Hallucinogenic Recipe: Episode 9 - The Rise of Official Bootlegs

It's been 25 years since Pearl Jam made one of the most impactful decisions in their history. After years of rampant tape trading of bootlegged live shows within the community, the band took matters into their own hands by creating their own official bootleg series where nearly every one of their shows would be released via CD or digital download. Ever since the 2000 tour, fans have been able to purchase any available show to be able to relive all of the amazing moments that they've witnessed live. This would go on to impact the distribution of live music from that point on. For this episode, we bring in Patrick and Brian of our Hallucinogenic Recipe team to discuss the end of the taping era and how the releases would go on to impact the fandom. They'll select some of their favorite shows from the 2000 run and talk about buzzworthy performances that still remain powerful today. If you enjoyed this episode and would like to hear more stories just like these, this entire series is available on our Patreon at http://patreon.com/liveon4legs. If you have any future episode requests that you'd like to see in this series, please send us an email at [email protected]!