So, someone on the Pumpkins board (who keeps pretty good track of Pumpkins related material and who said he hadn't seen this before)noted that this show went up on The Traders Den. Has this been available in the Pearl Jam trading community for awhile, or is this indeed new to everyone? A search here didn't seem to note anything about a DVD.

Pearl Jam
Cabaret Metro
Chicago, IL
1992-03-28
NTSC - DVD

AUDIO CODEC: AC3
AUDIO BITRATE 256 kb/s
VIDEO SYSTEM: NTSC 29.9 fps
VIDEO BITRATE: kbbs 4.338
LENGTH OF TIME: 1:23:30

MENU: NO
CHAPTERS: RANDOM

LINEAGE: Video: AUD (Tripod or Hand Held) > Med Gen VHS > SA > DVD

Soundcheck:
Jeremy
Deep

Show:
01 Release
02 Improv ->
03 Even Flow
04 Rockin' In the Free World
05 Once
06 State of Love and Trust
07 Alive
08 Black
09 Deep
10 Jeremy
11 Why Go
12 Porch
13 Garden
14 Leash
14 Window Paine [w/ Billy Corgan & D'Arcy]
15 I've Got A Feeling [w/ Billy Corgan & D'Arcy]


I'm still downloading it so I haven't watched it, but the screenshots look like relative crap and it doesn't seem the FM audio is used, though I imagine someone with some skill could take care of that.

I've had this one for a bit. I just checked how I rated it. I gave the audio a C but the video an A.
So I recommend watching with the sound off .

I made a version of this with no menus but correct chapter points. I have the fm broadcast, too, but I couldn't get it to sync for shit, so I just made a dvd with cam audio to preserve the relatively low gen tape satanman sent me a few years ago.

I just checked those screenshots and they look like utter shit compared to the one I authored. Definitely from a much higher gen tape.

yeah I'm still looking for someone to sync up the fm broadcast to the dvd. it's not going to be easy

Sam (FVM) is going to take this job done...

i'm sending a copy of the satanman video to him no later than this week.

Cool. Let me know if you need any of the audio sources, I've got the aud source and the fm re-broadcast that was captured in 2005 and an original silver cd of the first fm broadcast back in 92.

I've offered you to take care of this almost 2 years ago. It can be done for sure, you only need time and patience to do this properly.

I have a copy of the 2005 re-broadcast. It was also re-broadcast a couple of weeks (maybe months) ago, still incomplete.

I think I've still got the mini dv tapes where I transferred satanmans vhs to dv with a pretty high end vcr with an external time base corrector if you'd rather work with the dv instead of synching to the mpeg2 from the dvd I authored.

I don't know, I think it would be best to work with the DV stuff, especially if I convert to a 16:9 format. And I trust the audio more than the video so if I synch the video, it means I'll have to re-convert, so yeah, the DV stuff would be great!

I'll dig through my archives tonight and get the dv tapes in the mail asap. PM me your address when you get a chance.

So, am I to assume from the discussion here that yes, indeed, this particular video has been available for awhile and is nothing new?

yes it's been available for a while but the quality hasn't been great

I've started to work on this during the last weekend... it's been only 18 months since I've got the DV tapes

There's a ~14 seconds cut at the end of Why go and a ~4 minutes cut during Porch. I assume that these cuts are on all copies.

Also, the audio is terrible, I will certainly not use it but if someone has a decent aud source, I could use it for a 5.1 mix.

I was just looking over this thread and don't even remember it. Did I send you the mini dv tapes?

Yeah, you did. I've never found the time to work on them until now.
Could you confirm that Porch was cut from satanman's tape?

Do you have another audio source then the FM brioadcast ? (that's the one I'm working with)

I think I do have a pretty good audience source. I'll check tonight and get back to you.. Also, I'm pretty sure all versions are cut. From the 5H video guide:

3/28/92 Chicago, IL
Cabaret Metro
85 min
camerawork: A-
Soundcheck (Jeremy & Deep), Release, You Tell Me, Even Flow, Rockin' in the Free World, Once, State of Love and Trust, Alive, Black, Deep, Jeremy, Why Go, Porch, Garden, Leash, Window Paine, I've Got a Feeling

Notes: Tri-pod shot from the back just left of center (facing stage). The camera never pans -- it just zooms in and out -- so we rarely get a good view of Stone or Mike. The lighting is a little sparse -- mostly just spotlights -- and crowd surfers block the view a bit from time to time. Dave's drumming on Release is amazing. Eddie is really pumped, probably because he's from the Chicago area. (He changed a line in Release to "is this your home town?") You Tell Me is a short and extremely cool song/improv that precedes Even Flow. Short break while Dave makes some adjustments to his drum kit. Eddie: "Hey Michael... David's drum is broken -- what can we play? We've already made up one song tonight..." Mike's begins noodling Rockin' in the Free World. Ed starts singing, and after Dave is ready he picks up and they play the whole song -- a rarity so early in the set as they generally reserve covers for the encores. Eddie says about Why Go, "The person the next song is written about is here tonight." Afterwards: "Good places to play, good people to work with, good crowds." Jeff: "An alright basketball team."Ed: "I apologize 'cause my throat's hurtin' a little bit -- we got to see one quarter of the Bulls game tonight." Voodoo Chile solo during Porch, and then end of the song is cut. End of Leash is cut also. The Smashing Pumpkins (openers) join PJ on stage for Window Paine and I've Got a Feeling.

Thanks for the infos. I'll wait on your advice for the aud source. A 5.1 mix would be interesting.