Nirvana - The Last UK Show
Reading Festival - Reading England
08-30-92
Paradiso Club - Amsterdam Holland 11-25-91
All of the discs with the '92 Reading
performance are incomplete. "The Last UK Show" contains the second FM
broadcast which features an extra 2 songs that are left off of the first FM
broadcast (all incomplete Reading '92 discs except for "The Last UK
Show" are the first FM broadcast); "About A Girl" and
"Blew". The additional two tracks are out of order. "Tourette's"
from this show can be found on the Muddy Banks album.
Reading '92 is arguably the bands best ever performance. The setlist was long,
featured rarities (though they don't appear on this disc), is filled with
energy, and Kurt even talks to the audience! The band teases the audience and
tells them it's their last show. At the start of the show Kurt was rolled onto
the stage in a wheelchair wearing a wig and a gown... he feebly stood before the
microphone and uttered the first two lines of "The Rose" before
collapsing onto the stage. He was obviously mocking the press. For laughs, the
band covers Boston's "More Than a Feeling" for a while before kicking
into "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
There is also very early version of "All Apologies" which contains
alternate lyrics. Kurt tells the crowd that "there have been some pretty
extreme things written about us ( himself and Courtney)" and that Courtney
felt like everyone hated her. He asks the crowd to say "Courtney we love
you!" on the count of three... the crowd obliges and is treated to an early
"All Apologies". Kurt spices up "Sliver" with some
additional screaming in the lyrics. The early version of "Dumb" is
just icing on a already magnificent show!
The Paradiso tracks, as always, are chopped and edited in between. You can hear
Krist singing "Macho Man" during "Love Buzz."
"The Last UK Show" is the preferred disc for this show, but all of the
FM broadcast discs are good. "The Complete Reading Festival" is a
rough, edited audience recording, thus isn't considered as good as any of the FM
broadcast shows.