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This might not have legs as a discussion, but I was thinking the other day that I remember where I bought most of my Pearl Jam albums. The when is easy, b/c I've always bought them (with the exception of Ten) on the day of release. Anyone else have this memory?
Ten - ? Vs. - Rolling Acres Mall (Akron, OH) Vitalogy - City Center Mall (Columbus, OH) No Code - Quonset Hut (Akron, OH) Yield - World Records (Columbus, OH) Binaural - ? (Columbus, OH) Riot Act - ? (Chapel Hill, NC) Lost Dogs - Best Buy (Durham, NC) Pearl Jam - Ten Club Backspacer - Ten Club
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Cool thread idea; wish I could remember more details. I distinctly remember buying Vs. because it was the first CD I ever bought (along with a stereo system and the Jurassic Park soundtrack).
Ten: ? Vs.: Circuit City, Hamburg, NY No Code: ? Yield: ? Binaural: Media Play, Hamburg, NY Riot Act: Massena, NY Lost Dogs: Best Buy, Hamburg, NY Pearl Jam: 10c Backspacer: 10c
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Ten - cassette, K-Mart in Omaha, NE, en route to visit my best friend from grade school in Wyoming--with money my parents had sent along for "emergencies" Vs. - cassette, gift for my 12th birthday Vitalogy - cassette, Coconuts Music & Movies, Peoria, IL No Code - Co-Op Records, Peoria, IL--four days before release, in exchange for getting 100 Pepsi points for the clerk, who was saving for a leather jacket Yield - Coconuts Music & Movies, Peoria, IL Binaural - Co-Op Records, Peoria, IL Riot Act - Best Buy, Peoria, IL Lost Dogs - Best Buy, Peoria, IL (came out same day as Live at the Garden, if memory serves) Pearl Jam - Best Buy, Peoria, IL Backspacer - wife surprised me by getting it at Target while I was at work
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Ten - Strawberry's in Quincy MA (now closed) VS-No Code - BMG direct mailing CD club (you know those buy 20 CDs for a penny ads you'd get with your sunday paper in the 90s?) Yield and Binaural - Quincy Records & Tapes (now closed, my favorite little record store) Live on Two Legs - Strawberry's in Quincy MA Lost Dogs - Newbury Comics in Amherst MA Riot Act and Self Titled - Newbury Comics in Braintree MA Backspacer - pearljam.com
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Spike wrote:
i just remember the midnight release party for yield. i won a poster and a huge yield sign sticker.
That was the only midnight release I went to. I didn't get shit.
Quonset Hut had t-shirts left from the midnight sale on No Code when I went in the next day. Wish I hadn't lost that shirt.
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Ten - Took it from my brother Vs- Christmas gift Vitalogy- Took it from my brother No Code- Birthday gift Yield- Main Street Jukebox (Record store in Stroudsburg, Pa.) Binaural- The Wall (Lifetime Guarantee my ass!) Riot Act- City Lights (Record store in State College, Pa.) Lost Dogs- City Lights RVM - Christmas gift Avocado- 10c Backspacer- 10c
Ten (first copy) - used Euro import copy, Exile on Main Street (Branford, CT); after it was stolen, (second copy) - some record store in (Atlanta, GA) Vs. - I think, Strawberry Records (Burlington, VT) Vitalogy - I think, Strawberry Records (Burlington, VT) No Code - HMV (NYC) Yield - HMV (NYC) Binaural - HMV (NYC) Riot Act - Best Buy (NYC) Lost Dogs - J&R Audio(NYC) Pearl Jam - 10C Backspacer - 10C
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Ten - Strawberries Music (West Hartford, CT) [On cassette] Vs. - Strawberries Music (West Hartford, CT) [On cassette] Vitalogy - Strawberries Music (Newington..I think, CT) [Midnight Release on CD and Cassette] No Code - Strawberries Music (Newington, CT) [Midnight Release on CD] Yield - Blockbuster Warehouse Music (Midwest City, OK) Binaural - Blockbuster Warehouse Music (Midwest City, OK) [Midnight Release] Riot Act - Best Buy (Norman, OK) Lost Dogs - Best Buy (Norman, OK) Rearviewmirror - Best Buy (Norman, OK) Pearl Jam - Ten Club Backspacer - Ten Club and Target
Ten, Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, Yield, Live on Two Legs, Riot Act, Pearl Jam (CD) - Best Buy Ten Re-release, Backspacer, Live on Ten Legs (vinyl) - Vintage Vinyl Vitalogy, No Code (vinyl) - The Record Exchange Binaural (CD) - Vintage Vinyl (midnight release party) All the CD singles from Best Buy and Vintage Vinyl
Ten through No Code - Knoxville, TN Yield - Hattiesburg , MS Binaural - Knoxville TN Riot Act - downloaded it, hated it. didnt listen again for a couple years. bought it in New ORleans ST - Houston, tx Backspacer - New Orleans new junk - Austin, TX
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Ten: first bought it on cassette at a mall store. probably Sam Goody? Presumably Aurora Mall, Aurora, CO Vs.: Best Buy, Aurora, CO Vitalogy: pre-ordered the vinyl that came out a week or two prior to the CD from Recycled Records, which no longer exists, also Aurora, CO No Code: I honestly can't remember. I would have just gotten a driver's license so probably went to Best Buy or Media Play and picked it up on a lunch break, but I have no memory at all of doing so. Yield: Best Buy, Aurora, CO Live On Two Legs: no longer existing record shop (I'm not sure I ever knew it's name but if I did I damn sure don't remember it now) on University in Tucson, AZ (midnight release) Binaural: Blockbuster Music, Englewood, CO Riot Act: Zia Records, Tucson, AZ, midnight release Lost Dogs: Best Buy, Phoenix, AZ Pearl Jam: 10c Backspacer: Hoodlum's, Tempe, AZ
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Ten: Had a burnt copy from a friend and then bought it finally at Hastings in Norfolk, NE Vs.: Got it through one of those Buy 8 CDs for the price of one deals Vitalogy: Same as above No Code: Had a burnt copy and eventually picked it up at the same Hastings in Norfolk, NE Yield: Had a burnt copy and then it picked it up at Best Buy in Omaha Binaural: My first PJ album. Bought it at Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha Riot Act: My dad drove an hour to the closest Wal-Mart to buy it on release day and it was waiting for me on the kitchen table when I woke up. Pearl Jam: 10 club Backspacer: 10 club
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Ten, Vs, No Code - Bought together at a mall by my mom for my birthday when shopping for school clothes a few days after No Code's release.
Vitalogy - Bought about a month after that...not sure where.
Yield - Hit up a midnight sale with some buddies.
Live On Two Legs - Bought at the mall a few days after it's release. Also bought Whitey Ford Sings The Blues by Everlast that day if I remember correctly.
Binaural - Though I was grounded for getting cited for drinking at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert (and thus unable to drive to get the album; my mom was picking me up from school), I was able to quickly run into Blockbuster Video and score the album on release day while my mom picked up a prescription in the CVS next door. She was never the wiser.
Riot Act - Now in college (again with no car cause freshman weren't allowed to have one), I walked 30 minutes in a sleet-storm to a Walmart to pick it up on release day.
Lost Dogs - Bought on release day but I have no idea where.
Avocado - Bought on the day before it's release because a local record store had it.
Backspacer - Downloaded it a week before it's release. Bought it on release day at Target.
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Ten - CDNow.com (along with Soundgarden's Down on the Upside) Vs. - CDNow.com (along with Filter's Title of Record and Stone Temple Pilot's Tiny Music) Vitalogy - Camelot Music (Florida) (along with Alice in Chains' self-titled album) No Code - Best Buy (Gainesville, Florida) Yield - Camelot Music (Florida) Live on Two Legs - Wal-Mart (Gainesville, Florida) Binaural - Best Buy (Florida) (along with Alice in Chains' Dirt) Riot Act - Circuit City (Florida) (along with Metallica's St. Anger) Lost Dogs - Wal-Mart (Florida) Rearviewmirror - Best Buy (Gainesville, Florida) Pearl Jam - Best Buy (Florida) (along with Tool's 10,000 Days) Backspacer - Target (Florida) Live on Ten Legs - Amazon.com
The only albums I bought on the day of release were RVM, Pearl Jam, and Backspacer.
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Ten - strawberries - Shrewsbury, MA Vs. - strawberries - Shrewsbury, MA Vitalogy - strawberries - Shrewsbury, MA No Code - Media Play - Worcester, MA Yield - Newbury Comics - Newbury St. Boston Binaural - I don't remember Riot Act - Best Buy - Worcester, MA Lost Dogs - Newbury Comics - Hyannis, MA Rearviewmirror - Borders - Shrewsbury, MA ($5.99) Pearl Jam - Best Buy - phoenix, AZ Backspacer - Target - Westboro, MA after going to three fucking other ones.
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Ten - Columbia house ( this is the CD, i had the tape for a while before i got the CD, but dont remember where i got it) Vs. - Specs Music (Port St. Lucie, FL, mom picked it up while i was in school so id have it when i got home) Vitalogy - Specs Music (Port St. Lucie, FL, mom picked it up while i was in school so id have it when i got home) No Code - Specs Music ( Port St. Lucie, FL, i dont remember the release date for this, maybe summer because i picked it up myself pn the day it came out, and i grabbed the Vinyl also) Yield - Record Exchange (Lynchburg , VA, on my lunch break) Binaural - Record Exchange (Lynchburg, VA, on my lunch break) Riot Act - One of the stores in the mall (Lynchburg, VA on my lunch break) Lost Dogs - Ten Club Pearl Jam - Ten Club Backspacer - Ten Club
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All in Dublin
Ten-? Vs-Virgin Megastore, Aston Quay Vitalogy-Borderline Records, Temple Bar(the vinyl pre-release) HMV Grafton st for the cd No Code-HMV Grafton st Yield-Virgin Megastore, Aston Quay Binaural-Tower Records, Wicklow st Riot Act-Sound Cellar, Nassau st S/T-Sound Cellar, Nassau st Backspacer-10c
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