So, after overdosing on 2008-2010 boots while working on 'The Mixer', I decided to go back and revisit what I consider to be one of the finest legs of the band's entire career - the 2006 Australian Tour.

I wanted to make a 'prequel' to my 2009 'Gems & Rhinestones' comp (http://forums.theskyiscrape.com/viewtopic.php?p=2984854#p2984854), ensuring that all shows and albums were represented and no songs from G&R were repeated.

This was actually the most difficult comp I've made to date, simply because there were so many damn good versions of songs to choose from. I might post some Lowlight79-style notes on my selections later.

Download links in FLAC and mp3 are below. Take a listen, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. I think Disc 1 might just be my 'desert island' live PJ disc


Disc 1:

01. Long Road (Melbourne 2006-11-16)
02. Animal (Melbourne 2006-11-13)
03. Hail, Hail (Sydney 2006-11-08)
04. Severed Hand (Melbourne 2006-11-13)
05. Gods' Dice (Adelaide 2006-11-21)
06. Once (Adelaide 2006-11-21)
07. World Wide Suicide (Adelaide 2006-11-22)
08. Faithfull (Brisbane 2006-11-10)
---. "Happy to be on your island" (Sydney 2006-11-07)
09. Unemployable (Newcastle 2006-11-19)
10. Alone (Newcastle 2006-11-19)
11. Immortality (Adelaide 2006-11-21)
12. State Of Love And Trust (Adelaide 2006-11-21)
13. In Hiding (Perth 2006-11-26)
---. "Feels okay to try it tonight" (Brisbane 2006-11-10)
14. Parachutes (Brisbane 2006-11-10)
15. Marker In The Sand (Brisbane 2006-11-10)
---. "Gonna take a request" (Melbourne 2006-11-16)
16. Sad (Melbourne 2006-11-16)
---. "Another sip of this great wine" (Melbourne 2006-11-16)
17. Present Tense (Melbourne 2006-11-16)
18. Green Disease (Sydney 2006-11-18)
19. Insignificance (Brisbane 2006-11-10)
20. Jeremy (Brisbane 2006-11-10)
21. Spin The Black Circle (Melbourne 2006-11-13)

Disc 2:

---. "Encore Break" (Sydney 2006-11-18)
01. Better Man (Sydney 2006-11-18)
02. Why Go (Adelaide 2006-11-21)
---. "Not sure where we're gonna take you tonight" (Adelaide 2006-11-21)
03. Man Of The Hour (Adelaide 2006-11-21)
04. Masters Of War (Newcastle 2006-11-19)
05. Comatose (Melbourne 2006-11-16)
06. Rearviewmirror (Perth 2006-11-26)
07. Encore Break "Missing my girl's birthday" (Brisbane 2006-11-11)
08. Picture In A Frame (Brisbane 2006-11-11)
09. Inside Job (Melbourne 2006-11-13)
10. Crown Of Thorns (Newcastle 2006-11-19)
11. Black (Melbourne 2006-11-13)
12. Alive (Melbourne 2006-11-14)
13. Encore Break "Here we all are today in one moment together" (Melbourne 2006-11-16)
14. Wasted Reprise (Melbourne 2006-11-16)
15. Life Wasted (Melbourne 2006-11-16)
---. "A couple of songs we don't normally play" (Newcastle 2006-11-19)
16. Undone (Newcastle 2006-11-19)
17. Throw Your Hatred Down (Sydney 2006-11-07)
---. "Don't know if we've ever played this in Australia" (Melbourne 2006-11-14)
18. Leash (Melbourne 2006-11-14)
19. Baba O'Riley (Adelaide 2006-11-21)


Disc 1 (FLAC): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8B7SPTJT
Disc 2 (FLAC): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TAVLBUS5

Disc 1 (mp3): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BMD8DOQK
Disc 2 (mp3): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TVNNESH7

Artwork (full 600dpi resolution): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CQMA5NQM

This looks amazing, I'm gonna download the FLAC version right now and have a listen in the next couple days. Again your artwork is really something special, great job!

This looks sweet!

Really good job OP. Looks amazing, especially the artwork. Ill grab this later, thank you:)

I'm on this now. Thanks Brad - loved the G&R comp, looking forward to checking this out also.

Great work as ever.

thanks again mate. your work is always appreciated

great memories too, i was at most of these shows.

good morning!

thanks for that compilation! i will download this when i am ready with the mixer!
great artwork too.

ph

I only saw the two Adelaide shows on this tour but I've listened to all the boots countless times and I'd definitely agree it's one of the best (and possibly most underrated) run of shows the band's ever done. I'd rank it right up there with the 1995 and 1998 Australian tours, which are pretty much as good as Pearl Jam gets.

That first Adelaide show in 2006 is probably the best Pearl Jam show I'm ever going to see.

(Well, apart from the 1998 show with Jack.)

Our first show and the period it is in does tend to colour our view and shape our preference but they've never played a bad show in Oz and G&R was great so this will be fun

They've pretty much blown me away everytime ive seen them. When they do make the trip down this way, they are on fire

Great work ridley! and I just got the artwork, it looks fantastic, just waiting for my cases to come from Kufala.

You're a lucky man Spencer, Adelaide I is definitely the highlight of that tour. The Newcastle show seems to get a lot of attention due to all the rarities and Mark Richards set, but the performance (and setlist) at that Adelaide show is simply flawless - especially amazing given Eddie was apparently sick that night.


One of my biggest music-related regrets (along with choosing to watch Foo Fighters over James Brown at Oxegen Festival '05 in Ireland a year before his death ) is getting properly into Pearl Jam just after the 1998 tour left these shores...

I have a similar musical regret, ridley. I was in the 8th grade in the fall of 1998, the perfect age for your first rock concert. I was JUST starting to really get into Pearl Jam. I had been listening to them for a year but instead of following tour schedules online I was still digesting all the albums. 9/16/98 is my all time favorite bootleg to listen to, and it took place 30 minutes from my house. On 9/17/98 my english teacher asked me, knowing how much I loved Pearl Jam, if I was at the show last night.

Currently Downloading this, thanks man.

Thanks Rid. Not only do your comps sound great, they look great too!

totally agree ... thank you!!!!!!!!!!


@ cut: i was at your favourite boston show ... young boy from a small town in germany on his first trip following pj ... great memories

I feel bad for ridley, I haven't listened to this yet, I feel like I've been naughty about downloading it and having it just sit unopened on my desktop.

This is FABULOUS. Great work!

I have a similar regret about a Plain White T's concert that took place roughly fifteen minutes from where I attended college. Shit sorta stings you down in your soul, dunnit?

that is some nice cover work