Pearl Jam

October 30, 1993
SJSU Event Center: San Jose, CA

Taper:		Unknown
Source:		Sonic Studios > Sony WM-D6 [set record from the stage]
		
CD > WAV > SHN: Rick Bendes (rarepj@hotmail.com, http://www.pearljamshn.com)
Equipment:	LG CD-RW CED-8080b IDE (11X Digtial Audio Extraction) > Exact Audio Copy V0.85 > 
		MKW Audio Compression Tool Kit

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Disc 1:
**Soundcheck**
01 - jam                                            - 07:24
02 - Glorified G (instrum)                          - 01:46
03 - jam                                            - 05:46
04 - Blood                                          - 04:20
05 - jam                                            - 01:38
06 - Rearviewmirror                                 - 05:49
07 - jam                                            - 02:34
08 - Glorified G                                    - 06:11
09 - Once                                           - 06:53
10 - Rats                                           - 04:19
**Set**
11 - Oceans                                         - 03:06
12 - Even Flow                                      - 04:53
13 - Go                                             - 03:09
14 - Animal                                         - 02:58
15 - Why Go                                         - 04:05
16 - Sick o' Pussies/Deep                           - 04:35
17 - Glorified G                                    - 04:04
Total:  73:36

Disc 2:
01 - Daughter                                       - 04:56
02 - Rearviewmirror                                 - 05:55
03 - Rats                                           - 04:29
04 - Blood                                          - 02:57
05 - Jeremy                                         - 05:36
06 - Once/(Hard to Imagine)                         - 05:14
07 - Porch                                          - 07:26
08 - Sonic Reducer                                  - 04:47
09 - Alive                                          - 05:01
10 - Baba O'Riley                                   - 06:59
11 - Indifference                                   - 04:45
Total:  58:10

Notes: A VERY nice recording
Notes (from 5H):
After the serene opening of Oceans they come out swinging with four straight, loud, groove-oriented rockers, and it's intense. The band is clearly on fire. Mike's solos are white hot and Stone's playing is some of the best I've heard him do. Maybe watching the Rollins Band (openers) got their blood pumping. Before Deep Eddie sings, "My body's nobody's body but mine. You run your own body. Let me run mine." As Jeff settles in with his stand up bass for Glorified G Mike gets a little bored waiting and strums a bit of Lynard Skynard's Sweet Home Alabama. :) Eddie says, "Henry (Rollins) talked to you a little bit before about guns -- now I'd like to," and they start Glorified G. Eddie opens Rearviewmirror on guitar as usual, but just before his first line something goes wrong and his guitar quits. He takes it off and throws it back by the amps disgustedly, and Stone has to carry the rhythm part himself for the rest of the song. He handles it wonderfully of course, and Eddie just concentrates on singing. Mike continues running around the stage. The middle of the song is extended a bit and Eddie adds new lines. The end rocks hard, with Jeff almost pounding his bass. Rats is next, and is a real treat as it is not played live often enough. Dave's drumming is excellent as usual.
A dripping-red version of Blood follows, with Mike rolling around on the stage ripping a solo followed by strobe lights blaring. Mike plays a bit of Hard to Imagine before Porch. The jam part of Porch is fantastic. Dave's drumming is incredible and Mike's solos just get better and better. Eddie sings lines from the Rollins Band's Tearing: "It's so hard to deal, with the ones who ain't real. They continually blow my mind. You don't mean to do it. They don't mean to do it. We're tearing each other apart. Tearing each other apart." The song ends, the lights go out, and the band leaves the stage for a five minute break before the encore.
When they return Eddie says, "First of all, thank you for all the wonderful T-shirts you've given us tonight." (Too many people throw shit on stage.) "Second of all, thanks for waiting -- we had to regroup -- we're ready to go now... Third of all is this song," which turns out to be a great version of Sonic Reducer with a sloppy, very punk solo from Mike. :) Baba O'Riley is similarly impressive. Eddie sings, "Don't cry, don't raise your eye," and the whole crowd finishes the line for him. Eddie crawls out onto the crowd toward the end of the song and gets sucked in. He continues singing, but slowly disappears into the crowd like a sinking ship at sea. The roadies fish him out while fending off the assholes who are trying to pull him back into the crowd. Ed's shirt is ripped off but they manage to get him back on stage, where he lets loose a final scream for the end of the song. (This may very well be part of the reason why Eddie doesn't crowd surf or stage dive anymore, because too many boneheads would rather take a piece of him home than be cool about it and share a concert bonding experience with the band and fellow fans.)