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Your first (Unofficial) Pearl Jam Bootleg?

KM43590KM43590 Posts: 298
edited June 2013 in The Porch
I was just reminiscing about the purchase of my first (Unofficial) Pearl Jam bootleg CD back in 1994. It was titled "Ultra Rare Trax" from a place called: Second Spin Records, near my house in South Jersey. My Dad bought it for me after a few childish minutes of begging like a typical brat. I think he recognized the Doors titles, and took pity on me and shelled out the $24 for me. It meant a lot, and so began my Pearl Jam Bootleg love affair! ... What's your title and story?

PEARL JAM/ULTRA RARE TRAX:
...
1 Footsteps
2 Meaningless
3 Hungerstrike
4 My Generation
5 Baba O'Riley
6 Roadhouse Blues
7 Break On Through
8 Light My Fire
9 I've Got A Feeling
10 Untitled I
11 Untitled II
12 Untitled III
13 Untitled IV
14 Leash
15 Dirty Frank
16 Animal
17 Breathe
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,955
    Solider Field '95
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  • KM43590KM43590 Posts: 298
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Solider Field '95

    Such a good set! I had it on an (un)official radio station release, but later sold it. Great show!
  • lockedlocked Boston Posts: 4,042
    Geez..
    Gonna show my age but like alot of early "Faithful"
    I taped:
    1) first appearance on SNL IN 1992 on VHS ("alive" and "porch" sick sick mcready solos in both)
    2) MTV unplugged 3/16/92? On VHS
    3) 4/3/94 Atlanta full concert radio broadcast (goddam sweating out the "cassette flip" timing!
    4) 1/5/95 self pollution radio broadcast on cassette
    5) Berlin "checkpoint Charlie" 1996 radio concert broadcast

    It was a "make your own live bootleg" time as an early PJ fan...
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
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  • Edved007Edved007 Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,036
    oh man... mine was my first show from 7/9/95. I remember walking into my local shop like 6 months after the show and was just blown away they had it. Of course it was $50 but I didn't care, I had to have it. That same store then started to gets tons of PJ boots, and I came and bought them all... $25 for the single disc ones, and $50 for the double disc ones. Well then they knew that I'd come get them, so I swore they started stocking more just cause I'd come buy it all. I still have them all, probably like 25-30 of them.....some are great like the "Chapters" double disc, and an early Brixton show...some were garbage, but I still didn't care.
    95' - 7/9
    98' - 6/26, 6/27, 6/29, 8/26, 9/22
    03' - 4/25
    06' - 6/29, 6/30
    07' - 8/05
    09' - 8/23
    11' - 9/03, 9/04
    12' - 9/30
    13' - 7/16, 7/19, 10/21, 10/22, 11/15, 11/16, 12/06
    14' - 06/28, 06/29, 10/1, 10/03, 10/16, 10/17, 10/20, 10/22
    15' - 11/20, 11/22
    16' - 4/21, 4/26, 4/28, 4/29, 5/1, 5/2, 7/9, 8/5, 8/7, 8/20, 8/22
    17' - 4/7
    18' - 7/1, 7/3, 7/5, 8/8, 8/10, 8/18, 8/20, 9/4
    21' - 10/1, 10/2
    22' - 7/12, 7/14, 9/6, 9/8
  • KM43590KM43590 Posts: 298
    locked wrote:
    Geez..
    Gonna show my age but like alot of early "Faithful"
    I taped:
    1) first appearance on SNL IN 1992 on VHS ("alive" and "porch" sick sick mcready solos in both)
    2) MTV unplugged 3/16/92? On VHS
    3) 4/3/94 Atlanta full concert radio broadcast (goddam sweating out the "cassette flip" timing!
    4) 1/5/95 self pollution radio broadcast on cassette
    5) Berlin "checkpoint Charlie" 1996 radio concert broadcast

    It was a "make your own live bootleg" time as an early PJ fan...

    HAHA! I remember keeping my whole house up taping the Self Pollution Radio broadcast! My dad yelled at me to "GO TO BED" because I was on the East Coast, I was up till about 4am taping every minute of it! But, It was worth it!
  • Edved007Edved007 Milwaukee, WI Posts: 1,036
    Edved007 wrote:
    oh man... mine was my first show from 7/9/95. I remember walking into my local shop like 6 months after the show and was just blown away they had it. Of course it was $50 but I didn't care, I had to have it. That same store then started to gets tons of PJ boots, and I came and bought them all... $25 for the single disc ones, and $50 for the double disc ones. Well then they knew that I'd come get them, so I swore they started stocking more just cause I'd come buy it all. I still have them all, probably like 25-30 of them.....some are great like the "Chapters" double disc, and an early Brixton show...some were garbage, but I still didn't care.

    God, this has me thinking... half of them weren't even spelled right or had incorrect information and I still blew my cash on them... I have one called "We're Gonna Hungry" for example.
    95' - 7/9
    98' - 6/26, 6/27, 6/29, 8/26, 9/22
    03' - 4/25
    06' - 6/29, 6/30
    07' - 8/05
    09' - 8/23
    11' - 9/03, 9/04
    12' - 9/30
    13' - 7/16, 7/19, 10/21, 10/22, 11/15, 11/16, 12/06
    14' - 06/28, 06/29, 10/1, 10/03, 10/16, 10/17, 10/20, 10/22
    15' - 11/20, 11/22
    16' - 4/21, 4/26, 4/28, 4/29, 5/1, 5/2, 7/9, 8/5, 8/7, 8/20, 8/22
    17' - 4/7
    18' - 7/1, 7/3, 7/5, 8/8, 8/10, 8/18, 8/20, 9/4
    21' - 10/1, 10/2
    22' - 7/12, 7/14, 9/6, 9/8
  • ry75guyry75guy Posts: 218
    1992 Tinley Park, Il. At the time, it was a little mind blowing finding a boot from a show you were at.
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  • KM43590KM43590 Posts: 298
    Edved007 wrote:
    oh man... mine was my first show from 7/9/95. I remember walking into my local shop like 6 months after the show and was just blown away they had it. Of course it was $50 but I didn't care, I had to have it. That same store then started to gets tons of PJ boots, and I came and bought them all... $25 for the single disc ones, and $50 for the double disc ones. Well then they knew that I'd come get them, so I swore they started stocking more just cause I'd come buy it all. I still have them all, probably like 25-30 of them.....some are great like the "Chapters" double disc, and an early Brixton show...some were garbage, but I still didn't care.

    HA! From '99 to '01 I came too work at the same (similar) record store, and became the local Pearl Jam piranha, sucking up all the bootlegs, promos and rarities that came in. I ended up with such a huge collection, it was amazing, and since I was such a huge PJ fan, I was geeking out everytime a promoter came in with a collection! :lol: Eventually I just took a cd home and copied it, and then brought it back so someone else could (buy it, and) enjoy it!
  • Dr. DelightDr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Zurich '92 and Slims show San Fran '93(Debut of Vs material and some Vitaogy songs)
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  • KM43590KM43590 Posts: 298
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    Zurich '92 and Slims show San Fran '93(Debut of Vs material and some Vitaogy songs)

    That was the best time in unofficial "bootlegs"; when there was new (unidentified) material from VS and Vitaolgy! One of my favorites was: "No F*cking Messiah!"
  • papa_pearls_jam.pj20papa_pearls_jam.pj20 Chicago USA Posts: 2,142
    I had never seen Pearl Jam live before PJ20, and really got interested in PJ after starting to watch concert videos on YouTube, particularly after someone had posted a video of Black from Pinkpop Festival 1992. I remember my friend, who posted the video on Facebook, commenting, "Now, I get it!", or something to that effect.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3r9KWth84Y

    Of course, after watching it, I got it too, but had to watch more, discovering a huge collection of single videos, and, much to my delight, full concerts. Some were shown in their entirety, and others were single videos of each song from the setlist, with excellent quality and sound, even HD!

    So, I started to record and make my own bootlegs using a program I downloaded from the Internet. Sometimes, it would take me half a day or more to record and edit just one concert into one that I could play and listen to on my iPod or using iTunes.

    First one I made of a full Pearl Jam concert was from the Live At The Garden videos. I'm not sure, but it may have something to do with my appreciation of Riot Act, which is one of my favorites.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-9qOcl-YMc
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  • YieldToNothingYieldToNothing Posts: 3,667
    mine was whipping the dog

    got it when i was 10 or 11. hand me down from a cousin.

    1993 show from slim's in frisco
    i have a paper here that entitles me to fast track status
  • Out of My Mind and TimeOut of My Mind and Time Posts: 1,333
    I actually would like help with this one. It was a concert where I think Eddie's brother came up and played drums. It would of been early 90s for sure. I had it on tape and I want to figure it out what it was as the tape is long gone. ;)

    I could of swore Eddie talked about his brother being there and asked him on stage.
  • bobby dazzlersbobby dazzlers Posts: 2,040
    got into PJ after getting this....98ish

    213ncbn.jpg
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  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,618
    edited June 2013
    Thanks to Loulou from these boards: Atlanta 1994 CD #2 ;)
    Post edited by Pap on
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  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,618
    What was your favorite unofficial Pearl Jam bootleg CD?
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    MTV unplugged 16th March 92 On VHS...

    and this version confirm in my mind that this will be my favorite band for ever..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjUBg47zfl8
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  • jumbojetjumbojet Posts: 1,484
    I remember Nirvana MTV Unplugged came out in cassette and I was looking everywhere and asking about Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged, but it wasnt to be found.

    I had no idea about bootlegs, back then. As far as I know, they never have been available in Turkey, at those times.
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  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    jumbojet wrote:
    I remember Nirvana MTV Unplugged came out in cassette and I was looking everywhere and asking about Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged, but it wasnt to be found.

    I had no idea about bootlegs, back then. As far as I know, they never have been available in Turkey, at those times.
    my sister record that from mtv show,wasnt released the mtv show official..

    only Promotional VHS

    i know a guy has a copy of this.. :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
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  • WhyNotSwedenWhyNotSweden Sweden Posts: 4,308
    edited June 2013
    Small Club - Live in Holland 1992;

    Den Haag 1992 03 02, bought it in 93 or so, now I can watch it.....
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTLBgHoQgBg
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  • Foe40deesFoe40dees Posts: 98
    decoder. it was both nights of bridge school benefit sort of peiced together on one disc. 96 i think. it was after the neil young bridge school volume 3 disc came out with a sample of pearljam's nothingman. the decoder disc was really cool i thought. i liked the cover, it being a purple jelly jar with the shoreline ticket stub on it. i have lost the disc (stupid folder someone stole) but still have the jewel and booklet. i found it at a record store and thought it was the most rare thing, and soon record stores became an addiction!!
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  • AP30511AP30511 Lincoln, NE Posts: 116
    No Fuckin' Messiah!!!

    It was pre-Vitalogy days, had some wrong song titles (Last Exit=3 Days), the 2nd SNL performance, and some early Ten era acoustic stuff.

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  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,904
    http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=3455838

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  • DS107374DS107374 Posts: 92
    The first unofficial bootleg that I purchased was called (I think) "Abducted From The Land Of Deli Tray". I used to go to Revolver Records on 8th St. in Greenwich Village for all of my bootleg stuff...$20 per disc was a little crazy but I can't tell you how many Friday nights I ended up in that store after I got paid looking to purchase some bootleg cd's or VHS tapes.

    This is the info I was able to find online about it:

    Title : Abducted in the Land of Deli Tray
    Label : Strangled Records [STR 001]
    Venue : Civic Theatre: San Diego, CA 11/3/93
    Length : 75:00
    Source : unknown audience recording
    Sound : B
    Tracks : 1. Release 9. Hold Me
    2. Animal 10. Porch
    3. Jeremy 11. Elderly Woman
    4. Rearviewmirror 12. Whipping
    5. Go 13. Glorified G
    6. Dissident 14. Sonic Reducer
    7. Daughter 15. Baba O'Riley
    8. Black 16. Indifference
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  • PredakingPredaking Posts: 282
    KM43590 wrote:
    I was just reminiscing about the purchase of my first (Unofficial) Pearl Jam bootleg CD back in 1994. It was titled "Ultra Rare Trax" from a place called: Second Spin Records, near my house in South Jersey. My Dad bought it for me after a few childish minutes of begging like a typical brat. I think he recognized the Doors titles, and took pity on me and shelled out the $24 for me. It meant a lot, and so began my Pearl Jam Bootleg love affair! ... What's your title and story?

    PEARL JAM/ULTRA RARE TRAX:
    ...
    1 Footsteps
    2 Meaningless
    3 Hungerstrike
    4 My Generation
    5 Baba O'Riley
    6 Roadhouse Blues
    7 Break On Through
    8 Light My Fire
    9 I've Got A Feeling
    10 Untitled I
    11 Untitled II
    12 Untitled III
    13 Untitled IV
    14 Leash
    15 Dirty Frank
    16 Animal
    17 Breathe

    That store was great! I wish it was still around. I picked up "No Fucking Messiah" there back in the day. It's gone but not forgotten. I still have a disc that contains one of the early Bridge School shows right around Vitalogy.
  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 95,110
    5 Alive .. cassette.
    All Night Thing .. CD.

    Both were from the same show, Newcastle '92.
  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    bobby dazzlers wrote:
    got into PJ after getting this....98ish

    213ncbn.jpg


    I bought this in 1994. It was one of my first bootlegs, but my first (not including recording 4/3/94 on the radio) was the "Five Against One" vs demos:

    http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K6Y1o9pkvAw/T ... -One-A.jpg
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    DS107374 wrote:
    $20 per disc was a little crazy


    The 2 places near me in college had bootlegs for $30 a disc. Ugh. Lots of money spent.

    ...but then again I found a sealed copy of Hallucinogenic Recipe for $50 in one of the stores in the Summer of '95. Pretty much the steal of the century.
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Actually went straight for Hallucinogenic Recipes.
    :D

    When Vs. came out, I realized that the weird obsession I had with Ten was turning out to be something far more than just "a really good album". They were a phenomenal band. Vs. proved it.

    I bit the bullet.
    Bought the box.
    :D

    good shit too.
    Hard to Imagine and the unreleased instrumental ('untitled' or "wreck") were worth the price alone.
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  • WSullivanWSullivan Posts: 11
    No F'n Messiah! Crazy Mary with Victoria Williams and a cover of Dock of the Bay were worth $30 dollars. Also had a cassette copy of Vortical, which was several '94 shows pieced together - mostly Atlanta. Somehow Release was near the end of the track list of the cd, which I always thought was a great place for the song. Still looking for a copy of Vortical if anyone still has it.
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