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Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Wed April 29, 2026 2:55 pm
by B
Looks like this releases next month. Pre-order is up on my local record shop.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Sun May 10, 2026 5:31 pm
by epilogue
Ordered!
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 4:47 pm
by B
Ten Club actually manages to be within $1 of my local shop.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 5:09 pm
by B
That being said, I went with Amazon, b/c well, ... money.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 7:31 pm
by wease
Ordered thru 10C. Didn’t think about Amazon for some reason.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 8:29 pm
by Uncle Jesse
This version of Mirrorball was a massive disappointment. The remixes suck. Neil completely destroyed BGC.
I’ll only spin my OP when I want Mirrorball.
Have mercy
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Mon May 11, 2026 8:40 pm
by B
wease wrote: Mon May 11, 2026 7:31 pm
Ordered thru 10C. Didn’t think about Amazon for some reason.
They could have had me with a colored Merkinball 45, the suckers.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 12:25 am
by Matters
Uncle Jesse wrote: Mon May 11, 2026 8:29 pm
This version of Mirrorball was a massive disappointment. The remixes suck. Neil completely destroyed BGC.
I’ll only spin my OP when I want Mirrorball.
Have mercy
Are there remixes? I thought this was just a reissue of the original album. Anyway I’m mostly interested in the hopefully soon to be released live performances.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 12:28 am
by VinylGuy
Im really happy with my original vinyl i got very cheap a long time ago but i would gladly got that live version
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Tue May 12, 2026 12:52 am
by 96583UP
are there any additional tracks (e.g. live) on this reissue?
at least give malibu stacy a new hat please
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Fri May 22, 2026 7:35 pm
by lvc
Yeah, the description doesn’t even read like it’s an updated mix/master. In fact the description seems completely unenthused to even be announcing the release. Like someone had to stop scrolling TikTok to write that and were clearly annoyed.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Sat May 23, 2026 1:45 am
by 96583UP
‘in the spirit of Pearl Jam’s least-effort late album writing process, comes the least-effort reissue that you’ve all been waiting for’
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Sat May 23, 2026 12:56 pm
by liebzz
Technically, it’s a Neil Young reissue.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Sat May 23, 2026 3:33 pm
by Simple Torture
Would be shocked if Mirror Ball sounded that bad. The NYA releases are among the best sounding records I own. Was just listening to Freedom yesterday and it was like hearing the record for the first time.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Sat May 23, 2026 3:54 pm
by VinylGuy
I have the original pressing and sounds awesome so i dont think the album needs anything to be honest
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Sun May 24, 2026 2:49 am
by injuddstree
Neil Young fans are hard core particularly for extra releases, live stuff, anniversaries etc. The album could be the exact same including the artwork and a lot of people would buy it.
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Sun May 24, 2026 9:54 pm
by Strat
Nah this sounds great. It is noted to be remastered but I just love the sound of this record. I never had the OP but this sounds great.
I'm just disappointed more wasn't released especially with talk of all this live stuff. I wonder what happened
Re: Mirrorball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Sun May 24, 2026 10:10 pm
by Farmer John
It sounds like there's going to be live Mirrorball material in Archives Vol. IV.
Re: Mirror Ball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Wed May 27, 2026 5:36 pm
by epilogue
This arrived yesterday. I haven't had a chance to spin it yet, but it just feels good knowing it's on my shelf at home waiting for me.
Re: Mirror Ball / Merkinball Reissue? (2025)
Posted: Sat May 30, 2026 6:25 am
by Matters
I don’t think Eddie Vedder sang the “Hey ho way we go” chorus on Song X. Others have said it’s him. I’ve been wrong about this era before so I’d like to hear other opinions.