Pearl Jam

September 5, 2005 Rexall Place Edmonton

The show of the year in Edmonton is the Pearl Jam concert. I haven't seen such a white bred concert in my life. But I'm glad I'm there to add color to the sea of whiteness. The t-shirts sizes are quickly gone and I have to settle for my third and fourth choices. The show is loud and rocking. Over 200 hours of the best band of the 90's. My seat is behind the stage and it is fairly decent. Eddie Vedder pays a lot of attention to us. After the concert, I come home to download the live bootleg of the show. Already at the forefront of issuing authorized "live bootlegs" of its shows, Pearl Jam launches its own digital download store via its official Web site. Hours after their completion, full concerts from the group's fall tour will be available for $9.99 as 192K MP3s, which are nearly 50% higher than the standard bit rate. Each show will feature special artwork; a slide show with photos from the performance will run while the files download. As with past incarnations of the bootlegs, which were initially available only on CD, the material will be mixed on the fly by longtime Pearl Jam engineer Brett Eliason. Eliason's company, Basecamp Productions, also developed the software to power the download store.

Official photos from the Edmonton Live Bootleg Download - Only $9.99 US + .75 handling fee