Pearl Jam
Eddie Vedder- lead vocals
Mike McCready- guitar
Stone Gossard- guitar
Jeff Ament- bass
Jack Irons- drums

Midland Marine Arena
Buffalo, N.Y.
(first show ever there)
October 1, 1996
audience DAT > CD > CD > CD extractor (WAV) >
flac (sb's aligned) > torrentially yours.
runtime:
setlist disc 1 58:13
1: oceans 3:10
2: last exit 2:53
3: hail hail 3:40
4: spin the black circle 2:52
5: animal 2:33
6: tremor Christ 3:56
7: in my tree 4:08
8: courderoy 6:06
9: Lukin 2:07
10: better man (save it for later slice) 5:35
11: not for you 6:09
12: state of love and trust 4:20
13: rats 4:17
14: Jeremy 6:22

disc 2 61:17

15: off he goes 6:11
16: footsteps 4:01
17: whipping 2:43
18: immortality 5:14
19: alive 5:49
20: porch 8:53
21: (encores) evenflow 5:38
22: daughter 4:06
23: blood (heaven and fame slices) 5:39
24: present tense 6:11
25: yellow ledbetter 6:46
comments:
this was the first concert ever to happen in the Midland Marine Arena,
which is apparently a hockey rink that doubles as Buffalo's concert arena
for big acts. In 1996, Pearl Jam was the biggest of the big in the U.S.A.
this is a typical length Pearl Jam show, pretty sure it's all in here.
I got this recording on 3 CD's, although some of what was on it was clearly
not from this concert, so I removed all of that. it was a different recording too,
not very good. I think all of this concert is in here, and maybe not the best PJ
aud you'll ever hear, this one sounds pretty decent throughout and sounds like
it all comes from the same recording. It was a standard length PJ show. They
seemed pretty happy about getting to be the first band to play here.
some interesting points about this band.
according to Jeff Ament, the "Pearl" part comes from Eddie's great grandmother,
(Pearl) and the "jam" came about after seeing A few Neil Young shows.
Neil has always been a huge influence on them, long before the brief 1995
NY and PJ tour.
in 1993, Pearl Jam led the charge in the U.S.A. to keep ticket prices from
skyrocketing, largely to prevent scalping of their tickets, just as they were
becoming the biggest band in the U.S.A. They even waged the most visible and
vigorour resistance to Ticketmaster's inclusion of a "service charge" being
added to their ticket price. all this only made a very popular band even more
popular in concert. they even cancelled their summer 94 tour in protest of it.
after the case vs. Ticketmaster was dropped (by U.S. justice dept.) Pearl Jam
continued to protest them by refusing to play venues serviced by TM. this was
a big problem for them and took a stress toll on the band, preventing many
concerts for a few years.
even in 1994, Pearl Jam demanded their releases be made available on vinyl.
at the time of this tour, Pearl Jam had produced 3 of the biggest releases
of the 90's- "Ten", "Vs." and "Vitalogy", and was touring the 4th one "no code",
very limited to where they could play since Ticketmaster was one of the biggest
ticket distributors in the nation (Ticketron was another big one) and the band
wasn't giving in on their demand to not have often hefty service charges added
to their ticket prices. The band has also been enviornmentally and politically
active, supporting pro choice and opposing GWB's election in 2000 (and 2004)
playing a benefit show for Hurricane Katrina victims in 2005, a 2001 world hunger
benefit and at least a few shows to help homeless and seriously ill people and
victims of abuse in their home stomp of Seattle, Wash.
Throughout the 90's, Eddie Vedder was a regular nominee for the best male rock
vocalist in an American band. around this time there was nobody more popular.
but as the name implies, "no code" wasn't aiming for commercial appeal.
Hail Hail is the only song that I remember well from it.
Pearl Jam has probably suffered less ill ego effect from huge fame than any big
band I can name. Their popularity took off like a rocket with their 1992 album
"ten" and has remained high (much like their heroes Neil Young and the Who) for
many years. always ascending, but never condescending, Pearl Jam have somehow
maintained their humbleness, a critical part of their initial and enduring appeal.
I don't know if it's fair to say that Pearl Jam is to grunge like Bob Marley is
to reggae, but even with bands like Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and (briefly)
Nirvana, the Seattle grunge scene never has had any other band reach or maintain
popularity as big or for so long as Pearl Jam has. they seem to be the most
familiar and regular face in this Seattle grunge scene that hit it big in the
early 90's, right around the time "ten" and (nirvana's) "nevermind" came out.
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