i dunno where to put this..interesting read from the pit

today as I was unwrapping my new Pearl Jam Twenty record ( ) I happened to look at the matrix number etched on the run-out area of the record and noticed a peculiar message of "1 2 3 o'clock 4 o'clock rock". I was a bit surprised, so I looked at the others and noticed there were 'hidden messages' on all of them. This made me take a look at my other PJ records and, low and behold...there were messages on some of them as well!

Here's what I found...

Eddie Vedder-Ukulele Songs
-Side A - WITH LOVE TO LEILA AUSTIN & EDWARD LEE. ENJOY YOUR RIDE.
-Side B - DON'T DELAY, LEARN TO PLAY, START TODAY.

PJ-White Backspacer
-Side A - GRAMMA MARGE, DAUGHTER OF PEARL 1918-2009.
-Side B - R.J.O.K.V.H.J... M.R. FOREVER

PJ Twenty
-LP 1 Side A - 1 2 3 O'CLOCK 4 O'CLOCK ROCK
-LP 1 Side B - THANKS MOM AND DAD
-LP 2 Side A - BE LIKE WATER BE LIKE WIND
-LP 2 Side B - NOTHING CAN SURPASS THE MYSTERY OF STILLNESS
-LP 3 Side A - OUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: ASSISTING TO FREE THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE
-LP 3 Side B - LIVE ALOHA EVERYDAY. MAHALO NUI LOA .... PEARL JAM

The original pressings I have of Vitalogy and Yield have nothing on them.

One of the Backspacer singles has unity etched on it



A list of these messages
http://www.publiccollectors.org/MatrixMessages.htm
http://www.discogs.com/

The new xmas single has TC-2010 A & B on it.

xmas singles 2044, 2006, 2007 and 2008 have the word GOLDEN on both sides, so does The fixe white 7"


The word UNITY is etched also on the Better days 7" on that side of the recod

And you can read GOLDEN on both sides of Longing to belong b/w Can't keep
All the Green River vinyls have some great etching in them as well.

Some of them are:

Green River - Dry as a bone:
Side A: "I tried to love life..."
Side B: "But it wanted to be just friends"

Green River - Together we'll never 7" Promo
Side A: ICP 01 A, R-10458 A "Pet is a verb"
Side B: ICP 02 B, R-10458 A "Mark is a pet"

Golden referes to who mastered the record, I believe. John Golden.