Pearl Jam Celebrating 18, 19, and 20 Years With Re-Issues

We now have Rolling Stone's first guaranteed five-star review of next year.

Pearl Jam announced last week that they will be re-releasing their entire catalog between 2009 and 2011 in celebration of the band's 20th anniversary, starting with a remastered version of their debut classic Ten, set to be re-released March 24th. According to the band's website, there will be four different versions, with all manner of special additions, among them:

-Remixed album by Brendan O'Brien (some of these remixes appeared on the Rearviewmirror Greatest Hits album)
-DVD of the 1992 MTV Unplugged performance
-LP of the infamous 1992 "Drop in the Park" concert
-Cassette tape of "Alive", "Once" and "Footsteps" demos with Eddie Vedders vocals (only recently uncovered by Jeff Ament)

And that's just the beginning. The Super Deluxe Edition is available for pre-order now at the "What Recession?" price of 140 bucks, but shipping's free if you're a good ol' red-blooded American (or at least if you have an American address). Below is the full info on all 4 versions (I'm setting aside some cash for the Deluxe Edition).

1. Legacy Edition (2-disc set in mini-LP style slipcase):
· Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
· Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by Brendan O’Brien, plus six bonus tracks: “Brother,” “Just a Girl,” “State of Love and Trust,” “Breath and a Scream,” “2,000 Mile Blues” and “Evil Little Goat”
· Re-designed packaging

2. Deluxe Edition (2-disc set plus DVD specially designed hardbound package):
· Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
· Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by Brendan O’Brien, plus six bonus tracks: “Brother,” “Just a Girl,” “State of Love and Trust,” “Breath and a Scream,” “2,000 Mile Blues” and “Evil Little Goat”
· DVD of Pearl Jam’s previously unreleased 1992 MTV Unplugged performance including never before seen bonus performance of “Oceans” with 5.1 surround sound audio remix

3. Vinyl Collection (2-LP set)
· LP 1: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl
· LP 2: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl and remixed by Brendan O’Brien

4. Super Deluxe Edition (2-disc set plus DVD, 4 LPs and replica cassette in linen-covered, slip-cased clamshell box):
· Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
· Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by Brendan O’Brien, plus six bonus tracks: “Brother,” “Just a Girl,” “State of Love and Trust,” “Breath and a Scream,” “2,000 Mile Blues” and “Evil Little Goat”
· DVD of Pearl Jam’s previously unreleased 1992 MTV Unplugged performance including never before seen bonus performance of “Oceans” with 5.1 surround sound audio remix
· LP 1: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl
· LP 2: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl and remixed by Brendan O’Brien
· LP 3 & 4: Drop in the Park – Live at Magnuson Park in Seattle on September 20, 1992 (audio mixed by Brendan O’Brien)
· Cassette: replica of original “Momma-Son” Pearl Jam demo cassette featuring “Alive,” “Once” and “Footsteps”
· Package also includes an Eddie Vedder-style composition notebook filled with replica personal notes, images and mementos from the collections of Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament, a vellum envelope with replicated era-specific ephemera from Pearl Jam’s early work and a two-sided print commemorating the Drop in the Park concert.

Again, this is the first in a series of re-issues of every Pearl Jam album. Suffice it to say I'm glad I've held off on picking up the entire PJ catalog thus far.

Official Press Release on Pearl Jam's Website

Pearl Jam - Black [iTunes]

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