...unboxing the Deluxe re-issue of Ten

So my wife and I....BIG Pearl Jam fans. Have been that way since "and slowly the earth cooled". If you go around our house it's hard to find a wall that does not have a framed poster from one of their gigs. Big time fans. Willingly-traveled-to-Cleveland types of fans. Bootlegs-of-every-show-we've-been-to fans. Have-seen-Eddie-Sing-Rockin'-in-the-Free-World-with-Bono-and-been-angry-he-was-on-stage types of fans.

So in December we ordered the Super Deluxe Re-Issue of Ten. It's got a few holy grails for Pearl Jam fans, including

• Vinyl and CD editions of Ten, and a recording of one of their early shows.
• The Mamasan tape, which was a tape of music by Stone Gossard that landed in Eddie Vedder's hands. He redubbed his voice over some of the songs and sent the tape back to Stone...thus was born Pearl Jam
• a DVD of their MTV Unplugged performance. Yes, they DID Unplugged early in their career, and it was one of the defining moments of the band. The performance climaxed with Eddie, standing on a chair, writing Pro-Choice on his arm with a marker during Porch. It was an intense moment, and while everyone was releasing Unplugged albums in the 90s, this one stayed underground.
• Swag
  

Now, when most nerds get computers, the do an unboxing where they show the packaging and open it up for everyone. We thought it would be fun to do the same here.

The Front of the box


The back of the box


The spine


Inside the box


The Live LP- Front (yes...vinyl. Sweet sweet vinyl. Best. Medium. Ever)


The Gatefold of the Live LP


The back of the Live LP


The Ten reissue LP


The back of the LP



The CDs and DVD


All the swag (ten points for whoever can tell me the significance of the Mookie Blaylock rookie card)


The CDs, a composition book picture book, and the Mamasan tape (an actual casette!)


Now if I have to explain gatefold and Pearl Jam song and album titles to anyone, I'm-a gonna have to start a music college here on the site as well, and no one wants that!