LIVE NIRVANA BOOTOGRAPHY: The Concerts In Italy

Label: On Stage
Catalog Number:  (ON/cd 2355)
Recorded performance:  11-27-89 - Piper Club - Rome Italy
Recorded performance:  02-22-94 - Palaghiaccio - Rome Italy
Recorded performance:  02-25-94 - Palatrussardi - Milan Italy

Disc 1 Runtime:  39:47 / 10 Tracks
Matrix: F.DISC ONCD 2341 1439-B
Disc 2 Runtime:  75:12 / 23 Tracks
Matrix: F.DISC ONCD 2317 2424-B
Disc 3 Runtime:  79:04 / 22 Tracks
Matrix: F.DISC CDON2340 2445-A

Additional Artwork


Disc 1
01) School 4:10
02) Scoff 4:39
03) Love Buzz 3:21
04) Floyd The Barber 7:31
05) Dive 6:20
06) Polly 2:30
07) Big Cheese 2:45
08) About A Girl 3:15
09) Breed 3:52
10) Spank Thru 1:19
Disc 2
01) Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 4:08
02) Drain You 3:33
03) Breed 3:12
04) Serve The Servants 3:13
05) Come As You Are 3:33
06) Smells Like Teen Spirit 4:37
07) Sliver 2:13
08) Dumb 3:00
09) In Bloom 4:12
10) About A Girl 2:40
11) Lithium 3:59
12) Pennyroyal Tea 3:30
13) School 3:11
14) Polly 3:13
15) Very Ape 2:18
16) Lounge Act 2:36
17) Rape Me 2:38
18) Territorial Pissings 2:37
19) All Apologies 3:19
20) On A Plain 3:21
21) Scentless Apprentice 3:39
22) Heart-Shaped Box 4:19
23) Endless Distruction (This is the way it's spelled) 2:03
Disc 3
01) Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 4:39
02) Drain You 3:43
03) Breed 2:57
04) Serve The Servants 3:51
05) Come As You Are 3:31
06) Smells Like Teen Spirit 4:41
07) Sliver 2:23
08) Dumb 2:41
09) In Bloom 4:09
10) About A Girl 2:57
11) Lithium 4:08
12) Pennyroyal Tea 3:47
13) School 2:31
14) Polly 3:11
15) Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle 3:59
16) Sappy 3:34
17) Rape Me 2:35
18) Territorial Pissings 4:02
19) All Apologies 3:45
20) On A Plain 3:07
21) Scentless Apprentice 3:56
22) Heart-Shaped Box 5:42
The Concerts In Italy

Live Nirvana Bootography Rating: A-  90%

Live Nirvana Bootography Review:
The Concerts Of Italy is a re-release by the On Stage label of three of it's titles. The packaging is quite interesting and consists of three double-sided panels. Each panel contains a picture on both sides, a disc, a tracklisting insert (with a familiar Italian stamp on each one), and a paper wrapper to hold the collection together. While it looks great, the packaging is inconvenient at best and makes pulling out a disc very difficult.

The first disc is the second of two commercial releases of the 11/27/89 Piper show. The first being Piper 1989 by the same label. This disc is the highlight of the set and contains the show where Kurt quits in the middle of Spank Thru and has a nervious breakdown.

The second disc is the almighty 2/22/94 show that has been released too many times to count. The sound quality is very reasonable and while I wouldn't rate it ahead of Roma or XXII II MCMXCIV, it might not be worth buying either of those discs if you own this one. You can also find this on On Stage's Last Concert In Italy.

The third disc is an edited re-release of On Stage's 2/25/94 release Concert In Milan 25/2/94, which was originally a double CD.

You can get this set through On Stage's other titles (which are reviewed in greater detail), but the packaging makes it unique and worth owning. All of the discs received "A" ratings. The packaging gives it a boost, thus the rating of this 3CD set is greater than the average of the discs included in the set.





Mislabels - Disc 3 :
"Lithium" Labeled As "Litaium"
"Pennyroyal Tea" Labeled As "Penny Royal Tea"
"Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" Labeled As "Frances Farmer Will Have Her"
"Sappy" Labeled As "Mistero"

Other Disc(s) Containing These Dates:
11-27-89 - Piper Club - Rome Italy
   Piper 1989
02-22-94 - Palaghiaccio - Rome Italy
   American Electric Tour
   Coma
   Dark Emotion
   Europe 1994
   Heart Shaped Rome
   Kurts Grand Finale
   Last Concert In Italy
   Plugged
   Roma
   The Last Cry
   Tour Over Europe 1994
   XXII II MCMXCIV
   XXII II MCMXCIV
   The Final Fix
   Throw Them To The Lions!
   The Last Goodbye
   Bang! You're Dead!
02-25-94 - Palatrussardi - Milan Italy
   Concert In Milan 25/2/94
   Suicide Solution?
   The Final Strike - Last Kurtain In Milan
   Final Solution
   Psychout Induction

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