In honor of Pearl Jam's twentieth anniversary, award-winning director and music journalist Cameron Crowe created a definitive portrait of the seminal band carved from over 1,200 hours of rarely and never-before-seen footage, plus 24 hours of recently shot concert and interview footage. PEARL JAM TWENTY chronicles the years leading up to the band's formation, the chaos that ensued soon-after their rise to mega-stardom, their step back from center stage, and the creation of a work culture that would sustain them.
Part concert film, part insider hang, part testimonial to the power of music and uncompromising artists, the film celebrates the freedom that allowed Pearl Jam a way to make music without losing sight of what mattered most to them their fans and the music fans that they themselves had always been. PEARL JAM TWENTY features interviews with original band members Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, and Eddie Vedder, drummer Matt Cameron, and friend and Soundgarden singer/guitarist Chris Cornell, as well as archival performance and interview footage of Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Kurt Cobain and Neil Young.
To accompany the film, Pearl Jam is also releasing a "Pearl Jam Twenty" soundtrack. The soundtrack includes 29 rare and unreleased tracks on 2 CDs, hand-picked by Cameron Crowe with his original liner notes and never-before-seen photos in a 36-page booklet. It is packaged in a hard bound book.
Tracklist:
Disc 1 – From the Film PJ20
01 Release – Verona, Italy (9/16/06)
02 Alive – Seattle, WA (12/22/90)
03 Garden – Zurich, Switzerland(2/19/92)
04 Why Go – Hamburg, Germany (3/10/92)
05 Black – MTV Unplugged, NYC (3/16/92)
06 Blood – Auckland, New Zealand (3/25/95)
07 Last Exit – Taipei, Taiwan (2/24/95)
08 Not For You – Manila, Philippines (2/26/95)
09 Do The Evolution – Monkeywrench Radio, Seattle, WA (1/31/98)
10 Thumbing My Way – Chop Suey, Seattle, WA (9/6/02)
11 Crown of Thorns – Las Vegas, NV (10/22/00)
12 Let Me Sleep – Verona, Italy (9/16/06)
13 Walk With Me (with Neil Young) – Bridge School Benefit (10/23/10)
14 Just Breathe – SNL, New York (3/13/10)
Disc 2 – Rarities and Inspiration
01 Say Hello 2 Heaven – Temple of the Dog Demo, 1990
02 Times of Trouble – Demo, 1990
03 Acoustic #1 – Demo 1991
04 It Ain’t Like That – Demo 1990
05 Need to Know – Demo, 2007
06 Be Like Wind – McCready Score 2010
07 Given To Fly – McCready Instrumental 2010
08 Nothing As It Seems – Demo 1999
09 Nothing As It Seems – Seattle, WA (10/22/01)
10 Indifference – Bologna, Italy (9/14/06)
11 Of The Girl – Instrumental 2000
12 Faithfull – Pistoia, Italy (9/20/06) (Soundcheck)
13 Bu$hleaguer – Nassau, NY (4/30/03)
14 Betterman – New York City (5/21/10)
15 Rearview Mirror – Universal City, CA (10/1/09)
The release date on this is actually 9/20/2011. Whoops!