Pearl Jam – Ten

Reeenk Roink is a promotional CD that was manufactured some time in spring or summer of 1991. It contains Ten in its entirety, mixed and mastered just like the regular official release. The CD itself resembles a blank CD and there is no “formal” artwork except for sleeves handwritten by Ed or Jeff. Its purpose falls somewhere in between that of a test pressing and a promotional copy. These CDs were given out by band to journalists, radio station DJs and record store folks to promote the album before they had real copies of it on hand.

Reeenk Roink CDs can have two different matrix numbers: DIDP 076200 or DISP 001152. No official numbers of how many Reeenk Roinks were made is known, but between 50 and 200 is assumed.

The packaging was handwritten by Ed or Jeff. The DIDP 076200 versions were not distributed in jewel cases, but instead in Tyvek sleeves with the words “Pearl Jam — Ten — Reeenk Roink — Ten” written in blue or green marker outward from center in a closed circle. The handwriting is the familiar style of Ed and Jeff, but it cannot be said definitively whose is blue or green. Of those known, the CDs themselves do not have any markings on them.

The DISP 001152 versions are slightly different, DISP 001152 Reeenk Roinks came in blank sleeves and conversely had writing on the CDs themselves – one is written in a similar way as the DIDP 076200 sleeves but the other has different writing on the CD, presumably by a different writer because “Reeenk” is missing an “e” and is spelled “Reenk”.