Pearl Jam
and Related Artists
·
1990
Artist
Date
Venue
City
State
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Sources
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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Bacchanal
San Diego
CA
What The Funk?
An Answer
Crossroads
Just A Book
Money
Homeless
Believe You Me
What?!
Waste My Days
Stone's House [The Gossman Project]
Seattle
WA
The King (would become Even Flow)
Dollar Short (would become Alive)
Richard's 'E' (would become Alone)
'E' Ballad (would become Black)
?
Weird 'A' (would become Animal)
7Up (would become Pushin' Forward Back)
Doobie 'E' (would become Breath)
Agytian Crave (would become Once)
Times of Trouble (would become Footsteps) (this song also appears on Temple of the Dog with the same title)
Evil 'E' (would become Girl)
Folk 'D' (never released)
Stone Gossard: guitar
Mike McCready: guitar
Jeff Ament: bass
Matt Cameron: drums
Chris Friel: drums on tracks 4 and 10
This tape is the earliest evidence of Pearl Jam around. Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament recorded a set of instrumental demos during the Temple of the Dog sessions with Matt Cameron in 1990. This tape would eventually find its way to Eddie Vedder via Jack Irons.
Notes on Andy Wood/Temple of the Dog:
[Andy Wood's] death hit the Seattle music scene hard; very hard. Not only for his bandmates, but for his friends, his coworkers, his housemates, one of which was Soundgarden's Chris Cornell. Trying to find an outlet for his enormous grief, Chris penned a few songs in tribute to Andy, which were "Reach Down" and "Say Hello 2 Heaven." He decided to ask Stone and Jeff, Andy's friends and bandmates, if they'd like to record them, for a possible single release. At the time, Soundgarden had yet to become superstars, and Stone and Jeff were just beginning the painful work of putting a new vehicle together, following the untimely demise of Mother Love Bone. Chris recruited his Soundgarden compatriot Matt Cameron, who coincidentally at that time was working with Gossard, Ament and a new co-conspirator, one Mike McCready.
"It was initially my idea because of a couple of songs I recorded," Chris [Cornell] explains, "but the idea was mainly to do a single as opposed to a whole record. And the thing was, the rest of the guys in Temple, they sort of thought, well, maybe we should make it a little bit longer project, like an EP or something. The more we talked about it, the more songs kept flying out, and it ended up being an album. It didn't feel like a morose project. It felt sort of celebratory." - Reflex magazine, 12/91
The sessions grew into the Temple Of The Dog project. Not all of the songs were directly about Andy; however, they didn't fit into the Soundgarden format, and the "Gossman Project," as it was allegedly called, was strictly experimental at that time. Stone, Mike, Jeff and Matt had recorded some demos together, with the two projects occasionally crossing borders, as demonstrated by the shared relationship between Temple Of The Dog's "Times of Trouble" and Pearl Jam's "Footsteps." ("Times of Trouble" ended up on the demo tape that the project was circulating to potential members.) They were still recruiting members, and during the sessions they ended up auditioning a potential frontman: San Diego surfer boy Eddie Vedder, who first arrived in Seattle in the fall of 1990. The Temple Of The Dog album was recorded during the late fall and winter of 1990; Ament, Gossard and McCready would work with Chris at night, then jam with Eddie in the newly-christened Mookie Blaylock in the afternoons.
Ed's apartment
San Diego
CA
Alive
Once
Footsteps
Ed's Vocals Dubbed Over Gossman Project's Instrumental Demos
Eddie Vedder's House
San Diego
CA
Alive
Once
Footsteps
Mamasan Trilogy. This is the over dubbing of Eddie's vocals on three tracks of the Gossman Project instrumentals. This tape was sent to Stone in Seattle sometime in September or early October, which Ed dubbed the "Mamasan Trilogy."
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At the same time that Temple was being designed/written Gossard, Ament, and McCready had just finished a three song instrumental demo with Matt Cameron and Chris Freil helping them out on drums. The demo was driven by the Gossard creation Dollar Short that would eventually evolve into the anthem Alive. This tape made it into the hands of a young San Diego gas station attendant named Eddie Vedder through friend and ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons. According to Vedder, after listening to the tape several times and then went surfing with the music playing in his head over and over. It was then that he put some of his lyrics to the music. Vedder dubbed his vocals onto the tape and titled the tape Mamasan ...it consisted of Part 1--Alive, Part 2--Once and part 3--Footsteps. He sometimes refers to this in interviews as his little Mini-Opera. Ament, Gossard and McCready were impressed and eventually arranged a jam session to test the waters of a possible band formation. Things went well and Vedder joined in on the Temple of the Dog project with backing vocals and co-lead vocals on Hunger Strike. With Temple in the can, the band Mookie Blaylock was born with the addition of Dave Krusen on drums. The band took their name in reference the then New Jersey Nets point guard of the same name. This name was changed in favor of Pearl Jam (after briefly considering the name Reenk Roink) and the band was solidified.
Galleria Potatohead, London Bridge Studios
Seattle
WA
Master / Slave (extended cut)
Instrumenatal (Hold On instrumental)
Wishing Well
State of Love and Trust
Tocuh Me I'm Sick (Short version)
Touch Me I'm Dick
It Ain't Like That
Blues Jam
Instrumental
Ed Vedder - vocals, background vocals; Stone Gossard - guitar; Mike McCready - guitar; Jeff Ament - bass; Dave Krusen - drum kit
Studio [First Week Rehearsals]
Seattle
WA
01 Even Flow
02 Once
03 Breath
04 Release
05 Girl
06 Alive
07 Goat
08 Alone
09 Oceans
10 Black
11 Improv
12 Quick Jams
13 etc...
First Week Rehearsal Demos
The first ever demo recorded as a full band. Eddie wrote "this was only after 6 days" on the cover. "Improv." is an early take of "Yellow Ledbetter" with completely different lyrics. "Quick Jams", a short instrumental, is also known as "Wierd A". "etc." is most likely the filler track "Daddy" - see below (10/23/90).
Info from
Given to Wail
Off Ramp Cafe
Seattle
WA
Release
Alone
Alive
Once
Even Flow
Black
Breath
Girl
First Ever Pearl Jam Show
Studio [First Week Rehearsals]
Seattle
WA
01 Even Flow
02 Once
03 Breath
04 Release
05 Girl
06 Goat
07 Alive
08 Alone
09 Oceans
10 Black
11 Improv [early Yellow Ledbetter]
12 Weird 'A' [Animal instrumental]
13 Daddy (Could Swear, I Declare)
First Week Rehersals mix tape.
EV changed the track list to accomodate a different length cassette (. The versions recorded onto this particular tape might be re-mixed from the original 10/13/90 master. "Daddy (Could Swear, I Declare)" is most likely a filler track taken from a previous Vedder session.
Info from
Given to Wail
Unknown
Seattle
WA
Setlist:
Hunger Strike
Wooden Jesus
Say Hello Heaven
Reach Down
Call Me a Dog
Times of Trouble
Pushin' Forward Back
Your Saviour
Four-Walled World
Temple Of The Dog
KISW [Interview]
Seattle
WA
Moore Theater
Seattle
WA
Performed as Mookie Blaylock
opened for Alice In Chains
Home Demos (Hallucinogenic Recipe, Disc 3)
Various
Various
Just Wanted You To Know
What Do You Want
Believe
Live
Stand By
It's Just A Book
Just Wanted You To Know(2nd)
What The Fuck Is Up
I'm Alive, How's That
Broken Down
What The Fuck Is Up(2nd)
Believe(2nd)
I'm Alive, How's That(2nd)
I Don't Know
*** Eddie - Rock 'n Roll HoF
Roadhouse Blues
Break on Through
Light My Fire
*** Eddie - Bob Dylan Tribute
Masters of War
Unknown
Seattle
WA
What?, 7UP, Alive, Dollar Short, Answer, Release, The Wreak Of Edmunds Fitzgerald, A Breath And A Scream, 'E' Ballad, Even Flow, Weird 'A', Richard's 'E', The King, Believe You Me, Just A Girl, Better Man