Pear Jam - Unauthorised - Jeremy (1994) Bootleg

(U.S 1990 - Present)

This show was supposed to be in LA but Pearl Jam were having their war with Ticketmaster and so they refused to do a show there. Empire Polo Fields: Indio, California was chosen instead.

This show became legendary for the tirade that Eddie Vedder threw because of the shoe throwing. People were pelting the bands with shoes and anything else they could find. Eddie Vedder threatened to wait at the gate and kick the shit out of whoever was barefoot. During ‘Porch,’ Ed invites the audience to spit at him. They finished the show playing behind their amps to keep away from the shoes.

This show, was also problematic with respect to parking and cold temperatures. The unruly crowd was moshing in line during the soundcheck and to PA music! Before Pearl Jam started, a roadie sang a hysterical rendition of ‘Copa Cabana.’

The audience is launching shoes at the stage even before and during the opening acts. In fact, during Eleven’s set, a shoe hits Jack Iron’s bass drum, he stops the song and says that if he finds out who threw it he would make him pay for the damages (quite pissed).

Finally, Pearl Jam hits the stage, with the audience behaving outrageously. Prior to playing "Deep", Ed remarks, “Kill your local rapist, but torture him first, then serve him to your enemy for dinner.” Later: “The first guy I met today gave me this book and asked if I wanted to know the secret for living forever.” Tossing it into the crowd, he says, “Why the fuck would I want to live forever?” During "Porch", Ed invites the audience to spit at him. The agitated crowd, continuing to throw stuff onto the stage, leads Ed to comment that “… me and Jeff are going to the front gate and when you exit, we are going to beat the shit out of every barefoot person here” and “… throw a gun so I can shoot you.” 

The band eventually plays from behind their amps so they won’t be hit by the flying shoes. This audience was awful. The recording of "Blood" from this show is released on the "Daughter" single. "Fuck Me in the Brain" was released later on the third fan club single (as "Ramblings"). The guys deserve a medal for playing this long and this well despite the rowdy crowd. [extract from pearljamfm.com]

Concert Review: Los Angles Times, 8th Nov 1993
'Pearl Jam Blossoms in Desert'

BY STEVE HOCHMAN

INDIO — Early in Pearl Jam’s concert on Friday at the Empire Polo Club in this desert city, singer Eddie Vedder--commenting on the out-of-the-way location--told the huge audience, “You gotta run pretty far to get some space for yourself these days.”

But even Vedder, for all his recent comments about the pressures of stardom, probably never imagined that later he and his bandmates would have to seek space behind the amplifier stacks, running for cover from a barrage of shoes thrown at them by a pea-brained contingent of the audience.

Vedder and the band made the most of this, hiding from the crowd while performing the Dead Boys’ old punk song “Sonic Reducer” in a memorable moment of unplanned rock theater in Pearl Jam’s biggest concert so far of its new tour.

Neither the tongue-in-cheek retreat nor the rest of the show, however, really answered whether Pearl Jam, with its record-breaking album sales, is a band for the ages or the band of the moment.

Vedder left no doubt about his own talents, with his charismatic intensity losing nothing in this vast setting, where 25,000 people--an estimated 15,000 of them having driven the two or three hours from the L.A. area, which the band is avoiding for now--stood in the middle of the California desert singing along to anthems of youthful alienation, suicide and survival.

Vedder was clearly communicating with his fans, and such songs as the new “Daughter” and “Animal” and the now-standards “Alive” and “Jeremy"--portraits of young people haunted by familial betrayal and a world with no ground rules--rang solidly true.

The band, though, didn’t quite seem ready to jump to the arena and stadium headlining status, showing occasional sloppiness that might have been electrifying in a smaller setting, but didn’t really get across in the great outdoors. But maybe it’s good that for all its impact, Pearl Jam has room--and promise--for growth.

The site itself--essentially a really, really big, palm-lined lawn--proved on the whole a success, comfortably accommodating the large crowd with relatively few traffic and parking problems. It was certainly far better than last summer’s “Lollapalooza” shows at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in those respects. [taken from www.latimes.com]

This post consists of MP3's (320kps) ripped  from my Grapefruit CD which I picked up recently from my local Salvos store.  Just love these Unauthorised boots - they keep popping up every now and then.  This particular release is one of the few that has the correct release date on the front cover and is the first half of the original concert. I suspect the 2nd half of the concert was released under the title of 'Unauthorised - Blood' which I have yet to locate. And so the hunt continues.

This particular concert doesn't start well and to be honest I didn't really enjoy the first 2 tracks. Things start to improve when they play "Animal" but its not until they play their controversial single "Jeremy" when they start to shine.  This is by far the best track here in my opinion, closely followed by "Daughter" and "Alive".  

To make your listening experience more enjoyable, I have taken the liberty of enhancing the volume on all tracks and also removing the first minute of the opening track "Release", as it only contained a few clicks and thuds while the band walks on stage.

Please note that this concert has been released under various titles, such as 'Manifesting Morrison' (by Hawk) and 'One Way Needle' (by Alley Kat). Covers for these releases are shown right

Track Listing

01. Release

02. Go

03. Animal

04. Why Go

05. Deep

06. Jeremy

07. Glorified G

08. Daughter

09. Alive

10. Rearview Mirror

Pearl Jam are:

Eddie Vedder (vocals)

Stone Gossard (guitar)

Jeff Ament (bass)

Mike McCready (guitar)

Dave Krusen (drums)

 

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