Free Yield LP!! Buuut..... Winner! :)

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  • lando
    lando Posts: 661
    Vitalogy. My Mom took me to the midnight sale to get it on a school night when I was 14 and we listened to it on the way home. It may not be their best album but for me it always bring back that great memory
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  • High Fidelity 2000
    High Fidelity 2000 New Mexico USA Posts: 4,439
    I'm interested! For quite a few years now I've said Yield is my favorite album and it probably still remains true! Why?? It wasn't love at first listen... I actually got an advance copy on cassette from a family member about 3-4 weeks before the album came out (this was in early 1998 remember, you couldn't just download everything instantly on advanced leaks) and I listened to it a few times. I wasn't that into it, I thought it sounded a little like Pearl Jam had just slowed down and tried to sound like other music at the time, just kind of generic. Well over time, I was dead wrong, ended up liking it a lot a few months later, and ever since.

    I still remember who I was with and where I bought it the day the "official" CD came out in Feb. 98... Best Buy :lol: It wasn't a real shock cause I'd already heard the album on tape (inferior sound quality of course as it was a bootleg) for the 3 weeks prior... but still a momentous adventure in my PJ life. Saw the band once in summer of 98 and it was a return of sorts to the old PJ feeling... the band having fun on stage, a looser sort of feeling to the shows and the attitude towards everything by the band. Anyway, thanks for the chance and a great giveaway!
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  • QA185761
    QA185761 Posts: 271
    I remember going for jogs listening to yield on my discman.

    My hand was holding it out in front of me so the disc would not skip (I looked like a running pizza delivery guy) but I didn't care.

    Jogging while listening to Wishlist is something that you just don't see anymore.
  • perfectlefts14
    perfectlefts14 Posts: 2,080
    Wow very cool of you to do such a generous giveaway! :clap:
    My favorite album had to be Vs, I remember lining up at my local record store at midnight of the release to get the album after being blown away by Ten. I remember putting that disc into my car stereo an driving around all night listening to it and just being completely floored. So Vs will alway have a soft spot in my heart for that reason. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I would love to have a chance to have Yield on vinyl, even if it isn't flawless. Thank you for the chance. :thumbup:
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  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    I have Yield so not looking to be in the drawing, but just wanted to say that it is very cool of you to do this.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,877
    I love these things!

    It changes on my mood but it revolves around 3 albums constantly.

    Vitalogy.

    It came out on record a few weeks before the CD release. Had to drive a long way to obtain it. It was worth the trip.

    I still have this very record in my possession today.

    Thanks for letting me share!
  • releeseme
    releeseme Posts: 387
    it's gotta be lightning bolt right now. i love how this band constantly evolves. i've seen 12 shows dating back to 92, and they just keep getting better. favorite all time album is no code though.
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  • DURP
    DURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    Awesome

    My favorite is Vitalogy. It's like riding in a car on the highway in a big city. You speed up and you're going 80 m.p.h then you slow down to 20 then speed back up. It's a wild ride and I love it. Till stupid mop that's when you end up in a 20 car pile up.
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  • JT_JamFan
    JT_JamFan Posts: 170
    Awesome idea!

    Yield has always been my favorite, from first listen. I got a Ten cassette after hearing two songs and hardly listened to side two for a long time. Vs. sounded rushed and "more of the same". Vitalogy felt a little indulgent with Bugs, Aye Davanita, Pry To and Stupid Mop. And No Code had great songs, but didn't have a good album feel.

    Then Yield happened. 1998 was a great year for me, having got a job that turned into a career and buying a house. I had a recording studio that was a great "listening room" and about 1200 albums to choose from (all gone now...). Yield was the first Pearl Jam album that I could put on and listen to a whole side without the urge to get up and move the needle. One of the big draws of listening to vinyl is that you can put the album on and enjoy 23 minutes of music before you have to flip the record. With Yield it didn't matter which side I put on, I could let it play all the way through and enjoy every minute of it. It really feels like an "album".

    And the band seemed comfortable with being "rock stars" for the first time. First video since "Jeremy". Songs like "Wishlist" and "Given to Fly" sound so accessible (which is what almost kept "Betterman" off of Vitalogy). And "Faithfull" & "NO Way" are my 2nd and 3rd favorite songs... right behind "In Hiding"
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  • Washed
    Washed Posts: 736
    Awesome! Thank you for the opportunity...I let a "buddy" in college borrow the LP and never got it back and I never replaced the album in vinyl...only have the CD now.

    Yield is actually my favorite album. It came out when I was in college (one of the best years of my life) and the album that changed Pearl Jam from one of my favorite bands to my absolute, unquestioned favorite band. I don't know why, but everything clicked on this album for me. There are songs on other albums that I like more than the Yield songs, but this almost (to me) is perfect from start to finish.

    Also - I met my wife that year and new she was the one she told me that Wishlist was her favorite song. You can question the song choice but I'll be damned if you can question a Pearl Jam girl! I put a ring on her finger the following summer and we've been happily married since.
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  • HK_PJMomma
    HK_PJMomma Posts: 89
    WOAH.. Yield.. and it's in Canada!
    I find it hard to commit to a fav album... I have different waves of moods and different albums go better for different times.. haha
    Yield is the current cd playing in my car and that's cause it has Given to fly which I LOVE to belt out while driving.. plus with the cold weather i wouldn't mind flying away to somewhere WARM.. (ain't gonna happen)
    My daughter really loves the untitled on the album too.. hahaha!

    Happy New Year!!
  • Jex
    Jex Posts: 295
    Hard choice to make but I would have to go with VS. It has two of my favorite songs to get pumped up to (blood, spin the black circle). I could listen to this album over and over. Thanks for the opportunity!
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  • HGK
    HGK Posts: 94
    Thank you for the opportunity.

    I would have to say my favorite album is Yield because that was the first time I saw Pearl Jam live, 1998 in Virginia Beach! :D:D
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  • Nami
    Nami Newfoundland Posts: 5,999
    Nice ... Vs.. is my fav. So many high school/university memories with this one.

    How many drunken times did we sing Elderly Woman... i cant tell you. :lol:

    Not an owner of this vinyl "YET" so it will get played on the good portions.. :D

    thanks for opp.
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  • ryph raph
    ryph raph Posts: 887
    Riot Act; ARC, 1/2 Full, Get Right, Save You . . . :mrgreen: Thank you !
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  • Release Me
    Release Me Posts: 342
    thank you for the chance!
    Favorite of the day is still Lightning Bolt - gets played daily still.
    Favorite ever is ever is probably Ten or Riot Act. Ten came out when I just started really getting into music, but Riot Act has some of my fav tunes on it. Yield brings back memories because I used to crank it while playing Playstation (the original) in my dorm room after class!
  • willbarclay
    willbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    Great thing to do ... thanks


    My favorite album is the Avocado. SO many great tunes.

    Close second would be VS .... because of Glorified G

    im just starting my LP collection, and only have Lightning bolt and backspacer. So I have my work cut out for me.

    Cheers, and thanks again for doing this. makes things interesting.
  • SomethingCreative
    SomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,415
    Yield is my favorite album, in hiding my favorite song


    I'd love to have this lp, scuff or no scuff

    You rock.
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • otter
    otter Posts: 772
    Lightning Bolt is my favorite album today and has been since the first time I drove around listening to it with the volume maxed. 8-)

    I love the album because it has such a spooky sounding feel to it. Getaway ends on the spooky groove which leads perfectly into MYM. Pendulum and Infallible give me that cold October evening feel too. The record as a whole is a perfect autumn/winter record and I love it.

    Plus it's the new one ;)
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  • Hamz
    Hamz Posts: 69
    I don't own Yield yet. Very generous of you to do this. I am liking Lightning Bolt these day.

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