Nirvana bootleg recordings

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The Nirvana bootleg recordings are a number of recordings of musical performances by the American rock band Nirvana, which were previously not officially released by the band, or under any other legal authority. The recordings consist of both live performances and outtakes from studio sessions unavailable as a legal release.

Overview

• Tracks 1-7 from an early
  Reciprocal Recording in Seattle on January 23, 1988. "Spank Thru
  " remains unreleased.
• Track 8 recorded summer 1988 at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle with songs that appeared on the "Love Buzz" single and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Tracks 9-11 recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence in Olympia, Washington, in 1988.
• Track 14 from an audience source recorded live at The Duchess of York in Leeds, England, on October 25, 1989.
• Track 15 recorded for Boy Meets Girl on
  The Evergreen State College
  in Olympia, Washington, on September 25, 1990, and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Track 16 from the BBC radio session recorded at Maida Vale Studios in London on October 21, 1990. The final mix appeared on Hormoaning.
• Tracks 17-19 recorded at
  DGC Rarities Volume 1
  .
• Tracks 20 and 21 recorded for Nozems-a-Gogo on VPRO radio at Jingle Production Room 2 in Hilversum, Netherlands, on November 25, 1991.
• Track 23 from an audience source recorded live at Bloom in Mezzago, Italy, on November 17, 1991.

Outcesticide II: The Needle & the Damage Done

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1 and 16 recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, in April 1990. "In Bloom" was later featured on the DVD portion of With the Lights Out.
• Tracks 2 and 18 from an audience source recorded live at Kultur-Basar, Hanau, West Germany on November 18, 1989.
• Track 3 from a soundboard source recorded live at U4, Vienna, Austria on November 22, 1989.
• Track 4 from an audience source recorded live at Bloom in Mezzago, Italy, on November 17, 1991.
• Tracks 5, 8 and 9 recorded live at the
  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 23, 1993. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" features Flea on trumpet
  .
• Track 6 from a soundboard source recorded live at the
  Chicago, Illinois
  , on October 12, 1991.
• Track 7 recorded at BMG Ariola Ltda., Studio B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 21, 1993, and features members of Hole with Cobain on bass.^[5]
• Tracks 10-12 from an acoustic
  Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 14, 1991.^[6]
• Track 13 from an audience source recorded live at Castaic Lake Amphitheatre, Castaic, California, on September 26, 1992, where Cobain performed solo acoustic.
• Track 14 from an audience source recorded live at Salle Omnisports, Rennes, France, on December 7, 1991, and features vocals by Novoselic and Grohl.
• Track 15 from an audience source recorded live at Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium on November 23, 1991.
• Track 17 from a soundboard source recorded live at Palaghiaccio,
  Marino
  , Italy on February 22, 1994.
• Track 19 from a soundboard source recorded during soundcheck at The Palladium, Hollywood, California, on August 17, 1990, with Dale Crover on drums.
• Track 20 from an audience source recorded live at the Salem Armory Auditorium, Salem, Oregon, on December 14, 1993.
• Track 21 recorded for The Word at Limehouse Studios in London on November 8, 1991.

Outcesticide III: The Final Solution

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-3 recorded for Nulle Part Ailleurs at Canal+ in Paris on February 4, 1994.
• Track 5 from an audience source recorded live at Kultur-Basar in Hanau, West Germany, on November 18, 1989.
• Tracks 6 and 7 recorded summer 1988 at
  Reciprocal Recording in Seattle with songs that appeared on the "Love Buzz" single. "Blandest" later appeared on With the Lights Out
  .
• Tracks 8 and 9 recorded at The Music Source in Seattle in September 1989 and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Track 10 recorded live at MTV Studios in New York City on January 10, 1992.
• Tracks 11 and 12 recorded for Tunnel at RAI Centro di Produzione TV Studi Nomentano in Rome on February 23, 1994. "Dumb" features Melora Creager on cello.
• Tracks 13 and 18 from an audience source recorded live at the
  Reading Festival in England on August 30, 1992, and later appeared in soundboard form on Live at Reading
  .
• Tracks 14, 15 and 19 from an audience source recorded live at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle on November 25, 1990. The majority of the show is available on the first disc of A Season in Hell Part One.
• Tracks 16 and 17 recorded for Nozems-a-Gogo on VPRO radio at Villa 65 in Hilversum, Netherlands, on November 1, 1989.
• Track 20 from an audience source recorded live at Vooruit in Ghent, Belgium, on November 23, 1991.
• Track 21 from an audience source recorded live at Bloom in Mezzago, Italy, on November 26, 1989, where Cobain performed an encore with Tad.^[7]
• Track 22 recorded live at the Community World Theatre in Tacoma, Washington, on January 23, 1988, and later appeared on With the Lights Out, this track includes a Led Zeppelin cover called Moby Dick .
• Track 23 recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence in Olympia, Washington, in 1988 and later appeared on With the Lights Out.

Outcesticide IV: Rape of the Vaults

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Track 1 appeared on the
  In Utero, as well as the album's discontinued third single
  .
• Track 3 recorded for Tonight with Jonathan Ross at The Greenwood in London on December 6, 1991, and later appeared in part on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!.
• Track 4 recorded for Top of the Pops at BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire, England, on November 28, 1991, and appeared on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!.
• Track 5 from a soundboard source recorded live at the Teatro Castello in Rome on November 19, 1991.
• Tracks 6 and 10 from a soundboard source recorded live at Duffy's Tavern in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 13, 1990.
• Tracks 7-9 from a soundboard source recorded live at Bogart's in
  7-inch vinyl bootleg Penu Baby.^[8]
• Track 11 from an audience source recorded live at the
  Reading Festival in England on August 30, 1992, and later appeared in soundboard form on Live at Reading
  .
• Track 12 recorded on a 4-track at the Melvins practice space in San Francisco in April 1991 with Dale Crover on drums and Grohl on bass.^[9] The track later appeared without the intro on With the Lights Out.
• Track 13 recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence in Olympia, Washington, in 1988 and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Track 14 recorded in the
  The Evergreen State College
  in Olympia, Washington, on March 20, 1990.
• Track 15 recorded summer 1988 at
  Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington, with songs that appeared on the "Love Buzz
  " single.
• Track 16 from an audience source recorded live at
  12-inch vinyl bootleg Entertain Us.^[10]
• Tracks 17 and 18 from an audience source recorded live at Salle Omnisports in Rennes, France, on February 16, 1994.
• Tracks 19-23 recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence, Olympia, Washington, in 1987. "Clean Up Before She Comes" later appeared on With the Lights Out.

Outcesticide V: Disintegration

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Track 1 is a Hole song with prominent vocal contributions from Cobain, which were mixed down before it appeared on Live Through This.^[11]
• Track 2 recorded for Nozems-a-Gogo on VPRO radio at Villa 65 in Hilversum, Netherlands, on November 1, 1989.
• Track 3 from a soundboard source recorded during soundcheck at The Palladium in Hollywood, California, on August 17, 1990, with Dale Crover on drums.
• Tracks 4 and 5 from a soundboard source recorded live at Palau Municipal dels Esports in
  FM broadcast
  .
• Tracks 6-10 recorded at MTV Studios in New York City on January 10, 1992. "On a Plain" and "Stain" were played during soundcheck, while the rest of the songs were performed live but not broadcast.^[12]
• Tracks 11-19 recorded for Out of Order on
  Washington in April 1987 with Aaron Burckhard on drums. "White Lace and Strange" and "Anorexorcist" later appeared on With the Lights Out
  .
• Track 20 from an audience source recorded live at the
  Reading Festival in England on August 30, 1992, and later appeared in soundboard form on Live at Reading
  .
• Track 21 from a TV report recorded live at Terminal 1, Flughafen München-Riem in Munich, Germany, on March 1, 1994, and would be the band's last show.^[13]
• Track 22 "You Know You're Right", wrongly transcribed as "Autopilot" by David Frickie, from an audience source recorded live at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on October 23, 1993.

Outcesticide 2022: Resurrection

Outcesticide 2022: Resurrection is a bootleg CD compilation, created by an unknown manufacturer, and sold online in extremely limited quantities in February 2022. The original release is housed in a CD jewel case, with information on the recordings within the CD compilation. Spanning the 18-track CD are selected live tracks from Nirvana concerts from 1989 to 1993 which weren't available in top-tier quality elsewhere, several alternate, unheard demos of songs, home demos, and previously unreleased rehearsal versions of songs, and compilation tracks. The CD is not related in any way to the Outcesticide series of the 1990s, and seems to only bear the name, in homage to the series itself.^[14] The CD was later released by the Japanese company Empress Valley Supreme Disc, also in 2022.^[15]

Outcesticide 2022: Resurrection

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

A Season in Hell Part One

A Season in Hell Part One is a bootleg CD box set manufactured in Italy and released by Banzai in 1994. The collection is housed in a matte finish, square box that also includes a 7-inch×7″ booklet with 24 pages of photographs and information on the recordings featured in the set. Spanning the three disc, 66-track collection are two shows from 1990, several demos, some rare live material, various b-sides and compilation tracks. This is one of only two bootleg CD releases to feature the Off Ramp Café performance, and the only to feature the Town Pump show. A portion of the box set would later be officially released on With the Lights Out. In 1996, the inferior A Season In Hell Part Two was released by Razor's Edge, containing the 1994 Le Zénith show and an array of miscellaneous material, most of which was lifted from the Outcesticide series and official releases.^[17]

A Season in Hell Part One, CD 1

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• All tracks from an incomplete audience source recorded live at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle on November 25, 1990, and would be the ninth ever performance to feature Dave Grohl on drums.^[18] Missing the encore.

A Season in Hell Part One, CD 2

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-13 from a near complete audience source recorded live at the Town Pump,
  Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 12, 1990, just two months prior to the departure of drummer Chad Channing
  .
• Tracks 14 and 15 recorded on a
  Washington in 1988. "Beans" later appeared on With the Lights Out
  .
• Tracks 18-20 recorded summer 1988 at
  Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington, with songs that appeared on the "Love Buzz
  " single.
• Track 21 recorded in 1989, released later in a Kiss Tribute Album Hard to Believe: A Kiss Covers Compilation
• Tracks 22-24 recorded at The Music Source in Seattle in September 1989. "Been a Son" and "Stain" appeared on the
  Blew
  EP. "Even in His Youth" later appeared on With the Lights Out.

A Season in Hell Part One, CD 3

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Track 1 recorded at The Music Source in Seattle in September 1989 and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Track 2 from a soundboard source recorded live at V4 in Vienna, Austria on November 22, 1989.
• Tracks 3, 12 and 13 from BBC radio sessions recorded at Maida Vale Studios in London in 1989 and 1991. "Been a Son" appeared on Incesticide.
• Tracks 4-6 from a soundboard source recorded live at the Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon, on February 9, 1990. The complete show would later be released as a bonus to the reissue of Bleach in 2009.
• Track 10 from an audience source recorded live at Bloom in Mezzago, Italy, on November 17, 1991.
• Track 11 recorded for Top of the Pops at BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire, England, on November 28, 1991, and appeared on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!.
• Tracks 14 and 15 recorded for
  NBC Studios in New York City
  on January 11, 1992.
• Track 23 appeared as a bonus on non-US pressings of
  In Utero
  .
• The third disc of this collection is the least significant since the majority of the tracks are taken from
  singles and compilation appearances. The release of With the Lights Out further denotes the importance of this disc, though it does still contain some unreleased material and even had some stolen by Blue Moon Records for its Outcesticide series.^[19]

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-7 and 9 recorded at
  Reciprocal Recording in Seattle on January 23, 1988. "Spank Thru
  " remains unreleased.
• Tracks 10-12 recorded at
  7-inch vinyl bootleg Total Fucking Godhead.^[22] "Sappy" and "Polly
  " can be found on Master Demo Recordings in better quality.
• Tracks 14 and 15 recorded for Nozems-a-Gogo on VPRO radio at Villa 65, Hilversum, Netherlands, on November 1, 1989.
• Track 16 recorded for Boy Meets Girl on
  The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, on September 25, 1990, and later appeared without the interview on With the Lights Out
  .
• Tracks 17-20 from the BBC radio session recorded at Maida Vale Studios in London on November 9, 1991, sourced from the 7-inch vinyl bootleg Smells Like Nirvana.
• Tracks 21-23 recorded live at MTV Studios in New York City on January 10, 1992.

Master Demo Recordings

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-12 from a band made
  Reciprocal Recording sessions on January 23, 1988, and summer 1988, with the exception of "Escalator to Hell" which was recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence in 1988. "Escalator to Hell", "Mr. Moustache", "Spank Thru
  " and "Sifting" remain unreleased.
• Tracks 13-19 recorded at
  cassette Nirvana was sending to record labels in 1990 after the original intention for release as the second Sub Pop
  album was scrapped.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• All tracks from a near complete
  Come As You Are" single. "About a Girl", "Polly", "Breed" and portions of "Endless, Nameless" later appeared on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!. "Been a Son" was issued as a b-side to the "Lithium" single. "Negative Creep" was later included on From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah. Several songs from this performance were also featured on Nevermind It's an Interview. Live at the Paramount, the official blu-ray
  release of the complete show, rendered this disc obsolete in 2011.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-16 from an incomplete
  FM broadcast. Although many bootleg CDs feature this performance, they have become somewhat obsolete since the release of Live at Reading. However, most bootleg CD releases maintain better continuity as compared to the official release CD version, which despite maintaining a more complete set list
  , was heavily edited due to time restraints.
• Tracks 17 and 18 recorded for
  NBC Studios in New York City
  on January 11, 1992.