Pearl Jam - 08/14/93 (Video)
Gimli Motorsport Park
Gimli, Manitoba - Canada
Sunfest '93 (Mudfest)

Set:
00. Intro...
01. Evenflow
02. Why Go
03. Deep
04. Jeremy
05. Animal
06. Glorified G
07. Daughter
08. Go
09. State of Love and Trust
10. Garden
11. Blood
12. Alive
13. Black
14. Once
15. Porch
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16. Indifference
17. Sonic Reducer
18. Rockin' in the Free World
19. Baba O'Riley

Run Time: 1:31:37

When viewing on a larger screen the quality will improve by reducing the brightness & contrast a bit.

Audio Sources:
Tracks 1,2,7,10,12,17 - Recorded 7/16/93 Rotterdam, HD
Tracks 3,9,13,15,16 - Recorded 4/03/94 Atlanta, GA
Tracks 4,6,8,11 - Recorded 11/05/93 Indio, CA
Track 5 - Recorded 12/08/93 Seattle, WA
Track 14 - Recorded 11/30/93 Las Vegas, NV
Track 18 - Recorded 12/08/93 Seattle, WA & 6/18/92 Zurich, CH
Track 19 - Recorded 9/02/92 Los Angeles, CA (short guitar solo is from 8/10/00 FL.)

My original purpose for this project was to upgrade the audio quality. The original audio source was from one of the video camera microphones. The audio mix was thick and dull, and you can't hear Mike's guitar well in most areas. Ed’s vocals are also very muffled and there is too much natural reverb. On the other hand, the video footage was great, and contains 3 different professional camera angles. Even with this great video footage, because of the poor-quality audio, I only watch this video occasionally anymore.

So, I figured I would try a song or two to see if matching the audio from a different show would work with this footage. I was very excited with how it was coming out, so I decided to do the entire concert. It then took on a life of its own, and thus began an extensive process of over 1,000 video edits, video remastering and the most extensive audio work I have attempted to date. Below is a description of the process.

For the purists that feel this is not “authentic”or "live" because the video and audio are not from the same show, I completely understand, and this is not for you. Feel free not to watch, or complain.

The goal is to match the newly edited video to the new audio source as closely as possible. As tight as Pearl Jam were in this era. it would still be impossible to match it up perfectly. That’s when we have to get a little creative. I added edits of video footage to cover up minor speed / tempo changes from the original. Before the footage starts to go out of sync, I would add in an edit of video footage, (crowd footage or a reused piece of concert footage) and then take the next video clip and pull it or push it to match up. My goal is to try not to notice the changes at all when I watch it back.

Audio Notes:
I started with the 6 SBD audio sources from the Vs. 93/94' Tours. For the last couple of songs I had to widen the net and use the Pre-FM source from Zurich 6/18/1992 for the second half of Rockin’, and use the Singles Party 92 audio for Baba, and fill in the short guitar solo during from 8/10/00 WPB, FL.
There were several factors in selecting which audio sources were chosen. (Performance quality, Performance similarities, Speed/Tempo, Sound Quality etc...)
My preference was to leave the audio as is , and do the more extensive editing to the video. On certain tracks audio edits were still needed.
All of the audio was spectral-analyzed and adjusted accordingly to match each other, to create similar EQ and volume settings, to make the songs from different shows sound like it is one continuous audio source.
The in between talking, and banter remains included from the original video source.The audio speed and pitch needed to be adjusted in Alive, Once, and Rockin' in the Free World, and cuts were made to Jeremy, Daughter, Garden, Porch, and Rockin’ in the Free World.

Video Notes:
All video footage was remastered and upconverted to HD. There are adjustments to contrast, brightness, color, tint, and denoise, smoothing and deblocking filters. In addition to the edits required to keep the synch matched up, there are hundreds of edits to help capture parts of the show when the cameramen didn't follow the music. This was done by reusing parts of the concert that could match up. Doing this perfectly would not be possible. So, If you spend your time playing detective, you will pick up on imperfections, or inconsistencies, but if you sit back relax and enjoy, they should not be very noticeable at all. I literally went frame by frame trying to make the best choices possible for each situation with the footage available. This process for the most part is subjective, so I tried to balance the choices I made to improve the overall viewing experience.
Yes, this was a complicated project, but there was a large amount of great material to work with. I don’t even want to admit how many hours I put into this, but I enjoyed every minute of it. I feel that the overall improvement from the original is substantial, and I am extremely excited about how it came out.

I hope you enjoy!
Steve D.

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