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Pearl Jam is turning a legendary 2016 Philadelphia concert into a vinyl release, pressing the band’s full live performance of its debut album “Ten” as a three-sided LP.
The band announced “Ten Live” on Thursday, the 35th anniversary of its breakout, PhillyVoice reported. The record was captured at the Wells Fargo Center, now Xfinity Mobile Arena, on April 29, 2016. That night marked Pearl Jam’s 10th sellout show in South Philly, and a Flyers-inspired banner was hung in the arena’s rafters to honor the milestone.
Frontman Eddie Vedder, moved by the gesture, surprised the crowd by launching into the full album.
“I saw that number and I was like, I think we gotta do it,” Vedder told the audience.
First full U.S. performance of ‘Ten’
The 2016 set was Pearl Jam’s first time playing “Ten” start to finish in the United States and its first complete run of the album since a 1992 concert in Munich. The show spanned 32 songs over three hours, including two encores longer than the main set. The band worked in covers of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb,” Neil Young’s “Throw Your Hatred Down” and The Who’s “Baba O’Riley.”
The LP is available for preorder ahead of a Nov. 27 release in black vinyl and a limited edition clear vinyl for members of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club fan organization. Members can also watch a professionally filmed recording of the concert on the band’s website.