i miss the days of spending $40 for 2-cd bootlegs

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  • vant0037
    vant0037 Posts: 6,170
    Guitarhero27 wrote:
    because the sound was awesome on all of those :lol:

    tape trading, 4th generation, 5th generation tapes....pressed cd's whos sound was like hearing PJ while in the toilet of a large concert hall...yea sounds great doesn't it?

    i'll take a cd where stone might cut out for a minute or two, for just over $10 than spending the $40 again anyday.

    The roots of PJ and the tape trading community are grateful for ANY type of "official" bootleg that is available to us.

    I wish some people would stop for a minute, and try and be a fan pre-2000, trying to get every known show, from as close a source to the master as possible...and realize that the sound STILL sucked on the bootlegs.

    However, it was spending the $40 on those bootlegs ($20 for single cd compilation bootlegs or old shows from the early 90's) that made me really appreciate everything released post 2000.


    But on that note....Jeff's bassline from Philly night 1 during All Those Yesterdays is missing until the climax of the song.

    hehehe.

    I can't for the life of me figure out what you are talking about. I don't mean that to say I agree or disagree, I really can't understand what you're getting at. And as someone who collects DVD bootlegs, I'd love to join in. But I don't understand!
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  • whgarrett
    whgarrett Posts: 574
    I will take any of these horrible sounding boots off of anyones hands...

    San Diego '95
    Monkey Wrench
    Great Night or Great Night @ Great Woods
    Honking Seals
    The Longest Day
    Peace Virus or Make Yourself Comfortable.....
    Steppin' Stones
    Whipping The Dog
    Totally Destroys Osaka
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    Rock For Choice
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  • TT8270
    TT8270 Posts: 429
    edited July 2010
    I guess 80% of the Pearl Jam bootleg cds were of very nice quality and you could always check them first from the list:

    http://members.core.com/~ryan/pj/


    I got some wicked ones, like "13 Why Go Home" which is the same as Ten Rough mixes. Has Brother & Alone and all the mixes are different. Perfect audio quality. Also some very good live cds like "Holland 1992". I just recently bought me 2CD set of MTV unplugged & rehearsals + some early demos. I really need to get Atlanta 1994 on silvers as well. I have Dissident 3CD but it misses those 4 songs.

    I read somewhere that during the 80s and 90s some of the tapers sold their 1st gen copies to the companies (mostly) in Italy who would press the discs.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Thing about it is you people are living in the past. Bootlegs are free nowadays and the quality on most of them is easily comparable with any bands official bootlegs.
  • TT8270
    TT8270 Posts: 429
    DewieCox wrote:
    Thing about it is you people are living in the past. Bootlegs are free nowadays and the quality on most of them is easily comparable with any bands official bootlegs.

    Yep, but you can't get any (ok, maybe 2-3) official pre 2000 shows...and still the band has taped them all. So we have to discuss about those bootlegs :D
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  • theboxerorthebag
    theboxerorthebag Posts: 1,774
    whgarrett wrote:
    I will take any of these horrible sounding boots off of anyones hands...

    San Diego '95
    Monkey Wrench
    Great Night or Great Night @ Great Woods
    Honking Seals
    The Longest Day
    Peace Virus or Make Yourself Comfortable.....
    Steppin' Stones
    Whipping The Dog
    Totally Destroys Osaka
    Eddie Who?
    Rock For Choice
    Mother Of Pearl
    Tivoli
    Listen To This Eddie :D

    Rock for Choice was my first PJ show. I just came across this boot a few weeks ago, great memories.
  • joe2468
    joe2468 Posts: 3,049
    the shop that i got all mine from let you listen to them first before you bought it ... $25 for a single $50 for a double .. you name it they had it i use to go their every friday after school and spend all my money . they had all the box sets to

    my first boot was NO FUCKIN MESSIAH and the last one i bough was TIVOLI (best one ever made)

    i ended up selling them on ebay about 5 years ago for about $190 .i had a 200 cd booklet filled with all Pearl Jam boots.. im so pissed i sold them and wonder if it was one of you guys who bought them ..and if you did i hope your enjoying them
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  • jdelin
    jdelin Posts: 189
    I have most of my old bootlegs in a booklet somewhere in the house, but I do remember I loved "Abducted In The Land of Deli Tray." It was also the first time I got to hear some Bad Radio (and found a bootleg VHS tape of a show).

    And I will never forget listening to the Atlanta Fox Theater '94 show on the radio and taping it on cassette! Did the same with Self Pollution Radio...
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  • TT8270
    TT8270 Posts: 429
    jdelin wrote:
    I have most of my old bootlegs in a booklet somewhere in the house, but I do remember I loved "Abducted In The Land of Deli Tray." It was also the first time I got to hear some Bad Radio (and found a bootleg VHS tape of a show).

    And I will never forget listening to the Atlanta Fox Theater '94 show on the radio and taping it on cassette! Did the same with Self Pollution Radio...

    Oh yes and Berlin 1996 too! Luckily there's lots of 90s boots still widely available.
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  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Actually I remember when I started collecting boots in '92 some of the good ones were $50 and really good, as well as the $20 ones. Clearer vocals than the MSG boots without a doubt. To be honest, I'd gladly pay $50 for a boot today if the band sounded as on fire as they did then.
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  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    theboxerorthebag wrote:

    that was my favorite part, the misnaming of songs. Drop the Leaves!!!

    My Atlanta boot had "Would Be" for Whipping (!!!), and "Already in Love" for Satan's Bed (though I think that was the working title).

    There was a boot called Against which had a track called Even & Low on it (clearly the result of someone's sloppy handwriting).

    And the cassette of my first gig (no doubt made by the guy in the shop where I bought it - a shop where I used to buy all my boots, and just shut down last month... :( ) listed Glorified G as "Big Guns" (from Ed's introduction to it) and Small Town as "Temple of Thought" :lol:
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  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    How about "Be Her Man"

    I remember that on a CD, which I imagine Better on a setlist could look like a capital H. :D
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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  • wmacson
    wmacson Posts: 232
    Can't believe no one mentioned the classic boot, "I'm gonna hungry" ! :lol:

    A few years ago, someone blogged about these boots and titles. I tried to find it but no luck. Like someone said, always a good laugh.
  • CJMST3K
    CJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    wmacson wrote:
    Can't believe no one mentioned the classic boot, "I'm gonna hungry" ! :lol:


    :lol::lol::lol:
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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    *Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
    *Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • BALLBOY
    BALLBOY Australia Posts: 1,035
    I never minded paying through the nose for bootlegs in years gone by but now times are tough & i cant even afford the offical ones. What i loved was when you would stumble upon them at a market or hidden music store. My favourite one is Self Pollution Radio for about £15 at Camden Markets in London. The good old days again.
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  • wmacson
    wmacson Posts: 232
    I'm here to apologize. I messed up, it's not "I'm gonna hungry". It is:

    1919450.jpg

    :lol:
  • theboxerorthebag
    theboxerorthebag Posts: 1,774
    wmacson wrote:
    I'm here to apologize. I messed up, it's not "I'm gonna hungry". It is:

    1919450.jpg

    :lol:

    that is even better!
  • cropdustdair
    cropdustdair Lakewood, CO / Earth Posts: 2,006
    Anyone have "Piss Bottle Men" or "Totally Destroys Osaka"? I need them for my collection. PM me if you do.
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,111
    Good luck in your search! I need more 95 boots as well.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • bakervision
    bakervision Posts: 88
    Ah nostalgia. I think Brixton was my first bootleg, great stuff. My record shop was awesome, they would call when they had new arrivals. Not only the silver boots but the VHS for 25 each.

    There was a lot more work involved in getting live shows then, now everything is so simple. The xl-II's and padded mailers.

    Also drop the leaves one of my favorites.

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