Benaroya Hall - what buzz did it create in 2004 on here?

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  • FR181798
    FR181798 Posts: 2,166
    edited January 2014
    PJ_Soul said:

    Vinyl has had a major resurgence in the past few years. It wasn't nearly as popular in 2004. It was very close to dead in fact. I think that would explain why there sn't such a buzz when it came out.

    I agree that vinyl is much more popular now however i would say that vinyl was certainly no where near dead in 2004, I would say that in the UK vinyl started becoming popular again before then. Bands like the white stripes, strokes, kings of leon etc were favoring vinyl. There were lots of 7 inch singles out but not as many LP reissues. Simply Vinyl were the big reissue label and even did ten.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
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  • evsgjamm
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  • Zod
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    There was a little buzz. It was on sale for neary 2 days, but enough people were trying to order it that it caused issues with the website (hence why I almost didn't get one, but then bought one the 2nd day they were on sale).

    I think the hype on PJ merch was much less then. I don't remember people going quite as bananas every time something new came out. Like a previous poster said, Benaroya inadvertantly started it. No one wants to miss out on an item only to have it become unobtainable in the future due to its resell price. I think it took a year for Benaroya to get up to $400 on ebay. Sevens already seems to be going for $350 to $400.

    Vinyl was much less popular back then. I think there were a lot less fan club members too. I remember reading that around the binaural tour there were about 30000 fan club members. Now board members theorize it's in the hundreds of 1000's.

    Most of us have aged with the band as well which means our means have gone up over the least 10 years as well (on average people make more the older they get) which means we can shell out a bit more for something. Something I couldn't really do when I was finishing university 10 years ago.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,461
    So Benaroya Hall set the bar & its been collective collectible madness from here on out? Yeah, I can believe that. Just seeing how much the merch stand culture has changed from 98-present! Someone else made a good point somewhere on here about eBay & PayPal booming. I can't think of another band who has fans as rabid about its merch than Pearl Jam.
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  • 100 Pacer
    100 Pacer Toronto, ON Posts: 9,324
    Zod said:

    Vinyl was much less popular back then. I think there were a lot less fan club members too. I remember reading that around the binaural tour there were about 30000 fan club members. Now board members theorize it's in the hundreds of 1000's.

    There were 50,000 active memberships as early as '92/'93. As of this past summer there were 200,000 confirmed active memberships.

    Getting back on topic, I recall purchasing the Benaroya Hall LP @ ~4:30PM (approximately 13 hours after it first appeared for sale) and as I recall it sold out ~5:00PM.
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  • evsgjamm
    evsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    Some interesting comments here and some DAMN fine memories as well. All I remember when I received mine is "hmmmm... this thing just SEEMS super collectable. I'm gonna hold on to it for a while just to see what happens." Slowly but surely, it is becoming a future heirloom. Zod, you mentioned it was up to $400 in 2005 eh? That might be the one I remember seeing being sold on eBay (I think) back then. Unbelievable that the average price was something like $1500-$1600 just a couple years ago. HOLY HELL!
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  • HollisBrown
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    From my recollection, BH was released at 12 midnight ET. The site crashed tremendously. Worst drop eva.
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  • Lost In Ohio
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    edited January 2014
    jimbojones1138 said:

    I did too. :);)

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    hahahaha! my mom scored this on dial up for me while i was at work. Wasnt the vinyl a 2005 release?




    Only $11 to ship four vinyls costing $35? This photo was obviously photoshopped! LOL!
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  • Dr. Delight
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    Lost In Ohio said:

    jimbojones1138 said:

    I did too. :);)

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    hahahaha! my mom scored this on dial up for me while i was at work. Wasnt the vinyl a 2005 release?


    Only $11 to ship four vinyls costing $35? This photo was obviously photoshopped! LOL!

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  • JWPearl
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    Dr. Delight said:

    Lost In Ohio said:

    jimbojones1138 said:

    I did too. :);)


    image


    hahahaha! my mom scored this on dial up for me while i was at work. Wasnt the vinyl a 2005 release?


    Only $11 to ship four vinyls costing $35? This photo was obviously photoshopped! LOL!
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  • nippleholic
    nippleholic Toronto Posts: 1,085
    I remember staying up late ordering it on a crappy 56k dial-up modem at the time. I'm pretty sure it went on sale at midnight Pacific time (so 3am Eastern - my timezone).

    Vinyl was just starting it's resurgence, but was still in its infancy. I remember picking up Yield, Vitalogy and No Code for around $15 - $20 each on ebay around that time (and Riot Act when it came out). I even found Binaural and Live on Two Legs in a local record store for $10 each!

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  • HollisBrown
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    nippleholic said:

    I remember staying up late ordering it on a crappy 56k dial-up modem at the time. I'm pretty sure it went on sale at midnight Pacific time (so 3am Eastern - my timezone).

    You're right. I knew it was late and I was pissed when the site blew up.
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  • a5pj
    a5pj Hershey PA Posts: 3,975
    Wow, my memory is different, maybe I'm wrong. But I very clearly remember running home (.5) miles to my house during my lunch break and refreshing for the Benny drop. It was at like 12 noon eastern. The site was crashing a bit (as usual for tickets and such). But I got one. Just in time to leave to get back to work on time, I only had like 30 minutes. I don't remember how long it stayed up for sale.
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  • smarchee
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,674
    smarchee said:

    If I could turn back time
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    Exactly.
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  • smarchee
    smarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    PJ_Soul said:

    smarchee said:

    If I could turn back time
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    Exactly.
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