Pearl Jam Bootlegs

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The American rock band Pearl Jam has been selling recordings of their world tours since 2000 .

1991-2000

There were no official recordings in the early years. However, fans organized in fan clubs tried to set up a network so that other fans could get live recordings more easily and cheaply. But since the quality often fluctuated, Pearl Jam decided at the end of the millennium to offer recordings even to the fans.

Binaural 2000

On the tour, which followed the release of their sixth studio album, Binaural, in 2000, every concert was recorded and released as a bootleg , so fans could get good quality recordings but also save them from buying overpriced amateur bootlegs.

A total of 72 of these bootlegs hit the record stores. First the 25 concert recordings of the European tour were published, then the recordings of the US concerts in two batches. The albums consisted of a cardboard slipcase containing two CDs and on the back of which the setlist was written. The last concert, which concludes the world tour, in the Key Arena in Seattle on November 6, 2000, even consists of three CDs. The European bootlegs were colored beige, the American recordings were published in a gray slipcase.

Roskilde

All concerts of the tour were published with the exception of the appearance at the Roskilde Festival . Nine people were killed here in a mass fall due to the crowd and wet grass. Therefore the band refrained from a publication.

success

By releasing several albums in parallel, Pearl Jam set a new record on the Billboard 200 : As the first (and so far only) band they managed to be in the charts with five albums at the same time.

Later tours

After the great response on the 2000 tour, the idea was continued with the official bootlegs on all subsequent tours (2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010). Initially, the albums continued to be sold through record stores, and most recently they were sold by downloading from the band's website.

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