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PEARL JAM
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Y I E L D
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[DELUXE]
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Compilation and artwork by ridleybradout
Additional remastering by JWB
November 2016
FAN-MADE PROJECT - NOT FOR SALE
*Share freely but do not distribute as mp3*
The recording of the album Yield could not have been more different to that of its predecessor. At the end of the No Code sessions, Eddie was feeling burnt out from his responsibility for constructing finished songs from the fragments of musical ideas that his bandmates would present. He suggested a more collaborative effort for the next album, encouraging band members to write and bring in finished songs.
Jeff Ament commented that everybody took this request to heart, and Ed's positive reaction to the material presented kept everyone "energized about their place in the band". For the first time, album lyrics were contributed by bandmembers for Vedder to sing. Jeff believed this also had a positive impact on the band's improved morale: "Eddie put his heart into singing lyrics that I wrote, was an experience I can't put into words."
Pearl Jam devoted the majority of 1997 to writing and recording Yield. Of the sessions, Jack Irons said, "We didn't put any time limit on it. It was like, 'When this record's done, we call it a record.' We took our time to come up with ideal sounds and feel for every song, so that each had its own identity. We would cut a track and go back and listen to it and openly discuss it." As a result, the band spent a large amount of time rehearsing the songs to get the best takes possible, in direct contrast to the No Code recording process which on reflection was considered by the band to have been a bit too rushed.
The release of Yield was met with widespread praise, and was the first but not the last Pearl Jam album to be heralded as "a return to form". Although spending more time and effort promoting the album than it usually did, the band initially decided to stick to its decision to eschew music videos, and instead release the DVD 'Single Video Theory', containing interviews with the band about the making of Yield and performances of songs recording during rehearsal's for their only shows of 1997 in support of the Rolling Stones. However, the band decided to break their self-imposed ban on music videos to create an animated film with visionary comic book artist Todd McFarlane to further explore the themes depicted in 'Do The Evolution'. The video was the band's first since 1992, was nominated for a Grammy, and is the subject of an upcoming art book by IDW publishing.
Being one of Pearl Jam's most well-produced and sonically perfect albums, no tweaking or remastering was deemed necessary for this deluxe edition, although there is an option to update the album with the '2016 HD Remaster for vinyl' by Bob Ludwig (who also mastered the original release).
The deluxe edition of Yield is expanded with all currently available outtakes, consisting of the album's two B-sides, and a pair of Jack Irons-penned songs, 'The Whale Song' and 'Happy When I'm Crying', which were featured on a compilation and Christmas single respectively.
According to PearlJamOnline's Recording Sessions guide (http://www.pearljamonline.it/rs.htm) there are at least six other outtakes from the Yield sessions left in the vault, including the mysterious 'Leatherman II', early versions of Binaural tracks 'Of The Girl', 'Thin Air' and 'Parting Ways', and the still yet-to-be-released-in-studio-form 'Falling Down' (the latter two were also attempted during the No Code sessions).
Also included are the four full performances from 'Single Video Theory', expertly edited and mastered by JWB, and the Jack Iron's demo 'Small Mosquito', which was officially debuted during the Yield 15th Anniversary Show on PJ Radio in 2013. This sonic experiment was a precursor to Yield track 'Red Dot', and dates back to 1995 when it was used as intro music on Pearl Jam's 1995 tour.
**Please note including the bonus track takes the running time to 80:32, which means you will need to enable 'overburn' to burn to CD-R. Alternatively, you may wish to leave off the bonus track, in which case there is alternate artwork included.
**As per the other Deluxe Editions I've put together, this set will be updated should any new recordings surface. Please contact me (ridleybradout AT hotmail.com) should you come across anything new from the Yield sessions.
TRACKLIST
01 Brain of J
02 Faithfull
03 No Way
04 Given To Fly
05 Wishlist
06 Pilate
07 Do The Evolution
08 [Red Dot]
09 MFC
10 Low Light
11 In Hiding
12 Push Me, Pull Me
13 All Those Yesterdays
14 Hummus
15 Leatherman (B-Side)
16 U (B-Side)
17 Happy When I'm Crying (Christmas Single)
18 The Whale Song (Outtake)
19 Given To Fly (1997 Tour Rehearsal)
20 Wishlist (1997 Tour Rehearsal)
21 In Hiding (1997 Tour Rehearsal)
22 Do The Evolution (1997 Tour Rehearsal)
BONUS TRACK
23 Small Mosquito (Jack Demo)
SOURCE INFO:
Track 01-14: Yield CD
Track 15: Given To Fly CD single
Track 16: Wishlist CD single
Track 17: 1997 Tenclub 7" Holiday single
Track 18: Music For Our Mother Ocean Vol. 3 CD
Track 19-22: Single Video Theory DVD
Track 23: PJ Radio Broadcast (lossy source)
All tracks recorded at Studio Litho and Studio X, Seattle from February to November 1997
Except track 23, recorded at Jack Iron's home, Northern California.
Produced by Brendan O'Brien and Pearl Jam
Mixed by Brendan O'Brien, except for track 12 mixed by Nick Didia
Mastered by Bob Ludwig
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RNDM sure is awesome, though.