LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology August 23, 1991 - Richfield Avenue (Reading Festival), Reading, UK
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
- Eugene Kelly (backing vocals)
- Antony Hodgkinson (dancer)
Crew
- Alex MacLeod (tour manager)
- Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)
- Ian Beveridge (monitor engineer)
Buyer
- The Mean Fiddler
Schedule
- Load In
- …:…
- Soundcheck
- …:…
- Doors
- 14:00
- The Honeythieves Showtime
- 14:00
- Babes In Toyland Showtime
- 14:35
- Silverfish Showtime
- 15:25
- NIRVANA Showtime
- 16:15
- Chapterhouse Showtime
- 17:05
- Dinosaur Jr. Showtime
- 18:00
- Pop Will Eat Itself Showtime
- 19:10
- Sonic Youth Showtime
- 20:35
- Iggy Pop Showtime
- 22:00
Soundcheck
- No Info
Set
- School
- Floyd The Barber
- Drain You
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Come As You Are
- Breed
- Sliver
- Molly's Lips Kelly on backing vocals
- Love Buzz
- Negative Creep
- The End jam
- Blew
- Endless, Nameless
Set Range
Circulating Recordings
AUD #1a
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(2) > DAT(2) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 40 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • In March 2009 a 2nd generation tape surfaced.
- • More complete, but lower quality than AUD #1b.
- • "Floyd The Barber" is cut within, so that the recording is missing the second chorus.
AUD #1b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Unofficial LP [Live From The Reading Festival 23 August 1991]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 09 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • Less complete, but higher quality than AUD #1a.
- • Includes only "Negative Creep", "Blew" and "Endless, Nameless".
- • Everything before "Negative Creep" on the Live From The Reading Festival 23 August 1991 LP is AUD #4.
AUD #2
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Unofficial CD [Smells Like Nirvana]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 39 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • No Info.
AUD #3
- Equipment:
- Sony PC-62 > Sony WM-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(1) > DAT(1) > CDR(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 40 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • "Drain You" is cut within.
AUD #4 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Unofficial LP [Live From The Reading Festival 23 August 1991]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 29 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • Missing everything after "Love Buzz".
- • Everything after "Love Buzz" on the Live From The Reading Festival 23 August 1991 LP is AUD #1b.
AUD #5
- Equipment:
- Sony ECM-101 > Sony WM-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 39 min / 7.5
- Notes:
- • Surfaced in May 2013.
- • The recording is distorted due to hot levels and "Drain You" is cut within.
AUD #6
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(2) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 39 min / 5.0
- Notes:
- • Surfaced in July 29th 2018.
AUD #7
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(x) > youtube
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 37:43 min / ??
- Notes:
- • Posted in youtube April 2021.
AMT #1
- Equipment:
- Built In > unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VID8(M) > MKV
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 40 min / 7.5
- Notes:
- • Amateur video, shot from the back right (far-shot).
- • A master transfer was circulated December 18th 2017.
- • "Love Buzz" cuts in.
AMT #2
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(2) > DVDR/FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 39 min / 7.5
- Notes:
- • Amateur video, shot from fairly close to the stage, towards the right (close-shot).
- • Has a cut in "Come As You Are".
AMT #3a incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(x) > FLV/MP3 > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 1 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • Amateur video, shot from the stage on Krist's side.
- • Includes "The End" jam and one second of "Blew" only.
- • Circulating copies are sourced from an FLV video file posted on YouTube.
AMT #3b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(x) > FLV
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 7 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • Amateur video, shot from the stage on Krist's side. Includes "Drain You" (cuts in) and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (cuts in), only. Circulating copies are sourced from an FLV video file posted on YouTube.
PRO #1a incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown Betacam
- Lowest Generation:
- TV > VHS(1) > DVDR/FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 3 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • Includes only "School".
- • Shot by an MTV Europe crew from the back with a single camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio.
- • Includes only "School".
PRO #1b [soundboard audio from professional video] incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown Betacam
- Lowest Generation:
- BETA(M) > ANA(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 15:40 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • Audio-only version of all the video footage shot by MTV, the video itself is not circulating, only the (soundboard) audio portion from it.
- • More complete than PRO #1a, but includes only the audio from the video.
- • Includes only "School," "Floyd The Barber," "Drain You," "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come As You Are," "Breed," "Love Buzz," and "Blew".
- • Has cuts in all songs except "School" and "Come As You Are".
PRO #1c incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown Betacam
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(x) > MKV
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 5:20 min / ??
- Notes:
- • Circulated December 2020.
- • Includes "Come As You Are", "Love Buzz" (cuts in) and Kurt jumping at the drums during the end.
PRO #2 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Beaulieu Boom Microphone > Beaulieu 5008 S (Super 8)
- Lowest Generation:
- Official DVD [1991: The Year Punk Broke]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 05 min / 9.5
- Notes:
- • Includes "Endless, Nameless" and a clip of "Love Buzz" only.
- • Shot by Dave Markey with a single camera and open mic audio.
- • Clips appear on a rough edit of the official video release 1991: The Year Punk Broke that Dave Markey posted on YouTube.
- • Clips of "Love Buzz" also appear on the (This Is Known As) The Blues Scale bonus video included on the 1991: The Year Punk Broke DVD release.
PRO CLIP #1a incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown Betacam
- Lowest Generation:
- TV > VHS(1) > DVDR
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 40 sec / 9.0
- Notes:
- • Clip of "School" only (the last 30 seconds has various video footages over the audio) appear on MTV Tribute To Nirvana.
- • Clips of "Come As You Are" and "Love Buzz" appear on the special No Apologies: MTV's Nirvana History.
PRO CLIP #1b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown Betacam
- Lowest Generation:
- Unknown > youtube > FLV
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 1 min / 9.0
- Notes:
- • Clip of "Come As You Are" only was posted by MTV on YouTube.
- • Clips of "Come As You Are" and "Love Buzz" appear on the special No Apologies: MTV's Nirvana History.
Uncirculated Recordings
PRO #1
In circulating videos, additional video cameras can be seen shooting from the pit area.
Notes
- Former Vaselines lead singer Eugene Kelly sang with Kurt on "Molly's Lips."
- The band jammed on "The End" by The Doors.
- The band played an abbreviated version of "Endless, Nameless" followed by Kurt diving into Dave's drum set, which resulted in Kurt dislocating his shoulder.
Press Reviews
- No Info
Memorabilia
Images
