Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs demos

[Hypnos]

I remember the rumors of that record of little tunes that Eddie supposedly distributed among friends at the beginning of 2000.
Everybody wanted that CD to leak into the webz. In the end it became Ukulele Songs, but those more intimate and
personal versions were forgotten.

In addition to these, are there other songs available?

[oftheearth]

I used to have the live recordings of many of these back in early 2000s. Lost them over the years but would love to have them again. His voice during this era had a different level of quality to these intimate songs.

If anyone has this live show still please share! I believe ‘thumbing my way’ and ‘I am mine’ were also debuted at this show.

[VinylGuy]

yeah, i dont quite remember how many of these songs were out...Cant Keep for sure, but that was from All Tomorrow Parties 2002 right?

I dont remember..

[oftheearth]

yeah, i dont quite remember how many of these songs were out...Cant Keep for sure, but that was from All Tomorrow Parties 2002 right?

I dont remember..

Yes! That rings a bell, it was 2002.

Songs played from Ukulele Songs were:

Broken-hearted (remember him saying he was sad without his band)
Can’t Keep
Longing to belong
Satellite
Goodbye
Sleeping by myself
You’re True

[bodysnatcher]

I used to have the live recordings of many of these back in early 2000s. Lost them over the years but would love to have them again. His voice during this era had a different level of quality to these intimate songs.

If anyone has this live show still please share! I believe ‘thumbing my way’ and ‘I am mine’ were also debuted at this show.

I definitely had that on mp3, but don’t know if I still do. I’d have to dig for it.

[The Town]

Is this the show you're talking about?
Can't remember who posted it on here recently but I still had it in my browser history.

FLAC download
https://dl.boxcloud.com/zip_download/zip_download?ProgressReportingKey=F6DEB4782E89E23F1B67A73C80BA5E4A&d=199647260322&ZipFileName=ev2002-03-15.zip&Timestamp=1682357621&SharedLink=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2Fnyfvib6clijxpwvcq9t317s16a4bmzfb&HMAC2=3cd90b9278c412c4a9d784eaa55bb568db693dd428ba985aa61eeedc9bd6313a

Eddie Vedder
All Tomorrow's Parties
Royce Hall
U.C.L.A.
Los Angeles, CA
03/15/02

Source: Sanken COS-11sBP > D100 > dEDIT > mkwACT > .shn

Soon Forget
Happy Birthday
Can't Keep
This is Goodbye
Broken Hearted
Satellite
Thumbing My Way
I Am Mine
You're True
Longing To Belong
Parting Ways

[oftheearth]

Is this the show you're talking about?
Can't remember who posted it on here recently but I still had it in my browser history.

FLAC download
https://dl.boxcloud.com/zip_download/zip_download?ProgressReportingKey=F6DEB4782E89E23F1B67A73C80BA5E4A&d=199647260322&ZipFileName=ev2002-03-15.zip&Timestamp=1682357621&SharedLink=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2Fnyfvib6clijxpwvcq9t317s16a4bmzfb&HMAC2=3cd90b9278c412c4a9d784eaa55bb568db693dd428ba985aa61eeedc9bd6313a

Eddie Vedder
All Tomorrow's Parties
Royce Hall
U.C.L.A.
Los Angeles, CA
03/15/02

Source: Sanken COS-11sBP > D100 > dEDIT > mkwACT > .shn

Soon Forget
Happy Birthday
Can't Keep
This is Goodbye
Broken Hearted
Satellite
Thumbing My Way
I Am Mine
You're True
Longing To Belong
Parting Ways

This is the one! Does the link still work? Much appreciated

[Hatfield]

Can't listen right now, but that is the show where he had the kid playing violin that he had just met that day?

Ukelele Songs didn't stand a chance after these 2002 shows. Those songs debut and the album that followed made me feel like Ed was having a Bob Dylan moment. Something magical happening that couldn't be recreated in the studio.

[Hypnos]

Im pretty convinced this "album" is making the rounds.

[Teeeeeekay]

Is this the show you're talking about?
Can't remember who posted it on here recently but I still had it in my browser history.

FLAC download
https://dl.boxcloud.com/zip_download/zip_download?ProgressReportingKey=F6DEB4782E89E23F1B67A73C80BA5E4A&d=199647260322&ZipFileName=ev2002-03-15.zip&Timestamp=1682357621&SharedLink=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2Fnyfvib6clijxpwvcq9t317s16a4bmzfb&HMAC2=3cd90b9278c412c4a9d784eaa55bb568db693dd428ba985aa61eeedc9bd6313a

Eddie Vedder
All Tomorrow's Parties
Royce Hall
U.C.L.A.
Los Angeles, CA
03/15/02

Source: Sanken COS-11sBP > D100 > dEDIT > mkwACT > .shn

Soon Forget
Happy Birthday
Can't Keep
This is Goodbye
Broken Hearted
Satellite
Thumbing My Way
I Am Mine
You're True
Longing To Belong
Parting Ways

This is the one! Does the link still work? Much appreciated

I just asked for this a few months ago maybe and someone quickly linked it up.

[LooseGroove927]

Is this the show you're talking about?
Can't remember who posted it on here recently but I still had it in my browser history.

FLAC download
https://dl.boxcloud.com/zip_download/zip_download?ProgressReportingKey=F6DEB4782E89E23F1B67A73C80BA5E4A&d=199647260322&ZipFileName=ev2002-03-15.zip&Timestamp=1682357621&SharedLink=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2Fnyfvib6clijxpwvcq9t317s16a4bmzfb&HMAC2=3cd90b9278c412c4a9d784eaa55bb568db693dd428ba985aa61eeedc9bd6313a

Eddie Vedder
All Tomorrow's Parties
Royce Hall
U.C.L.A.
Los Angeles, CA
03/15/02

Source: Sanken COS-11sBP > D100 > dEDIT > mkwACT > .shn

Soon Forget
Happy Birthday
Can't Keep
This is Goodbye
Broken Hearted
Satellite
Thumbing My Way
I Am Mine
You're True
Longing To Belong
Parting Ways

Thank you for sharing this. If my memory serves me correctly, I think Ed played another solo show around the same time. Maybe a few days earlier? Does anyone else remember this, and if so, is it still circulating? I think Thumbing My Way was played electric at one show and acoustic at the other.

[spike]

Is this the show you're talking about?
Can't remember who posted it on here recently but I still had it in my browser history.

FLAC download
https://dl.boxcloud.com/zip_download/zip_download?ProgressReportingKey=F6DEB4782E89E23F1B67A73C80BA5E4A&d=199647260322&ZipFileName=ev2002-03-15.zip&Timestamp=1682357621&SharedLink=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.box.com%2Fs%2Fnyfvib6clijxpwvcq9t317s16a4bmzfb&HMAC2=3cd90b9278c412c4a9d784eaa55bb568db693dd428ba985aa61eeedc9bd6313a

Eddie Vedder
All Tomorrow's Parties
Royce Hall
U.C.L.A.
Los Angeles, CA
03/15/02

Source: Sanken COS-11sBP > D100 > dEDIT > mkwACT > .shn

Soon Forget
Happy Birthday
Can't Keep
This is Goodbye
Broken Hearted
Satellite
Thumbing My Way
I Am Mine
You're True
Longing To Belong
Parting Ways

Thank you for sharing this. If my memory serves me correctly, I think Ed played another solo show around the same time. Maybe a few days earlier? Does anyone else remember this, and if so, is it still circulating? I think Thumbing My Way was played electric at one show and acoustic at the other.

This is the show.

02/26/02 - Wiltern Theatre: Los Angeles, CA (Concert for Artists' Rights)
attendance: 2400
also on bill: Mike Ness, Beck
set: If It's Monday Morning [Lee Hazelwood cover, with Beck and Mike Ness], Drifting, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, Dead Man, Parting Ways, Can't Keep [new song - uke], You're True [new song - uke], I Am Mine [slightly different lyrics], Thumbing My Way [new song - guitar], Broken Hearted [new song - uke], Sleepless Nights [Everly Bros. cover w/Beck]
Ed and Mike McCready come on later with Mike Ness to perform 'Ball and Chain' (by Social D)
Ed with Beck: Little Hands [Skip Spence (Moby Grape) cover, EV on guitar and vox], Evil Things [vox only]
All artists come on to sing 'Sweet Virginia' (Rolling Stones cover) to close the show
notes: The show opened with Beck onstage, alone, singing 'If It's Monday Morning.' He gets to the second verse, and Ed walks out - "it was like Beatlemania." Third verse, Mike Ness walks out. Ed's set was next. He's got a fedora on, covering the mohawk. The overwhelming tone of the set was very dark and pretty heavy - this wasn't a "light" show. Early in the set, he is adjusting his harmonica, and he takes that hat off for the first time. The crowd goes nuts. Ed gets that evil grin on his face and says, "You like it?" And then makes the now famous comment that he's keeping his hair like that until we stop killing people overseas. Ed's ukulele playing is incredible. 'Dead Man' is stunning. The new songs are great. 'Thumbing' is about hitchhiking: "I'm thumbing my way back to heaven." Later in the set, Ed comments that Sunday night, when he was getting ready for the show, he had the TV on, and he saw Bon Jovi at the Olympic closing ceremonies. "I realized that a 40 year old butt rocker with an American flag around his neck was America's symbol to the world, and I felt better..." Lots of "EDDIE I LOVE YOU" screamers in the audience, which Ed smacked down nicely: "I thought with the $50 tickets, this would be a classy crowd," and "You should have been at soundcheck so we could have worked on your tone." Instruments: Red Vox, Martin acoustic, ukulele. The new song titles are from the setlist, so they are 100% correct (at least as of tonight, who knows if Ed will change his mind later!).