`Ten`, the debut album by Pearl Jam, will be reissued in 2009 in four expanded formats, including the cassette.
Producer Brendan O’Brien has gone back to the studio to completely remix the album. The new version, as well as the remastered old version, will be included in the package."The band loved the original mix of Ten, but were also interested in what it would sound like if I were to deconstruct and remix it," says producer Brendan O'Brien. "The original Ten sound is what millions of people bought, dug and loved, so I was initially hesitant to mess around with that. After years of persistent nudging from the band, I was able to wrap my head around the idea of offering it as a companion piece to the original ? giving a fresh take on it, a more direct sound."
Also included will be a replica of the now very much a collectors item three-song demo cassette. "I think the first time that Ed or I had opened any of those boxes was a few weeks ago,” the band’s Jeff Ament commented. “I knew that the original 'Momma-Son' cassette was somewhere, but I hadn't listened to it in 17, 18, 19 years. It was cool to sit down and play it for the first time with Ed and see his reaction. And to find that 90% of it stayed exactly the same as what ended up on the record. A lot of elements were identical. There was some energy flying around at that point even from 1,300 miles away from Seattle to San Diego."
‘Ten’ was originally released on August 27, 1991. Believe it or not, the album never got to number one in America. It peaked at number two. However, it went on to sell 12 million units.
The album was produced by Rick Parasher. Pearl Jam's 1991 lineup was Jeff Ament (bass), Stone Gossard (guitar), Dave Krusen (drums), Mike McCready (guitar) and Eddie Vedder (vocals).
ORIGINAL TEN TRACKLISTING
Once
Even Flow
Alive
Why Go
Black
Jeremy
Oceans
Porch
Garden
Deep
Release
Master/Slave (hidden track)
THE FOUR EDITIONS OF TEN: ALBUM EXTRAS PER PACKAGE
1. Legacy Edition (2-disc set in mini-LP style slipcase):
* Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
* Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by
Brendan O'Brien, plus six bonus tracks: "Brother," "Just a Girl,"
"State of Love and Trust," "Breath and a Scream," "2,000 Mile Blues"
and "Evil Little Goat"
* Re-designed packaging
2. Deluxe Edition (2-disc set plus DVD specially designed hardbound
package):
* Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
* Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by
Brendan O'Brien, plus six bonus tracks: "Brother," "Just a Girl,"
"State of Love and Trust," "Breath and a Scream," "2,000 Mile Blues"
and "Evil Little Goat"
* DVD of Pearl Jam's previously unreleased 1992 MTV Unplugged
performance including never before seen bonus performance of "Oceans"
with 5.1 surround sound audio remix
3. Vinyl Collection (2-LP set)
* LP 1: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl
* LP 2: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl and remixed by
Brendan O'Brien
4. Super Deluxe Edition (2-disc set plus DVD, 4 LPs and replica cassette
in linen-covered, slip-cased clamshell box):
* Disc 1: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered (original mix)
* Disc 2: original Ten tracklisting digitally remastered and remixed by
Brendan O'Brien, plus six bonus tracks: "Brother," "Just a Girl,"
"State of Love and Trust," "Breath and a Scream," "2,000 Mile Blues"
and "Evil Little Goat"
* DVD of Pearl Jam's previously unreleased 1992 MTV Unplugged
performance including never before seen bonus performance of "Oceans"
with 5.1 surround sound audio remix
* LP 1: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl
* LP 2: original Ten tracklisting remastered for vinyl and remixed by
Brendan O'Brien
* LP 3 & 4: Drop in the Park - Live at Magnuson Park in Seattle on
September 20, 1992 (audio mixed by Brendan O'Brien)
* Cassette: replica of original "Momma-Son" Pearl Jam demo cassette
featuring "Alive," "Once" and "Footsteps"
* Package also includes an Eddie Vedder-style composition notebook
filled with replica personal notes, images and mementos from the
collections of Eddie Vedder and Jeff Ament, a vellum envelope with
replicated era-specific ephemera from Pearl Jam's early work and a
two-sided print commemorating the Drop in the Park concert.
The new editions of ‘Ten’ will be released in March, 2009.
