Nirvana Recording Sessions and Song List Version 3.5
History:
Version 1.0 09/30/94
Version 1.1 12/01/94
Version 1.2 03/30/95
Version 2.0 06/10/95
Version 3.0 09/17/95
Version 3.1 09/27/95
Version 3.2 09/29/95
Version 3.3 10/10/95
Version 3.4 11/08/95
Version 3.5 12/27/95
Latest update:
Ver 3.5
1) Added information from the Dressed for Success bootleg CD.
Ver 3.4
1) Added notations *C (indicates song is available on bootleg cd) and *T
(indicates the song is
available on a bootleg tape).
2) Update info on the KAOS acoustic broadcast.
3) Run, Rabbit Run - it's really a cover song - the original song was done
by a Finnish band
called Smack.
4) Added notes at the end.
DISCLAIMER
1) This is not definitive. Please make any corrections/comments.
2) I do not have tapes of all of this material. I am always interesting in
trading, though. Send me your list.
3) I am not supporting bootlegs - just trying to get information out to
people.
4) Pass this around, quote it, discuss it, just give me credit, please.
John Loughney
john.loughney@ntc.nokia.com
74344,1744@compuserve.com
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Explanation of symbols
? = Unsure of exact information
* = Unreleased
*T = Unreleased, but available through tape trading
*C = Commercially unavailable, but on bootleg cd
{ver} = different version than album
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Pre-Nirvana - Tededfred, Pencapchew, Stiff Woodies, Throat Oysters, Bliss
...
?* Montage of Heck
?* Vendettagainst
Pre-Nirvana Covers {unknown info}
?* Bad Moon Rising (Credence Clearwater Revival)
?* Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves (Cher) {Chris lead vocals}
?* Sex Bomb (Flipper)
?* White Lace and Strange ( ? )
1986 Fecal Matter demo
* Bambi Slaughter
* Buffy's Pregnant
* Downer {ver - instrumental}
* Laminated Effect
* Spank Thru
* Sound of Dentage
* Suicide Samurai
April '87 - Evergreen College, The Skid Row demo, KAOS Radio show
* Love Buzz {ver}
* Floyd the Barber {ver}
* Downer {ver}
* Mexican Seafood {ver}
* Spank Thru {ver}
* Hairspray Queen {ver}
* plus 3 others
Sometime in 1988
*C Beans
January 1988 - Barnyard Session {4 track demos}
*C Polly (AKA Cracker) {Acoustic}
*C Sappy (AKA Verse Chorus Verse; Seed) {acoustic}
*C Spectre (AKA Misery Loves Company; Sad)
January 23, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino with Dale Crover}
Floyd The Barber [Bleach]
Paper Cuts [Bleach]
Downer [Bleach]
Hairspray Queen [Incesticide]
Beeswax [Incesticide]
Aero Zeppelin [Incesticide]
Mexican Seafood [Incesticide]
*C If You Must
*C Pencapchew
*C Spank Thru {ver}
June 11, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
Love Buzz [Bleach]
Big Cheese [Bleach]
Spank Thru [Sub Pop 200]
*C Blandest
*C Sifting {ver - instrumental}
*C Blew {ver}
*C Mr. Moustache {ver}
*C Buzz Cut {unused intro for Love Buzz}
June 30, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
About A Girl [Bleach]
December 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
Downer [Bleach]
Blew [Bleach]
School [Bleach]
Negative Creep [Bleach]
Scoff [Bleach]
Swap Meet [Bleach]
Mr. Moustache [Bleach]
Sifting [Bleach]
Downer [Bleach]
*C Floyd The Barber {ver}
*C Papercuts {ver}
? Big Long Now [Incesticide]
Late 1988 Session
*C Bambie Kill
*C Clean Up Before She Comes
*C Beans (Full Version)
*C Token Eastern Song (Instrumental)
Different Session 1988
*C About A Girl (Boom Box Recording)
Spring 1989 - K Records, Olympia WA
Bikini twilight {Go Team -Calvin Johnson, Tobi Vale, Kurt- on K
records}
June 1989 - Evergreen State Session {with Jason Everman}
Do You Love Me [Hard to Believe - A Tribute to Kiss]
*C Dive {ver}
August 1989 - Sessions for Mark Lanegran's The Winding Sheet album
Down In The Dark {Kurt backup vocals} [Winding Sheet]
Where Did You Sleep Last Night {Kurt + Chris backing} [Winding
Sheet]
* Ain't It A Shame {Kurt lead vocals}
September 1989 - Blew EP Sessions {prod by Steve Fisk}
Been A Son [Blew EP]
Stain [Blew EP]
*C Even In His Youth {ver}
*C Polly {Electric}
* Token Eastern Song {instrumental ver of Junkyard}
October 26, 1989 - Maide Vaile Studios, London "John Peel Session"
*C About A Girl {ver}
*C Love Buzz {ver}
*C Polly {ver}
*C Spank Thru {ver}
November 1, 1989 - Hilversum, Holland Radio Studios "VPRO Session"
*C About a Girl {ver}
*C Dive {ver}
April '90 - Smart Studio, Madison WI. {prod by Butch Vig} "Nevermind Demos"
Dive [Sliver Single]
In Bloom [Sub Pop Video Network 1] {ver}
Polly [Nevermind]
Stay Away (AKA Pay To Play) [DGC Rarities Vol 1]
*C Lithium {ver}
*C Breed (AKA Immodium) {ver}
*C Sappy (AKA Verse-Chorus-Verse)
May 1990, Laundry Room Sessions
*C D-7
Here She Comes Now [Between Heaven and Hell - Tribute to VU]
July 11, 1990 - Demo {prod by Butch Vig with Dan Peters of Mudhoney}
Sliver [Sliver Single] {phone call outro}
August 1990 - House of the Melvins, Seattle
*C Drain You {Boom box recording}
September 15, 1990 - Olympia Washington KAOS FM "Boy Meets Girl Radio"
{Kurt solo}
*C Opinion
*T Lithium {ver}
* Dumb {ver}
November 3, 1990 - Maide Vaile Studios, London "John Peel Session"
D-7 [Lithium single - UK]
Molly's Lips [Incesticide]
Son Of A Gun [Incesticide]
Turnaround [Incesticide]
Autumn 1990, Seattle 4-Track Recording
Pennyroyal Tea
January 1, 1991 - Music Source Sessions, Seattle Washington
Aneurysm [Smells Like Teen Spirit Single]
Even In His Youth [Smells Like Teen Spirit Single]
May to June 1991 - Los Angeles {prod by Butch Vig}
Smells Like Teen Spirit [Nevermind]
In Bloom [Nevermind]
Come As You Are [Nevermind]
Breed [Nevermind]
Lithium [Nevermind]
Territorial Pissings [Nevermind]
Drain You [Nevermind]
Lounge Act [Nevermind]
Stay Away [Nevermind]
On A Plain [Nevermind]
Something In The Way [Nevermind]
Endless, Nameless [Nevermind]
* Endless, Nameless {wierd ver}
* Rape Me {unfinished ver}
* Pennyroyal Tea {unfinished ver}
* Dumb {unfinished ver}
September 3, 1991 - Maide Vaile Studios, London "John Peel Session"
*C Dumb {ver}
*C Drain You {ver}
*C Endless Nameless {ver}
November 5, 1991 - "Mark Goodier Radio 1 Session"
Been A Son [Incesticide] {ver}
New Wave Polly [Incesticide]
Aneurysm [Incesticide] {ver}
*C Something In The Way {ver}
November 24, 1991 - Hilversum, Holland Radio Studios VARA-FM "2 Meter
Sessie"
*C Here She Comes Now {ver}
*C Where Did You Sleep Last Night {ver}
* Crisco {doubtful}
November 1991 - "World TV"
*C Smells Like Teen Spirt {ver}
December 1991 - BBC Studios "Top of the Pops"
Smells Like Teen Spirit {Gothic Version} [Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!]
December 1991 - BBC Studios "Jonathan Ross Show"
Territorial Pissings [Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!] {ver}
January 10, 1992 - MTV Studios, NYC
*C Drain You {ver}
*C On A Plain {ver}
*C Polly {ver}
*C Smells Like Teen Spirit {ver}
*C Territorial Pissings {ver}
* Dive {ver}
* Molly's Lips {ver}
* 3 or 4 others
January 11, 1992, NBC Studios, NYC "Saturday Night Live"
*C Smells Like Teen Spirit
*C Territorial Pissings
April 1992 - Laundry Room session
Oh, The Guilt [split with Jesus Lizard]
Curmudgeon [Lithium single]
Return Of The Rat [8 / 14 Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers]
September 1992 - Los Angeles "MTV Video Awards"
?* New Poopy {Played during the practices}
Rape Me {Intro}
Lithium {ver}
November 1992 - Living Room session
Guitar part for Burroughs 'The Priest They Called Him' {Kurt solo}
January 1993 - Rio de Janeiro
*C Drunk In Rio (AKA Its Closing Soon) {Kurt and Courtney}
?* 2 Others
March 1993 - Pachyderm Studios {prod by Steve Albini}
Serve The Servants
Scentless Apprentice
Heart-Shaped Box
Rape Me
Dumb
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
Pennyroyal Tea
Very Ape
Milk It
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
tourette's
All Apologies
I Hate Myself and Want To Die [Beavis & Butthead Experience]
Marigold [HSB single]
MV (Moist Vagina) [All Apologies single]
Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip [Heart-Shaped Box
Promo]
Summer 1993 - Laundry Room session "In Utero Clean-up"
Verse-Chorus-Verse [No Alternative]
September 24, 1993 - NBC Studios NYC "Saturday Night Live Rehersals"
*C Heart Shaped Box {2 versions}
*C Rape Me {ver}
September 25, 1993 - NBC Studios NYC "Saturday Night Live"
*C Heart Shaped Box {ver}
*C Rape Me {ver}
November 18, 1993 - Sony Studios NYC "MTV Unplugged"
About A Girl [Unplugged in NY]
Come As You Are [Unplugged in NY]
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam [Unplugged in NY]
Dumb [Unplugged in NY]
Man Who Sold The World [Unplugged in NY]
Pennyroyal Tea [Unplugged in NY]
On A Plain [Unplugged in NY]
Something In The Way [Unplugged in NY]
Plateau [Unplugged in NY]
Oh, Me [Unplugged in NY]
Lake Of Fire [Unplugged in NY]
All Apologies [Unplugged in NY]
Where Did You Sleep Last Night [Unplugged in NY]
*T Freebird jam (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
*T Sweet Home Alabama jam (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
February 4, 1994 - Nulle Part A - French TV studio, Paris, France
*C Rape Me {ver}
*C Pennyroyal Tea {ver}
*C Drain You {ver}
February 23, 1994 - Tunnel - RAI Italian TV Studio, Rome Italy
*C Serve the Servants {ver}
*C Dumb {ver}
March 1994 - Laundry Room sessions
?* On The Mountain (AKA You Got No Right)
?* Man Who Sold The World
?* Dough, Ray and Me
?* Clean-up Before She Comes
?* Opinion {doubtful}
?* Talk to Me {doubtful}
Demos for Michael Stipe
??? {Only Kurt}
Live Recordings
*C Anorexorcist - Tacoma 12/14/87
?*T Rock Whore - Glasgow, Scotland 11/28/91 (some refer to it as
Crisco)
*T Donuts - NYC 11/15/93
*C Formaldehyde - Dallas 10/11/91, Rio 1/23/93
*C In His Room - Soundcheck, Hollywood 8/17/90
*C Help Me - Melkweg, Amsterdam, 11/5/89
*T (Help Me) Death Jam - NYC, 9/28/91;Providence, RI, 9/26/91
*C Jealousy - Rio 1/23/93
*C On The Mountain - Chicago 10/23/93
*T Raunchola - Tacoma 12/14/87 (sometimes called Run, Rabbit Run)
*T Talk To Me - Europe 1991
*C Token Eastern Song (AKA Junkyard) Leeds, UK, 10/28/89
Live Covers - note, not all these songs where played in their entirety
*C Baba O'Riley (the Who) Rennes, France 12/6/91
*C Dazed and Confused jam (Led Zeppelin) Mezzago, Italy 10/26/89
*C High On The Hog (Tad) Mezzago, Italy 10/26/89 {Kurt + Tad}
*T Immigrant Song (Led Zepplin) Hoqiuam Eagles Lodge 12/21/88
*T Love Gun (Kiss) Peaches Record Store 9/16/91 {Chris+Dave}
*C Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin) Tacoma 12/14/87
*C Money Will Roll Right In (Fang) Reading Festival 8/30/92
*T More Than a Feeling (Boston) Reading Festival 8/30/92
*C My Sharona (the Knack) Rennes France 2/16/94
*C Ramble On jam (Led Zeppelin) Miami 11/27/93
* Rio (Duran Duran) Sao Paulo, Brazil concert {Chris + Dave}
*T Run Rabbit Run (Smack) Hoquiam 12/21/88 {not the same as
Outcesticide III}
* Sacrifice (Melvana) {Chris & Buzz Osborne}
* Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks) Sao Paulo, Brazil
*T Sweet Emotion jam (Aerosmith) Rio 1/23/93
*T Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Tacoma 1/20/90
*C The End (the Doors) Reading, UK 8/23/91
* Way of the World (Melvana) {Chris & Buzz Osborne)
*T Wild Thing jam (Trogs) OK Hotel, Seattle 4/17/91
*T [Unknown Tad song] Mezzago, Italy 10/26/89 {Kurt + Tad}
*T [Unknown jam] Koln, Germany 11/8/89 {Chris+Dave}
Unknown
* Dead
* The Dodge
* Hummingbirds From Hell
* I'm Thinking
* Leave Me Alone
* Loser
* Our Little Song
* Punk Theme
?* Rock Whore (could be Crisco)
* Slut
Some songs registered to Kurt Cobain (from BMI Web page)
* Call It What You Want
* Milk Made
Thanks to:
Greg (greg@america.net)
Jason Hetlebridle
Jeff McRae (jmcrae@oswego.oswego.edu)
Jonas Blank (smjr95b@prodigy.com).
Jyrki Maekelae (jyrmake@kirjasto.kaarina.fi)
Liz Ellison (emellison@delphi.com)
Leo Cailleteau (dadson@neosoft.com)
Sources
Michael Azerrad _Come As You Are_
Goldmine magazine
Discoveries magazine
Record Collector
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Notes:
"Cracker" / "Seed" / "Sad" are thought to be "Polly" / "Sappy" (AKA Verse
Chorus Verse) /
"Spectre" (AKA "Misery Loves Company", but again all is hear-say. The exact
date of
recording is also up in the air. In the book, Come As You Are, there is a
picture of a bio
written around summer / fall 1988 that lists "Cracker" / "Seed" / "Sad" as
available, so I am
leaning towards thinking that they were recorded sometime in 1988.
I am pretty certain that _Crisco_ is a fake. I've talked to many people who
feel the same, and
no one who has any certain info about it.
No one has any information, that I can gather, on when "Big Long Now" was
recorded. Its a
bit of a mystery.
2 Bass Kid is often said to be recorded during the In Utero sessions. It is
possible that it just is
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