Top 3 shows from each of PJ's touring years. Feel free to copy and paste this template. Add in '97 and '04 if you want but it doesn't seem like there are enough shows to warrant this sort of consideration.


1991:
1.
2.
3.

1992:
1.
2.
3.

1993:
1.
2.
3.

1994:
1.
2.
3.

1995:
1.
2.
3.

1996:
1.
2.
3.

1998:
1.
2.
3.

2000:
1.
2.
3.

2003:
1.
2.
3.

2005:
1.
2.
3.

2006:
1.
2.
3.

2007:
1.
2.
3.

2008:
1.
2.
3.

2009:
1.
2.
3.

2010:
1.
2.
3.

I dont listen to pre-98 stuff enough to rank it, but here's what I've got for 98-present.

1998:
1. Mansfield 2
2. Melbourne 3
3. Washington DC(Constitution Hall)

2000:
1. Boise
2. Katowice 2
3. Seattle 2

2003:
1. Mansfield 2
2. Alpine Valley
3. Hershey

2005:
1. St. John's 1(I think it's one, the one that opens with Cant Keep)
2. Philadelphia
3. Buenos Aires 1

2006:
1. San Francisco III
2. Arnhem
3. Pistoia

2007:(I've only ever heard one show from this tour, so I cant rank em)
1.
2.
3.

2008:
1. Hartford
2. Virginia Beach
3. Bonnaroo

2009:
1. Philadelphia 3
2. Los Angeles 3
3. Berlin

2010:
1. Boston
2. New York 2
3. Arras

Wait, you prefer 9-15-98 to 9-16-98?

oh yeah, my bad, it's Mansfield 2.

Got lazy with dates toward the end. Some of the others might be totally inaccurate.

1991:
1. New York, 7/17
2. Hollywood, 10/7
3. That acoustic record store show thingie

1992:
1. Zurich, 6/18
2. Pinkpop, 6/8
3. Copenhagen, 2/9

1993:
1. New Orleans, 11/16
2. Indio, 11/5
3. Las Vegas, 11/30

1994:
1. Ann Arbor, 3/20
2. Chicago, 3/13 (or maybe 3/14--whichever one closes with Angel)
3. Atlanta, 4/3

1995:
1. Chicago, 7/11
2. San Diego, 11/7
3. San Jose, 11/4

1996:
1. Toledo, 9/22 (I think)
2. Barcelona, 11/21
3. Hamburg, 11/4

1998:
1. Melbourne, 3/5
2. Inglewood, 7/14
3. Washington DC, 9/19

2000:
1. Kansas City, 10/12
2. Houston, 10/15
3. St. Louis, 10/11

2003:
1. Kansas City, 6/18
2. Albany, 4/29
3. Chicago, 6/18

2005:
1. St. Johns first night
2. Halifax
3. Philadelphia

2006:
1. Pistoia
2. Milan
3. Santa Barbara

2007: no idea

2008:
1. Mansfield, 6/30
2. Washington, DC 6/22
3. Bonnaroo

2009:
1. Universal City, 10/7
2. Melbourne
3. Portland, 9/26

2010:
1. Cleveland
2. Boston
3. London, Hyde Park

I'd been meaning to do this, thanks for the bump Kevin.

I don't really listen to the 1991/1992 shows very frequently, so forgive me for leaving them off. I've skipped 2007 also, I haven't spent much time checking those shows out.

1993:
1. New Orleans 2, 11/17
2. Dallas, 11/12
3. Indio, 11/5

1994:
1. New York City, 4/17
2. Chicago (Regal Theatre), 3/13
3. St. Petersburg, 3/29

1995:
1. Brisbane 2, 3/22
2. Red Rocks 2, 6/20
3. Adelaide, 3/8

1996:
1. Barcelona, 11/21
2. Charleston, 10/5
3. Paris, 11/7

1998:
1. St Louis, 7/2
2. Melbourne 2, 3/3
3. East Rutherford, 9/8

2000:
1. West Palm Beach 1, 8/9
2. Albuquerque, 10/20
3. Katowice 2, 6/16

2003:
1. Lexington, 4/21
2. Kansas City, 6/12
3. Albany, 4/29

2005:
1. St Johns 1, 9/24
2. London, 9/12
3. Rio de Janiero, 12/4

2006:
1. Adelaide 1, 11/21
2. Zagreb, 9/26
3. Pistoia, 9/20

2008:
1. Mansfield 2, 6/30
2. Columbia, 6/16
3. Virginia Beach, 6/17

2009:
1. Auckland, 11/27
2. Christchurch, 11/29
3. Los Angeles 4, 10/7

2010:
1. Cleveland, 5/9
2. Arras, 7/3
3. Newark, 5/18

Some nice choices, spenno, and a few I've never heard. You've given me a couple to consider the next time I hit the old torrents.

1991:
1. New York, 7/17
2. Burlington, 11/2
3. Ann Arbor, 11/21

1992:
1. Amsterdam 2/12
2. Alpine Valley 8/29
3. Bridge School 11/1

1993:
1. Berkeley 10/31
2. Santa Cruz, 10/27
3. Gorge, 9/5

1994:
1. Miami, 3/28
2. Chicago, 3/10
3. Rochester, 4/7

1995:
1. Osaka, 2/21
2. Casper, 6/16
3. SLC, 11/1

1996:
1. Hartford, 10/2
2. Columbia, 9/24
3. Hamburg, 11/4

1998:
1. St. Louis, 7/2
2. Birmingham 9/3
3. Auburn Hills, 8/23

2000:
1. Cardiff, 6/6
2. Greensboro, 8/6
3. Jones Beach, 8/25

2003:
1. Champaign, 4/23
2. Nagoya, 3/6
3. Missoula, 5/28

2005:
1. St. John's, 9/25
2. Buenos Aires, 11/25
3. London, 9/12

2006:
1. SF III, 7/18
2. Marseille, 9/9
3. Bern, 9/13

2008:
1. Columbia, 6/16
2. Camden, 6/19
3. Virginia Beach, 6/17

2009:
1. LA, 10/7
2. SLC, 9/28
3. Christchurch, 11/29

I haven't really listened to 2010 much, and I don't plan on it anytime soon.

I'll be honest and just leave out years I'm not all that familiar with:

1993:
1. Indio
2. New Orleans
3. Vegas I

1994:
1. Atlanta 2
2. St Petersburg
3. New York

1995:
1. Soldier Field
2. Melbourne
3. Red Rocks 2

1998:
1. Melbourne 3
2. Washington
3. Boston 2

2000:
1. Katowice 2
2. Seattle 2
3. Milan

2003:
1. Santa Barbara
2. Tokyo
3. Champaign

2005:
1. Philadelphia
2. Ottawa
3. Gorge

2006:
1. San Diego
2. Grand Rapids
3. SF 3

2009:
1. Los Angeles 3
2. Los Angeles 4
3. Salt Lake

1994:
1.04/03/94 – Fox Theater: Atlanta, GA
2.03/29/94 – Bayfront Arena: St. Petersburg, FL
3.04/12/94 – Orpheum Theater: Boston, MA

1995:
1.03/17/95 – Flinders Park Tennis Centre: Melbourne, Australia
2.06/20/95 – Red Rocks Amphitheater: Morrison, CO
3.07/11/95 – Soldier Field: Chicago, IL

1996:
1.11/24/96 – Dramatico: Cascais, Portugal
2.09/29/96 – Downing Stadium (Randall’s Island): New York, NY
3.11/03/96 – Deutschlandhalle: Berlin, Germany

1998:
1.07/02/98 – Riverport Amphitheater: St. Louis, MO
2.07/22/98 – Memorial Stadium: Seattle, WA
3.09/11/98 – Madison Square Garden: New York, NY

2000:
1.06/16/00 – Spodek: Katowice, Poland
2.06/22/00 – Fila Forum: Milan, Italy
3.10/09/00 – Allstate Arena: Rosemont, IL

2003:
1.04/28/03 – First Union Spectrum Arena: Philadelphia, PA
2.04/30/03 – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Uniondale, NY
3.04/23/03 – University of Illinois Assembly Center: Champaign, IL

2005:
1.09/16/05 – Corel Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2.09/13/05 – Copps Coliseum, Hamilton, ON, Canada
3.09/30/05 – Borgata Events Center, Atlantic City, NJ, USA

2006:
1.09/05/06 – Pavilhao Atlantico, Lisbon, PT
2.09/17/06 – Forum, Milan, Italy
3.11/19/06 – Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, Australia

2007:
1.06/18/07 – Wembley Arena, London, England
2.06/21/07 – ISS Dome, Dusseldorf, Germany
3.08/02/07 – Vic Theater, Chicago, IL

2008:
1.06/24/2008 – Madison Square Garden, New York City
2.06/14/2008 – Bonnaroo Music Festival – Manchester, TN
3.06/22/2008 – Verizon Center, Washington, DC

2009:
1.10/07/09: Gibson Amphitheater, Universal City, CA
2.08/15/09: Wuhlheide, Berlin, DE
3.11/29/09: AMI Stadium, Christchurch, NZ

2010:
1.05/21/10 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
2.05/17/10 TD Garden, Boston, MA
3.06/23/10 Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Ireland

I'll also skip the years I don't know much about (1991, 2007):

1992:
1. 3/02 Den Haag
2. 6/18 Zurich
3. 5/17 Portland

1993:
1. 12/08 Seattle
2. 11/05 Indio
3. 11/30 Las Vegas

1994:
1. 3/13 Chicago
2. 3/29 St. Petersburg
3. 4/03 Atlanta

1995:
1. 3/17 Melbourne
2. 3/08 Adelaide
3. 3/22 Brisbane II

1996:
1. 9/29 Randall's Island
2. 11/04 Hamburg
3. 11/21 Barcelona

1998:
1. 3/11 Sydney II
2. 3/05 Melbourne II
3. 9/16 Mansfield II

2000:
1. 9/05 Pittsburgh
2. 8/27 Saratoga
3. 8/09 West Palm Beach

2003:
1. 4/23 Champaign
2. 3/04 Osaka
3. 4/21 Lexington

2005:
1. 9/12 London
2. 9/16 Ottawa
3. 10/03 Philadelphia

2006:
1. 7/18 San Francisco III
2. 9/22 Prague
3. 11/19 Newcastle

2008:
1. 6/27 Hartford
2. 6/20 Camden II
3. meh

2009:
1. 11/29 Christchurch
2. 11/27 Auckland
3. 9/26 Ridgefield

2010:
1. 5/09 Cleveland
2. 5/18 Newark
3. meh

Nice list, Matt

I'm not good at picking out minor differences between live takes unless its a major change or fuck up to be honest, I either dig the show and can lose myself in it or I don't like it. So some of these are more of what three have I listened to most or remember the best. Save for some of the early shows where I have specific shows I dig. I need 1991 & 2007/08/09 shows. When I was trading on ampj there was no real file sharing like today and they didn't record each show so I have a lot more shows from later periods when really I love the early shows the most.

1991: (no 1991 shows)
1.
2.
3.

1992:
1. Pinkpop
2. Utrecht, Holland
3. Honolulu

1993:
1. Indeo, CA
2. Las Vegas 11/30/93
3. Brixton

1994:
1. Atlanta 4/3/94
2. St. Petersburg 3/29/94
3. Orpheum Theater 4/12/94

1995:
1. Melbourne 3/17/95
2. Solider Field 7/11/95
3. Seattle 2/5/95

1996: (don't have much from 96 and only one soundboard quality, Berlin)
1. Berlin
2. Hartford
3. Buffalo

1998:
1. Melbourne 3/5/98
2. St. Louis 7/3/98
3. Mansfield 9/16/98

2000:
1. Seattle 11/6/00
2. St. Louis 10/11/00
3. Cardiff 6/6/00

2003:
1. Tokyo 3/3/03
2. St. Louis 4/22/03
3. NY 7/9/03

2005: (No 2005 shows)
1.
2.
3.

2006:
1. Torino 9/19/06
2. Dublin 8/23/06
3. E. Rutherford 6/01/06

2007: (no 2007 shows)
1.
2.
3.

2008: (no 2008 shows)
1.
2.
3.

2009: (only one show from that year)
1. Adelaide 11/17/09
2.
3.

2010:
1. St. Louis 5/4/10
2. Berlin 6/30/10
3. Kansas City 5/3/10

I find myself too heavily influenced by the quality of the recording for pre-2000 shows, so I've limited my list to the bootleg era.

2000:
1. St Louis, 2000-10-11
2. Milan, 2000-06-22
3. Pittsburgh, 2000-09-05

2003:
1. Benaroya Hall, 2003-10-22
2. Champaign, 2003-04-23
3. Tokyo, 2003-03-03

2005:
1. St Johns I, 2005-09-24
2. Philadelphia, 2005-10-03
3. Hamilton, 2005-09-13

2006:
1. Adelaide I, 2006-11-21
2. San Francisco III, 2006-07-18
3. Milan, 2006-09-17

2008:
1. Hartford, 2008-06-27
2. NYC II, 2008-06-25
3. Mansfield II, 2008-06-30

2009:
1. Brisbane, 2009-11-25
2. Los Angeles IV, 2009-10-07
3. Christchurch, 2009-11-29

2010:
1. London, 2010-06-25
2. Boston, 2010-05-17
3. Berlin, 2010-06-30

Haha...I like how Pearl Jam have conditioned us to view officially released products as "bootlegs," and to exclude non-officially released products from this group.

Never let it be said that these guys didn't break down barriers.

Good point, they reclaimed the B-word!

Nice to see some Benaroya love - this is def. one of my all time fave boots but it cops a bit of flak around these parts.

I've got several pre-2000 shows that sound as good or better than the officially released stuff. Heck some of the official releases don't sound that great IMO.

1992:
1. Zurich
2. Stockholm
3. Den Haag

1993:
1. Indio
2. Seattle II
3. San Francisco (Slim's Cafe)

1994:
1. Atlanta II
2. Chicago I
3. Boston III

1995:
1. Red Rocks
2. Salt Lake City II
3. Melbourne II

1996:
1. Randall's Island II
2. Barcelona
3. Berlin

1998:
1. Melbourne III
2. MSG II
3. Washington DC

2000:
1. Jones Beach III
2. Chicago
3. Camden I

2003:
1. Buffalo
2. Holmdel
3. Mansfield III

2005:
1. Ottawa
2. Buenos Aires I
3. Philadelphia

2006:
1. Grand Rapids
2. Cleveland
3. Zagreb

2007:

1. London
2. Munich
3. Dusseldorf

2008:
1. Bonnaroo
2. Columbia
3. Hartford

2009:
1. Los Angeles IV
2. Berlin
3. Philly III

2010:
1. Cleveland
2. Boston
3. MSG II

I haven't listened to the pre-1995 stuff in a LONG time, so I left those off..

1995:
1. Melbourne 3/17
2. Washington DC 1/14
3. Chicago 7/11

1996:
1. Randall's Island II
2. Berlin
3. Cascais 11/25

1998:
1. Melbourne III
2. Chicago
3. St Louis

2000:
1. Jones Beach III
2. Chicago
3. Pittsburgh

2003:
1. St Louis
2. Alpine Valley
3. Boston I

2005:
1. London
2. St. John's I
3. Santiago II

2006:
1. Gorge I
2. Leeds
3. Hawaii 12/02

2008:
1. Bonnaroo
2. Hartford

2009:
1. Chicago II
2. LA 4
3. Melbourne

2010:
1. MSG II
2. Newark
3. London