Saturday, March 31, 2012

1994-04-11 Garden, Boston 2 (with DVD)

This is one of the most remarkable shows for me, for there was the debut of "Immortality", and "Immortality" is my favorite Pearl Jam song. At the Boston Garden "Immortality" was performed with completely different lyrics to its album version, and at the next show at Orpheum Theatre Ed will change lyrics again, leaving only part of the chorus: 'Take me as is, I don't need this, I die just to live... immortality...' Only a couple of days passed since the news of Curt Kobain's suicide had come, and many suggested (and do so now) that "Immortality" was solely dedicated to Curt, that it was a sort of a tombstone for his grave, for eternal memory. Also check plain Dave A. drums beating for the outro of this song, and feel the difference with great Matt-lucky-we've-got-him-Cameron's playing!

"Immortality" was not the only remarkable moment of this great show. Audience support was fantastic, the band was in great form. Mike played very nice altered solo for "Garden", Improv (often called Hold On, but this is not the Pearl Jam "Hold On" song) before Jeremy was lengthy and nice, Eddie performed a drunken version of "Happy Trails" song a-capella with "No-Code-man" Matt Lukin. And in the end of "Rockin' In The Free World" Ed smashed a hole in the stage with the remains of his mic stand.

AVI variant is an audience video of the full show. DVD video is an MTV short broadcast of selected songs with an interviews with Eddie and Jeff.

Set: Release, Rearviewmirror, Whipping, Go, Animal, Dissident, State Of Love And Trust, Breath, Blood, Daughter, Why Go, Improv, Jeremy, Even Flow, Black, Alive, Porch (Tearing), Rats, Immortality, Corduroy, Garden, Leash, Rockin' In The Free World, Happy Trails (Ed with Matt Lukin), Indifference

Duration: 2:07;  Size: 679Mb
Video: DivX 5 640x480 25.00fps
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 256kbps

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DVD version: Menu = yes;
Set: (V.Warwick interviews Jeff), Go, (Eddie backstage), (about Vs. album), Dissident, State Of Love And Trust, (Eddie & Jeff), Animal, (Ed's closing)

Duration: 0:31; Size: 1,72Gb
Video: MPEG2 Video 720x480 (4:3) 29.97fps VBR
Audio: 0x0000 48000Hz stereo 1536kbps [LPCM]
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1994_Boston_(DVD).part1.rar
1994_Boston_(DVD).part2.rar
1994_Boston_(DVD).part3.rar

Monday, March 26, 2012

1994-04-08 Fairfax, VA, "Curt Kobain death show" (with DVD)

This show was preceeded by the news that Curt Kobain from Nirvana was found dead. In the end of the main set Ed said: "We are elevated a little more than usual, either that or I've gotten taller. I don't think it's a very good thing to elevate yourself. I think it would be a very dangerous thing sometimes, whether you like it or not, people elevate you whether you like it or not, and it's very easy to fall. So, I don't want to be the messenger, somebody who delivers bad news, you know, kill the messenger, but I don't think any of us would be in this room if it weren't for Kurt Cobain... 1, 2, 3, 4" And the band broke into "Porch". Very emotional show.
This is good quality audience video, but picture sometimes is out of focus when zoomed very close.

Set: [Release - missing] Go, Animal, Dissident, Why Go, Deep, Jeremy, Daughter (Hey Hey, My My) (American Pie), Even Flow, Breath, State Of Love And Trust, Footsteps, Black, Alive, Porch (Tearing), Rearviewmirror, Corduroy, Not For You, Small Town, Blood, Indifference, Rockin' In The Free World

Duration: 1:48;  Size: 509Mb
Video: DivX 5 640x480 25.00fps [Stream 00]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 256kbps [Stream 01]

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DVD: Menu = no; Size: 4,06Gb
MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25.00fps VBR
(depositfiles link)
1994 Fairfax (DVD).part01.rar
1994 Fairfax (DVD).part02.rar
1994 Fairfax (DVD).part03.rar
1994 Fairfax (DVD).part04.rar
1994 Fairfax (DVD).part05.rar
1994 Fairfax (DVD).part06.rar
1994 Fairfax (DVD).part07.rar

Monday, March 19, 2012

1993-12-07 Center Arena, Seattle 1

At the first of three Seattle shows closing intense 1993 tour Pearl Jam was bursting with energy. Ed extended "Blood" with lengthy "Don't Touch Me There" Improv. By the end of "Porch" jam Mike suddenly took off his guitar and stage-dived into the crowd. Soon after the band started "Rearviewmirror" a fan quickly ran into the stage from the side and performed one of the most spectacular and high jumps into the audience I've ever seen. The only thing Ed could say was "fucking cool!", and the band immediately stopped the song checking whether this crazy guy dead or alive. Great show! This is an audience video.

Set: Go, Animal, Why Go, Deep, Jeremy, Glorified G, Daughter (Golden Years) (Across the Universe), Even Flow, State Of Love And Trust, Black, Alive, Blood, Improv (Don't Touch Me There), Porch, Rearviewmirror (aborted), Rearviewmirror, Whipping, Garden, Leash, Indifference

Duration: 1:32;  Size: 498Mb
Video: DivX 5 576x432 25.00fps
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 256kbps

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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

1993-11-02 Civic Theatre, San Diego, CA 1

This is a kind of poor quality audience recording with often faltering video stream, but this is all I have. Show itself features great high-to-mid tempo improv, which seems to be almost a full song with verses and Mike's solo. Rare "The Kids Are Alright" is another pearl of this show.

Set: Oceans, Go, Animal, Jeremy, Rearviewmirror, Whipping, Even Flow, Glorified G, Daughter (Shine), State Of Love And Trust, Garden, Alive, Black, Improv, Porch, The Kids Are Alright, Blood, Why Go, Once (Tearing), Sonic Reducer, Indifference

Duration: 1:44;  Size: 874Mb
Video: DivX 5 640x480 29.97fps [Stream 00]
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 256kbps [Stream 01]
(rapidgator links)
1993 San Diego 1 (avi).part1.rar
1993 San Diego 1 (avi).part2.rar

Thursday, March 8, 2012

1993-10-30 Event Center Arena, San Jose, CA (with DVD)

Eddie was a sort of quiet for Porch, for Alive, for Sonic Reducer, but at the end of Baba O'Riley he stepped into the crowd with his mic, and, slowly sinking, sang the rest of the song from the deep of the audience! As security finally had drawn him back, his shirt turned to miserable rags.

This is an audience video, multi-camera edited. DVD version is from a different source - single camera video.

Set: Oceans, Even Flow, Go, Animal, Why Go, (Sick o'Pussies) Deep, Glorified G, Daughter, Rearviewmirror, Rats, Blood, Jeremy, Once, (Hard To Imagine) Porch, Sonic Reducer, Alive, Baba O'Riley, Indifference

Duration: 1:27;  Size: 501Mb
Video: DivX 5 640x480 25.00fps
Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 256kbps

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DVD video: Menu = yes; Size: 3,83Gb
Video: MPEG2 Video 720x480 (4:3) 29.97fps
Audio: 0x0000 48000Hz stereo 1536kbps [LPCM]
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1993 San Jose (DVD).part1.rar
1993 San Jose (DVD).part2.rar
1993 San Jose (DVD).part3.rar
1993 San Jose (DVD).part4.rar
1993 San Jose (DVD).part5.rar
1993 San Jose (DVD).part6.rar
1993 San Jose (DVD).part7.rar
1993 San Jose (DVD).part8.rar