| Videos -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDIO VIDEOS In Bloom [demo] (1990) - directed by ??? Smells Like Teen Spirit (1991) - directed by Sam Bayer Come as You Are (1992) - directed by Kevin Kerslake Lithium (1992) - directed by Kevin Kerslake In Bloom [Nevemind] (1993) - directed by Kevin Kerslake Sliver (1993) - directed by Kevin Kerslake Heart-Shaped Box (1993) - directed by Anton Corbijn -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Sub Pop Video Network One" 1991 - Video on Sub Pop (SPV01, US) PERTINENT VIDEO: In Bloom [demo] (1990) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "1991: The Year Punk Broke" 1992 - Video on DGC (GEV-39518, US) PERTINENT VIDEOS: Negative Creep / School / Endless, Nameless / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Polly NOTES: * Directed by David Markey. * Documentary of life on the road with Sonic Youth and Nirvana on their 1991 tour of Europe. Features live performances from Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr, Babes In Toyland, The Ramones and Gumball. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A NAME="books"> Section 5: Books -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Nirvana" by Everett True free with Melody Maker, Feb 15 1992 16 pages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Nirvana" by Suzi Black Omnibus Press (OP 47136, UK), 1992 ISBN ??? 32 pages + free poster -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana" by Michael Azerrad Virgin Books, 1993 ISBN 0-86369-746-1 344 pages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story" by Dave Thompson Pan Books, 1994 ISBN 0-330-33965-6 170 pages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Nirvana Tribute" by Suzi Black Omnibus Press (UK), 1994 ISBN ??? ??? pages -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 6: Bootlegs with listings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "... and nobody got hurt" 1992 - CD on Rocks (ROCKS 920 17) RECORDED: 1991 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: 11 at 38:40 Drain You (3:46) / Aneurism (4:30) / School (2:46) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (5:06) / About a Girl (2:58) / Polly (2:56) / Sliver (2:00) / Breed (3:01) / Come as You Are (3:44) / Lythium (5:03) / Territorial Pissings (2:45) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "7th Heaven" 1992 - CD on Kiss the Stone (KTS041) RECORDED: Amsterdam and Europe 1991 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: 19 at ~76 Drain You / Aneurism / School / Been a Son / Negative Creep / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Lithium / Sliver / Come as You Are / Breed / Been a Son / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Rape Me / Spank Thru / Territorial Pissings -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "7th Heaven" 1992 - LP on ??? (???) RECORDED: Bristol Bierkeller 4 Nov 1991 QUALITY: Good SONGS: Jesus Don't Want Me (Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam) / Aneurysm / Drain You / School / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Breed / About A Girl / Love Buzz / Lithium / Sliver / Negative Creep / Blew / Break Me (Rape Me) / Territorial Pissings NOTES: * "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a Vaselines cover. * At the end, Kurt does something (storms offstage?) and someone (Chris, Dave?) yells, "Hey Kurt... you're makin' a jerk out of us!" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Aqua Seafoam Shame" 1994 - CD on Rocks (92114) RECORDED: MTV Live and Loud 1994 and "Rock and the Environment," Seattle Nov 1992 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: 14 at 55:44 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (4:32) / Drain You (3:45) / Breed (3:04) / Serve the Servants (3:11) / Rape Me (2:52) / Heart Shaped Box (4:32) / Pennyroyal Tea (3:42) / Scentless Apprentice (3:32) / Lythium (Lithium 4:29) / Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip (Endless, Nameless 6:19) / School (2:40) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:40) / Lythium (Lithium 4:56) / Territorial Pissings (3:27) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Banned for Life" 1993 - CD on Pluto Records (PLR CD 9306) RECORDED: "Live at the Seattle Center Coliseum, October 11, 1992" QUALITY: Very good to excellent SONGS: 22 at ??? Breed (3:13) / Drain You (3:44) / Aneurysm (4:40) / School (2:46) / Sliver (1:57) / In Bloom (4:20) / Come as You Are (3:30) / Lithium (4:17) / About a Girl (2:58) / Downtown (Tourette's 2:00) / Polly (2:46) / Lounge Act (2:36) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:54) / On a Plain (3:03) / Negative Creep (2:31) / What Else Could I Be (All Apologies 4:05) / Been a Son (2:14) / Blew (3:10) / Just Happy (Dumb 3:04) / Wreck Me (Rape Me 2:22) / Stay Away (3:29) / Love Buzz (3:29) / Territorial Pissings (6:35) NOTES: * Recorded in DDD. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Beauty and Power" 1992?- 7" on Karst Records (???) RECORDED: Outtakes from Nevermind recording sessions 1991? QUALITY: ??? SONGS: Happy Hour / Downer / Hairspray Queen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Before We Ever Minded" 1992 - CD on Imperium (Imperium 001 CD) RECORDED: Demos 1991 QUALTIY: Poor to good SONGS: 14 at 47:46 In Bloom (demo) / Breed (demo) / Stay Away (demo) / Final Flight / Son of a God (Gun) / Love Buzz (live) / Dive (live) / Love Buzz (demo) / About a Girl (demo) / Polly (demo) / Spank Through / Happy Tour / Downer (demo) / Hairspray Queen NOTES: * Some of the live tracks are probably from the heavily bootlegged Blind Pig show. * "Spank Through" is not listed as a demo, but is different from the "Sub Pop 200" version, and sounds worse. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bleach Pop" 1992 - CD on Halloween Records (HW 003) RECORDED: "Live in Genk, Belgium 1991" QUALITY: Good, guitar not very audible, bad editing SONGS: 20 at 62:09 Aneurysm (4:35) / Drain You (3:37) / School (2:30) / Floyd the Barber (2:32) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:34) / About a Girl (2:44) / Polly (2:34) / Breed (3:11) / Take Me Home (Sliver 2:03) / Lithium (4:11) / Love Buzz (3:32) / Come as You Are (3:29) / She Should (Been a Son 2:02) / Negative Creep (2:25) / On a Plain (2:52) / Blew (3:14) / Tired (Pennyroyal Tea 4:04) / Spank Through (3:20) / Mummy's Home (Molly's Lips 1:58) / Territorial Pissings (2:31) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Blind Pig" 1992 - CD on Cocomelos (CM001) RECORDED: The Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, Michigan 10 Apr 1990 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: 13 at ~46 Floyd the Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Breed / About a Girl / Big Cheese / Scoff / Molly's Lips / Stain / Been a Son / Negative Creep / Blew NOTES: * Same concert as "Blind Big Beginnings" and "Live." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Blind Pig Beginnings" 1992?- CD on ??? (???) RECORDED: The Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, Michigan 10 Apr 1990 QUALITY: ??? SONGS: Floyd the Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Immodium (Breed) / About a Girl / Big Cheese / Scoff / Molly's Lips / Stain / Been a Son / Negative Creep / Blew NOTES: * Same concert as "Blind Pig" and "Live." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Bosnian Rape Benefit Show" 1993 - CS with no label (no serial number) RECORDED: San Francisco 09 Apr 1993 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: Rape me / School / Breed / Sliver / Come as You Are / Milk It / About a Girl / Lithium / Dumb / Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle / Serve the Servants / Aneurysm / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Territorial Pissings / Blew / All Apologies / Heart-Shaped Box / Scentless Apprentice / Something in the Way / Negative Creep / Been a Son / Dive / Love Buzz / Endless, Nameless NOTES: * Same concert as "Nirvana: San Francisco April 9th, 1993." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Come As You Are" 1994 - CD on Grapefruit Records (GRA-004-A, Australia) RECORDED: "Live in USA 1993/Pier 48, Seattle USA Dec. 1993" QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: 20 at 74:15 About a Girl (3:12) / Come as You Are (4:03) / Dumb (2:51) / Man Who Sold The World (3:41) / Polly (3:15) / On A Plain (3:30) / Plateau (3:20) / Lake of Fire (2:53) / All Apologies (3:34) / Where Did You Sleep Last Night (4:44) / Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (4:28) / Drain You (3:29) / Breed (3:06) / Serve the Servants (3:24) / Rape Me (2:36) / Heart-Shaped Box (4:31) / Pennyroyal Tea (3:41) / Scentless Apprentice (3:27) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:59) NOTES: * Tracks 1-10 are from the Unplugged sessions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Deep and Live" 1992?- CS with no label (no serial number) RECORDED: ??? QUALITY: Good SONGS: School / Scoff / Love Buzz / Floyd the Barber / Dive / Big Cheese / Molly's Lips / Spank Thru / About a girl / Mr. Moustache / Breed / Negative Creep -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Demos" 1992?- CD on ??? (???) RECORDED: Demos 1987/1988 and at Rajis, Hollywood, California 15 Feb 1990 QUALITY: Very good SONGS: 21 at ~70 1988 Demos: Blandest / Spank Thru / Downer / Hairspray Queen / Mexican Seafood Live at Rajis, Hollywood California: School / Floyd the Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Breed / Scoff / About a Girl / Molly's Lips / Been a Son / Stain / Negative Creep / Blew 1987 Demos: Polly / Molly's Lips (Spectre) / Everything and Nothing (Verse Chorus Verse) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Down With Me" 1992?- CD on ??? (???) RECORDED: ??? QUALITY: ??? SONGS: Turnaround / Molly's Lips / Straight As An Arrow (D-7) / Never Take Me Home (Sliver) / Down With Me / Lithium / In Bloom / Breed / Stay Away / Happy Hour / Straight As An Arrow (D-7) / Love Buzz / About a Girl / Polly / In Bloom / Breed / Stay Away / Happy Hour / Hairspray Queen / Love Buzz / About A Girl+Polly NOTES: Repeated songs are different versions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Down Under '92" 1992 - CD on Black Cat Records (???) RECORDED: "Live, Palais, Melbourne January 1992 ... Live at the Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, 30 January 1992" QUALITY: poor (disc 1) / good (disc 2) SONGS: Disc 1: About a Girl / Come as You Are / Breed / Polly / Lounge Act / Lovebuzz / Lithium Disc 2: Aneirism (Aneurysm) / Drain You / School / Sliver / About a Girl / Breed / Come as You Are / Lithium / Polly / Lounge Act / Negative Creep / Been a Son / Blew / On a Plain / Something in the Way / Stain / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Lovebuzz / Get Together / Territorial Pissings NOTES: * Interviews are one liners from the band overlapping parts of live music, but only a couple minutes long. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Dumb" 1992?- CD on Kiss the Stone (KTS133) RECORDED: Reading Rock Festival, Europe 1992 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: Breed (3:03) / Drain You (3:42) / Aneurysm (4:54) / School (3:11) / Sliver (2:16) / In Bloom (4:31) / Come as You Are (3:42) / Lithium (4:19) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (5:53) / On a Plain (3:02) / Been a Son (3:20) / Mary (All Apologies 3:09) / Blew (3:17) / Dumb (2:44) / Stay Away (3:48) / Territorial Pissings (2:53) NOTES: * Recorded DDD. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Europe 1991" 1992 - CD on Red Line (???) RECORDED: Europe 1991 QUALITY: Very good SONGS: 18 at 59:11 Drain You (4:05) / Aneurysm (4:32) / School (2:53) / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:43) / About a Girl (2:50) / Polly (2:48) / Lithium (4:27) / Breed (3:22) / Sliver (2:03) / In Bloom (4:32) / Been a Son (2:13) / Negative Creep (2:34) / On a Plain (3:05) / Blew (3:26) / Talk to Me (3:14) / It Takes a Time (Oh, the Guilt 3:19) / Territorial Pissing (2:35) NOTES: * During "Sliver," Kurt gets mad at the crowd for singing along during every song, so he changes the lyrics somewhat, even singing "nah nah nah" at the end. The crowd doesn't sing along anymore after that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Firework Night" 1992?- CD on Deep Records (MIK036) RECORDED: Astoria Theatre, London, England 05 Nov 1991 QUALITY: Very good SONGS: Jesus (Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam) + Aneurysm / Drain You / School / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Breed / Sliver / Lithium / Love Buzz / Come as You Are / Been a Son / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Dumb / I'm so Tired (Pennyroyal Tea) / Endless- Nameless NOTES: * "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a Vaselines cover. Same concert as "Live Tits." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Foretaste" 1991 - LP on ??? (???) RECORDED: Studio recordings Sep 1991 QUALITY: ??? SONGS: Drain You / Dumb / The End of Music -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Heart-Shaped Box" 1994 - CD on Grapefruit Records (GRA-004-B) RECORDED: "Live at the Roseland Club, N.Y.C. July 23 1993" QUALITY: Very good SONGS: 19 at 73:38 Serve the Servants (3:48) / Scentless Apprentice (3:42) / School (2:59) / Breed (3:04) / Lithium (4:37) / Come as You Are (3:47) / Milk It (4:29) / Drain You (3:48) / tourette's (2:20) / Very Ape (2:20) / Heart-Shaped Box (5:03) / Rape Me (2:39) / All Apologies (4:18) / Polly (2:55) / Dumb (2:43) / Something in the Way (3:53) / Where Did You Sleep Last Night (3:18) / Endless Nameless (9:04) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Household Drugs and Other Hits" 1992?- 7" EP on ??? (???) RECORDED: "live somewhere in the midwest" QUALITY: Good SONGS: Household Drugs (Pennyroyal Tea) / School / On a Plain / About a Girl NOTES: Numbered edition of 500. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die" 1993 - CD on Metal Crash (MECD 1146) RECORDED: New Music Seminar, Roseland Club, New York Jul 23 1993 QUALITY: Good SONGS: 19 at 75:00 Serve the Sevents / Scentless... (Scentless Apprentice) / School / Breed / Lithium / Come as You Are / Milk It / Drain You / Tourettes / Verry Ape / Heart Shaped Box / Rape Me / All Apologies / Polly / Dumb / Something In the Way / Where Did You Sleep Last Night / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Endless, Nameless -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "In the Bloom 1990 Tour" 1992 - CD on Love and Money (Love and Money LM01) RECORDED: ??? 1990 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: 15 at 56:36 Intro + School (4:01) / Jam (5:16) / Scoff (4:37) / Love Buzz (3:45) / Floyd the Barber (2:18) / Dive (4:38) / Another Rule (Verse Chorus Verse 3:19) / Big Cheese (4:29) / Freedom of Choise (Spank Thru 3:15) / About a Girl (2:48) / Breed (3:49) / Paper Cuts (4:43) / Been a Son (2:05) / Negative Creep (3:25) / Blew (3:55) NOTES: * Chad Channing's snare drum broke right after "School" and while he was fixing it, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic played assorted cacophonous tunes during "Jam," among which Led Zeppelin's "Dazed and Confused" can be heard. * Comes in a special cardboard box to fit over the CD jewelbox. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "In Utero: The Pachyderm Sessions" 1993 - CD on Vinyl Experience Ltd (is902) RECORDED: Pachyderm Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1993 SONGS: 12 at 69:05 In Utero: Serve The Servants (3:54) / Scentless Apprentice (3:47) / Heart- Shaped Box (4:39) / Rape Me (2:49) / Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (4:07) / Dumb (2:29) / Very Ape (1:55) / Milk It (3:52) / Pennyroyal Tea (3:36) / Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (4:49) / tourette's (1:33) / All Apologies + Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip (3:50+7:33=31:32) NOTES: * Only 1500 copies pressed. It is a record sleeve size white box. On it is a blue picture of Kurt. Inside is a 48 page book with pictures from the recording sessions at the Pachyderm Studio. Also included is the UK release of In Utero with the extra song "Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "LA Forum '89" 1992?- CD with no label (no serial number) RECORDED: Los Angeles 1989 QUALITY: Good, but bad editting between songs SONGS: School / Scoff / Floyd the Barber / Dive / Polly / Big Cheese / Make It Big (Spank Thru) / Mr. Moustache / Breed / She Said (Been a Son) / Negative Creep / Stain / Blew -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Live" 1992?- LP with no label (no serial number) RECORDED: The Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, Michigan 10 Apr 1990 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: Floyd the Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Immodium (Breed) / About a Girl / Big Cheese / Scoff / Molly's Lips / Stain / Been a Son / Negative Creep / Blew NOTES: * Same concert as "Blind Pig" and "Blind Pig Beginnings." * Designed like the Bleach album, ie. black cover with silver picture and credits. Cover is a band photo with Chad and Krist with short hair. * The record itself has nothing on the label with "MILTON-001A" and "MILTON-001B" etched on each side respectively. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Live at the Reading Festival 1991" 1992?- LP on ??? (???) RECORDED: Reading Festival 1991 QUALITY: Good SONGS: School / Floyd the Barber / Drain You / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Come as You Are / Breed / Sliver / Molly's Lips / Love Buzz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Live at the Reading Festival 1991" 1992?- CS on ??? (???) RECORDED: Reading Festival 1991 QUALITY: Good SONGS: School / Floyd the Barber / Drain You / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Come as You Are / Breed / Sliver / Molly's Lips / Love Buzz / Negative Creep / The End / Blew / Endless, Nameless NOTES: * This is a cassette masquerading as "BBC Sessions." * "The End" is a Doors' cover, however they only play bits of the song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Live Dallas 91" 1992?- CD on ??? (???) RECORDED: Dallas, Texas 1991 QUALITY: Poor SONGS: 17 at ~62 Jesus (Doesn't Want Me For a Sunbeam) / Aneurysm / Drain You / School / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Breed / Polly / Sliver / Stay Away / Drugs (???) / Come as You Are / Been a Son / On a Plain / Lithium / Territorial Pissings / Something in the Way (Rape Me) NOTES: * "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a Vaselines cover. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Live Spirit" 1992 - CD on Living Legends Records (LLRCD 163) RECORDED: Europe Tour 1991 QUALITY: ??? SONGS: Smells Like Teen Spirit / Drain You / Aneurysm / School / Floyd the Barber / About a Girl / Polly / Lythium / Sliver / Breed / Been a Son / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Love Buzz -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Live Tits" 1992?- CD on ??? (???) RECORDED: Astoria Theatre, London, England 05 Nov 1991 QUALITY: ??? SONGS: Jesus (Wants Me for a Sunbeam) / Aneurysm / Drain You / School / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Breed / Sliver / Lithium / Love Buzz / Come as You Are / Been a Son / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Dumb / Tired (Pennyroyal Tea) / Endless, Nameless NOTES: * "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" is a Vaselines cover. * Same concert as "Firework Night." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Moderate Rock" 1994 - LP on ??? (???) RECORDED: MTV Unplugged 1994 and other QUALITY: ??? SONGS: [MTV Unplugged - no track listing] / Drain You (live) + Lithium (live) + Been a Son (live) + Curmudgeon + Drain You (live) + School (live) + Endless, Nameless + Polly (live) + Even in His Youth + Oh, the Guilt + Territorial Pissings (live) NOTES: * The first side is the MTV Unplugged session; unfortunately, no info was given on that. * There is a brief cut in "Polly." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Nirvana Demos" 1992?- 7" EP on ??? (???) RECORDED: ??? QUALITY: Good SONGS: In Bloom / Immodium (Breed) / Son of A Gun NOTES: * Pressed on blue transparent vinyl. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Nirvana: Live 1994" 1994 - CD on Why Not? (???) RECORDED: MTV Unplugged 1994 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: About a Girl (3:24) / Come as You Are (4:06) / Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam (4:29) / Pennyroyal Tea (3:45) / Polly (3:11) / On a Plain (4:07) / Plateau (3:19) / Lake of Fire (2:53) / All Apologies (3:46) / Where Did You Sleep Last Night (4:58) / Drain You (3:54) / Breed (2:58) / Serve the Servants (3:23) / Rape Me (2:35) / Hear-Shaped Box (4:31) / Pennyroyal Tea (3:41) / Scentless Apprentice (3:23) / Lithium (4:13) / End of the Show (6:21) NOTES: Includes songs not broadcasted on MTV. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Nirvana Reading 92" 1992 - CS with no label (no serial number) RECORDED: Reading Festival 1992 QUALITY: Good SONGS: Breed / Drain You / Aneurysm / School / Sliver / In Bloom / Come as You Are / Lithium / About a Girl / The Eagle Has Landed (tourette's) / Polly / Lounge Act / Smells Like Teen Spirit / On a Plain / Negative Creep / Been a Son / Mary (All Apologies) / Blew / Dumb / Stay Away / Spank Thru / Love Buzz / The Money Will Roll Right In / D-7 / Territorial Pissings NOTES: Most complete bootleg of the Reading Festival 1992. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" starts out as Chicago's "More Than a Feeling." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Nirvana: San Francisco, April 9th, 1993" 1993 - CD on Red Line (???) RECORDED: San Francisco 09 Apr 1993 QUALITY: Good to excellent SONGS: 21 at 72:54 Breed (3:10) / Sliver (1:55) / Come as You Are (3:53) / Test Me (Milk It 3:50) / About a Girl (2:53) / Lithium (4:29) / Ain't Over (Dumb 3:03) / Francis (Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle 4:09) / Sundown (Serve the Servants 3:07) / Aneurysm (4:44) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:39) / Territorial Pissing (2:25) / Blew (2:59) / Mary (All Apologies 3:52) / Wait (Heart-Shaped Box 5:02) / Away (Scentless Apprentice 3:37) / Something In the Way (2:39) / Negative Creep (2:40) / Been a Son (2:19) / Dive (3:49) / Love Buzz (3:31) NOTES: Same concert as "The Bosnian Rape Benefit Show." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Out of the Womb: The In Utero Demos" 1993 - CD on Alley Kat Records (AK009) RECORDED: demos QUALITY: Very good to excellent SONGS: 16 at 53:00 Rape/Rape Me (2:44) / Out of Face/Untitled Demo (Scentless Apprentice 3:42) / Shaped Box/Heart-Shaped Box (4:34) / Milk Cow/Milk It (3:49) / Womb/Dumb (2:26) / Radio Friends/Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (4:46) / Into the Fire/ Into the Dirt (Very Ape 1:56) / China Tea/Pennyroyal Tea (3:29) / Will Have Her Revenge/Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle (4:05) / Tourette's Kiss/Tourette's (1:33) / Servants/Serve the Servants (3:36) / All Progressive/All Apologies (3:49) / Mary/Marijuana (Moist Vagina 3:29) / I Want to Have/I Want it All (Marigold 2:35) / Happy Again/Happy (Verse Chorus Verse 3:31) / Classics/Untitled Demo (??? 2:47) NOTES: * On the notation: the first title is the title on the CD itself, the second title after the slash is the title on the CD jewel box. * Recorded in DDD. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Peel Session" 1991 - 2 7" EP on ??? (???) RECORDED: BBC Radio One 1991 QUALITY: Good SONGS: Dementia 7 (D-7) / Turnaround / Molly's Lips / Love Buzz / About a Girl / Polly / Heartbreak (Spank Thru) NOTES: * Unauthorized release of the Peel Session. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Prehistoric Hits with Sonic Youth, Nirvana, L7, and STP" 199? - 7" EP on ??? (???) SONGS: Sonic Youth "Cotton Crown (live '87)" / Nirvana "Amway Queen (studio '89)" / L7 "Fast & Frightening (live '90)" / STP "Yo Jackie Yo (demo '90)" NOTES: * Pressed on clear vinyl. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Psychotic Reactions" 1992?- CD on Beech Martin Records (???) RECORDED: Del Mar, California Oct 12 1992 QUALITY: Very good SONGS: Drain You / Aneurysm / School / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Sliver / Breed / Come as You Are / Territorial Pissings NOTES: * Same concert as "Superstar Concert Series" with the exception that "School" takes place of "Floyd the Barber." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Reading 91" 1992?- CD on ??? (???) RECORDED: Reading Rock Festival, Europe 1991 QUALITY: Good SONGS: 10 at ~30 School / Floyd the Barber / Drain You / Come as You Are / Breed / Sliver / Love Buzz / Molly's Lips / Blew / Been a Son -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Rough Tapes (Bleeding Years)" 1992?- CD on Metal Crash/MGR Records (MECD1089) RECORDED: Various demos 199? QUALITY: Very good to poor SONGS: Turnaround (Son of a Gun) / Polly's lips / D-7 / Sliver / Dive / Lithilm (Lithium) / In Bloom / Breed / Stay Away / Another Rule (Verse Chorus Verse) / D-7 / Love Buzz / About a Girl / Polly / Breed / Stay Away / Donner (Downer) / Love Buzz / About A Girl / Polly / Spank Thru NOTES: * "Turnaround" to "D-7" are from the John Peel Session. At the beginning of "Lithium" there is a voice saying, "Lithium mix six" and the lyrics differ than that of Nevermind. The second "D-7" is a different version without guitars in some parts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Seattle Sound, Sounds Great" 1992 - CD on Insect Records (IST 23) RECORDED: "Recorded live at the Castle Theatre, Rome, November 19th, 1991" QUALITY: Very good, but bad playing and inconsistent mixing. SONGS: 18 at 55:42 Drain You (3:47) / Aneurysm (4:22) / School (2:32) / Floyd the Barber (2:27) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:39) / About a Girl (2:46) / Polly (3:22) / Lithium (4:46) / Sliver (2:01) / Come as You Are (3:35) / Breed (4:04) / Been a Son (2:00) / Negative Creep (2:44) / On a Plain (2:52) / Blew (3:44) / Rape Me (2:41) / Spank Through (2:30) / Territorial Pissings (2:32) NOTES: * CD booklet incorrectly labels Dave Grohl as Chris Novoselic and vice versa. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Sliver" 1992?- CD on Silver Shadow (CD 9106) RECORDED: "Live in Holland paradiso 1-16 November 25 1991, 17-24 Tivoli Utrecht November 3 1989" QUALITY: 1989 recording is bad, 1991 recording is good SONGS:24 at 72:25 1991: Drain You (3:54) / Any Rithm (Aneurysm 4:22) / School (2:30) / In the Sun (Been a Son 2:01) / Negative Creep (2:44) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:36) / Floyd the Barber (2:22) / About a Girl (2:54) / Polly (2:36) / Lithium (4:02) / Sliver (2:02) / Breed (2:45) / On the Plain (On a Plain 3:01) / Blue (Blew 3:02) / Love Buzz (3:13) / Territorial Pissings + Floyd the Barber (3:01) 1989: Guide (Dive 3:36) / Polly (2:26) / Big Cheese (3:45) / About a Girl (2:55) / Mister Moustache (Mr. Moustache 3:42) / Breed (3:07) / Love is a Drag (Spank Thru 3:40) NOTES: * A split cd of two live shows in Holland. After "On a Plain" Kurt retunes the guitar and thanks the audience for their patience. * The 1989 version of Polly is different to the "normal" but still isn't the same as "(New Wave) Polly." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Smells Like..... (Vol. 1)" 1993 - CD on Banana Records (BAN-027-A, Australia) RECORDED: Live in Europe/USA 89/92 QUALITY: Fair to good SONGS: 18 at 55:42 School (2:44) / Scoff (4:00) / Love Buzz (3:21) / Floyd the Barber (2:07) / Dive (3:41) / Polly (2:37) / Big Cheese (3:52) / Spank Thru (3:08) / About a Girl (3:13) / Negative Creep (2:18) / Blew (3:03) / Love Buzz (3:24) / Son of a Gun (2:47) / Turnaround (2:20) / D7 (3:46) / Molly's Lips (5:35) / In Bloom (4:27) / Stay Away (3:26) NOTES: * Tracks 1-11 recorded in Europe 1989. Good guitar but bad vocals. Tracks 12-18 recorded in the USA 1992. Tracks 13-16 sound very suspicious, the mixing and playing are too good, most likely it is a CD of "Hormoaning" with crowd sounds dubbed in. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Smells Like..... (Vol. 2)" 1993 - CD on Banana Records (BAN-027-B, Australia) RECORDED: Live in Europe 1991 QUALITY: Poor SONGS: 16 at 49:46 Drain You (3:45) / Aneurysm (4:26) / School (2:45) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (5:07) / About a Girl (2:58) / Polly (2:56) / Sliver (2:03) / Breed (3:02) / Come as You Are (3:45) / Lithium (4:54) / Get Together (0:20) / Territorial Pissings (2:45) / Been a Son (1:59) / Negative Creep (2:45) / On a Plain (2:52) / Blew (3:10) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Smells Like Nirvana" 1991 - CD on ??? (???) RECORDED: Demos, London, England Nov 1991 QUALITY: Very good SONGS: Punk Rock Polly ((New Wave) Polly) / Come on Over (Aneurysm) / Been A Son / Something (Something in the Way) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Smells Like Nirvana" 1992 - CD on Flashback World Productions (???) RECORDED: Amsterdam 25 Nov 1991 and Hollywood 15 Feb 1990 QUALITY: Very good SONGS: 23 at 68:08 Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:32) / Drain You (3:35) / Aneurysm (4:19) / School (2:28) / Floyd the Barber (2:14) / About a Girl (2:47) / Polly (2:35) / Lithium (3:58) / Silver (Sliver 2:04) / Breed (2:49) / Been a Son (1:59) / Negative Creep (2:38) / On a Plane (On a Plain 3:01) / Blew (3:01) / Love Buzz (3:16) / Dive (3:36) / Spank Thru (2:58) / Breed (3:13) / Scoff (3:57) / About a Girl (2:30) / Molly's Lips (1:57) / In Bloom (Been a Son 2:03) / Stain (2:29) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Smells Like Punk Spirit" 1992?- CD on Post Script (PSCD 1181) RECORDED: "Recorded live in Seattle, WA, 1990, before the Nevermind recording [and] recorded live in Southern Europe during the Nevermind Tour, 1991." QUALITY: Very good to excellent. SONGS: 24 at 75:37 Love Buzz / Son of a Gun / Turn Around / Dee Seven (D-7) / Molly's Lips / Everything and Nothing (Verse Chorus Verse) / In Bloom / Stay Away / Aneurysm / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Lithium / Sliver / Come as You Are / Breed / Been a Son / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Wreck Me (Rape Me) / Spanks Through (Spank Thru) / Territorial Pissings NOTES: * First eight tracks are the 1990 session, the last sixteen are the 1991 live tracks (southern Europe meaning Rome 19 Nov 1991). * "Stay Away" is actually "Play to Pay," an earlier version of the song. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Smells Like Success" 1992 - CD on Halloween Records (???) RECORDED: Paradiso/Amsterdam 25 Nov 1991 QUALITY: Good to excellent SONGS: Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:35) / Drain You (3:38) / Ameurysm (Aneurysm 4:19) / School (2:27) / Freud the Barber (Floyd the Barber 2:21) / About a Girl (3:00) / Polly (2:36) / Lithium (4:07) / Silver (Sliver 2:10) / Breed (2:54) / In Bloom (Been a Son 2:06) / Negative Creep (2:39) / Plane (On a Plain 3:01) / Blue (Blew 3:05) / Love Buzz (3:14) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Superstar Concert Series" 1993 - CD on ??? (???) RECORDED: Del Mar, California 12 Oct 1992 QUALITY: Excellent SONGS: Drain You / Aneurysm / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Sliver / Breed / Come as You Are / Territorial Pissings NOTES: * Recorded on the Westwood One Radio Network at Del Mar, CA. * Same concert as "Psychotic Reactions" with the exception that "Floyd the Barber" takes place of "School." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Total Fucking Godhead" 1992?- 7" EP on Delerious (???) RECORDED: ??? QUALITY: Good SONGS: Broken Mirrors (Lithium) / The Rocker (Verse Chorus Verse) / The Eagle Has Landed (Polly) NOTES: * "Promotion copy, not for sale" written on the pink convolute, white vinyl. Lyrics on "Broken Mirrors" differ slightly than that of the "Nevermind" version. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A Tribute to the Vaselines" 1992?- 7" EP with no label (no serial number) RECORDED: live (side 1) / demos (side 2) QUALITY: Good SONGS: Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam / Son of a Gun + Molly's Lips (medley) NOTES: * Blue paper cover with black print. Front has a drawing of a Vaseline jar, back has a picture of Kurt playing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Triple Platinum EP" 1992?- 7" EP on ??? (???) RECORDED: Pre-Nevermind demos 1991? QUALITY: ??? SONGS: Not What it Means (In Bloom) / She Said (Molly's Lips) / Make it Big -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wild Tales" 1992?- CD on ??? (???) RECORDED: Paradiso, Amsterdam Nov 1991 but actually a collection of live tracks QUALITY: ??? SONGS: Smells Like Teen Spirit / Drain You / Ancurysm (Aneurysm) / School / Floyd the Barber / About a Girl / Polly / Lythium / Sliver / Breed / Been a Son / Negative Creep / On a Plain / Blew / Love Buzz NOTES: * Note that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is placed first rather than its usual position between "Floyd the Barber" and "About a Girl." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Whiplash" 1992?- LP on Club Records? (no serial number) RECORDED: Nevermind sessions 1991 and Seattle demos/rehearsals 1986-1989 QUALITY: Side A: excellent, Side B: poor SONGS: Drain You / Aneurysm / Dumb / Something in the Way / Endless Nameless / Dive / About a Girl / Blew / Blandest / Instrumental / Midnight (Hairspray Queen) NOTES: * "Blew" is with different lyrics. "Instrumental" is an instrumental version of "Sifting." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wipe Out: A Collection of Unreleased Studio Sessions" 1991 - LP/CD on Club Records (no serial number) RECORDED: "The tracks on this limited edition are studio sessions recorded in Seattle, 1990" Quality: Very good, but bad editing SONGS: 13 at 40:50 Spanks Through (3:00) / About a Girl (2:35) / Love Buzz (3:16) / Polly (2:34) / Son of a Gun (2:46) / Turn Around (2:17) / Dee Seven (D-7 3:46) / Molly's Lips (1:48) / Everything and Nothing (Verse Chorus Verse 3:22) / Lithium (4:08) / Breed (3:02) / In Bloom (4:22) / Stay Away (3:21) NOTES: * "Stay Away" is actually "Pay to Play," an earlier version of the song. |