Old Unofficial Bootlegs

yoke

So, I started digging through my older boots and these are 93-98 era and I was thinking I would play some. Damn its been a long time for some of these. I also gave my Hallucinogenic Recipe a listen, man that brings me back. I have only about 11(maybe more in a box somewhere) or so and then the HR Set. Anyone remember what it was like paying $35-$50 for a bootleg back in the day? Anyone still have these old beauties laying around? I can't beleive they all still work, they have been played some many times and been tossed around for years.

CJMST3K

yoke wrote:

So, I started digging through my older boots and these are 93-98 era and I was thinking I would play some. Damn its been a long time for some of these. I also gave my Hallucinogenic Recipe a listen, man that brings me back. I have only about 11(maybe more in a box somewhere) or so and then the HR Set. Anyone remember what it was like paying $35-$50 for a bootleg back in the day? Anyone still have these old beauties laying around? I can't beleive they all still work, they have been played some many times and been tossed around for years.

I still have "5 Alive" cd, which I got in high school in trade for some official PJ single cd.

soulsinging

yoke wrote:

So, I started digging through my older boots and these are 93-98 era and I was thinking I would play some. Damn its been a long time for some of these. I also gave my Hallucinogenic Recipe a listen, man that brings me back. I have only about 11(maybe more in a box somewhere) or so and then the HR Set. Anyone remember what it was like paying $35-$50 for a bootleg back in the day? Anyone still have these old beauties laying around? I can't beleive they all still work, they have been played some many times and been tossed around for years.

I used to have 'No Fuckin Messiah' and 'Five Musketeers.' Those were the days!

CJMST3K

soulsinging wrote:

yoke wrote:

So, I started digging through my older boots and these are 93-98 era and I was thinking I would play some. Damn its been a long time for some of these. I also gave my Hallucinogenic Recipe a listen, man that brings me back. I have only about 11(maybe more in a box somewhere) or so and then the HR Set. Anyone remember what it was like paying $35-$50 for a bootleg back in the day? Anyone still have these old beauties laying around? I can't beleive they all still work, they have been played some many times and been tossed around for years.

I used to have 'No Fuckin Messiah' and 'Five Musketeers.' Those were the days!

Was Five Musketeers the one with "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"? If so, I had that one on tape someone copied for me.

HeavyHands

CJMST3K wrote:

Was Five Musketeers the one with "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"? If so, I had that one on tape someone copied for me.

Yep. It had Wash, Girl, Dirty Frank, the MLB cover of Argent's "Hold Your Head Up" and a few others along w/ Dock of the Bay. I used to have it, but traded it to someone over a decade ago for God knows what. I think I paid $25 for it but it was worth it because I'd never heard any of those b-sides before.

*EDIT* I think it also had ev with the remaining Doors at the RNR Hall of Fame performance. From what I remember it was one of the better sounding sources I have heard. But again, that was yeeeeeeeeeeears ago.

yoke

here are all of mine that I was able to find and I know I have more somewhere...

Boot Album titles
Free World - has the MTV Animal/RITFW plus a kick ass Sonic Reducer
Against - one of my favorites probably my favorite version of Release - 93
New Songs - pretty cool (got F*ck Me in the Brain.. show the shoeless). - 93/94
No F*ckinh Messiah - another favorite(Saturday Night Live and some other ramdon songs like Dock of the Bay) - 94
Flashpoint - good one, first one I had with Eddie and the Doors - 94
All Hail the Lucky Ones - live from Melbourne Aus, 1998
The Wall - Live from Germany No Code tour
No More Nonsense - Everyday People is on this... ahha love it - 1995
Jewel Box - crap!!! its studio recordings with a fake audience dubbed in, I payed $10 for this one years ago then I went into the shop that I got it from and yelled at the owner and he gave me my money back and let me keep it.
HR - MLB studio demos, Green River Demos, Stones Demos, EV solo, Pj Outtakes finally Las Vegas 1993

John Briggs 2008

WE have been asking folks to share theres here.

http://www.pearljamboots.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=29

Quite a few good ones.

PJRock75

I literally have hundreds of these...many are the same shows but different covers. I loved hunting these down in indie record stores and head shops...music was more fun then. Computer killed the radio star!!

yoke

PJRock75 wrote:

I literally have hundreds of these...many are the same shows but different covers. I loved hunting these down in indie record stores and head shops...music was more fun then. Computer killed the radio star!!

haha I agree.. I would spend hours looking for music. Now, I don't even have a "record" shop anywhere near me anymore I have to go to BB and places like that or the internets. I mean there are some shops but they are not close and I have to make special trips.

soulsinging

HeavyHands wrote:

CJMST3K wrote:

Was Five Musketeers the one with "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"? If so, I had that one on tape someone copied for me.

Yep. It had Wash, Girl, Dirty Frank, the MLB cover of Argent's "Hold Your Head Up" and a few others along w/ Dock of the Bay. I used to have it, but traded it to someone over a decade ago for God knows what. I think I paid $25 for it but it was worth it because I'd never heard any of those b-sides before.

*EDIT* I think it also had ev with the remaining Doors at the RNR Hall of Fame performance. From what I remember it was one of the better sounding sources I have heard. But again, that was yeeeeeeeeeeears ago.

Aye, that's the one. Those Doors covers were pretty sweet, and Dock of the Bay was awesome. Wonder why they haven't played it since?

hitman

i used to love boots... shoot, if you could hear a PJ song or cover you'd never heard before, what's not to love? i used to pride myself by having a show from every tour... now i try to get whole legs of tours, or just get the shows where they played rare tunes, whole albums, etc.

boots were great back then though.... the sound quality sucked most of the time, but... we didn't really f-ing care, did we?

now we all gripe about eddie's voice not being as strong, the tempos being too fast... blah blah... at least we have decent quality sound! : )

bigeye21

yoke wrote:

So, I started digging through my older boots and these are 93-98 era and I was thinking I would play some. Damn its been a long time for some of these. I also gave my Hallucinogenic Recipe a listen, man that brings me back. I have only about 11(maybe more in a box somewhere) or so and then the HR Set. Anyone remember what it was like paying $35-$50 for a bootleg back in the day? Anyone still have these old beauties laying around? I can't beleive they all still work, they have been played some many times and been tossed around for years.

Now you got me digging through my old collection!

Fuck yeah, some of these things were EXPENSIVE and too often the audio was shoddy. I thinned the collection out a few years back but here is a sampling of what I held onto:

STT757

No More Nonsense - Everyday People is on this... ahha love it - 1995

I have that one, there's an awesome version of Red Mosquito on there. Great extended jam.

yoke

bigeye21 wrote:

Now you got me digging through my old collection!

Fuck yeah, some of these things were EXPENSIVE and too often the audio was shoddy. I thinned the collection out a few years back but here is a sampling of what I held onto:

Damn you still have you HR box.. I lost mine sometime ago when I had a flood in my basement. Atleast I still have the CDS..

leadbedr10

I still have about 40-50 of those old boots.
My fav is the first one I ever found.
Its called "evenflow across the usa"
bought in 93-94 all soundboard recordings
great version on wma>beast of burder

yoke

i think one of the things I liked was how many song titles they got wrong... The only one I can think of off the top of my head is "Already in Love"..

CJMST3K

leadbedr wrote:

I still have about 40-50 of those old boots.
My fav is the first one I ever found.
Its called "evenflow across the usa"
bought in 93-94 all soundboard recordings
great version on wma>beast of burder

...and where are the MP3's to be found?

HeavyHands

BH71937 wrote:

i used to love boots... shoot, if you could hear a PJ song or cover you'd never heard before, what's not to love? i used to pride myself by having a show from every tour... now i try to get whole legs of tours, or just get the shows where they played rare tunes, whole albums, etc.

boots were great back then though.... the sound quality sucked most of the time, but... we didn't really f-ing care, did we?

now we all gripe about eddie's voice not being as strong, the tempos being too fast... blah blah... at least we have decent quality sound! : )

Too true. The band knocked it out of the park when they decided to release every show and do a quality control of the sound for fans. Honestly though... I actually prefer the sound of the older shows. I haven't cared for the effects that Stone has been using for a while. The old shows (that were quality) had just the raw soundboard and actually sound a little meatier to me then the new shows (2000 and post). Not complaining. Just observing.

HeavyHands

yoke wrote:

i think one of the things I liked was how many song titles they got wrong... The only one I can think of off the top of my head is "Already in Love"..

I think my favorite was "Drop The Leaves." Every time my buddy and I get together to listen to an old show it invariably comes back to one of us saying "Drop the leaves. Drop the leaves. I gotta go out and rake."

hitman

HeavyHands wrote:

BH71937 wrote:

i used to love boots... shoot, if you could hear a PJ song or cover you'd never heard before, what's not to love? i used to pride myself by having a show from every tour... now i try to get whole legs of tours, or just get the shows where they played rare tunes, whole albums, etc.

boots were great back then though.... the sound quality sucked most of the time, but... we didn't really f-ing care, did we?

now we all gripe about eddie's voice not being as strong, the tempos being too fast... blah blah... at least we have decent quality sound! : )

Too true. The band knocked it out of the park when they decided to release every show and do a quality control of the sound for fans. Honestly though... I actually prefer the sound of the older shows. I haven't cared for the effects that Stone has been using for a while. The old shows (that were quality) had just the raw soundboard and actually sound a little meatier to me then the new shows (2000 and post). Not complaining. Just observing.

i hear you there... the "new" sound is almost a little too clean on stone's guitars... not a lot of distortion... it works on some songs, but some come off as a little dry...

sure, he gets all these years of practice in and now he wants to hear all the definition between the notes... rock stars... : )

vedderoffdead

I have a few, but 'Unplugged & Undrugged' was and is my favorite. Has MTV unplugged minus 'Oceans', & 'Rockin in the free world', it also has the very first live performances of 'Better Man', & 'Satan's Bed' from the Atlanta '94 concert that were left off the official release, as well as 'Crazy Mary', 'Masters of War' from the Bob Dylan tribute as well as a few other gems. Still have it...still love it...still works...;)

bigeye21

HeavyHands wrote:

yoke wrote:

i think one of the things I liked was how many song titles they got wrong... The only one I can think of off the top of my head is "Already in Love"..

I think my favorite was "Drop The Leaves." Every time my buddy and I get together to listen to an old show it invariably comes back to one of us saying "Drop the leaves. Drop the leaves. I gotta go out and rake."

"Drop the Leaves"

One of mine is titled "We're Gonna Hungry" -- an obvious bad "Hunger Strike" reference.

ComeToTX

on "Dock of The Bay" does anyone know who Ed was speaking about when he said "it's an honor to do this with him here tonight?" Otis was long gone of course.

i've always wodered since I first listened to it in 1996ish.

soulsinging

ComeToTX wrote:

on "Dock of The Bay" does anyone know who Ed was speaking about when he said "it's an honor to do this with him here tonight?" Otis was long gone of course.

i've always wodered since I first listened to it in 1996ish.

I think they played it with Steve Cropper. Who he is I have no fucking clue.

ComeToTX

As a house guitarist, he played on hundreds of records, from "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay", cowritten with Otis Redding

sounds right. gracias!

Travels With

This thread made me laugh when I read it. It made me remember all my old ones. I had to go digging but I finally found the box. Here they are:

In Rock We Trust (94 Bridge)
The Quite Ones
No F***** Messiah 2
Flashpoint
Ultimate Rare & Covers Collection
New Songs III
Steppin' Stones (Red Rocks show)
Jewel Box 5
Eddie Vedder with C-Average
Chapters
Eddie Vedder solo


I think I have a handful of others somewhere else, these are the ones I just found

PJammer4life

Still looking for a copy of NEW SONGS II

Vedder_Girl77

I have tons of these old bootleg cds. I have a duplicate 1992 live cd. If anyone is interested I'll sell or trade it to you. It is an original cd with jewel case and artwork. Sound quality is ok not the best. I think it is live in the Netherlands. Send me a PM if interested!!

pjbugs007

Those were the days!!! I have a good 40 or so of them bootleg CDs...and easily over 100 bootlegs on tapes..remember them?? LOL ah the good ole days...

pearljim

I have 10-20 of those lying around.

My favorite one - Years ago a coworker had his vehicle. a Caprice, stolen. Weeks later he spots it at a CVS store, calls the cops, and voila gets his car back from the police pound. Inside he finds about 100 cd's that aren't his, either they're the crooks or stolen from other vehicles.

He brings them to work and offers them to anyone who's interested. I being the only other person interested start going thru them and come across 2 cds that have a picture of a basketball on em. Pop it into a player and it's PJ! I believe it's unofficial title is Road Rage or Blaylock? Utah 95 if I remeber correctly.....

ComeToTX

PJammer4life wrote:

Still looking for a copy of NEW SONGS II

have it.