LIVE NIRVANA SESSIONS HISTORY Updates

November 15, 2016

Updated source listings for the following Practice Session:
??, 1987 - Cobain residence, Aberdeen, WA, US

Updated source listings for the following Studio Session:
May 2-28, 1991 - Sound City Studios, Van Nuys & Devonshire Studios, Burbank, CA, US

October 18, 2016

Updated source listings for the following Radio Session:
May 6, 1987 - KAOS Radio, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, US

Updated source listings for the following Studio Session:
April 7, 1992 - Laundry Room Studio, Seattle, WA, US

April 9, 2016

Updated source listings for the following Studio Session:
April 2-6, 1990 - Smart Studios, Madison, WI, US

February 20, 2016

Updated source listings for the following Practice Sessions:
Summer, 1987 - Cobain Residence, Aberdeen, WA, US
January 24, 1988 - RadioShack, Aberdeen, WA, US

Updated source listings for the following Radio Session:
September 25, 1990 - KAOS Radio, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, US

Updated source listings for the following Studio Session:
February 12-26, 1993 - Pachyderm Recording Studio, Cannon Falls, MN, US

September 22, 2015

Added the following Practice Session:
Spring, 1992 - Jabberjaw, Los Angeles, CA, US

Updated source listings for the following Practice Sessions:
Early 1986 - Cobain residence, Aberdeen, WA, US
Early 1986 - Music room, Earl residence, Burien, WA, US

August 26, 2015

Added the following Practice Session:
Summer, 1993 - 2nd floor, Jukebox City, Seattle, WA, US

Updated source listings for the following Practice Session:
Early 1994 - Bedroom, Cobain residence, Seattle, WA, US

Updated source listings for the following Studio Sessions:
June–September, 1988 - Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, WA, US
January 19-21, 1993 - Studio B, BMG Ariola Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, BR

June 16, 2015
December 31, 2013

Added Google Maps

Added All Available Recordings At A Glance

Removed TV Appearances in an effort to reduce overlap with the Tour History

April 27, 2013

Updated notes and source listings for the following TV Appearances & Related Rehearsals:
February 23, 1994 - Studio 2, RAI Centro di Produzione TV Studi Nomentano, Roma, IT

Added the following Practice Sessions:
April, 1991 - 3rd Encore, Burbank, CA, US
June, 1992 - Terminal Studios, London, UK

April 22, 2011

Added Session Tape info to all Studio Session entries.

Added the following Practice Sessions entry:
(Cobain, Love and Erlandson) ??, 1993 - Cobain residence, Seattle, WA, US

Updated source listings Studio Sessions entry:
February 12–26, 1993 - Pachyderm Recording Studio, Cannon Falls, MN, US

February 17, 2011

Added the following Practice Sessions entry:
??, 1987 - Cobain residence, Aberdeen, WA, US

Updated set, source listings and notes for the following Practice Sessions entry:
Summer, 1987 - Cobain residence, Aberdeen, WA, US

January 17, 2011

Updated source listings and notes for the following Studio Sessions entry:
1992–1993 - (Melvins) Razor's Edge Recording, Brilliant Studios, & Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, CA, US

Updated source listings for the following Studio Sessions entry:
October, 1993 - (Hole) Triclops Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA, US

October 12, 2008

Updated source notes for the following Radio Session entries:
November 1, 1989 - Villa 65, Hilversum, NL
September 25, 1990 - The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, US

Updated source notes for the following Studio Recordings entry:
May–June, 1991 - Sound City Studios & Devonshire Studios, Van Nuys & Burbank, CA, US

August 03, 2006

Added new Home Recordings entry:
Summer, 1985 - Cobain residence, Aberdeen, WA, US

Updated source notes for the following Studio Recordings entries:
January 23, 1988 - Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, WA, US
October, 1993 - (Hole) Triclops Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA, US

Added runtimes for numerous sources (thanks to Andreas Magnusson!).

May 03, 2006

Linked session track-listings to relevant entries within the newly relaunched Song Guide.

Updated notes for the following Session Recordings entry:
May–June, 1991 - Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA, US

Made various additions and amendments to the guide and overhauled source notation system.

July 22, 2005

Updated notes for the following Band Practice & Home Recordings entry:
December, 1988 - Novoselic residence, Aberdeen, WA, US

Added new Television Appearances & Related Rehearsals entries:
November 18, 1993 - MTV Unplugged rehearsal, Sony Studios, New York, NY, US

July 05, 2005

Added further session related articles to the Key Reading section, courtesy of Gillian G. Gaar and Alan diPerna

Updated source notes for the following Studio Recordings entry:
January 28–30, 1994 - Robert Lang Studios, North Seattle, WA, US

June 8, 2005

Added Band Practices & Home Recordings entry:
February 5, 1994 - Pavilhao Dramatico, Cascais, PT

Updated notes for the following Studio Recordings entry:
January 19–21, 1993 - Ariola Ltda BMG Studios, Rio de Janeiro, BR

April 21, 2005
April 03, 2005

Updated source notes for the following Home Recordings entry:
1987–1988, Cobain residence, Aberdeen, WA, US

January 25, 2005
December 18, 2004
December 13, 2004

Updated the 04/90 Smart Studios session.

Added a new home demo session: May 1991 - Oakwood apartment, Los Angeles, CA

Amended best source information for the following radio sessions to reflect that a new trading circle version has made all other sources for them redundant - 10/26/89 (Peel), 10/21/90 (Peel), 09/03/91 (Peel) and 11/09/91 (Goodier).

December 10, 2004

Following the release of the NIRVANA boxset added the following new entries:

Home recordings: 1990 home demo // Winter 1992 home demo // 1993 home demo

Amended the following pages:

Home recordings: Winter 1990 home demo // April 1991 home demo
Radio sessions: April 17, 1987 - KAOS-FM Olympia Community Radio, Olympia, WA, US

Added two new Grohl recording sessions to the guide:

April 1992 (Allister Lob) - Laundry Room Studios, Seattle, WA, US
1993 (Foo Fighters demo) - Laundry Room Studios, Seattle, WA, US

December 03, 2004

Added a 'Key Reading' section to the guide.

October 17, 2004

Updated information on Grohl's 'Pocketwatch' sessions:
Split the sessions into two separate entries in the guide: December 23, 1990 and July 27, 1991.
Added new information about 'Petrol CB' featuring on the obscure official release 'Neapolitan Metropolitan'.

Added the 1992 'King Buzzo' sessions, which feature Grohl on drums.

September 20, 2004

Updated and added new information to the 'November 1991 Goodier session'.

September 19, 2004

Added new information to NIRVANA's 1991 appearances on the British TV programmes 'The Word' and 'Tonight With Jonathan Ross'.

Corrected information for the April 1987 KAOS FM radio session.

April 15, 2004

Completely rewritten and updated the section on NIRVANA's final studio recording at Robert Lang's Studios in January 1994.

Updated NIRVANA's October 1989 Peel radio session.

December 23, 2003

Updated the 01/22/93 Rio de Janeiro studio session to:

Confirm the complete setlist
Note that the circulating MP3 version is incomplete
Note the existence of a running monitor mix of this session
Add new details about the recording of the session

March 30, 2003

Updated and added new information to the '11/18/93 Unplugged In New York' section.

March 19, 2003

Updated and added new information to the 'September 1993 Hole Session'.

Updated and added new information to the 'Spring 1989 Go Team Session', moving it from the studio recordings section to home recordings.

January 16, 2003

Added new information to the 'September 1991 Peel session', updated the 'November 1991 VPRO radio session' (to incorporate the surfacing of a new portion of the session) and added 'notes' to the 'November 1989 VPRO radio session'.

December 30, 2002

Passed the section over to its new maintainer, Alex Roberts, and added new information to the 'April 1992 Laundry Room' section.

September 22, 2002

Added 'Chronological Listing' section.

September 18, 2002

Updated the producer, setlist, and penultimate paragraph for the August 1989 studio session.

September 16, 2002

Added transcript of the surfaced portion of the September 25, 1990 radio session, and added to the notes of the January 1994 session.

August 26, 2002

Added to the setlist and information for the September 25, 1990 and January 1993 sessions. Added to the notes for the January 1994 session. Added Calvin Johnson and Carrie Borzillo to the references.

April 01, 2002

Added images to 11/08/91,
11/27/91,
12/06/91,
01/10/92,
01/11/92,
09/09/92,
09/25/93,
11/18/93,
02/04/94, and
02/23/94 in the televesion appearances section.

March 09, 2002

Updated the March 1994 basement session.

January 05, 2002

Updated the September 1993 Hole session.

December 21, 2001

The LiveNIRVANA Sessions History section is launched.