.

I'm looking forward to some updates in "My Stats" in 2016

elwayvedder

wait, pearl jam fans collect stuff? get out!

PP193448

Falla sheep Seriously, I've got one of each color. Still asking myself WTF

demetrios

jerparker20

PJ Xmas singles. That's it.

After years of collecting all kinds of stuff(as in non-PJ related), I gave it up a while ago and have been selling things off. I put the money and effort towards collecting vacations now.

scott nowland

Us copies first release vinyls (have them all), all the Xmas singles, posters that I like and ones from shows I have attended as well as band signed items

mcgruff10

elwayvedder said:

wait, pearl jam fans collect stuff? get out!

Do your birds wear any pj merch? lol

PJ_Soul

Really just LPs (not just PJ - I've got about 170 albums so far). I have most of the PJ LPs, but still need OG Ten and Vs, and Soldier Field and the Benny. I usually buy the PJ side projects too, but not all of them. PJ or not, I only collect LPs that I know I'll spin. I kind of considered collecting the PJ singles too, and did start to, but I found that I never listened to them, so I gave all of those away and don't get them anymore (besides the holiday single with my membership, which I also generally give away). I do have a small number of posters, but I wouldn't call it collecting. If there is a PJ poster that I really love for some reason I'll snag it for future framing... but I haven't framed a single one yet, so I'll probably stop even doing that unless there is a poster that really blows my mind.
I guess you could say that I collect the EV zippos too, but I'm not sure there are enough of them for that to qualify. Plus, I only have 4 of them (and the Chrome EK one is trashed from use). I would like to get the two Aussie white ones, but they are just too hard to come by and too expensive at this point, so unless I get REALLY lucky, that collection will probably just stay what it is: half a collection. .

Paige

Vinyl, bootlegs, posters, hockey-related stuff.

ldent42

Stickers

elwayvedder

mcgruff10 said:

elwayvedder said:

wait, pearl jam fans collect stuff? get out!

Do your birds wear any pj merch? lol

my bird!? you sick person!
oh, my pet bird...LOL..no wearing any merch but he has pooped on stuff and taken a few bites out of some posters and guitar picks!

Leezestarr313

I have a good amount of posters, but that has slowed down somehow. LPs is where I spend most of my money nowadays.

Other than that, I collect musical live experiences and birds that I have never seen before (with my camera )

2-feign-reluctance

I collected all the PJ studio/official vinyl releases. I flirted with posters for a brief while, and off and on official 00', 03' bootlegs. Nothing really anymore. Pouring money into things that matter more to me now. Like a new home, vacation for the family, paying off what debt we have remaining. Still fun and mildly irritating to come here and read about all the collecting you guys do though! : )

Pjdreamer

Myself, I truly love vinyl and posters the most. I do collect any and everything that I personally like that shows up anywhere but I started collecting pj vinyl and vinyl in general because of pj. I would go to tower records on the day before the release of a new pj album and they would stay open until midnight for the sale of the new album. I started doing this for the vitolagy album and saw the vinyl at the counter upon checkout when buying the cd. I asked if the lp had the same stuff as the cd just in bigger form and the employee told me yes. I thought that was pretty cool especially because the lp was cheaper:) so I would buy both. This started me on my vinyl journey and I love and appreciate vinyl and music in its pure form. I bought my first pj poster at memorial stadium Seattle 98' and that led to the poster journey. So posters and vinyl and I love getting my vinyl signed ,I only need yeild, lightning bolt, and pj20 signed by the band and that would complete my catalogue. I love those signed vinyls a little too much and look at them every day and listen to them as well. There is nothing wrong with opening your vinyl and spinning it. As long as you take care of it and have a nice table and nice needle you can not tell they have even been played. Anywho this is kinda nice talking about this stuff, if you have read this far thanks for listening:) , Pjdreamer, edward, pjfan4life:)

mcgruff10

Pjdreamer said:

Myself, I truly love vinyl and posters the most. I do collect any and everything that I personally like that shows up anywhere but I started collecting pj vinyl and vinyl in general because of pj. I would go to tower records on the day before the release of a new pj album and they would stay open until midnight for the sale of the new album. I started doing this for the vitolagy album and saw the vinyl at the counter upon checkout when buying the cd. I asked if the lp had the same stuff as the cd just in bigger form and the employee told me yes. I thought that was pretty cool especially because the lp was cheaper:) so I would buy both. This started me on my vinyl journey and I love and appreciate vinyl and music in its pure form. I bought my first pj poster at memorial stadium Seattle 98' and that led to the poster journey. So posters and vinyl and I love getting my vinyl signed ,I only need yeild, lightning bolt, and pj20 signed by the band and that would complete my catalogue. I love those signed vinyls a little too much and look at them every day and listen to them as well. There is nothing wrong with opening your vinyl and spinning it. As long as you take care of it and have a nice table and nice needle you can not tell they have even been played. Anywho this is kinda nice talking about this stuff, if you have read this far thanks for listening:) , Pjdreamer, edward, pjfan4life:)

awesome story! how did you get all your vinyl signed?

mcgruff10

And of course I love collecting boots from shows I was at (53 shows and counting). Too bad I'm missing quite a few from 96, 98, 05, 06, pj20 and mia! I'm guessing global won't be released either.

Indifference71

I try to get the poster and official bootleg from every show I've been to. Have all the posters, but missing a few boots. I also like to get a tshirt or 2 from each tour I go to. City-specific stuff is cool, but I don't get crazy about it and wait in line for hours like a lot of people seem to do. If I really want something, I usually find a way to get it.

Weston1283

Stickers and posters of shows I've been to, and the vinyls that I can afford

Caught-A-Bolt-Of-Lightning

My collecting has been all over the place for years. I collected posters that I thought were "valuable" in the history of the band as well as posters of every show I've attended, the notable exceptions being the 2000 Charlotte & Greensboro posters (Sore subject...don't ask...) as well as t-shirts & bootlegs. Over time I've narrowed it down quite a bit and have jettisoned almost every poster for any show I did not attend and now only purchase CD copies of the shows I go to. I also collect stickers & buttons from the shows I go to and was even lucky enough to acquire a variant pin for one of the shows I was at a few years ago. The only items that I've started collecting are not specific to shows I've been to are EV postcards & lighters. Good choice by me....

Anyone out there have a Houston and/or Austin postcard or perhaps a white Aussie lighter they'd be willing to part with?

mfc2006

Vinyl

Posters of shows I've attended...unless I don't like the poster! Ha!

Have a few tshirts as well, but mainly vinyl. Benny continues to be way too expensive....

pawlowski1097

Collecting posters from shows I've been to and getting them professionally framed is my drug of choice right now. But everyone has a different story and thing they collect. It's what make this band and pj community great, it's always evolving and something new is coming out and becoming the craze. Haven't been to as many shows as you guys on here, but ive only been a fan since 06. My poster collection is nearly complete missing 2-3 pieces and 2 are in the mail.
My newest obsession is trying to figure out a way to make all 3 MIA posters into one piece. I talked with the guy I'm getting my posters framed with and we're working on a contraption that will store all three posters at once. Having the combo as the main piece with the other two stored behind it, with handles on each side so you can pull out the different editions from their respective sides so you can see what they look like as well. This way the 3 editions don't take up a tun of space on my wall. Don't know if it will work out the way I want to but we'll see. But that's my newest pj adventure.

buck502000

nothing - the merch situation has made me sad.

MedozK

Used to be EVERYTHING, but I have really slowed down. Kinda got to the spot of "where is all this shit going when I am gone?" lol my daughters have no use for any of it now... maybe it will grow on them..

RobbyD462

Vinyl,posters of shows I go to,a few stickers and I like to build and I guess collect Star Wars Lego.

juddboz80

Been way too long since I've been on here but I'm just collecting vinyl now, pj got me started into records and now I own around 2000 + albums....but all pearl jam albums are on the top shelf and spun regularly with the Xmas singles right next to them just spun around Christmas, just need a Benny...they will never leave my collection!! But for now I quit collecting posters and other merch other than a few nice posters from shows I went to but I won't ever wait in a 3 hour merch line at a show to get pins, stickers, etc.
I would love to get into old bootlegs, the more live shows I can get the better!!

brianlux

I have some PJ stuff- records, CD's. DVD's, stickers- but I collect nothing tangible, only memories.

mcgruff10

juddboz80 said:

Been way too long since I've been on here but I'm just collecting vinyl now, pj got me started into records and now I own around 2000 + albums....but all pearl jam albums are on the top shelf and spun regularly with the Xmas singles right next to them just spun around Christmas, just need a Benny...they will never leave my collection!! But for now I quit collecting posters and other merch other than a few nice posters from shows I went to but I won't ever wait in a 3 hour merch line at a show to get pins, stickers, etc.
I would love to get into old bootlegs, the more live shows I can get the better!!

i'm glad you are spinning the hell out of those xmas singles! Hey Judd just wondering, how did Jay Cutler do against the Packers last week?