Thursday, December 11, 2008

Pearl Jam Re-Issues Debut Album Ten With 4 Different Special Edition Packages

This announcement has The Blot all kinds of excited. As you all know by now, The Blot is obsessed with Pearl Jam. They’ve been my favorite band since I first heard Ten way back in 1991 (as a sprout 12 year old I might add). According to PearlJam.com, “the reissue of Ten serves as the launch of a planned two-year catalogue re-release campaign leading up to the band’s 20th anniversary in 2011.” (link) There will be four different special edition packages of the Ten re-issue, each with a different price and a corresponding number of extras included.

Pearl Jam
The four Ten re-issue special edition packages will hit stores on March 24, 2009 but for all you die hard fans you can pre-order the 2008 Ten Super Deluxe Edition here for $140.00 (which includes free shipping anywhere in the U.S.). It’s the largest of the four deluxe editions and includes everything they could come up with. While I’d love to get my hands on one of these bad boys, the price is a little much for me. I think I’ll just be going for the Deluxe Edition, which also includes a DVD of Pearl Jam’s previously unreleased 1992 MTV Unplugged performance. I’ve been dying for a legit copy of their Unplugged performance for years and won’t be passing up on a chance to finally own it!

Pearl Jam - Ten Re-Issue Super DeLuxe Edition
For more information on the re-release check out this great article on Billboard.com and to find out what will be included in each of the four Ten re-issue special edition packages read below:

THE FOUR EDITIONS OF TEN: ALBUM EXTRAS PER PACKAGE

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.
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