PEARL JAM - DEFINITIVE LIVE
Compilation and artwork by ridleybradout, February 2018
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It has been almost 13 years since the Green Habit Compilation was put together by the Red Mosquito Forum community. As the band has now been together for double that length of time, an update or sequel to this collection was well overdue. Hundreds of official bootlegs later (including numerous 'vault' releases from the pre-bootleg era), every song has been put up for review.
Red Mosquito forum users were invited to nominate and debate their favourite versions of each song, for me to then go away and listen to each to make a final decision:
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There were a number of criteria for picking a definitive live version: sound quality, correct lyrics, no guitar flubs, full band (if that is how the song was recorded in the studio), electric rather than acoustic (again, if that is how the song was recorded), and original era/drummer where possible (unless later versions had something really special). Basically, if you had to represent the essence and power of each song through one single live version - which would it be?
After a LOT of deliberation, this is what we came up with. Thank you to everyone for your suggestions and for the discussion to date. This will be a constantly evolving collection, so will be reviewed as new shows are played or released from the vault. The best known source for each track has been used, and remastered by JWB only where required to provide the smoothest possible listening experience.
