Mastering

Mastering Pearl Jam

Mastering

Mastering Pearl Jam

Three years ago Pearl Jam made the bold decision to release commercially available CDs of all 60-plus concerts on its U.S. and European tours, undercutting would-be bootleggers and delighting legions of fans hungry for recordings of the band's inspired live performances. This year the band is doing it again. And just as they've continued to challenge themselves musically, the Seattle rockers are pushing technical and sonic boundaries by putting out professionally recorded and mastered two-CD versions of their current concerts not after the tour, as in 2000, but just days after each and every show. For a mere $14.98 each plus shipping, fans can order any or all of the current shows from pearljambootlegs.com and they can also — for the first time — enjoy nearly immediate access to unmastered MP3 tracks from every ordered show to tide them over until their discs arrive. Not a bad deal for someone who wakes up the morning after a concert with a hankering to hear it all over again.

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