Pearl Jam Presses 2016 Philly ‘Ten’ Performance To Vinyl

Pearl Jam is cracking open one of the most consequential albums in rock history for a new generation of vinyl collectors. Thirty-five years after Ten launched the Seattle band into the stratosphere, Ten Live will arrive Nov. 27, marking the first time the band’s complete April 29, 2016, live performance of the album has been issued on vinyl.

The three-sided LP was recorded at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center, where the band played Ten from beginning to end for the first time since March 13, 1992, in Munich and the maiden occasion on U.S. soil. The release will be available on standard “(Turned My World To)” Black vinyl and a limited clear-vinyl edition exclusively for members of Pearl Jam’s Ten Club fan organization.

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The occasion itself was something of a spontaneous gift to the Philly faithful. That evening was Pearl Jam’s 10th sold-out show at the South Philadelphia arena, and the venue commemorated the achievement with a banner reading “Pearl Jam 10 South Philadelphia Sellouts.” Seeing the number, frontman Eddie Vedder decided there was a more fitting way to celebrate. “I saw that number and I was like, I think we gotta do it,” he told the crowd before the band launched into Ten track by track.

The 32-song set also featured a wealth of rarities, including the tour debuts of “Bee Girl,” “All or None” and Neil Young’s “Throw Your Hatred Down.” For fans who don’t want to wait until November — or simply want to relive the whole three-hour evening before committing it to wax — the pro-shot concert is also available to rent and stream, with Ten Club members able to access the performance through their membership.

As SPIN noted in its 2021 Ten 30th anniversary retrospective, in March 1990, the promising Seattle rock band Mother Love Bone was about to unveil its debut album. But on the eve of the release, the band’s lead singer, Andrew Wood, died of a heroin overdose. Guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament were blind-sided, devastated, and decided to end the band. Over the next few months, Gossard slowly found his way back to music and made a few demos that landed in the hands of a surfer from San Diego via Chicago, who got them from ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons. The surfer was Vedder, and the songs he sent back were “Alive,” “Once” and “Footsteps.”

Pearl Jam formed around the intensity of these songs. And on Aug. 27, 1991, it brought them into the open with Ten. Musically, the album’s blend of classic rock, punk and alternative opened up the sonic possibilities for a new genre dubbed grunge. Ten wasn’t an overnight success, but within a matter of months, and buoyed by the ascent of Soundgarden, Nirvana and several other Seattle bands, it had turned Pearl Jam into superstars.

The band will return to the stage for the first time since May 2025 on Sept. 27 at Vedder’s annual Ohana festival. The show will mark the debut of longtime drummer Matt Cameron’s as-yet-unannounced replacement, following his departure after 27 years last spring.

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