Transcript:

Cobain - "Chhhh, check, check, check, check, check, check."
[Grohl can be heard in the background chatting with someone]
Cobain - "Can we get on with this? We're like an hour late."
Grohl - "???"
Cobain - "I don't know. They, they hearing some kinda buzz from this. Is Scott ready know?"
Voice - "Probably"
Cobain - "Is Scott able to talk back to us?"
Scott - "Can you hear me?"
Cobain - "Yes!"
Scott - "Okay, I'm here."
Cobain - "Okay, we are ready."
Scott - "Okay, we're rolling."
• COME AS YOU ARE

Novoselic - "???"
[cut]
Cobain - "Okay, oh, okay"
[someone is burpring]
• POLLY
[stops after one verse]
Cobain - "Ian, you're gonna have to turn up my vocals just a little bit on this song."
Grohl - "Do you have a light?. No wait, I think I've got one."
Cobain - "Don't forget to mark it"
Grohl - "Yeah, thanks. Hold on..."
Cobain - "Okay. Don't forget to mark it on your list"
• POLLY

Grohl - "Ian can I have more vocals in my monitor?" [during 'Polly']
[cut]
Cobain - "Scott, shall we do 'Dumb' now?"
Scott - "Yeah"
Cobain - "John?"
Grohl - "Scott, how out of tune is my vocal?"
Cobain - "Where's, where's John?" [While Scott answer Grohl's question]
Scott - "No more than normal!"
Grohl - "Meaning what?"
Scott - "That's fine"
Grohl - "Swear to God?"
Scott - "???"
[cut]
Cobain - "OK"
Kirkwood, Curt - "There was some little, uh... i think yesterday that went crazy."
Cobain - "Yeah"
Krikwood, Curt - "You pick a word in there and say... ???"
Cobain - "Let's save that one. Let's do..."
Cobain - "What?" [off mic]
Cobain - "Shit. Let's do Plateau first."
Cobain - "???" [off mic]
??? - "You've got to.."
Cobain - "Hey, hey, funky bunch, can we try Plateau one more time?"
Kirkwood, Curt - "Want to try it with that funk beat?"
• PLATEAU

Novoselic - "Need some Finger-ease?" [during the intro of 'Plateau']
Kirkwood, Cris - "I was addicted to Finger-ease for a long time!" [during the intro of 'Plateau']
??? - "???" [during the intro of 'Plateau']
??? - "Cool"
Krikwood, Cris - "Pretty much isn't it?"
Cobain - "Excuse me, could someone light that candle over there?"
Grohl - "My flowers have been knocked over. Could we have someone come set them back up?"
Cobain - "Will you spray some Finger-ease on the candles, please?"
[cut]
• PENNYROYAL TEA

Smear - "Kurt, you have to do that power chord version on the G. Yeah." [played while Cobain plays the intro]
Cobain - "Okay, we're not going to do the solo" [during the part where the solo should have been played]
Smear - "No, that's fine" [during the part where the solo should have been played]
??? - "Is this gonna stay?" [during the part where the solo should have been played]
• PENNYROYAl TEA

Scott - "Kurt?"
Cobain - "Yeah?"
Scott - "You might want to try a little of that with Dave playing the acoustic and Pat just singing just to hear it and if, ... and see how that sounds. Just like a verse or two."
Cobain - "Okay"
• PENNYROYAL TEA
[part of]
Smear - "That's it. I'll rehearse then."
[cut]
• THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
[intro only]
Cobain - "Um... okay, that's where I'm gonna having trouble. Because... No... Let's just do it once, rehearsing. The problem that I'm having is that I'm so used to going all the way through and starting by myself."
Grohl - "Okay, so we do it once before you start singing?"
Cobain - "The problem is that I'm just not used to hearing Pat do that one chrod thing. One more time."
• THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD

Cobain - "Okay, that's fine."

Transcribed by Fabian Beyer, December 2008

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