Vitalogy: Official Album Thread

[Buby]

Wouldn't a reissue of Freak have been pretty cool for last year?

Hell, they could have made this bluray a Freak reissue.

On the unofficial releases with a Vitalogy aesthetic category... I'd prioritize Chapters

[B]

Wouldn't a reissue of Freak have been pretty cool for last year?

Hell, they could have made this bluray a Freak reissue.

On the unofficial releases with a Vitalogy aesthetic category... I'd prioritize Chapters

Hey, Freaks are selling for hundreds of dollars. They could kill the whole market on one Record Store Day release.

[epilogue]

What is Freaks?

[Buby]

What is Freaks?

https://www.discogs.com/release/2220027-Pearl-Jam-Freak

https://www.discogs.com/release/2220027-Pearl-Jam-Freak

[epilogue]

Weird

[Birds in Hell]

Is there a FLAC rip of that promo floating around?

I wonder if there's any mixing or mastering quirks worth investigating.

[wease]

Weird

Freaky

[Rangi Guy]

It'd be awesome if Binaural received this same Blu-ray treatment this year for its 25th.

Sonically, I'd say they're 2 for 2 without being nitpicky.
Visually, they're 0 for 2 but also seems to not be on their checklist.

Binaural has the strongest set of outtakes. If I had it my way, the outtakes would get at least some attention/treatment.

Give the same treatment to the album MOJO ranked last of all PJ albums??? Whatever!

[96583UP]

don't recall seeing Freak before

also curious if that is just a comp of the same album tracks or more to it

[B]

don't recall seeing Freak before

also curious if that is just a comp of the same album tracks or more to it

It's just Vitalogy with some extra songs. I just liked how they killed the black market on Give Way, and thought it might be cool of them to reissue another promotional item like Freak.

[epilogue]

don't recall seeing Freak before

also curious if that is just a comp of the same album tracks or more to it

It's just Vitalogy with some extra songs. I just liked how they killed the black market on Give Way, and thought it might be cool of them to reissue another promotional item like Freak.

According to the above link, it's a collection of songs from other albums and two Vitalogy songs.

[B]

don't recall seeing Freak before

also curious if that is just a comp of the same album tracks or more to it

It's just Vitalogy with some extra songs. I just liked how they killed the black market on Give Way, and thought it might be cool of them to reissue another promotional item like Freak.

According to the above link, it's a collection of songs from other albums and two Vitalogy songs.

ha! i didn't even look. I just thought it was the album with ledbetter and some other stuff.

[96583UP]

looks through an ebay listing the booklet looks cool with promo posters etc from diff tour events

i do like the idea of issuing it ala Give Way

that said, Freaks appears to have been an official Sony promo; whereas Give Way was unauthorized

so i doubt the band could re-issue it without Sony permission

also they hate Dave A making money and would want to re-record all the songs with Matt so they don't have to pay him or acknowledge that he exists and was responsible for their signature sound in their most famous phase of their careers and much of their success is attributable to him and they refuse to acknowledge that

also that

[B]

I don't know the band, but I don't get the impression that they'd care if Dave got a cut of the records he's on.

[96583UP]

i know i just wanted to sound big

[Buck Chunt]

i know i just wanted to sound big

Ur my big boy

[joostone]

Out of all the promotional releases that could be given the RSD 'Give Way''' treatment, 'Freak' is the least interesting option.

Rarefief & Live (Melbourne 95) or Self-Pollution Radio would be better options.

[B]

Any of those blurays arrive? Are they worth buying?

Happy to report that the bluray is well worth it.

Go on...

Well, overall for $30 dlls it meets expectations.

I don’t have an Atmos setup at home, I have a Dolby DTS 5 speaker & sub-woofer setup through optical cable, so I knew off the bat I’d be getting it for the HQ PCM Stereo track.

After one listen, pretty much every track has little nuances revealed. Not For You and Tremor Christ come to mind for muffled sections being cleared up, Satan’s Bed as well.
Sound is crisp and not distracting (I have a preference for lower frequencies, so I usually close the center speaker, and the system adjusts to a more bassy output, but that’s just me).
We’ve come a long way from the cassette tape I first heard Vitalogy on.

Light “meh” on visuals, it just runs the album cover with “Vitalogy” fading in and out.
Much like the “Dark Matter” bluray, none of the visuals make the jump.
Bummer ‘cause they just did the animated Vitalogy booklet artwork, that might’ve been better. No biggie though, just missed opportunities.

This will definitely give the vinyl a break.

I really liked the new mix on the back half of Spin the Black Circle and Immortality. Probably the first time I've listed to the fully Stupid Mop in decades. I really liked how this sounded.

I think if they released a boxed set of the 12 studio albums and Lost Dogs on BluRay with Atmos mixes, I'd buy that.

[Leatherhead]

.................... was responsible for their signature sound in their most famous phase of their careers and much of their success is attributable to him...........

There'd be a stronger case for this if Dave A had drummed on Ten.

[96583UP]

he drummed on the ten tour and drummed on Vs and Vitalogy

we all know that was the most famous phase