Legacy Podcast: Pearl Jam

Mike McCready, archivist Tim Bierman and crew member Kevin Shuss discuss the band's live shows, the bootleg album series and the 4/12/94 show at Boston's Orpheum included in the deluxe 3CD Vs/Vitalogy box. The featured track is "Alone" from the live disc. Host: Matt Cord (WMMR - Philadelphia). Producer: Joyride Media.

Episode 6 of the Vs/Vitalogy podcasts includes the newly available alternate take of "Cordury." Journalist Jonathan Cohen talks about how Eddie Vedder wrote the song in response to the commercialization of the band's image.

Brendan O'Brien and Jeff Ament are back to reflect on how much the Vs. & Vitology recording sessions bled into each other, leading to two albums within a year of each other. The featured track is the "Nothingman" demo on the new Vitalogy reissue. Host: Matt Cord (WMMR Philadelphia). Producer: Joyride Media.

Jonathan Cohen and Brendan O'Brien talk about the more personal direction Eddie took with lyrics on Vs. & Vitalogy. A great example is "Better Man," heard here as a demo, backed only by guitar and organ. Host: Matt Cord (WMMR - Philadelphia). Producer: Joyride Media.

Our third Pearl Jam Vs + Vitalogy podcast features "Crazy Mary," originally from the Victoria Williams tribute album, Sweet Relief. Journalist Jonathan Cohen and Ten Club fanclub manager, Tim Bierman, setup the track by discussing the band's philanthropic activities. Host - Matt Cord (WMMR - Philadelphia). Producer - Joyride Media.

Jeff Ament and producer Brendan O'Brien look back on the frantic 1994 Vs. recording sessions. Journalist Jonathan Cohen introduces the "Cready Stomp" instrumental outtake included on the new reissue. Host - Matt Cord (WMMR - Philadelphia). Producer - Joyride Media.

The popular Pearl Jam - Ten Code podcast series returns with an acoustic take on "Hold On" - the first of 10 previously unreleased tracks featured from the expanded "Vs. + Vitalogy" reissues in stores on 3/29. Jeff Ament, producer Brendan O'Brien and Mudhoney's Mark Arm talk about the the pressure on Pearl Jam to follow-up "Ten." Host - Matt Cord (WMMR - Philadelphia). Producer - Joyride Media.

As we get near the end of the 10-part series, it’s time we finally hear from guitarist Mike McCready. Here in episode 8, Mike remembers when he and their unmaned, singer-less band first met Eddie, and how Eddie’s stage personna developed over their earliest live shows. Today’s track is “Porch” from the MTV Unplugged show […]

March 24, 2009 is finally here – the day all the Pearl Jam TEN reissues hit the stores! More details on all the releases are online at www.pearljam.com. Today’s show features one of the bonus tracks featured on all the configurations – “Just a Girl.” A very rare track from the early Pearl Jam demos […]

Today, we continue the live music theme from Part 5 with more inside details about the 1992 “Drop in the Park” show included on the 4-LP Vinyl Edition release. Bassist Jeff Ament tells the story of how the show was planned, followed by a clip of their live take on the TEN classic “Alive.”

Today’s Pearl Jam Ten Code episode goes back to the 1991 Eddie Vedder interview and his thoughts on stage diving and other antics he frequently performed on stage back then. It’s interesting to hear his perspective back then on how he didn’t plan to keep doing those things once fans became more familiar with their […]

Bassist Jeff Ament speaks today about his role as art director of both the original release and the new reissue. He’s very excited about many of the new packaging elements in this new release, as well as Brendan O’Brien’s new remixes, like the new version of “Once” heard in this episode. www.pearljam.com

Today’s Pearl Jam podcast kicks off with Eddie Vedder from a 1991 interview, discussing what influenced him to write the song, “Jeremy,” as well as that classic song as they performed on MTV Unplugged in 1992. www.pearljam.com