Pearl Jam
1993 / 1995 ( 2011 )
Box set containing Legacy remasters of
vs. and
Vitalogy as well as a live disc featuring a concert in Boston from 1994. If you've already got the studio albums and don't care about the concert disc, you may be wondering if this is worth getting. In a word, yes. The remastering is quite good, cutting through some of the murk of the original recordings and putting a little air around each of the parts while boosting the punch factor considerably without increasing the overall levels all that much. Listen to the original recording of
Go from
vs. and then listen to the 2011 remaster and you'll be sold. The killer kick drum alone is worth the price of admission.
D.D.
