Nirvana.... Bootlegs

"... and nobody got hurt"

1992 - CD on Rocks (ROCKS 920 17)
Recorded: ??? 1991?
Quality: Excellent
Songs: Drain You (3:46) / Aneurism (4:30) / School (2:46) / Smells Like
11 at  Teen Spirit (5:06) / About a Girl (2:58) / Polly (2:56) / Sliver
38:40  (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: Drain You / Aneurism / School / Been a Son / Negative Creep / Smells 19 at Like Teen Spirit / About a Girl / Polly / Lithium / Sliver / Come as ~76 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 Nov 4 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 end, Kurt does something (storms offstage?) and someone (Chris, Dave?) yells, "Hey Kurt... you're makin' a jerk out of us!"
"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? Quality: Poor to good Songs: In Bloom (demo) / Breed (demo) / Stay Away (demo) / Final Flight / 14 at Son of a God (Gun) / Love Buzz (live) / Dive (live) / Love Buzz 47:46 (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 editting Songs: Aneurysm (4:35) / Drain You (3:37) / School (2:30) / Floyd the 20 at Barber (2:32) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:34) / About a Girl (2:44) 62:09 / 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 Apr 10 1990 Quality: Excellent Songs: Floyd the Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Breed / About a 13 at Girl / Big Cheese / Scoff / Molly's Lips / Stain / Been a Son / ~46 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 Apr 10 1990 Quality: ??? Songs: Floyd the Barber / Love Buzz / Dive / Spank Thru / Immodium (Breed) 13 at / 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 Apr 09 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."
"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 Feb 15 1990 Quality: Very good Songs: 1988 Demos: Blandest / Spank Thru / Downer / Hairspray Queen / 21 at Mexican Seafood ~70 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
"Down With Me" 1992?- CD on ??? (???) Recorded: Songs: Turnaround / Molly's Lips / Straight As An Arrow (D-7) / Never Take 21 at 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.
"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) / 16 at 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: Drain You (4:05) / Aneurysm (4:32) / School (2:53) / Floyd the 18 at Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:43) / About a Girl (2:50) / 59:11 Polly (2:48) 59:11 / 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 Nov 5 1991 Quality: Very good Songs: Jesus (Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam) + Aneurysm / Drain You / School 19 at / 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
"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.
"In the Bloom 1990 Tour" 1992 - CD on Love and Money (Love and Money LM01) Recorded: ??? 1990 Quality: Excellent Songs: Intro + School (4:01) / Jam (5:16) / Scoff (4:37) / Love Buzz (3:45) 15 at / Floyd the Barber (2:18) / Dive (4:38) / Another Rule (Everything 56:36 and Nothing 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: Sessions: ??? ??? at ??? In Utero: Serve The Servants (3:54) / Scentless Apprentice (3:47) / 12 at Heart-Shaped Box (4:39) / Rape Me (2:49) / Frances Farmer Will Have 69:05 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."
"Live" 1992?- LP with no label (no serial number) Recorded: The Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, Michigan Apr 10 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: Jesus (Wants Me for a Sunbeam) / Aneurysm / Drain You / School 17 at / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Breed / Polly / ~62 Sliver / Stay Away / Drugs (???) / Come as You Are / Been a Son / On a Plain / Lithium / Territorial Pissings / Something in the Way 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 15 at 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 Nov 5 1991 Quality: ??? Songs: Jesus (Wants Me for a Sunbeam) / Aneurysm / Drain You / School 20 at / 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."
"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 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 Apr 09 1993 Quality: Good to excellent Songs: Breed (3:10) / Sliver (1:55) / Come as You Are (3:53) / Test Me 21 at (Milk It 3:50) / About a Girl (2:53) / Lithium (4:29) / Ain't Over 72:54 (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."
"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 10 at 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: School / Floyd the Barber / Drain You / Come as You Are / Breed / 10 at Sliver / Love Buzz / Molly's Lips / Blew / Been a Son ~30
"Rough Tapes (Bleeding Years)" 1992?- ??? 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 (Everything and Nothing) / 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: Drain You (3:47) / Aneurysm (4:22) / School (2:32) / Floyd the 18 at Barber (2:27) / Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:39) / About a Girl (2:46) 55:42 / 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: 1991: Drain You (3:54) / Any Rithm (Aneurysm 4:22) / School (2:30) / 24 at In the Sun (Been a Son 2:01) / Negative Creep (2:44) / Smells Like 72:25 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 (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 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 4 at A Son / Something (Something in the Way) ???
"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: School (2:44) / Scoff (4:00) / Love Buzz (3:21) / Floyd the Barber 18 at (2:07) / Dive (3:41) / Polly (2:37) / Big Cheese (3:52) / Spank Thru 55:42 (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 someone playing a CD of "Hormoaning" to a crowd. Produced by Apple House Records, an Australian company which discovered a loophole in Australian copyright law which allows them to produce legal bootlegs provided they make it clear that the product is unauthorized.
"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: Love Buzz (???) / Son of a Gun (???) / Turn Around (???) / Dee 24 at Seven (D-7 ???) / Molly's Lips (???) / Everything and Nothing (???) 75:37 / 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 Nov 19 1991).
"Superstar Concert Series" Recorded: Del Mar, California Oct 12 1992 Quality: Excellent Songs: Drain You / Aneurysm / Floyd the Barber / Smells Like Teen Spirit / 10 at 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 (Everything and Nothing) / 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.
"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 / 15 at 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 editting Songs: Spanks Through (3:00) / About a Girl (2:35) / Love Buzz (3:16) / 13 at Polly (2:34) / Son of a Gun (2:46) / Turn Around (2:17) / Dee Seven 40:50 (D-7 3:46) / Molly's Lips (1:48) / Everything and Nothing (3:22) / Lithium (4:08) / Breed (3:02) / In Bloom (4:22) / Stay Away (3:21)