Pearl Jam
SV011 - "THREE YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY"
September 11, 1998
Madison Square Garden: New York, NY
Source: 2-source mix: [Schoeps MK5 (cardioid) > R-Mod > Sony SBM-1 > Sony PCM-M1 (right risers) > dat] +
[Core Sound Cardioid > Sony TCD-D7 > dat] > cdr > dEdit > dEQ > flac
Digital Matrix Mix: "Sneaky Bastard" (mixed with Pro Tools)
Digital Editing and Remastering: Allen Robertson
Artwork: Allen Robertson
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DISC ONE
01 Release
02 Hail Hail
03 Animal
04 Even Flow
05 Given to Fly
06 Corduroy
07 MFC
08 Habit
09 Faithfull
10 Daughter/(Beginning to See the Light)/(W.M.A.)
11 Wishlist
12 Nothingman
13 Immortality
14 Rearviewmirror
DISC TWO
01 Brain of J
02 Black
03 Do the Evolution
encore 1:
04 Breath (#)
05 State of Love and Trust
06 Off He Goes
07 Leatherman
08 Better Man/(Save it for Later)
09 Mankind
10 Baba O'Riley
encore 2:
11 Indifference (^)
12 Alive
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(#) = first time played since Boston 4/11/94
(^) = performed with Ben Harper
Recording Notes:
The editing performed was to minimize the spots of static, clicks/pops, and handclaps. Many of these were
during the first thirty seconds or so of "Animal" and during the first minute of "Immortality", but there
were many others here and there throughout the entire show (which supposedly happened during the mixing, or
were present on one of the sources prior to mixing). There is also a mild glitch @ 4:13 of "Release" which
was improved a little, but could not be fixed completely, and there is something unidentifiable @ 0:20 on
"Black" which was could not be corrected. Approximately 100-150 pops have been manually removed. The end
result is by no means completely perfect, but this version is much more enjoyable than the unedited version.
Artwork Notes (spacedvest):
The artwork is a 9/11 tribute, using the coincidence of the date and the band playing in New York.
Show Notes (thanks to Five Horizons):
Returning for the encore and yet another sea of "Breath" signs on ever single level of the Garden, Ed tells
the crowd they are never satisfied:
"You fucking cocksuckers. [shakes head] You fucking bitch! You know, we come up here as a
collective band and we give and we give and you just fucking want more ... and you know
what? You deserve it. This is like some kind of organized religion here; I've never seen
anything like it. Do you see what's happening? ... the third night in a row, right?
[applause] Well, fuck you. We're gonna play it!"
leading to the first playing of 'Breath' since 1994!!! woo hoo!!! With a brief announcement ("same record,
different track"), they follow with 'SoL&T.' 'Mankind' is introduced by Stone saying, "Well, since we're playing
every song in the catalog..." 'Baba' is intro'd as being a response to "corporate rock bands who make the mistake
of trying to cover a real rock song." 'Indifference' is played with an ecstatic Ben Harper (who has been including
'Indifference' at some of his shows). During 'Alive,' Ed makes four attempts to toss his microphone over the vocal
monitor rig above his head, and finally gets it over, but instead of just standing there, he proceeds to CLIMB UP
THE MIC CORD and hang there for the rest of the song. Possibly the best show the band has ever played in their life.
Period. (And they knew it, too.)
This is being distributed by blackredyellow.com in tandem with pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com, and is part of a series
of the best Pearl Jam shows in existence (BTW, the spell checker is now on). If the artwork is not included, you
can find it at blackredyellow.com.
Compiled by spacedvest on 5/16/04.