Release date is October 22nd.*Image taken from the internet, may be subject to copyrightArtist: Pearl Jam Title: MTV Unplugged Product Type: COMPACT DISCS Archive release. For the first time ever, MTV Unplugged has been made available on CD, and will be available on streaming platforms beginning October 22nd. Just days after Pearl Jam completed their first American tour, the band made a stop in New York City on March 16th, 1992 to play songs from their debut album Ten.
- Pearl Jam MTV Unplugged 2019 Vinyl LP RSD Record Store Day Exclusive IN HAND. Artist: Pearl JamPearl Jam MTV Unplugged 2019 Vinyl LP RSD Record Store Day Exclusive IN HAND. The album features all seven songs in the MTV Unplugged broadcast. Three days after completing their first American tour, Pearl Jam headed to New York to strip back songs from their debut album ‘Ten’, well on its way to becoming one of 1992’s top rock albums.
Over the years I’ve gone from reading magazines to following bands on social media to searching the web to find out which bands are planning to put out albums. With my borderline OCD I usually know when music is coming out – new or from the vault, typically I’ve read somewhere that the new stuff is coming. I like to think I’m “in the know,” as they say.
While I’ve been blissfully listening to Springsteen’s new album, Letter To You, and battling with Amazon to get my Tom Petty Wildflowers: All The Rest delivered ( Tom Petty: ‘Wildflowers & All The Rest – Deluxe Edition (4 CDs)’ – A Petty Masterpiece Lovingly Revisited), a deluge of music has come out. Bands, unable to play live, have been emptying their vaults… so many box sets, so little time/money. Sure, I didn’t get that new Stones’ LP I’ve been waiting for, but acts from Ozzy to Dylan have put out new, quality albums. Perhaps I have a problem…While 2020 has been an awful year for everyone, at least in music it’s actually been a great year. I used to hate it when that happened.
McCartney released an album from the performance – and I think he was the first to do so – but originally only in a limited 500,000 copy release. It wasn’t until Paul McCartney appeared on the show in 1991 that anybody noticed it or attached any import to it. While there were literally over 100 ‘MTV Unplugged’ shows recorded and broadcast, only around 30 were actually released as albums.The whole “unplugged” concept, I’d always understood, was inspired by (of all people) Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora performing “Wanted (Dead Or Alive)” acoustic at an MTV awards show. For you long time readers, you know two things, (a) I’m a huge Pearl Jam fan ( Review: Pearl Jam’s First LP In 7 Years, ‘Gigaton’ – My Conflicted Thoughts), and (b) I love the old MTV “Unplugged” series ( B&V’s Favorite MTV “Unplugged” LPs). I had no idea that was even in the works, and as I said, I’m rarely surprised. What’s a poor blogger to do when the music is coming this fast and furious? My only answer is to sip some bourbon and enjoy it immensely.While I was out trying to get a handle on everything that’s come out, I realized that Pearl Jam has finally(!) released an LP version of their 1992 MTV Unplugged performance.
I would bounce from the hard rock to the classic rock and finally when bored bounce down to the alternative station at 96.5. I had a cheap radio walkman that I would use when I went to the gym. I think it was called 96.5 The Buzz. So I had the grunge threads, anyway.In the early 90s, Kansas City got an “alternative rock” radio station. I will say, I had already adopted their clothing style… I’d been wearing flannel shirts and blue jeans since high school. With grunge, the established rock bands seemingly crumbled and indulged in massive self-doubt. I was always slow to accept change and remained somewhat aloof from Pearl Jam and the other new grunge bands.
We started hanging out… those records are now sealed until twenty-five years after I’m dead. Then I started hearing these other tracks, “Black,” “Alive,” and a track named “Jeremy.” I couldn’t help but think, not knowing these were all from the same band, “these grunge bands all sound alike.” I didn’t know who Pearl Jam was until I saw the “Jeremy” video on MTV.I started dating a woman in early 1992 who had an out-of-town boyfriend who I thought had she’d broken up with. I really liked Alice In Chain’s “Man In A Box.” That was the first grunge track I actually loved. I’m usually hyper inquisitive when I hear music I like but I guess I had too much going on to figure out who these new bands were. I had no idea who the bands were I just liked the tunes.
I couldn’t help but think, this is the birth of a legend. At one point he stood on his stool and wrote “Pro Choice” in black magic marker on his arm. Vedder seemed like he was barely containing himself, like he was about to physically explode. Despite the fact that the suits at MTV edited the order of the songs, the show blew my mind. I had heard they were amazing in concert and Vedder was often unhinged, more like a shaman than a front man, physically willing the crowd to elevate.
The melodies really came out, much like when Nirvana did their Unplugged In New York City. Vedder’s vocals were deep and resonant. Stripped of the loud, squalling guitars their songs emerged seemingly stronger. Even acoustic, these guys had an intensity that told me they were an important band.While some bands lose that intensity when they go “unplugged” or acoustic, not so for Pearl Jam.
I find myself up and moving around the room when I turn this album up.While the performance was, to me, legendary, they never released it as an album. The sheer energy emanating from this band is palpable over the speakers and simply infectious. McCready’s solo’s in particular are great here. Guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready’s guitars, though muted, deliver on each track. Jeff Ament’s driving bass cements the great rhythm section.
Record Store Day is always a mirage for me with great releases I can never get my hands on. I remember telling the Rock Chick, “I wish they’d put out the ‘Unplugged’ show on vinyl.” Apparently a year ago, November 2019, they did put out a vinyl version of the MTV Unplugged for Record Store Day, in a limited release. When they did an anniversary release of their debut album Ten Redux, it included the DVD of the ‘Unplugged’ performance but they didn’t release an LP or CD version of the show. Grunge bands were all very earnest back then… no big cash, no rock star act, no groupies… they might have wanted to rethink that last part but hey, no judgement. The first album was so popular so fast they probably didn’t want to look like they were cashing in.
Mtv Unplugged Pearl Jam Vinyl Movie Soundtrack And
They open with the muted, “Oceans” which Vedder describes as “a love song for his surf board.” After, they launch into “State of Love And Trust” from the ‘Singles’ movie soundtrack and it rocks, even acoustic. In a fit of excited amazement I bought the MP3 version but now, finding this on vinyl is my new “white whale.”Listening to this concert all these years hence, it’s still an awesome performance. Anyway, as I just discovered last week by sheer accident, PJ put out the show on a broader basis just last Friday.
At the end of “Black,” Vedder sings “we belong together” repeatedly, you feel it man. “Black,” always my favorite track, soars here.
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