Completely addicted to the bootlegs, can't decide which year/tour I like most

PB11041

Tours in order of magnitude of awesomeness of show performances
2003
2005
1992 (particularly Europe)
1995
2000
1996 (particularly Europe)
1993-94
2009
2006
1998
2013
2014
2016

2-feign-reluctance

2005 and 2016 are my favorites lately.

ForceofNature101

2006 is a great year for Eddie's voice, I have been listening to that year often lately between the shows at the Gorge, Santa Barbara, and the Imagine in Cornice DVD

And honestly the shows the last few years have been amazing.  They have done so many cool things between all the full albums they played in sequence live and the sheer variety of the performances.  2013 onwards is a great time for the band and it is awesome that we are still in that era of live amazingness

In terms of raw power I am a big fan of the 1994 and 1998 tours as well. 

rummy

Oddly enough, my two favourite years are PB11041 said:

Tours in order of magnitude of awesomeness of show performances
2003
2005
1992 (particularly Europe)
1995
2000
1996 (particularly Europe)
1993-94
2009
2006
1998
2013
2014
2016

Oddly enough, my two favourite years are two you didn't include - 2011 and 2012. Not a ton of them from those two years but there are many great performances. I might be a bit bias too as it was these two years when I really started to get into the band.

rummy

I appreciate/agree with the 1995, '96, and '98 choices but there are too few ((compared to 2000 and beyond) high quality ones for me to put those years in the running.

cp3iverson

98-03 peak live PJ

RoleModelsinBlood31

2005 & 2006 homemade bootleg porn:

mcgruff10

95-98 are my favorite bootlegs. 

Wobbie

HesCalledDyer said:

IlliniOne82 said:

I've been collecting these at a rapid pace since earlier this year when we bought tickets for Wrigley, my first show.  I think I'm up to 55 or so and have listened to all but a few of them.  Most of them are more recent shows but it sounds like I need to go back and get more from the early 2000's.  I have most of the "classic" shows like State College, the 03 Boston shows, and the 09 Spectrum shows.  I have my free download code to use from Ten Club so any suggestions?

If you don't already have Katowice 6-16-00, grab it!

if that’s the one with the sparse crowd, we agree!

probably my favorite boot of all time.

HesCalledDyer

RoleModelsinBlood31 said:

2005 & 2006 homemade bootleg porn:

B-E-A-Utiful!

HesCalledDyer

Wobbie said:

HesCalledDyer said:

IlliniOne82 said:

I've been collecting these at a rapid pace since earlier this year when we bought tickets for Wrigley, my first show.  I think I'm up to 55 or so and have listened to all but a few of them.  Most of them are more recent shows but it sounds like I need to go back and get more from the early 2000's.  I have most of the "classic" shows like State College, the 03 Boston shows, and the 09 Spectrum shows.  I have my free download code to use from Ten Club so any suggestions?

If you don't already have Katowice 6-16-00, grab it!

if that’s the one with the sparse crowd, we agree!

probably my favorite boot of all time.

The crowd is pretty thin (on the boot at least).  This was night 2 at Spodek and the boot got the Ape/Man treatment.  Of all the shows I haven't been to, I've probably listened to this one the most.

RS151862

rafo said:

Big Bank Hank said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Have to go with the '03 & '05 tours as well.  Something about the sound quality on those boots puts them above all the others, plus the band was on freakin point!

even the 2004 VFC unofficial boots sound awesome, hope the band releases them someday!

which is the best in terms of sound??...

The Toledo show sounds really good, I hope we get a vault release from that tour.  As far as my favorite, nothing beats the 2000 Euro shows. I go back to those more often than any other. The 2005 North American shows are incredible too, especially the Gorge. 

RS151862

Listening to Halifax 05 now with an Oliva and some Dalmore. 

Wobbie

HesCalledDyer said:

Wobbie said:

HesCalledDyer said:

IlliniOne82 said:

I've been collecting these at a rapid pace since earlier this year when we bought tickets for Wrigley, my first show.  I think I'm up to 55 or so and have listened to all but a few of them.  Most of them are more recent shows but it sounds like I need to go back and get more from the early 2000's.  I have most of the "classic" shows like State College, the 03 Boston shows, and the 09 Spectrum shows.  I have my free download code to use from Ten Club so any suggestions?

If you don't already have Katowice 6-16-00, grab it!

if that’s the one with the sparse crowd, we agree!

probably my favorite boot of all time.

The crowd is pretty thin (on the boot at least).  This was night 2 at Spodek and the boot got the Ape/Man treatment.  Of all the shows I haven't been to, I've probably listened to this one the most.

that’s the one!

fuck the cubs.

PB11041

rummy said:

Oddly enough, my two favourite years are PB11041 said:

Tours in order of magnitude of awesomeness of show performances
2003
2005
1992 (particularly Europe)
1995
2000
1996 (particularly Europe)
1993-94
2009
2006
1998
2013
2014
2016

Oddly enough, my two favourite years are two you didn't include - 2011 and 2012. Not a ton of them from those two years but there are many great performances. I might be a bit bias too as it was these two years when I really started to get into the band.

Mostly I just don't consider 2011 and 2012 to be tours really.  The same with this year, it is really just a collection of shows. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

PB11041

rummy said:

I appreciate/agree with the 1995, '96, and '98 choices but there are too few ((compared to 2000 and beyond) high quality ones for me to put those years in the running.

there are a ton of high quality mixes, eqd audience tapes and just straight up great audience recordings from 1995 through 1998.

BLACK35

HesCalledDyer said:

IlliniOne82 said:

I've been collecting these at a rapid pace since earlier this year when we bought tickets for Wrigley, my first show.  I think I'm up to 55 or so and have listened to all but a few of them.  Most of them are more recent shows but it sounds like I need to go back and get more from the early 2000's.  I have most of the "classic" shows like State College, the 03 Boston shows, and the 09 Spectrum shows.  I have my free download code to use from Ten Club so any suggestions?

If you don't already have Katowice 6-16-00, grab it!

First bootleg I ever bought. Bought it back in the day and believe it was from Sam the Record Man.

Personally I love the boots from 2013-2018

jdopj

I listen to the 2000 boots than any other PJ recordings. Ed’s voice, guitar tones and setlists are awesome. Binaural is my favorite album so that is a large part of the reason.

lukemil33

I've only really listened to Pearl Jam through bootlegs for about a year and a half now and my favorite years are probably 2003 and 2013-18. A lot of gems hidden in 2003 and the whole run of shows from 13-18 has been amazing. 2000 has some shows I love, but just not my favorite year overall.

JH6056

So interesting that so many of you love 2003 best.  I only saw 2 shows in '03, and one of them (Hershey) was hands down my least favorite PJ show of all my 58ish.  But apparently I missed a lot of great shows?  What are considered the standout shows of 2003 from a bootleg POV?  And if you say Hershey I'm gonna scream LOL!