top things in YOUR collection

[defsteve]

Unused tickets for cancelled London gigs in 1992. Backstage pass for Finsbury Park show. Official Pearl Jam business card (from 1991) fully signed (front and back)



Ater show laminate. Ticket for Borderline show in 1992.


Borderline setlist


Also a Mookie Blaylock t-shirt given to us by Kelly Curtis in 1991, when we travelled to Seattle and called in (pre-arranged) at their old offices.....

[DAMON]

How about top things "OWNED" but not yet in collection; PJ20 soundtrack vinyl and Billboard poster!!!

[robthepjfan]

my top thing is an autographed by eddie vedder "Binaural" LP

[Suziemay]

Pics and boots of the shows I've been to.

Good god, so why in hell am I spending money on all the crap?!?!

[RedmosquitoIA]

Mine would be Backspacer LP signed by Mike LOVE IT!

[Poonzz1]

#1 Salt Lake City 2009 concert poster signed by entire band (see my profile picture to the right)
#2 Avacado Album cover signed by entire band
both have been authenticated by PSA/DNA, professionally framed and are hanging on my wall.
see the pictures in my profile for my other signed items

[IcemanDorval]

My bootlegs collection which includes all of 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 shows.

Waiting patiently for the 2011 bootlegs box set!

[Released1980]

All the friendships made possible because of this forum and more importantly the band...Oh..my '91 single,EV signed baseball, Supersonics duffle bag, Yield bag, my colorful 7" singles, all the posters of my shows, setlists, EV beer bottle cap, Tron poster, and # 1 my Timmy bobblehead

[pjradio]

All the friendships made possible because of this forum and more importantly the band...Oh..my '91 single,EV signed baseball, Supersonics duffle bag, Yield bag, my colorful 7" singles, all the posters of my shows, setlists, EV beer bottle cap, Tron poster, and # 1 my Timmy bobblehead

Tim Bierman has a Bobblehead?!

[Released1980]

All the friendships made possible because of this forum and more importantly the band...Oh..my '91 single,EV signed baseball, Supersonics duffle bag, Yield bag, my colorful 7" singles, all the posters of my shows, setlists, EV beer bottle cap, Tron poster, and # 1 my Timmy bobblehead

Tim Bierman has a Bobblehead?!

Nope! But I do because of Su..and you, and...all these badass mofos right here,
White Discussion
mfc2006
Suziemay
adusick
juddbozz80
pjradio
iamwishingyouawell
Aussie357
JTH
rvapete
Chief Broom
kellanazzie
rbrum7
EZ1221C
tater926
Loulou
jjflash
I'm a truck
Larsk13
F Me In The Brain
acpaxton01
ST279453
Pearl Jam ie
mahndog
jbaker67
JK36392
PJ-Cubs
LoveBoatCaptainDave
boyo79
Duncs
elwayvedder
alive90
Vitalogy Man
PJ51390
Playhawk

[Paco Jam]

Amazing man!!! Congrats!!!

My bootlegs collection which includes all of 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010 shows.

Waiting patiently for the 2011 bootlegs box set!

[pjradio]

All the friendships made possible because of this forum and more importantly the band...Oh..my '91 single,EV signed baseball, Supersonics duffle bag, Yield bag, my colorful 7" singles, all the posters of my shows, setlists, EV beer bottle cap, Tron poster, and # 1 my Timmy bobblehead

Tim Bierman has a Bobblehead?!

Nope! But I do because of Su..and you, and...all these badass mofos right here,
White Discussion
mfc2006
Suziemay
adusick
juddbozz80
pjradio
iamwishingyouawell
Aussie357
JTH
rvapete
Chief Broom
kellanazzie
rbrum7
EZ1221C
tater926
Loulou
jjflash
I'm a truck
Larsk13
F Me In The Brain
acpaxton01
ST279453
Pearl Jam ie
mahndog
jbaker67
JK36392
PJ-Cubs
LoveBoatCaptainDave
boyo79
Duncs
elwayvedder
alive90
Vitalogy Man
PJ51390
Playhawk

[Released1980]

In my eyes your avatar is stuck on '91 now....

[dangerboy]

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[adusick]

Given to Fly 7" single. Here's why (sorry for storytime, had to get this out though).

I was just a kid back in '98, and didn't really have means to travel to the nearest retailer selling the NEW release, Yield. Best Buy was doing a promo where you buy the album, get a free Given to Fly 7". The nearest Best Buy was 20 mins away (Eau Claire, WI). I couldn't drive yet, so I begged and begged my Dad to pick up the Yield CD on the release day, and asked him to pleeeeease get the free 7", for some reason back then that single meant the world to me!

Dad came home with a yellow Best Buy bag, Yield CD inside, but NO 7" . I thanked him for grabbing the CD, and not wanting to seem ungrateful, neither I nor he made any mention of the 7" single. I figured it was nice enough for him to pick up Yield for me the day it came out... but in my heart I was pretty bummed.

Later that night as I was in my room enjoying my first listens to Yield, my dad knocked on my door and popped in. He said something like "Oh, hey, this came with your album" and nonchalantly gave me the Given to Fly, like it was no big deal or he had forgotten or something. I knew he was hiding it, waiting to bring me down just a bit, then BAM, SURPRISE, good ol' pops came through for ya after all son! I was ecstatic. (To this day, my friends know that one of my signature moves is the LET DOWN PUMP UP )

Anyway my father passed away of cancer a couple years ago, and every year that goes by I find myself trying to cling tighter to the memories, cherishing those little moments with my Dad that once were, as I don't want them to slip away. Remembering the good things about him, the bad, missing him, thinking of him every day of my life. Some of you know that I love collecting PJ vinyl and go pretty nuts over a lot of it, but I truly believe in the end this is all just "stuff", it is temporary, it will not make you any happier. It is the relationships, the kindness, the memories that you get from these "things" that matter most to me.

Sorry to be over-sentimental! I sometimes need to remind myself to take a step back from collecting more "things", and to keep collecting more moments and memories. Looking forward to many more with all of you.