Important Change To Ten Club Membership Benefits

Wow, my thoughts reading this thread have gone every which way.  I've been a 10club member for many, many years now. I have certainly benefited from the annual holiday single to the pre-sale for concerts and priority seating.   The news today did bring tears to my eyes.  No doubt.  However, the fan club membership prices for this band, are astronomically cheaper than any other band's fan club I've ever considered joining.  This news is sad but it's no shame on this fan club that has given so much over the years for so little a price.  I went for years without a turntable; therefore, I donated many of my fan club singles to the pre-party events.  Who knows, maybe one of you have been the recipient of my fan club single.  It's sad, but it's not something you should be taking personally, nor something you should be slamming the club or the band.  

HughFreakingDillon said:

i think it would have been a cool idea for the fan club single to be a track that pearl jam recorded that was originally a side project or solo song of one of the band members. 

like pj does rndm

I have always wanted to hear PJ cover ‘Waters Deep’ by BRAD. I would give much gold to hear Ed sing that track.

Ms. Haiku said:

I'm sad about it even though I don't have a record player. When I think of vinyl records I think of Pearl Jam.

I'm so disappointed you didn't write this as a haiku.

Its not a terrible mistake. They haven't been able to keep up with these over the past few years but have continued to take the money. It would have been a bad move to leave things as they were and come January some members would have been due 3 singles. Whether you like it or not, they did the right thing.

JimmyV said:

Agreed, it is not a terrible mistake. It sucks that they couldn't keep up with a pace of two recorded songs per year. But since they couldn't, continuing to promise these would have been wrong.

Agree. I am both mad and understanding about the decision.  Since I just renewed my analog membership, I am leaning more towards mad but I get it as a whole.  It's not the end of the world, but upsetting.

Has the flipping market skyrocketted?

Thanks 10-Club staff for keeping it going for so many years - the ride has been super enjoyable as a vinyl enthusiast... I appreciate the work and support put into maintaining the site, events, promotions, and the Club itself very much!

Looking forward to seeing what comes up next,

D

InMyInnerSense said:

javis el errante said:

Has the flipping market skyrocketted?

Pretty sure it flipping skyrocketed long-ago

U flipping Ur 99 problems/Shattered wax?

Wanna trade for Santa God?

robertstackarmy said:

JimmyV said:

Agreed, it is not a terrible mistake. It sucks that they couldn't keep up with a pace of two recorded songs per year. But since they couldn't, continuing to promise these would have been wrong.

Agree. I am both mad and understanding about the decision.  Since I just renewed my analog membership, I am leaning more towards mad but I get it as a whole.  It's not the end of the world, but upsetting.

Dont be mad, if you just renewed you'll get the 2018 benefits and a good amount of time to weigh up the membership levels and work out what suits you best.

SCH said:

My Thoughts on the Fan Friendly Band
1 New Song in Over 5 Years.
12 days of Xmas is almost entirely covers songs, RITFW is old and tired, enough already
Now No Holiday Single, not even just reduced to just a MP3 to reduce your trouble and costs, seems lazy
Hearing the same 2013 clips on Sirius on how much the band loves to create and record to together has become comical
Nothing new or exciting around here for a very long time. It's sad. I for one used to log on here everyday, now completely forget about Pearl Jam months at a time. I wish this was not the case. Oh well..
You've given so much as a band, we are spoiled, it's hard to complain but I guess Nothing Lasts Forever is right.
I've been a member since 2000 
Thank you Pearl Jam for a great 25 year run but it's just over for me, at least for now, I am sure I'll be back if there is ever another album.
Disappointed. 

Great summary, couldn't agree more. I've been in the fan club since 1995. Just cancelled my auto-renew, and don't think I'll be coming back. Besides what you stated above, the fact that they haven't played my city (Las Vegas) in over 12 years makes the ticket benefit a moot point. Saw them last in 2013 in L.A. with my kids, so that was cool, and probably a good way to go out. Not paying several hundred dollars for stadium shows and can't afford to plunk down hundreds more to travel to "destination shows" if that's how they're going to continue "touring". Plus, I don't need to hear anymore greatest hits/cover song shows, with songs detuned because Ed can't sing them anymore and having the crowd take over - not what I'm paying to see/hear. The 2018 shows I've heard are almost unbearable to listen to. I know I've seen the band in their prime from '95-2000, and the last good album was 12 years ago. Too much overpriced merch on the site, lack of delivery on things we've already paid for, and a complete lack of any communication or indication of future activity is enough for me to make the call. I'll probably continue to buy new albums when/if released, but as far as the other "stuff", just not worth it anymore. There's so many other great bands doing great things, and I get more excited seeing local bands killing at my local venues than these big arena shows anyway. Thanks for everything for the past 25+ years Pearl Jam. It's been a swell ride.