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LIVE NIRVANA SESSIONS HISTORY:
October 26, 1989 - Studio 5, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, UK
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Channing, Chad (drums)
- Cobain, Kurt (vocals, guitar)
- Novoselic, Krist (bass)
Crew
- de Bono, Ted (engineer)
- Griffin, Dale (producer)
Set
- [U] Love Buzz
- [U] About A Girl
- [U] Polly
- [U] Spank Thru
Transmission
- 11/22/89, BBC Radio 1, The John Peel Show
Best available sources
| Source | Quality | Complete | Runtime | Lowest Gen | Tracks Featured | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBD #1 | 10.0 | Yes | 0:12:03 | DAT(1)>CDR(1)>SHN | • Love Buzz • About A Girl • Polly • Spank Thru |
Notes
The band were fortunate enough to land a slot on the acclaimed John Peel Show. The first NIRVANA session was very relaxed,
session producer, Dale Griffin, remembers. Kurt played and sang live. He looked young and fresh-faced.
(1)
The band was well rehearsed—all too often not the case with many bands, especially on the John Peel sessions—and we were soon into mixing the songs.
(1) Tracks were mixed onto ¼-inch tape at 15 ips (for broadcast and also onto DAT for back-up). The session would have been recorded on a 2-inch analog tape, running at 30 IPS with no Dolby. (1) These 2-inch tapes were used over and over again for successive sessions, so none of the multi-track (or unmixed) BBC recordings of NIRVANA remain, sadly.
(1)
Spank Thru was titled Spanx thru
on the official records. (1)
References
- Griffin, Dale, 2003. Personal communication with Alex Roberts. ↑