LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology October 31, 1991 - Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA, US
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
- Nikki McClure (dancer)
- Ian Dickson (dancer)
Crew
- Monty Lee Wilkes (tour manager)
- Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)
- Myles Kennedy (monitor engineer & drum technician)
- Nic Close (guitar technician)
Buyer
- Monqui Presents
- Chris Monlux
Schedule
- Load In
- …:…
- Soundcheck
- …:…
- Doors
- 20:00
- Bikini Kill Showtime
- …:…
- Mudhoney Showtime
- …:…
- NIRVANA Showtime
- …:…
Soundcheck incomplete
- Drain You
- Rape Me
Set
- Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
- Aneurysm
- Drain You
- School
- Floyd The Barber
- jam
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- About A Girl
- Polly
- Breed
- Sliver
- Love Buzz
- Lithium
- Been A Son
- Negative Creep
- On A Plain
- Blew
- ENCORE
- Rape Me
- Territorial Pissings
- Endless, Nameless
Set Range
Circulating Recordings
AUD #1
- Equipment:
- Sonic Studios DSM-6P > Casio DA-R100
- Lowest Generation:
- DAT(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 73 min / 9.0
- Notes:
- • Circulated in May 2007.
- • Commonly mislabelled as Sonic Studios > Sony WM-D3.
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
AUD #2
- Equipment:
- Sonic Studios DSM-6P > Sony TCD-D3
- Lowest Generation:
- DAT(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 69 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • Circulated in June 2005.
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
AUD #3 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 49:47 min / 6.0
- Notes:
- • Circulated in April 2017.
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
- • Missing everything before "Drain You", small cut in the banter between "School" and "Floyd The Barber", "Sliver" cuts in due to a tape flip and "Rape Me" cuts out.
AUD #4 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Sony ECM-909 > Sony WM-D6C
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 52:32 min / ?
- Notes:
- • Circulated on October 31st, 2023.
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
- • There are short volume drops in the left channel during "Aneurysm" and "Floyd The Barber".
- • Missing everything after "Blew", which cuts out.
SBD #1a
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 72:57 min / 9.5
- Notes:
- • Circulated in October 2021.
- • More complete, but lower quality than SBD #1b, SBD #1c, SBD #1d, and SBD #1e.
- • Wallace copied and pasted Kurt's chiming guitar to cover up a bum note on "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
- • Professionally mixed by Andy Wallace.
SBD #1b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official Promo CD [Nevermind It's An Interview]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 20 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Less complete, but higher quality than SBD #1a.
- • Includes only "About A Girl", "Aneurysm", "Drain You", "On A Plain", part of "Endless, Nameless", and "School".
- • Has talking over the beginnings of all songs except "Drain You" and "On A Plain".
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
- • Professionally mixed by Andy Wallace.
SBD #1c incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official CD [Come As You Are]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 10 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Less complete, but higher quality than SBD #1a.
- • Includes only "Drain You" and "School".
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
- • Professionally mixed by Andy Wallace.
SBD #1d incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official CD [Lithium]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 05 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Less complete, but higher quality than SBD #1a.
- • Includes only "Been A Son".
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
- • Professionally mixed by Andy Wallace.
SBD #1e incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official CD [From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 05 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Less complete, but higher quality than SBD #1a.
- • Includes only "Negative Creep".
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
- • Professionally mixed by Andy Wallace.
- • Side four of the vinyl version contains additional stage banter not present on this source.
PRO #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown (16 mm)
- Lowest Generation:
- Official DVD/LD [Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 15 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Has different camera angles from PRO #2, PRO #4, PRO #5, and PRO #6.
- • Includes only "About A Girl", "Polly", "Breed", and parts of "Endless, Nameless".
- • Five-camera PRO-shot video, featuring soundboard audio with audience mics mixed in.
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
PRO #2 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown (16 mm)
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(2) > DVDR/VHS(2) > DVDR(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 08 min / 9.5
- Notes:
- • In December 2008 it was discovered that the VHS(x) tape was in fact a second generation tape.
- • Has different camera angles from PRO #1, PRO #5, and PRO #6.
- • Includes only "Endless, Nameless".
- • Multi-camera edit made from the professional five-camera masters with soundboard audio.
- • Footage is in black and white and has special effects throughout, except during the quiet parts of the song.
- • Includes some additional shots added in over the live video from other parts of the song.
- • This was to be used as a music video, but was rejected.
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
PRO #3 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown (16 mm)
- Lowest Generation:
- Official DVD [With The Lights Out]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 05 min / 9.5
- Notes:
- • Has different camera angles from PRO #5 and PRO #6.
- • Includes only "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam".
- • Two-camera PRO-shot edit made from the fix-camera masters, featuring soundboard audio with audience mics mixed in.
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
PRO #4 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown (16 mm)
- Lowest Generation:
- Master > FLV
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 05 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Has different camera angles from PRO #5 and PRO #6.
- • Includes only "Smells Like Teen Spirit", which has some special effects.
- • Six-camera video with soundboard audio.
- • Includes the five professional 16 mm angles along with black and white clips of the uncirculated Super 8 amateur video.
- • Edited by Louis Marciano in November 1991, possibly for potential release as a music video.
- • Circulating copies are sourced from an FLV video file posted on YouTube.
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
PRO #5 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown (16 mm)
- Lowest Generation:
- DTV > TS
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 45 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Broadcast on VH1 and Palladia in September 2011.
- • Has different camera angles from PRO #1, PRO #2, PRO #3, PRO #4, and PRO #6.
- • Missing "Drain You", "School", "Floyd The Barber", the jam, "About A Girl", "Love Buzz", "Been A Son", "Negative Creep", and "Rape Me".
- • Five-camera video with soundboard audio.
- • Includes professionally remixed stereo audio and 5.1-channel audio by Nathaniel Kunkel, both done in 2011.
- • Does not include the soundcheck.
PRO #6
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown (16 mm)
- Lowest Generation:
- Official Blu-ray Disc [Live At The Paramount]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 72 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Has different camera angles from PRO #1, PRO #2, PRO #3, PRO #4, and PRO #5.
- • Five-camera video with soundboard audio.
- • Includes professionally remixed stereo audio and 5.1-channel audio by Nathaniel Kunkel, both done in 2011 for this release.
- • At least one instance of an out-of-tune instrument was fixed during the production of this audio mix.
- • This is evident with Krist's bass during "About A Girl", which sounds noticeably out of tune on other circulating recordings of the show.
AMT CLIP #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(1) > DVDR
- Length / Sound Quality:
- ?? / ??
- Notes:
- • Silent clip of "Polly" broadcast on the "Nirvana Half An Hour".
PRO CLIP #7 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official Blu-ray Disc [Kurt Cobain - Montage of Heck]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- ?? / ??
- Notes:
- • Includes clips of "Drain You" from the soundcheck overdubbed with audio from the night show.
Uncirculated Recordings
AUD #5 incomplete
Missing everthing after "Breed".
AMT #1
It is rumored that the show was recorded.
AMT #2
The brother of the professional video's director shot some Super 8 footage from the audience.
Notes
- The show was originally supposed to be at the Moore Theatre, but had to be moved to a larger venue.
Press Reviews
- Review from a USA newspaper called the "Morning News Tribune", published on November 2nd, 1991.
- Review from a USA magazine called "City Heat", published in December, 1991.
Memorabilia
Images
