LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology November 19, 1991 - Teatro Castello, Rome, IT
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
Crew
- Alex MacLeod (tour manager)
- Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)
- Ian Beveridge (monitor engineer)
- Nic Close (guitar technician)
Buyer
- Subway Productions
- Daniela Giombini
Schedule
- Load In
- …:…
- Soundcheck
- …:…
- Doors
- 21:30
- Urge Overkill Showtime
- …:…
- NIRVANA Showtime
- …:…
Soundcheck
- No Info
Set
- Drain You
- Aneurysm
- School
- Floyd The Barber
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- About A Girl
- Polly
- Lithium
- Sliver
- Come As You Are
- Breed
- Been A Son
- Negative Creep
- On A Plain
- Blew
- Sifting drum jam
- Rape Me
- Spank Thru
- Territorial Pissings
Set Range
Circulating Recordings
SBD #1a
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- FM > ANA(2) > CDR
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 59 min / 8.5
- Notes:
- • More complete, but lower quality than SBD #1b.
- • More complete, but lower quality and higher generation than SBD #1c.
- • Higher generation, but higher quality than SBD #1d toward the beginning of the show.
- • Has a different mix from SBD #2.
- • Has DJ talk over the beginnings of "School", "About A Girl", and "Come As You Are".
- • Broadcast on Italian FM radio.
SBD #1b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Unofficial CD [Seattle Sound, Sounds Great]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 58 min / 9.0
- Notes:
- • Less complete, but higher quality than SBD #1a and SBD #1d.
- • Unknown generation and lower quality, but includes all of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", unlike SBD #1c.
- • Has a different mix from SBD #2.
- • "School", "About A Girl", and "Come As You Are" cut in.
- • "Spank Thru" has a cut at the tail end (a huge chunk of the song is missing, but edited to sound smooth).
- • Has cuts between some songs.
- • Broadcast on Italian FM radio.
SBD #1c
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- DBS > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 60 min / 9.0
- Notes:
- • Circulated in December 2011.
- • Less complete, but higher quality and lower generation than SBD #1a and SBD #1d.
- • Known generation and higher quality, but has a cut that is not present on SBD #1b.
- • Has a different mix from SBD #2.
- • Has a cut in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" due to damage to the tape used for the broadcast.
- • Has DJ talk over the beginnings of "Lithium", "Blew", and "Rape Me".
- • Theres a severe problem in RAI's transmission chain which reults in diginoise issues.
- • Broadcast on the Italian radio station Rai Radio 2 in November 2011.
SBD #1d
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- FM > ANA(1) > CDR(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 59 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • Circulated in March 2006.
- • Lower generation, but lower quality than SBD #1a toward the beginning of the show.
- • More complete, but lower quality than SBD #1b.
- • More complete, but lower quality and higher generation than SBD #1c.
- • Has a different mix from SBD #2.
- • Has DJ talk over the beginnings of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium", and "Negative Creep".
- • Broadcast on Italian FM radio.
SBD #2 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official CD [From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 03 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Has a different mix from SBD #1a, SBD #1b, SBD #1c, and SBD #1d.
- • Includes only "Spank Thru".
PRO #1a incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- TV > VHS(1) > DVDR/FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 54 min / 9.5
- Notes:
- • Circulated in March 2008.
- • Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio, taped by VideoMusic.
- • Circulating copies have mono audio.
- • Missing "Drain You" and "Rape Me" cuts in.
- • The entire show was recorded, but "Drain You" was omitted from the broadcast due to high humidity fogging up the camera lenses and/or the first song often being used as a video/audio check.
PRO #1b [soundboard audio from professional video] incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Unofficial CD [On A Plain]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 53 min / 9.5
- Notes:
- • Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio, taped by VideoMusic.
- • Has stereo audio, unlike circulating copies of PRO #1a, but includes only the audio from the video.
- • Missing "Drain You" and "Rape Me" cuts in.
- • The entire show was recorded, but "Drain You" was omitted from the broadcast due to high humidity fogging up the camera lenses and/or the first song often being used as a video/audio check.
Uncirculated Recordings
No Info
Notes
- Before "Rape Me," Dave jammed a bit on "Sifting."
Press Reviews
- No Info
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