Hi folks,

I put out this request in another thread but I think it's well and truly buried now - was hoping that some kind soul out there could hook an audiophile Melbournite with a copy/download of the oft talked about and sonically superior 'Give Way' promo as I would loooove to hear this classic show without washy-ness of Jack's cymbals.

Many many thanks and a very Merry Christmas to all you jammers

Cheers

PS> For those not sure what I'm talking about:
http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=1001

PPS> For those who haven't yet picked up the artwork I made for this show:
http://www.theskyiscrape.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=43050&p=2476392&hilit=%27Down+Under+Again%27+bootleg#p2476392

http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=1001

Recorded live in Melbourne on May 5th, 1998. Includes an 8 page booklet.

.. there was no show on may 5th 1998, was there?

if you're talking about 3/5/08 .. the best version out there is ...

Pearl Jam
SV042 - "PEOPLE OF THE SEA"
March 5, 1998
Melbourne Park: Melbourne, Australia

Source: Sony Music Australian promo > cdr > dEdit > cdr (first 1.5 minutes from webcast > dat > cdr) > flac

Digital Editing: Allen Robertson
Artwork: Allen Robertson

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DISC ONE
01 intro
02 Release
03 Brain of J
04 Animal
05 Faithfull
06 In My Tree
07 I Got Shit
08 (Beds Are Burning)/Corduroy
09 Wishlist
10 Even Flow
11 Spin the Black Circle
12 Daughter/(Pebbles)
13 Given to Fly
14 Hail Hail
15 MFC
16 (Crazy Mary)
17 Elderly Woman...
18 Off He Goes
19 State of Love and Trust

DISC TWO
01 Do the Evolution
02 Alive
03 encore 1:
04 Go
05 Black
06 Rearviewmirror
07 Immortality
08 encore 2:
09 Indifference
10 Porch (^)

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(^) = Version played here has an unusual arrangement, starting off much slower than normally played (like the Bridge '96 shows)

Recording Notes:
This is by far the best sounding known source of this show. The only thing that has been cut out is some insignificant talking during the encores by the Triple-J DJ. The channels have also been switched to their correct places (Mike on the left, Stone on the right).

Show Notes (thanks to Five Horizons):
The show was broadcast on the radio throughout Australia, and on the internet in real time on JJJ. As is typically the case, the shows get better on second or third nights, and PJ's third show in Melbourne is tremendous. Ed slips in a tribute to the late Michael Hutchence (of INXS) during 'In My Tree' ("I'm so high I hold just one breath, give it to INXS, just like my innocence"). Some guitar chords from Midnight Oil's 'Beds are Burning' lead to a wonderful version of 'Corduroy,' which includes the little stop/start thing during the bridge towards the end. Ed's wonderful baritone comes through on 'Wishlist' and the "Camaro" line is changed to "I wish I was the full moon shining off your bulldozer's hood," plus "I wish I was the sound, of 50 million hands upraised for Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan," and "I wish I was lucky man ... well I guess that I am ... I wish I could share with my friends, oh how many things that I have." 'Even Flow' again awesome, featuring really extended soloing from Mike; very prolific and a manic version of 'StBC' (dedicated to "... all those who work at Triple J and the guys who work at PBS"). The 'Daughter' outtro/improv ("poor little girl screaming traffic in her hair ...") is a Shudder to Think song titled 'Pebbles.' A couple of verses from 'Crazy Mary' lead to 'Elderly Woman.' 'Porch' leads off as the slower version (like Bridge '96), but later speeds into the more familiar, rocked out version.

This is being distributed by blackredyellow.com in tandem with pj.sidewalkcrusaders.com, and is part of a series of the best Pearl Jam shows in existance.
If the artwork is not included, you can find it at blackredyellow.com.

Compiled by spacedvest on 3/17/04.

what a great show!...and a great sounding show...this was actually my first bootleg i ever bought in a store [not Giveway but the 3/5/98 show]...and for a mere $50.

Yeah that's the show and the SV version is probably the best complete version out there, but every single copy of that show I've ever heard does have kinda washy cymbals.

I never knew the give way promo was supposed to be sonically better. Might like to hear that though -- I still remember when it was supposed to be free with the purchase of SVT at best buy. I called in sick to work on a tuesday and waited in line for them to open. Then they told us they couldn't sell it.

"Give Way" is absolutely better quality than the other circulating versions - it has none of that cymbal washiness, it sounds virtually identical to the version of Brain Of J. that's on the b-side to Wishlist.

Agreed.

I would like to agree as well but alas no one has yet been so kind as to volunteer a B&P for this baby

I'd be willing to upload at least a few of the 1200 shows on my list somewhere for a copy of this.

Give me a couple of hours and I'll try and Megaupload it for you guys...

EDIT: Uploading now, sit tight!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AHR7RYE4

Hope it works for you guys, it's in FLAC of course.

Thanks!

Cool, this makes up for getting screwed out of it in the first place . I called in sick to work to wait in line at best buy that day.

Sweet! Thanks man!

Thanks a lot ! It has been way too long since I have listened to a PJ live recording, it kicks my ass again.

Thanks for sharing

Listening now!

My favorite bootleg of '98 was Down Under Again, this very same show.
Great memories that day picking this bootleg up at Taz Records, and a great night tonight will be.

Thanks!

Thanks Alot for the Up.

This is awesome thanks. How many of these actually survived and made it into the hands of collectors?

Glad to help out, guys!

Guys, if you're interested in helping to seed for the general public, I put up a torrent here: http://zombtracker.the-zomb.com/details.php?id=28797

Rename your folder with these files to "Pearl Jam 1998-03-05 GIVE WAY" and point the torrent to the parent directory, and you should only have to download the info.txt and .md5 because the FLACs are unaltered.

Credit to spenno is given in the file, but let me repeat it here...thanks for ripping it, this is awesome.