THE AUDIOPHILE COMPLETISTS’ GUIDE TO NIRVANA BOOTLEGS CDs: 02/01/92
There are two sets of commercial releases of this show: complete pre-FM soundboard sources and differently mixed, incomplete, post-FM soundboard recordings.
‘Melbourne 1992’ is a complete pre-FM soundboard recording. This disc is plagued with pressing/digital errors. The bootleg ‘In A Land Far Far Away’, also sourced from the complete pre-FM recording, is free of these errors. However, both discs should be avoided as they are sourced from the trading circle version. Audiophiles are thus recommended to pick up the trading circle version, rather than bootleg versions of this complete pre-FM source.
The post-FM commercial releases, however, are valuable to the audiophile because NIRVANA they are differently mixed to the pre-FM version and the best sounding versions are only available on bootleg releases. The best sounding commercial release of the The Palace post-FM source is ‘Mindblower’ (although it runs slow, plus 2nd pressings of thise Melbourne, Australia bootleg have one second gaps between some of the songs), but the show can also be found on other bootlegs in lower quality. In order of best quality first after February 1, 1992 Mindblower, these bootlegs are: ‘Territorial Possession’ (cloned from the 1st pressing of ‘Mindblower’), ‘Put The Money Down’ (runs at correct speed) and ‘Saturday Night Sonic Attack’ (correct speed, but thin sounding and distorted). All commercial releases of this source are incomplete. More complete post-FM versions (with additional radio banter) are available in trading circles, but bootleg releases sound better.
A special thanks to Tim Bucknall’s extensive research into sources of this show. http://www.livenirvana.com/audiophile/index.html 1. Aneurysm 2. Drain You 3. School 4. Sliver Nirvana 5. About A Girl 6. Come As You Are 7. Lithium
8. Breed 1992 Melbourne 9. Polly Melbourne 1992 10. Lounge Act
11. In Bloom 12. Love Buzz 13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana 14. Jam 15. Negative Creep 16. On A Plain 17. Blew
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