“Angel” demo CD + “What” song?
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A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a mysterious CD in my local record shop’s Pearl Jam selection. I had never seen it before, so of course my curiosity got the better of me and I bought it. At first I thought that it might’ve been somebody’s personal playlist, but this website has it listed as its own page, so it was probably distributed by a bootleg label:
https://www.discogs.com/Pearl-Jam-Angel-Demos-Remixes/release/4826404
That was the only site I could find that had information about it.
Among the track list are some songs we already know, E Ballad = Black, Richard’s E = Alone, Weird A = Animal, etc. Also had some with finalized names like Crazy Mary, Angel, Betterman, and Even Flow.
The third track really interested me, tho. It’s just called “What” and it ABSOLUTELY slaps. I’ve been listening to it constantly ever since I got the CD. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find any videos of it online. Does anyone know if there are any recordings of it buried deep in the bowels of YouTube or something? The chorus chant is “what do you want from me,” but the only results I could get for that is for the Floyd song, and it’s definitely not a cover of that. If this is something completely new then I guess I could scan the CD to youtube for y’all to see it, but I’d like to check if somebody’s beaten me to it.
I also tried looking around the names “Parrot Records” and “Red Robin Records” which are listed on the CD, and it turns out that the former is indeed and Australian bootleg label (makes sense in this case), however it doesn’t seem to have any connection to Red Robin, the attributed parent group.
My college dorm - 2019
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Asking for a Canadian 😃
I haven't listened to this bootleg in a long time, but if this old list is correct - http://web.archive.org/web/20090413160139/http://members.core.com/10/C7/ryan/pj/cda-l.html - then "Release" and "Just a Girl" are from the October 1990 Mookie Blaylock sessions. "Crazy Mary" is taken from the Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams compilation album, and the remaining two songs ("Angel", "Ramblings") are sourced from the 1993 Christmas Single.
More information about the creation of Pearl Jam can be found painstakingly researched and documented by Jessica Letkemann - http://www.twofeetthick.com/2010/10/1990-the-making-of-pearl-jam-a-tft-mini-book/
It was included in a promo cassette called Tower Records Demo, self released in 1989.
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I used to go on vacation in Wildwood NJ with my family and walk up and down that boardwalk to every single bootleg shop looking for any shows I didnt have. 94-98ish.
Still have probably 100 of them. All those crazy Italian imports.
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Like when you were underaged and had to overpay someone to get.a case of Busch Light.
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Specifically the Lightning Bolt Vignette.
With that said, an Eddie solo show would do great justice for Gordon Lightfoot. I'm surprised it hasn't happened.