Pearl Jam‘s Waiting for Stevie has been selected as Record Store Day’s Song of the Year, an achievement that will be celebrated with a 12-inch vinyl single available exclusively on Nov. 29.
As part of RSD Black Friday, Pearl Jam will release a limited edition 12” 45 RPM black vinyl single featuring two live tracks recorded on the first leg of the band’s 2024 Dark Matter World Tour. Waiting For Stevie and Wreckage are the fourth and third singles from Pearl Jam’s 12th studio album, Dark Matter. Included in this exclusive RSD Black Friday package is a double-sided full-color poster of the band playing live in 2024.
According to SPIN, Pearl Jam are also making available two-CD sets of 10 shows recorded during the first leg of the Dark Matter tour in Vancouver, Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Ca., Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Napa, Ca., and Seattle. The collections are being produced exclusively for record stores and will be available at retail on Nov. 22.
Waiting For Stevie 12-inch single vinyl will be available for purchase at your local indie record shop on Nov. 29.
WAITING FOR STEVIE 12’’ SINGLE
A. Waiting For Stevie (Seattle, 5/30/24)
B. Wreckage (Las Vegas, 5/16/24)
Event: Black Friday 2024
Release Date: 11/29/2024
Format: 12″ Single
Label: Monkeywrench
Quantity: 4000
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release
Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, Dead Kennedys, Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.