LIVE NIRVANA BOOTOGRAPHY: The Audiophile Completists' Guide To NIRVANA Bootleg CDs

Despite the LNCU's best efforts to seek out upgrades, there are a still several commercial bootlegs that provide the most complete and/or the best sounding audio available; these items are presented below:

 

Date Title Best Sounding? Most Complete? Source Info
10/25/89
Where Were You In '89?
Yes
No
Unknown
The audience recording source on this commercial release is only available on this disc.
11/01/89
Outcesticide III - The Final Solution
No
No
Unknown
A more complete version of this radio broadcast is available in trading circles. However, 'Outcesticide III' contains some band talk not present on the trading circle version.
11/01/89
Plugged And Unplugged
Yes
No
Unknown
A more complete version of this radio broadcast is available in trading circles. However, 'Plugged And Unplugged' contains the best sounding version of 'Love Buzz'.
11/05/89
Help Me, I'm Hungry
No
Yes
Unknown
A better sounding version of the same source used to make the commercial release is available in trading circles. However, the commercial release is slightly more complete than the trading circle upgrade.
11/09/89
Love Box 12"
Yes
Yes
Unknown
This show is only available on this commercial release.
11/22/89
Out Of The Blue / Play The Fucking Guitar, Man!!
Yes
No
Unknown
A more complete version of this show, from a different source, is available in trading circles. However, the best sounding version is only available on this commercial release.
11/26/89
In The Bloom / It's All Going Wrong
Yes
Yes
Unknown
These commercial releases contain the only version of this analog audience recording. An incomplete, and poorer sounding, private video is available in trading circles.
02/16/90
Penu Baby 7" Yes
No
Unknown
This commercial release feature an incomplete soundboard recording of this show not available in trading circles.
04/10/90
Live / Drop Dead
No
No
Unknown
Whilst better sounding and complete versions of this show are available in trading circles, the source used to make these LPs and their CD clones can only be found on bootlegs.
05/13/90
Stiff Drinks
Yes
No
Unknown
The same source as used to make these commercial releases is available in complete form in trading circles but in lower quality.
08/23/91
Before And After The Storm
No
No
Unknown
Whilst better sounding and more complete versions of this show are available in trading circles, the source used to make this commercial release can only be found on this disc.
08/23/91
Smells Like Nirvana (Robinhood / Sherwood)
No
No
Unknown
Whilst better sounding and more complete versions of this show are available in trading circles, the source used to make this commercial release can only be found on this disc.
08/23/91
Live From The Reading Festival 23 August 1991
No
No
Unknown
Whilst better sounding and more complete versions of this show are available in trading circles, the source used to make this commercial release can only be found on this bootleg LP.
09/01/91
Live Buzz
Yes
No
Unknown
The source used to make this commercial release can only be found on this disc. More complete, but inferior sounding versions, from different source tapes, are available in trading circles.
09/26/91
Seattle, WA. September 12, 1991
Yes
Yes
Unknown
This show is only available on commercial releases.
10/21/91
Live In Austin, Texas
Yes
Yes
Unknown
This show is only available on this commercial release.
11/04/91
Seventh Heaven
Yes
No
Unknown
The source used to make this bootleg LP is not available in trading circles. An alternate analog audience source is available amongst traders. This alternate trading source is complete, unlike the bootleg (which is missing 3 songs), but the bootleg source sounds better.
11/05/91
Firework Night
Yes
Yes
Unknown
The source used to make 'Firework Night' is only available on this disc.
11/08/91
Outcesticide II - The Needle And The Damage Done
Yes
No
Unknown
Complete versions are availabe in trading circles, but sound inferior to the commercial release.
11/11/91
Bleach Pop
Yes
No
Unknown
A more complete version, from the same source, is available in trading circles. However, commercial releases sound better.
11/17/91
Downtrodden / Europe 1991
Yes
Yes
Unknown
This show is only available on commercial releases.
11/19/91
Seattle Sound, Sounds Great
Yes
No
Unknown
The audio used to make this bootleg is sourced from a FM broadcast. More complete versions, from the same source, are available in trading circles. However, commercial releases sound superior.
11/19/91
On A Plain
No
No
Unknown
The audio used to make this bootleg is sourced from the PRO-shot video. This PRO-shot video is circulating amongst traders, but the audio portion used to make the bootleg CD sounds better than the audio portion on the video traders have.
11/25/91 (Night show)
Sliver
Yes
No
Unknown
This is the best sounding source for the 1st broadcast.
11/27/91
Grunge Is Dead
Yes
No
Unknown
More complete versions, from the same source, are available in trading circles. However, commercial releases sound superior.
12/06/91
Grunge Is Dead
Yes
Yes
Unknown
The most complete and best sounding version is availabe on this commercial release.
12/28/91
Live
No
No
Unknown
Better sounding than the versions available in trading circles.
02/19/92
Fire Extinguisher
Yes
Yes
Unknown
This show is only available on commercial releases, of which 'Fire Extinguisher' is the best.
10/30/92
Kurko / Bang Tango
Yes
No
Unknown
Whilst the best sounding versions of this show can only be found on commercial releases, they are incomplete, and a complete recording is only available in trading circles. Of the commercial releases 'Kurko' and its clones ('Bang Tango' and 'Out Of Bloom') sound better and are slightly longer than 'A Higher State Of Mind'.
07/23/93
I Hate Myself And Want To Die / I Love Myself And Want To Live / Heart-Shaped Box
No
No
Unknown
Whilst better quality and more complete versions of this show are available in trading circles, the source used to make these commercial releases is only available on these discs.
09/23/93
Fighting The N Factor
Yes
No
Unknown
Whilst a more complete version of the source used to make this bootleg is available only amongst traders, the bootleg contains the best sounding source for this rehearsal.
10/26/93
Beautiful Demise
Yes
No
Unknown
The same source that was used to make this commercial release is available in the same quality but is less complete than the trading circles version.
12/10/93
Unleashed
Yes
No
Unknown
The source used to make this bootleg is not available in trading circles.
12/13/93
Aqua Seafoam Shame
Yes
No
Unknown This bootleg is slightly more complete and better sounding than the current trading circle transfer of the soundboard source. The most complete version of all, however, from an audience video recording, is only available in trading circles.
02/04/94
Outcesticide III - The Final Solution
Yes
No
Unknown
More complete versions of the same source as used to make this commercial release are available in trading circles. However, this commercial release sounds much better.
02/16/94
Va Te Faire Enculer
No
Yes
Unknown
The source tape used to make these commercial releases are slightly more complete at the beginning and does not have the digital errors that are present on the trading circle version.
02/21/94
Come As You Are
No
No
Unknown
Whilst a more complete and better sounding version of this show is available in trading circles, this source tape used to make this commercial disc is only available on this release.
02/23/94
Fighting The N Factor
Yes
No
Unknown
More complete versions of the same source as used to make this commercial release are available in trading circles. However, this commercial release sounds much better.
02/24/94
Sliver And Dumb
Yes
No
Unknown
A more complete version of this show is available in trading circles from a different source tape to the commercial release. The bootleg 'Sliver And Dumb' contains the only version of this superior sounding source.