Nirvana bootleg recordings

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-7 from an early demo tape recorded at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle on January 23, 1988. "Spank Thru" remains unreleased.
• Track 8 recorded summer 1988 at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle with songs that appeared on the "Love Buzz" single and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Tracks 9-11 recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence in Olympia, Washington, in 1988.
• Track 14 from an audience source recorded live at The Duchess of York in Leeds, England, on October 25, 1989.
• Track 15 recorded for Boy Meets Girl on KAOS radio at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, on September 25, 1990, and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Track 16 from the BBC radio session recorded at Maida Vale Studios in London on October 21, 1990. The final mix appeared on Hormoaning.
• Tracks 17-19 recorded at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin, in April 1990. "Pay to Play" appeared on DGC Rarities Volume 1.
• Tracks 20 and 21 recorded for Nozems-a-Gogo on VPRO radio at Jingle Production Room 2 in Hilversum, Netherlands, on November 25, 1991.
• Track 23 from an audience source recorded live at Bloom in Mezzago, Italy, on November 17, 1991.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1 and 16 recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, in April 1990. "In Bloom" was later featured on the DVD portion of With the Lights Out.
• Tracks 2 and 18 from an audience source recorded live at Kultur-Basar, Hanau, West Germany on November 18, 1989.
• Track 3 from a soundboard source recorded live at U4, Vienna, Austria on November 22, 1989.
• Track 4 from an audience source recorded live at Bloom in Mezzago, Italy, on November 17, 1991.
• Tracks 5, 8 and 9 recorded live at the Hollywood Rock Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 23, 1993. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" features Flea on trumpet.
• Track 6 from a soundboard source recorded live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, Illinois, on October 12, 1991.
• Track 7 recorded at BMG Ariola Ltda., Studio B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 21, 1993, and features members of Hole with Cobain on bass.[5]
• Tracks 10-12 from an acoustic in-store performance recorded live at Northern Lights Records, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 14, 1991.[6]
• Track 13 from an audience source recorded live at Castaic Lake Amphitheatre, Castaic, California, on September 26, 1992, where Cobain performed solo acoustic.
• Track 14 from an audience source recorded live at Salle Omnisports, Rennes, France, on December 7, 1991, and features vocals by Novoselic and Grohl.
• Track 15 from an audience source recorded live at Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium on November 23, 1991.
• Track 17 from a soundboard source recorded live at Palaghiaccio, Marino, Italy on February 22, 1994.
• Track 19 from a soundboard source recorded during soundcheck at The Palladium, Hollywood, California, on August 17, 1990, with Dale Crover on drums.
• Track 20 from an audience source recorded live at the Salem Armory Auditorium, Salem, Oregon, on December 14, 1993.
• Track 21 recorded for The Word at Limehouse Studios in London on November 8, 1991.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-3 recorded for Nulle Part Ailleurs at Canal+ in Paris on February 4, 1994.
• Track 5 from an audience source recorded live at Kultur-Basar in Hanau, West Germany, on November 18, 1989.
• Tracks 6 and 7 recorded summer 1988 at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle with songs that appeared on the "Love Buzz" single. "Blandest" later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Tracks 8 and 9 recorded at The Music Source in Seattle in September 1989 and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Track 10 recorded live at MTV Studios in New York City on January 10, 1992.
• Tracks 11 and 12 recorded for Tunnel at RAI Centro di Produzione TV Studi Nomentano in Rome on February 23, 1994. "Dumb" features Melora Creager on cello.
• Tracks 13 and 18 from an audience source recorded live at the Reading Festival in England on August 30, 1992, and later appeared in soundboard form on Live at Reading.
• Tracks 14, 15 and 19 from an audience source recorded live at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle on November 25, 1990. The majority of the show is available on the first disc of A Season in Hell Part One.
• Tracks 16 and 17 recorded for Nozems-a-Gogo on VPRO radio at Villa 65 in Hilversum, Netherlands, on November 1, 1989.
• Track 20 from an audience source recorded live at Vooruit in Ghent, Belgium, on November 23, 1991.
• Track 21 from an audience source recorded live at Bloom in Mezzago, Italy, on November 26, 1989, where Cobain performed an encore with Tad.[7]
• Track 22 recorded live at the Community World Theatre in Tacoma, Washington, on January 23, 1988, and later appeared on With the Lights Out, this track includes a Led Zeppelin cover called Moby Dick .
• Track 23 recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence in Olympia, Washington, in 1988 and later appeared on With the Lights Out.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Track 1 appeared on the Wal-Mart and Kmart versions of In Utero, as well as the album's discontinued third single.
• Track 3 recorded for Tonight with Jonathan Ross at The Greenwood in London on December 6, 1991, and later appeared in part on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!.
• Track 4 recorded for Top of the Pops at BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire, England, on November 28, 1991, and appeared on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!.
• Track 5 from a soundboard source recorded live at the Teatro Castello in Rome on November 19, 1991.
• Tracks 6 and 10 from a soundboard source recorded live at Duffy's Tavern in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 13, 1990.
• Tracks 7-9 from a soundboard source recorded live at Bogart's in Long Beach, California, on February 16, 1990, taken from the 7-inch vinyl bootleg Penu Baby.[8]
• Track 11 from an audience source recorded live at the Reading Festival in England on August 30, 1992, and later appeared in soundboard form on Live at Reading.
• Track 12 recorded on a 4-track at the Melvins practice space in San Francisco in April 1991 with Dale Crover on drums and Grohl on bass.[9] The track later appeared without the intro on With the Lights Out.
• Track 13 recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence in Olympia, Washington, in 1988 and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Track 14 recorded in the television studio of The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, on March 20, 1990.
• Track 15 recorded summer 1988 at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington, with songs that appeared on the "Love Buzz" single.
• Track 16 from an audience source recorded live at Rock City in Nottingham, England, on December 3, 1991, taken from the 12-inch vinyl bootleg Entertain Us.[10]
• Tracks 17 and 18 from an audience source recorded live at Salle Omnisports in Rennes, France, on February 16, 1994.
• Tracks 19-23 recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence, Olympia, Washington, in 1987. "Clean Up Before She Comes" later appeared on With the Lights Out.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Track 1 is a Hole song with prominent vocal contributions from Cobain, which were mixed down before it appeared on Live Through This.[11]
• Track 2 recorded for Nozems-a-Gogo on VPRO radio at Villa 65 in Hilversum, Netherlands, on November 1, 1989.
• Track 3 from a soundboard source recorded during soundcheck at The Palladium in Hollywood, California, on August 17, 1990, with Dale Crover on drums.
• Tracks 4 and 5 from a soundboard source recorded live at Palau Municipal dels Esports in Barcelona, Spain, on February 9, 1994, taken from an FM broadcast.
• Tracks 6-10 recorded at MTV Studios in New York City on January 10, 1992. "On a Plain" and "Stain" were played during soundcheck, while the rest of the songs were performed live but not broadcast.[12]
• Tracks 11-19 recorded for Out of Order on KAOS radio at The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington in April 1987 with Aaron Burckhard on drums. "White Lace and Strange" and "Anorexorcist" later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Track 20 from an audience source recorded live at the Reading Festival in England on August 30, 1992, and later appeared in soundboard form on Live at Reading.
• Track 21 from a TV report recorded live at Terminal 1, Flughafen München-Riem in Munich, Germany, on March 1, 1994, and would be the band's last show.[13]
• Track 22 "You Know You're Right", wrongly transcribed as "Autopilot" by David Frickie, from an audience source recorded live at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on October 23, 1993.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• All tracks from an incomplete audience source recorded live at the Off Ramp Café in Seattle on November 25, 1990, and would be the ninth ever performance to feature Dave Grohl on drums.[19] Missing the encore.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-13 from a near complete audience source recorded live at the Town Pump, Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 12, 1990, just two months prior to the departure of drummer Chad Channing.
• Tracks 14 and 15 recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence, Olympia, Washington in 1988. "Beans" later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Tracks 18-20 recorded summer 1988 at Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington, with songs that appeared on the "Love Buzz" single.
• Track 21 recorded in 1989, released later in a Kiss Tribute Album Hard to Believe: A Kiss Covers Compilation
• Tracks 22-24 recorded at The Music Source in Seattle in September 1989. "Been a Son" and "Stain" appeared on the Blew EP. "Even in His Youth" later appeared on With the Lights Out.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Track 1 recorded at The Music Source in Seattle in September 1989 and later appeared on With the Lights Out.
• Track 2 from a soundboard source recorded live at V4 in Vienna, Austria on November 22, 1989.
• Tracks 3, 12 and 13 from BBC radio sessions recorded at Maida Vale Studios in London in 1989 and 1991. "Been a Son" appeared on Incesticide.
• Tracks 4-6 from a soundboard source recorded live at the Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon, on February 9, 1990. The complete show would later be released as a bonus to the reissue of Bleach in 2009.
• Track 10 from an audience source recorded live at Bloom in Mezzago, Italy, on November 17, 1991.
• Track 11 recorded for Top of the Pops at BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire, England, on November 28, 1991, and appeared on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!.
• Tracks 14 and 15 recorded for Saturday Night Live at NBC Studios in New York City on January 11, 1992.
• Track 23 appeared as a bonus on non-US pressings of In Utero.
• The third disc of this collection is the least significant since the majority of the tracks are taken from b-sides of singles and compilation appearances. The release of With the Lights Out further denotes the importance of this disc, though it does still contain some unreleased material and even had some stolen by Blue Moon Records for its Outcesticide series.[20]

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-7 and 9 recorded at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle on January 23, 1988. "Spank Thru" remains unreleased.
• Tracks 10-12 recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, in April 1990 and are sourced from the 7-inch vinyl bootleg Total Fucking Godhead.[23] "Sappy" and "Polly" can be found on Master Demo Recordings in better quality.
• Tracks 14 and 15 recorded for Nozems-a-Gogo on VPRO radio at Villa 65, Hilversum, Netherlands, on November 1, 1989.
• Track 16 recorded for Boy Meets Girl on KAOS radio at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, on September 25, 1990, and later appeared without the interview on With the Lights Out.
• Tracks 17-20 from the BBC radio session recorded at Maida Vale Studios in London on November 9, 1991, sourced from the 7-inch vinyl bootleg Smells Like Nirvana.
• Tracks 21-23 recorded live at MTV Studios in New York City on January 10, 1992.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-12 from a band made compilation of songs from two Reciprocal Recording sessions on January 23, 1988, and summer 1988, with the exception of "Escalator to Hell" which was recorded on a 4-track at the Cobain residence in 1988. "Escalator to Hell", "Mr. Moustache", "Spank Thru" and "Sifting" remain unreleased.
• Tracks 13-19 recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, in April 1990. They were taken from a cassette Nirvana was sending to record labels in 1990 after the original intention for release as the second Sub Pop album was scrapped.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• All tracks from a near complete soundboard source recorded live on October 31, 1991, at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" was later featured on the DVD portion of With the Lights Out. "Drain You" and "School" were issued as b-sides to the "Come As You Are" single. "About a Girl", "Polly", "Breed" and portions of "Endless, Nameless" later appeared on Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!. "Been a Son" was issued as a b-side to the "Lithium" single. "Negative Creep" was later included on From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah. Several songs from this performance were also featured on Nevermind It's an Interview. Live at the Paramount, the official blu-ray release of the complete show, rendered this disc obsolete in 2011.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-16 from an incomplete soundboard source recorded August 30, 1992, at the Reading Festival in England taken from the second FM broadcast. Although many bootleg CDs feature this performance, they have become somewhat obsolete since the release of Live at Reading. However, most bootleg CD releases maintain better continuity as compared to the official release CD version, which despite maintaining a more complete set list, was heavily edited due to time restraints.
• Tracks 17 and 18 recorded for Saturday Night Live at NBC Studios in New York City on January 11, 1992.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• All tracks from a complete audience source recorded live at the Seattle Center Arena in Seattle on January 8, 1994, with the six final tracks of the performance featured on Last American Show Part 2.

All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.

• Tracks 1-6 from a complete audience source recorded live at the Seattle Center Arena in Seattle on January 8, 1994, with the first nineteen tracks of the performance featured on Last American Show Part 1.
• Tracks 7-18 from BBC radio sessions recorded in 1989 and 1991 at Maida Vale Studios in London. The disc is defective, which causes some of the tracks to not play properly. The Complete Radio Sessions on Blue Moon Records and The Eternal Legacy released by Kiss the Stone both contain error free versions of these sessions. "Love Buzz", "About a Girl", "Polly", and "Spank Thru" remain unreleased.
• Track 19 is Courtney Love's complete eulogy for Kurt Cobain recorded at the Seattle Center Flag Pavilion on April 10, 1994.

• Tracks 2-8 are Fecal Matter demos, recorded in 1985.
• Track 9 is a 4-Track demo from 1987.
• Tracks 10-12 are 4-Track demos recorded in 1988.
• Tracks 1 and 14 are 4-Track tape collages created in 1988 that contain random snippets of sounds and clips.
• Track 13 is a 4-Track demo from 1992.
• Track 15 is from a band practice in 1987 and is a cover of a Cher song of the same name.

• Track 1 is a demo recorded at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle on January 23, 1988.
• Track 2 is a rough mix recorded at Reciprocal Recording on January 23, 1988.
• Tracks 3-5 are demos recorded at Reciprocal Recording on June 11, 1988.
• Track 6 is a rough mix of a demo recorded at Reciprocal Recording on August 20–28, 1989.
• Track 7 is a rough mix of a demo recorded at the Music Source studios in Seattle in September 1989.
• Tracks 8-10 are demos recorded at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 2–6, 1990.The same song can be found on Master Demo Recordings from the Into the Black box set.
• Tracks 11 is a rough mix recorded at the Music Source studios in Seattle on January 1, 1991.
• Tracks 12-16 are demos recorded at the Music Source studios in Seattle on January 1, 1991.
• Tracks 17-19 are rough mixes of the versions that will appear on Nevermind.
• Track 20-22 are demos recorded at the BMG Ariola studios, Rio de Janeiro on January 19, 1993. "Onwards Into Countless Battles" is a cover of the band Unleashed and is titled "Dave's meat song" in the booklet of the box set With the Lights Out.

• Tracks 1-3 were performed in 1987 at KAOS FM radio.
• Track 4 was performed at VPRO FM on November 1, 1989.
• Tracks 5-8 were performed at BBC FM October 26, 1989.
• Track 9 was performed September 3, 1991, at the BBC.
• Track 10 was performed November 9, 1991.
• Tracks 11,12 were performed on November 25, 1991, at VPRO FM.
• Track 13 was performed on SNL on January 11, 1992.
• Track 14 and 15 was performed at MTV on January 10, 1992.
• Track 16 was also performed at MTV but on September 9, 1992.
• Track 17 was performed on SNL September 25, 1993.
• Tracks 18 and 19 were performed February 4, 1994, at the Canal.
• Tracks 20 and 21 were performed at the Tunnel on February 23, 1994.
• Track 22 was performed on SNL on January 11, 1992.

• Tracks 1-3 and 21 are from a soundboard source recorded live at Tacoma on March 19, 1988.
• Track 4 is a The Smack cover from an audience source recorded live at Olympia on October 30, 1988.
• Track 5 is from an audience source recorded live at Seattle on December 28, 1988.
• Track 6 is from a soundboard source recorded live at Omaha on October 8, 1989.
• Track 7 is from an audience source recorded live at Birmingham on October 23, 1990.
• Tracks 8-11 are from a soundboard source recorded live at Seattle on November 2, 1990.
• Track 12 is from a soundboard source recorded live at Rome on November 19, 1991.
• Track 13 is from an audience source recorded live at Tempe on October 23, 1991.
• Track 15 is from a soundboard source recorded live at Mezzago on November 17, 1991.
• Tracks 16-17 are from a soundboard source recorded live at Roskilde on May 26, 1992.
• Track 18 is from a soundboard source recorded live at Buenos Aires on October 30, 1992.
• Track 19 is from an audience source recorded live at Chicago on October 23, 1993.
• Track 20 is from an audience source recorded live at Seattle on January 8, 1994 (Nirvana's final U.S. show).