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Pearl Jam 08/??/90
Stone's House [The Gossman Project], Seattle, WA
Set I
The King (would become Even Flow)
Dollar Short (would become Alive)
Richard's 'E' (would become Alone)
'E' Ballad (would become Black)
?
Weird 'A' (would become Animal)
7Up (would become Pushin' Forward Back)
Doobie 'E' (would become Breath)
Agytian Crave (would become Once)
Times of Trouble (would become Footsteps) (this song also appears on Temple of the Dog with the same title)
Evil 'E' (would become Girl)
Folk 'D' (never released)
Set II
 
Set III
 
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Stone Gossard: guitar
Mike McCready: guitar
Jeff Ament: bass
Matt Cameron: drums
Chris Friel: drums on tracks 4 and 10

This tape is the earliest evidence of Pearl Jam around. Mike McCready, Stone Gossard, and Jeff Ament recorded a set of instrumental demos during the Temple of the Dog sessions with Matt Cameron in 1990. This tape would eventually find its way to Eddie Vedder via Jack Irons.

Notes on Andy Wood/Temple of the Dog:

[Andy Wood's] death hit the Seattle music scene hard; very hard. Not only for his bandmates, but for his friends, his coworkers, his housemates, one of which was Soundgarden's Chris Cornell. Trying to find an outlet for his enormous grief, Chris penned a few songs in tribute to Andy, which were "Reach Down" and "Say Hello 2 Heaven." He decided to ask Stone and Jeff, Andy's friends and bandmates, if they'd like to record them, for a possible single release. At the time, Soundgarden had yet to become superstars, and Stone and Jeff were just beginning the painful work of putting a new vehicle together, following the untimely demise of Mother Love Bone. Chris recruited his Soundgarden compatriot Matt Cameron, who coincidentally at that time was working with Gossard, Ament and a new co-conspirator, one Mike McCready.

"It was initially my idea because of a couple of songs I recorded," Chris [Cornell] explains, "but the idea was mainly to do a single as opposed to a whole record. And the thing was, the rest of the guys in Temple, they sort of thought, well, maybe we should make it a little bit longer project, like an EP or something. The more we talked about it, the more songs kept flying out, and it ended up being an album. It didn't feel like a morose project. It felt sort of celebratory." - Reflex magazine, 12/91

The sessions grew into the Temple Of The Dog project. Not all of the songs were directly about Andy; however, they didn't fit into the Soundgarden format, and the "Gossman Project," as it was allegedly called, was strictly experimental at that time. Stone, Mike, Jeff and Matt had recorded some demos together, with the two projects occasionally crossing borders, as demonstrated by the shared relationship between Temple Of The Dog's "Times of Trouble" and Pearl Jam's "Footsteps." ("Times of Trouble" ended up on the demo tape that the project was circulating to potential members.) They were still recruiting members, and during the sessions they ended up auditioning a potential frontman: San Diego surfer boy Eddie Vedder, who first arrived in Seattle in the fall of 1990. The Temple Of The Dog album was recorded during the late fall and winter of 1990; Ament, Gossard and McCready would work with Chris at night, then jam with Eddie in the newly-christened Mookie Blaylock in the afternoons.
Last Changed By Nate Roth
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luke (2/4) CDR / 1 View  
chris hather (2/5) FLAC / 1 View   soundboard
Notes: * alternate source tape & transfer (not "3rd gen? cassette" source)
Erick Leiva (2/0) CD / 1 A+ View   Unknown
Notes: SOURCE INFO: Tracks 1-7 from liberated "Hallucinogenic Recipes" Box Set disc 2 silver cd> EAC (Secure mode) > FLAC Tracks 8-12 from 1st generation liberated "Angel Demos & Remixes" silver cd > EAC > SHN> CDR > EAC > FLAC
Justin (2/5) CDR / 1 View   SBD
Notes: The sessions grew into the Temple Of The Dog project. Not all of the songs were directly about Andy; however, they didn't fit into the Soundgarden format, and the "Gossman Project," as it was allegedly called, was strictly experimental at that time. Stone, Mike, Jeff and Matt had recorded some demos together, with the two projects occasionally crossing borders, as demonstrated by the shared relationship between Temple Of The Dog's "Times of Trouble" and Pearl Jam's "Footsteps." ("Times of Trouble" ended up on the demo tape that the project was circulating to potential members.) They were still recruiting members, and during the sessions they ended up auditioning a potential frontman: San Diego surfer boy Eddie Vedder, who first arrived in Seattle in the fall of 1990. The Temple Of The Dog album was recorded during the late fall and winter of 1990; Ament, Gossard and McCready would work with Chris at night, then jam with Eddie in the newly-christened Mookie Blaylock in the afternoons.
Lontan (2/5) shn / 1 A+ View  
Spencer Webb (2/0) CDR / 1 A/B View  
Stuart Ferguson (1/4.3) CDR / 1 View   Soundboard
Notes: DVD 1403; lineage: Studio recording
Matt (1/5) Shn / 0 View  
Notes: Shn-314mb
Nocode (1/0) cdr / 1 A View   See tech notes for full source info
Notes: The Gossman Project is Stone's instrumental demo that included Stone, Jeff, Matt, and Mike. Also included on CD is the 'Mamasan' demo: "Alive", "Once", and "Footsteps"-source info:09/--/90 "Mamasan" demo 4-track SBD > cass-M > cass > cass > cass > cass > DAT > CDR(c)
Mike (1/5) SHN / 1 View  
Victor Pianello (1/5) CD-R / 1 A- A- View  
dee el (1/4.8) CD-R / 1 b+ View  
Notes: b+, but TAO ("The Gossman Project" -instrmntl)
Matt Keene (1/0) cd-r / 1 B B View   Gossman part I (SBD > DAT-M > DAT2nd gen >
Notes: Pre Ed studio demo (gossman project demos) + Ed's vocals over demo (mamasan demo)
W D (1/5) CDR / 1 A View  
Notes: looks like MP3 sourced
Colin Pile (1/0) CD / 1 View  
Chimny420 (1/0) CD-R / 0 View  
Sam H (1/5) CDR / 1 B+ View  
Notes: On same disc as Mamasan Trilogy (09.00.90). Minor sound glitches at the beginning of track 10 & 11.
Andrew (0/0) / 0 View  
Gregory (0/4) CDR / 1 A A View   Soundboard
Notes: ANA(x)>DAT(1)>CDR(2)
StoneGarden (0/0) / 0 View  
Dan (0/0) / 1 View  
Notes: Tracks 1-7 from Liberated Boot, Tracks 8-12 mp3 sourced.
Rickn (0/0) CDR / 1 View  
Alexander Schulze (0/5) / 0 View   demo
Notes: 050'/complete
pjt21 (0/0) SHN / 1 View   Tracks 1-7 from liberated "Hallucinogenic Recipes" Box Set disc 2 silver cd> EAC (Secure mode)...
Joshua Bousquet (0/0) CDR / 0 View  
steve jon duchin (0/5) / 0 View  
pjdb (0/0) / 0 View  
Matt Corbett (0/0) SHN / 1 View   ? > CDR > SHN
Mary Jane (0/0) SHN / 1 View   Unknown > SHN
Notes: 6db25e8f451495e07461124cfa08e76c *1 - The King (Even Flow).shn 698e3cf79f76a373d00b45a57a17e0ff *2 - Dollar Short (Alive).shn cd5c4d4b6d94530215c5618833cf1c02 *3 - Richard's 'E' (Alone).shn d55b6d15a344c70e95369c066bfd5cc6 *4 - 'E' Ballad (Black).shn 5de26667cec2ebe792259d4af6228e55 *5 - Question Mark.shn 282be4fafe07fdfd7e1e00a9eac020ab *6 - Weird 'A' (Animal).shn ecebeccf6a8ec303bda9f2c1d55ff3ad *7 - 7Up (Pushin' Forward Back).shn 016168d01b50a5046d50a44aa4bf5596 *8 - Doobie 'E' (Breath).shn e8545b8b8a1a52686e8f53435a136310 *9 - Agytian Crave (Once).shn 04a5fbfede7cca80ca371dec7720a630 *10 - Times of Trouble (Footsteps).shn 1d360100c0640069b163ef6247b41142 *11 - Evil 'E' (Girl).shn 61beaaac839897a5453c4f7df8a14089 *12 - Folk 'D'.shn
morgokh (0/0) CDR / 1 View