Please help me with a little Pearl Jam project (re: Release)

walkunafraid

Being a sort of obsessive collector, I have decided to embark upon a little quest. The goal is simple -- to find and download every single live performance of "Release" since the band first started playing it over 17 years ago.

According to pearljam.com, it has been played a total of 117 times between its first performance on 10/22/1990 and the latest on 6/25/2008.

Why Release? Very simply, because it's my favorite Pearl Jam song (at least for the moment), and since it's one of their oldest, it will actually be a challenge to track down all 115 performances.

Here's all of the shows during which the song was performed, with a notation next to all the versions I currently own:

1990-10-22 Seattle, Washington Off Ramp Cafe got it!
1990-12-22 Seattle, Washington Moore Theatre
1991-02-07 Los Angeles, California Florentine Gardens got it!
1991-02-27 Seattle, Washington Vogue
1991-09-28 Portland, Oregon Satyricon
1991-10-01 Hollywood, California Rikki's Cathouse
1991-10-02 Los Angeles, California Troubadour
1991-10-17 DeKalb, Illinois Duke Ellington Ballroom at NIU
1991-11-03 Springfield, Massachusetts Civic Center got it!
1991-11-04 Amherst, Massachusetts Student Union Ballroom at U Mass
1991-11-07 Syracuse, New York The Landmark Theatre
1991-11-12 New York, New York Roseland Ballroom got it!
1991-11-16 New York, New York Roseland Ballroom
1991-11-17 State College, Pennsylvania Rec. Hall, Pennsylvania State University
1991-11-22 Detroit, Michigan State Theatre (Clubland) got it!
1991-11-29 Chicago, Illinois Aragon Ballroom got it!
1992-01-17 Seattle, Washington Moore Theatre got it!
1992-02-03 Southend, England The Esplanade Club got it!
1992-02-18 Milan, Italy Sorpasso got it!
1992-03-02 Den Haag, Netherlands Het Paard Van Troje (small club) got it!
1992-03-04 Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli got it!
1992-03-05 Eindhoven, Netherlands Effenaar got it!
1992-03-10 Hamburg, Germany Markthalle got it!
1992-03-13 Munich, Germany Nachtwerk got it!
1992-03-28 Chicago, Illinois Cabaret Metro got it!
1992-04-12 New York, New York Limelight got it!
1992-06-10 Stuttgart, Germany Kongresszentrum got it!
1992-06-25 Stockholm, Sweden Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen got it!
1992-09-26 Honolulu, Hawaii Andrew's Amphitheater got it!
1992-09-27 Maui, Hawaii War Memorial Gymnasium
1993-05-13 San Francisco, CA Slim's Cafe got it!
1993-07-14 London, England Brixton Academy got it!
1993-07-16 Rotterdam, Netherlands Sportspaleis Ahoy got it!
1993-08-12 Edmonton, Alberta Convention Center
1993-10-28 San Francisco, California Warfield Theater got it!
1993-11-03 San Diego, California Civic Theatre got it!
1993-11-05 Indio, California Empire Polo Fields got it!
1993-11-07 Mesa, Arizona Mesa Amphitheater
1993-11-16 New Orleans, Louisiana UNO Lakefront Arena got it!
1993-11-17 New Orleans, Louisiana UNO Lakefront Arena got it!
1993-11-22 Little Rock, Arkansas Barton Coliseum
1993-12-01 Las Vegas, Nevada Aladdin Theater got it!
1993-12-08 Seattle, Washington Seattle Center Arena got it!
1994-03-10 Chicago, Illinois Chicago Stadium got it!
1994-03-14 St. Louis, Missouri Fox Theatre got it!
1994-03-22 Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland State University Convocation Center got it!
1994-03-25 Memphis, Tennessee Mid-South Coliseum got it!
1994-03-28 Miami, Florida Bayfront Amphitheater got it!
1994-04-02 Atlanta, Georgia Fox Theater got it!
1994-04-03 Atlanta, Georgia Fox Theater got it!
1994-04-08 Fairfax, Virginia Patriot Center got it!
1994-04-10 Boston, Massachusetts Boston Garden got it!
1994-04-11 Boston, Massachusetts Boston Garden got it!
1994-04-12 Boston, Massachusetts Orpheum Theater got it!
1995-01-14 Washington, DC Constitution Hall got it!
1995-01-15 Washington, DC Constitution Hall got it!
1995-02-06 Seattle, Washington Moore Theatre got it!
1995-02-20 Tokyo, Japan Budokan got it!
1995-02-21 Osaka, Japan Kosei Nenkin Kaikan got it!
1995-02-28 Bangkok, Thailand Hua Mark Indoor Stadium got it!
1995-03-03 Singapore Singapore Indoor Stadium got it!
1995-06-22 Sacramento, California Cal Expo got it!
1995-07-11 Chicago, Illinois Soldier Field got it!
1995-09-14 Las Cruces, New Mexico Pan American Center got it!
1995-11-02 Salt Lake City, Utah Delta Center got it!
1995-11-04 San Jose, Caliornia Spartan Stadium got it!
1995-11-06 San Diego, California San Diego Sports Arena got it!
1996-09-21 Toronto, Ontario Maple Leaf Gardens got it!
1996-10-26 Dublin, Ireland The Point got it!
1996-10-29 London, England Wembley Arena got it!
1996-11-12 Rome, Italy Palaeur got it!
1996-11-19 Istanbul, Turkey World Trade Center got it!
1996-11-24 Lisbon, Portugal Cascais Pavilion got it!
1998-03-05 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Park got it!
1998-03-14 Brisbane, Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
1998-06-21 Park City, Utah Wolf Mountain got it!
1998-07-14 Inglewood, California Great Western Forum got it!
1998-08-18 East Lansing, Michigan Breslin Center got it!
1998-08-25 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Star Lake Amphitheater got it!
1998-08-28 Camden, New Jersey Blockbuster Music Entertainment Center got it!
1998-09-03 Birmingham, Alabama BJCC Coliseum got it!
1998-09-11 New York, New York Madison Square Garden got it!
1998-09-16 Mansfield, Massachusetts Great Woods Center got it!
1998-09-23 West Palm Beach, Florida Coral Sky Amphitheatre
2000-05-26 San Sebastian, Spain Anoeta Velodrome got it!
2000-06-16 Katowice, Poland Spodek got it!
2000-08-07 Atlanta, Georgia Phillips Arena got it!
2000-08-30 Mansfield, Massachusetts Tweeter Center got it!
2000-10-09 Chicago, Illinois Allstate Arena got it!
2000-10-12 Kansas City, Missouri Sandstone Amphitheatre got it!
2000-10-31 Mountain View, California Shoreline Amphitheatre got it!
2000-11-06 Seattle, Washington Key Arena got it!
2002-12-09 Seattle, Washington Key Arena got it!
2003-03-03 Tokyo, Japan Budokan got it!
2003-04-15 Raleigh, North Carolina Alltel Pavilion Walnut Creek got it!
2003-05-03 State College, Pennsylvania Bryce-Jordan Center got it!
2003-06-12 Bonner Springs, Kansas Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre got it!
2003-06-18 Chicago, Illinois United Center got it!
2003-06-28 Toronto, Ontario Molson Amphitheatre got it!
2003-07-03 Mansfield, Massachusetts Tweeter Center got it!
2003-07-18 Mexico City, Mexico Palacio De Los Deportes got it!
2004-09-28 Boston, Massachusetts Fleet Center got it!
2005-09-02 Vancouver, British Columbia General Motors Place got it!
2005-09-05 Edmonton, Alberta Rexall Place got it!
2005-09-07 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Credit Union Center got it!
2005-09-15 Montreal, Quebec Bell Center got it!
2005-09-19 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre got it!
2005-11-22 Santiago, Chile Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo got it!
2006-05-10 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre got it!
2006-05-16 Chicago, Illinois United Center got it!
2006-05-24 Boston, Massachusetts TD Banknorth Garden got it!
2006-05-30 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center got it!
2006-06-23 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mellon Arena got it!
2006-07-09 Los Angeles, California The Forum got it!
2006-07-18 San Francisco, California Bill Graham Civic Auditorium got it!
2006-08-29 Arnhem, Netherlands Gelredome got it!
2006-09-16 Verona, Italy Arena di Verona got it!
2006-11-07 Sydney, Australia Acer Arena got it!
2007-06-28 Nijmegen, Holland Goeffert Park got it!
2008-06-14 Manchester, Tennessee Bonnaroo got it!
2008-06-25 New York, New York Madison Square Garden



Edit: In the process of finding the above tracks, I have found four more not listed on pearljam.com. That means there are 121 total. So far I have 104 (17 to go). I would truly appreciate anyone who could help me find the rest.

Thank you!

meme

I can help with the earliest ones. Can't do before the 25th of february though :(

I wish you had told me about this before I sent you the CD. It could have been an all-Release one

walkunafraid

meme wrote:

I can help with the earliest ones. Can't do before the 25th of february though :(

I wish you had told me about this before I sent you the CD. It could have been an all-Release one

I wish I had thought of it before you sent the CD.

Thanks for your offer, though. I'll definitely keep you in mind, especially if this hasn't gotten very far by the 25th (it's looking like that might happen at this early point...).

pj.uw.laura

I can give you Chicago 5/16/06 and Pittsburgh 6/26/06.

walkunafraid

pj.uw.laura wrote:

I can give you Chicago 5/16/06 and Pittsburgh 6/26/06.

That would be very helpful. What would be the easiest way for you to give them to me?

Thanks!

pj.uw.laura

PM sent.

walkunafraid

added two more (thanks Laura!). 13 down, 102 to go!

restlesssoul

prediction: you will be so over this song, before you get them all.

good luck though, ive never seen this been done before. i hope you dont forever ruin the song for yourself in this quest though.

tell me how and i will send you

vancouver05
edmonton05
saskatoon05
montreal05
toronto 05
santiago chile 05
toronto II 06
boston 06
washington 06

these are all on my computer


if you were really serious about this i could probably just grab each release from my physical cds too. i own entire 2000 set and 90% of 2003 boots. lemme know. wouldnt take long i dont think. it would knock about 20 or so off for you total

fanforlife

while it's not listed, I was at the 9-14-1995 Las Cruces, New Mexico show and am pretty ceretain they opened with Release.

P.S. I would love a boot of this show if anyone has one

walkunafraid

restlesssoul wrote:

prediction: you will be so over this song, before you get them all.

good luck though, ive never seen this been done before. i hope you dont forever ruin the song for yourself in this quest though.

tell me how and i will send you

vancouver05
edmonton05
saskatoon05
montreal05
toronto 05
santiago chile 05
toronto II 06
boston 06
washington 06

these are all on my computer


if you were really serious about this i could probably just grab each release from my physical cds too. i own entire 2000 set and 90% of 2003 boots. lemme know. wouldnt take long i dont think. it would knock about 20 or so off for you total

PM sent.

pdalowsky

I too can help with the entire 2000 2003 2006 2006 tours.....

walkunafraid

pdalowsky wrote:

I too can help with the entire 2000 2003 2006 2006 tours.....

Okay...awesome! I could use any of the ones not already listed as "got it!" in the first post.

What's the best/easiest way for you to send them? ANY way is fine with me, just let me know.

Thanks very much!

Ledbetterus

You picked a tough song! You should have went with Big Wave or something :P Then again, at least you didn't pick Even Flow.

walkunafraid

Ledbetterus wrote:

You picked a tough song! You should have went with Big Wave or something :P Then again, at least you didn't pick Even Flow.

Yeah, but Big Wave would have been so unchallenging that the quest would have been pretty boring.

Even Flow...now THAT would be a challenge! Although I think my ears would bleed if I had to listen to all the versions of that one.

mini_tb

I have Release from Off Ramp Cafe October 22, 1990.

roymcd

respect what you are doing so much. Release is kicks ass.

I got the dublin one at home will throw it on to rapid share tongiht and send ya the link.

walkunafraid

ledvedder77 wrote:

I have Release from Off Ramp Cafe October 22, 1990.

I'd love to have that! Can you share, please?

walkunafraid

roymcd wrote:

respect what you are doing so much. Release is kicks ass.

I got the dublin one at home will throw it on to rapid share tongiht and send ya the link.

Awesome! Thank you!


Just to update...I have a bunch of PM's from people willing to help out. All are in the stages of figuring how to send. Just so you know, it doesn't matter to me...e-mail, rapidshare, sendspace, megaupload, physical CD, it's all good!

I'll update my original post once I actually receive the files those of you have generously told me you would help with.

It looks like I might just be able to do this after all!

mini_tb

walkunafraid wrote:

I'd love to have that! Can you share, please?

PM sent!

bedface cooper.

walkunafraid wrote:

Being a sort of obsessive collector, I have decided to embark upon a little quest. The goal is simple -- to find and download every single live performance of "Release" since the band first started playing it over 17 years ago.

this is awesome - fear that I can't help you out, I just want to wish you all the best for your mission
I had a friend of mine searching ALL the Wishlists for me for my birthday. only missing a few that have never surfaced.

restlesssoul

it takes me soooo long to send one song on email....

walkunafraid

updated. thanks brandon and mandi!

walkunafraid

restlesssoul wrote:

it takes me soooo long to send one song on email....

Hmmm...I reckon there has to be a better way to do it, then. Does anyone know if sendspace are rapidshare or fast (I know megaupload isn't).

Or, if you have a messenger service (like yahoo im), you can send files directly through that.

Sorry that this is a hassle...don't know how else to make it go quicker.

walkunafraid

bump

Davanita

uploading 8 different versions right now. i'll PM you with the link when i'm done. (~16 more minutes)

walkunafraid

Thanks to some very awesome people, I am making good progress on this.

I now have 21 versions, with 94 to go; a bunch of people have pledged to help, so that number should be changing shortly.

Thanks again everyone!

nuzpaper

First one done. For anyone else who whats it

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HE2AK521

nuzpaper

Next

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GU76QT77

walkunafraid

nuzpaper wrote:

Next

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GU76QT77

Got them both. Thank you very much!

23 down, 92 to go!

walkunafraid

Thanks to msujammer, I am now done with all the 2003 versions.

That's 28 down, 87 to go!

nuzpaper

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MOKSVJXZ