by Everett True
Black vinyl, black background with silver titles on front sleeve.
Yellow vinyl, black background with yellow titles on front sleeve.
Purple vinyl, purple background with silver titles on front sleeve.
Red vinyl, red-orange background with silver titles on front sleeve.
Red-orange vinyl, black background with silver titles on front sleeve.
Light blue vinyl, blue background with silver titles on front sleeve.
Blue vinyl, black background with blue titles, or black background with silver titles on front sleeve.
Green vinyl, green background with silver titles on front sleeve. This is a “1992 Australian Tour Edition, limited to 500”, as written on the outer sleeve.
Includes a poster with the sleeve design, and an outer sleeve in white cotton fabric, silk-screened in green and red with the titles and the tour dates.
NEVERMIND
Smells Like Teen Spirit / In Bloom / Come As You Are / Breed / Lithium / Polly / Territorial Pissings / Drain You / Lounge Act / Stay Away / On A Plain / Something In The Way / Endless, Nameless (only on some CD and cassette releases)
1991 – USA, DGC (12-inch DGC24425, CD DGCD24425, MC DGCC24425, DCC DGCX24425)
Promo copies of the 12-inch have a ‘For promotion only’ gold stamp on the back sleeve.
The first copies of the CD were housed in a long cardboard box, and missed the last track ‘Endless, Nameless’. It was later added on the reissues, then omitted again, then re-added . . . The same happened with the cassettes.
Three different promo cassettes (no code).
1995 – USA, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (12-inch MFSL1-258, CD UDCD666)
Reissue from the original master tapes, on 12-inch (5,000 copies numbered on the back sleeve, high definition vinyl and gatefold sleeve) and CD ( Ultradisc II golden CD).
1991 – UK
German releases ( Geffen, 12-inch GEF24425, CD GED24425, MC GEC24425) were distributed in the UK. Only promo cassettes ( DGC, no code) were made locally. Two versions: one includes the full album. Another has four tracks only.
1998 – UK, Simply Vinyl (12-inch SVLP 0038)
Audiophile release on 180g virgin vinyl. Two pressings, with silver or golden stickers on the outer clear plastic envelope sleeve.
1992 – Czech Republic, Globus (12-inch 2101101311, 12-inch picture 0235)
Green vinyl. A few promo copies were pressed in black vinyl. This first (official) pressing has black labels with silver titles and very glossy sleeves. In 1999 (unofficial?) reissues were made in black, green, blue, clear with multicolour spots and green with multicolour spots. These reissues have silver labels with black titles.
The picture disc has a blue rim, and there is also a first and second pressing, distinguishable only by the presence of some extra numbers on the matrix.
INCESTICIDE
Dive / Sliver / Stain / Been A Son / Turnaround / Molly’s Lips / Son Of A Gun / (New Wave) Polly / Beeswax / Downer / Mexican Seafood / Hairspray Queen / Aero Zeppelin / Big Long Now / Aneurysm
Compilation of rare and unreleased tracks
1992 – USA , DGC (12-inch DGC24504, CD DGCD24504, MC DGCC24504)
Blue marbled 12-inch vinyl, 15,000 copies.
The first copies of the CD were housed in a long cardboard box, and included extra pages on the booklet with Cobain’s liner notes. These were removed and then re-added on the reissues. Some copies were used for promotion with a black ‘PROMOTIONAL’ print on the disc.
Three different promo cassettes (no code).
1992 – UK
Dutch ( Geffen, 12-inch GEF245040) and German ( Geffen, CD GED24504, MC GEC24504) releases were distributed in the UK. Only a promo cassette ( DGC, no code) was made locally.
IN UTERO
Serve The Servants / Scentless Apprentice / Heart-Shaped Box / Rape Me / Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle / Dumb / Very Ape / Milk It / Pennyroyal Tea / Radio Friendly Unit Shifter / tourette’s / All Apologies / Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip (CD only, not on US releases)
1993 – USA, DGC (12-inch DGC24607, CD DGCD24607, MC DGCC24607)
Clear light green 12-inch vinyl, 15,000 copies. Promo copies have a ‘For promotion only’ gold stamp on the back sleeve.
Some copies of the CD were used for promotion with a white ‘PROMOTIONAL’ print on the disc.
Three different promo cassettes (no code). , DGC (CD DGCD24705, MC
1993 – USA, DGC (CD DGCD24705, MC DGCC24705) Censored version, for sale in Wal-Mart and K-Mart shops: ‘Rape Me’ is re-titled ‘Waif Me’ and the back cover graphic has been modified. The Scott Litt remix of ‘Pennyroyal Tea’ was used.
1997 – USA, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (CD UDCD690)
Reissue from the original master tapes, on Ultradisc II golden CD.
1993 – UK
Dutch ( Geffen, 12-inch GEF24536) and German ( Geffen, CD GED24536, MC GEC24536) releases were distributed in the UK. Only a promo cassette ( Geffen, no code) was made locally, including the extra track.
1998 – UK, Simply Vinyl (12-inch SVLP 0048)
Audiophile release on 180g virgin vinyl. Two pressings, with silver or golden stickers on the outer clear plastic envelope sleeve.
2001 – Germany, Geffen / Universal (12-inch 424 536-1)
For this reissue the original Albini mixes have been used, instead of the remixed versions used on all other releases.
UNPLUGGED IN NEW YORK
About A Girl / Come As You Are / Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam / The Man Who Sold The World / Pennyroyal Tea / Dumb / Polly / On A Plain / Something In The Way / Plateau / Oh Me / Lake Of Fire / All Apologies / Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Recorded live for MTV’s Unplugged at Sony Studios, New York, on November 18, 1993.
1994 – USA, DGC (12-inch DGC24727, CD DGCD24727, MC DGCC24727)
The 12-inch was pressed in white and in black vinyl.
Some copies of the CD were used for promotion with a black
‘PROMOTIONAL’ print on the disc. Numbered promo cassette (no code).
1994 – UK
German releases ( Geffen, 12-inch GEF24727, CD GED24727, MC GEC24727) were distributed in the UK. Only a promo cassette ( Geffen, no code) was made locally.
1998 – UK, Simply Vinyl (12-inch SVLP 0053)
Audiophile release on 180g virgin vinyl. Two pressings, with silver or golden stickers on the outer clear plastic envelope sleeve.
FROM THE MUDDY BANKS OF THE WISHKAH
Intro / School / Drain You / Aneurysm / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Been A Son / Lithium / Sliver / Spank Thru / Scentless Apprentice / Heart-Shaped Box / Milk It / Negative Creep / Polly / Breed / tourette’s / Blew
Compilation of live tracks, collected from different concerts.
1996 – USA, DGC (12-inch x2 DGC2-25105, CD DGCD25105, MC DGCC25105)
On side four of the vinyl release there is compilation of stage banter, not available on CD and cassette.
Some copies of the CD were used for promotion with a red
‘PROMOTIONAL’ print on the disc.
Two different promo cassettes: the first (no code), 57 minutes long, was meant for the album launch on radio stations, the second ( DGCC-A-25105) contains all album tracks.
1996 – UK
Dutch ( Geffen, 12-inch GEF251052) and German ( Geffen, CD GED25105) releases were distributed in the UK. Only a promo cassette ( Geffen, no code) was made locally.
NIRVANA
You Know You’re Right / About A Girl / Been A Son / Sliver / Smells Like Teen Spirit / Come As You Are / Lithium / In Bloom / Heart-Shaped Box / Pennyroyal Tea – Scott Litt remix / Rape Me / Dumb / All Apologies – Unplugged / The Man Who Sold The World – Unplugged / Something In The Way – Unplugged (only on 12-inch) / Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Unplugged (not on US CD) ‘Best of ’ compilation, including one unreleased track: ‘You Know You’re Right’.
2002 – USA, DGC (CD 0694935072)
2002 – EU , Geffen (12-inch x2 439 523-1, CD 439 523-2, MC 439 523-4)
SLIVER – THE BEST OF THE BOX
Spank Thru (*) – from Fecal Matter demo; 1985 / Heartbreaker – live / Mrs. Butterworth – rehearsal demo / Floyd The Barber – live / Clean Up Before She Comes – home demo / About A Girl – home demo / Blandest – studio demo / Ain’t It A Shame – studio demo / Sappy (*) – 1990 studio demo / Opinion – solo acoustic radio appearance / Lithium – solo acoustic radio appearance / Sliver – home demo / Smells Like Teen Spirit – boom box version / Come As You Are (*) – boom box version / Old Age – Nevermind outtake / Oh, The Guilt / Rape Me – home demo / Rape Me – band demo / Heart-Shaped Box – band demo / Do Re Mi – home demo / You Know You’re Right – home demo / All Apologies – home demo
Compilation of tracks from the With The Lights Out box set, plus three unreleased tracks (*).
2005 – USA, UMe (CD B0005617-02)
Advance promo CDr (no code), individually numbered and watermarked to prevent unauthorised use. Custom inlays.
2005 – UK
Made in EU ( Geffen, CD 602498867181) CDs were distributed in the UK. Only a promo CDr (no code) was made locally, individually numbered and watermarked to prevent unauthorised use. Custom inlay.
BOX SETS
SINGLES
1995 Germany, Geffen (CD x6 GED24901)
Re-pressings of all six CD singles from the Nevermind and In Utero albums, contained in a picture cardboard box:
‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ / ‘Come As You Are’ / ‘Lithium’ / ‘In Bloom’ / ‘All Apologies’ / ‘Heart-Shaped Box’
WITH THE LIGHTS OUT
Audio tracks:
Heartbreaker – live / Anorexorcist – radio performance / White Lace And Strange – radio performance / Help Me I’m Hungry – radio performance / Mrs Butterworth – rehearsal recording / If You Must – demo / Pen Cap Chew – demo / Downer – live / Floyd The Barber – live / Raunchola / Moby Dick – live / Beans – solo acoustic / Don’t Want It All – solo acoustic / Clean Up Before She Comes – solo acoustic / Polly – solo acoustic / About A Girl – solo acoustic / Blandest – demo / Dive – demo / They Hung Him On A Cross – demo / Grey Goose – demo / Ain’t It A Shame – demo / Token Eastern Song – demo / Even In His Youth – demo / Polly – demo / Opinion – solo acoustic / Lithium – solo acoustic / Been A Son – solo acoustic / Sliver – solo acoustic / Where Did You Sleep Last Night – solo acoustic / Pay To Play – demo / Here She Comes Now / Drain You – demo / Aneurysm / Smells Like Teen Spirit – demo / Breed – rough mix / Verse Chorus Verse – outtake / Old Age – outtake / Endless, Nameless – radio appearance / Dumb – radio appearance / D-7 / Oh, The Guilt / Curmudgeon / Return Of The Rat / Smells Like Teen Spirit – Butch Vig mix / Rape Me – solo acoustic / Rape Me – demo / Scentless Apprentice – rehearsal demo / Heart-Shaped Box – demo / I Hate Myself And I Want To Die – demo / Milk It – demo / Moist Vagina – demo / Gallons Of Running Alcohol Flow Through The Strip / The Other Improv – demo / Serve The Servants – solo acoustic / Very Ape – solo acoustic / Pennyroyal Tea – solo acoustic / Marigold / Sappy / Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam – rehearsal demo / Do Re Mi – solo acoustic / You Know You’re Right – solo acoustic / All Apologies – solo acoustic
Video tracks:
Love Buzz – Scoff – About A Girl – Big Long Now – Immigrant Song – Spank Thru – Hairspray Queen – School – Mr Moustache – December 1988, Krist’s mother’s house, Aberdeen, WA / Big Cheese – June 1989, Rhino Records, Los Angeles, CA / Sappy – February 1990, Bogarts, Long Beach, CA / In Bloom – Sub Pop video / School – September 1990, Motor Sports International Garage, Seattle, WA / Love Buzz – October 1990, Olympia, WA / Pennyroyal Tea – Smells Like Teen Spirit – Territorial Pissings – April 1991, OK Hotel, Seattle, WA / Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam – October 1991, Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA / Talk To Me – October 1993, The Crocodile Café, Seattle, WA / Seasons In The Sun – January 1993, BMG Ariola Studios, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Compilation of rare and unreleased tracks. Three audio CDs and one video DVD in a threefold container, with a printed metal plate on the front. A 60-page booklet with extensive notes is housed in an inside pocket. The ‘dark’ surfaces of the box are printed with heat-sensitive ink, which reveals hidden pictures when lightly heated.
2004 USA, UMe (BOX B0003727-00)
2004 EU , Geffen (BOX 0602498648384)
OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROMO-ONLY RELEASES
NEVERMIND IT’S AN INTERVIEW
1992 USA, DGC (CD PRO-CD-4382)
Promo CD intended for radio airplay. Contains an exclusive interview conducted by Kurt St Thomas, with complete live tracks from the October 31, 1991 live concert at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle (‘About A Girl’, ‘Aneurysm’, ‘Drain You’, ‘On A Plain’, ‘School’) and other clips of studio and live tracks playing in the background.
This item has been counterfeited.
On A Plain
1991 – USA, DGC (CD PRO-CD-4354)
I Hate Myself And I Want To Die
1993 – UK, Geffen (MC no code)
All Apologies – Unplugged / All Apologies – LP version
1994 – USA, DGC (CD PRO-CD-4618)
The Man Who Sold The World – Unplugged
1994 – USA, DGC (CD PRO-CD-4704)
Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Unplugged
1994 – UK, Geffen (CD NIRVPRO 1)
Lake Of Fire – Unplugged / Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Unplugged
1994 – Australia, Geffen (CD PROCD-4265)
Aneurysm – live
1996 – USA, DGC (CD PRO-CD-1033)
1996 – UK, Geffen (CD PRO CD 1033)
Drain You – live
1996 – USA, DGC (CD PRO-CD-1070)
Smells Like Teen Spirit – live
1996 – France, Geffen (CD MCA F0010) Card sleeve
You Know You’re Right
2002 – USA, DGC ( CDR INTR-10853-2) Custom printed CDr
2002 – UK, DGC (CD INTR-10853-2)
SELECTIONS FROM WITH THE LIGHTS OUT
White Lace And Strange
White Lace And Strange – radio performance / Blandest – demo / Polly – demo (US CD only) / Lithium – solo acoustic / In Bloom – Sub Pop version (US CD only) / Heart-Shaped Box – demo / You Know You’re Right – solo acoustic
Selection of tracks from the With The Lights Out box set
2004 – USA, UMe ( CDR no code) Seven tracks, custom printed CDr
2004 – EU , Geffen (CD NIRVBOXCDP1) Five tracks, card sleeve
NIGHTLY NIRVANA
WEEK 1
Smells Like Teen Spirit / Cobain: inspiration for name ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ / Even In His Youth
Serve The Servants / Albini: work ethic / Rape Me – live at SNL
Sliver / Novoselic: exposing the underground / Oh Me – Unplugged
On A Plain / Vig: hearing Nirvana’s first record / About A Girl
Heart-Shaped Box / Full band: absurdness of bands like Extreme / Spank Thru
WEEK 2
Lithium – acoustic / Cross: Kurt was a songwriting genius / Aneurysm Dumb / Cobain: how I write lyrics / You Know You’re Right
In Bloom / Vig: hooking up with Sub Pop . . . then Nirvana / Immodium (Breed) – Smart Studios 04/90 (*)
Verse Chorus Verse / Cobain: selling out / Polly – live. Rome, February 22, 1994) (*)
Stay Away / Albini: people latching on to Kurt / Pennyroyal Tea
WEEK 3
Drain You / Vig, the importance of Krist and Dave / Marigold
Come As You Are / Cobain: right album, right time / Verse Chorus Verse – outtake
Love Buzz / Cross: Cobain wanted fame / I Hate Myself And I Want To Die Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam– live, soundtrack from the DVD / Cobain: ‘All Apologies’ Unplugged / All Apologies – Unplugged
Something In The Way / Poneman: I knew two different Kurt Cobains / Seasons In The Sun – soundtrack from the DVD
WEEK 4
Negative Creep / Cobain: writing songs for Bleach / Downer Ain’t It A Shame / Endino: the Jury explanation / Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Unplugged
Lounge Act / Vig: Kurt’s mood swings / Old Age
Lithium – live / Krist: tossing the bass at the VMA’s / Territorial Pissings
Breed / Endino: Dave Grohl was too loud / Milk It
WEEK 5
School / Endino: Frances Bean on ‘Rape Me’ / Rape Me – demo
Dive / Cross: Kurt’s icon status / The Man Who Sold The World – Unplugged Been A Son – live / Cobain: stagediving / Aneurysm – live
Pay To Play – demo / Vig: Nevermind touched a nerve / Come As You Are – Unplugged
Opinion / Endino: last second tapes on box set / Token Eastern Song
WEEK 6
All Apologies / Albini: his opinion of Nirvana going into recording / Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
Heart-Shaped Box – demo / Jerry Cantrell on Kurt Cobain / Something In The Way – Unplugged
Aero Zeppelin / Krist: we thought ‘Teen Spirit’ was a Pixies rip-off / Smells Like Teen Spirit – Butch Vig mix
Turnaround / Grohl: ‘You Know You’re Right’ / You Know You’re Right – demo
Pennyroyal Tea – solo acoustic / Endino: more Nirvana music out there / Curmudgeon
WEEK 7
Dumb – radio appearance / Endino: no hits on the box set / Return Of TheRat
Oh, The Guilt / Cobain: choosing the HSB video director / Heart-Shaped Box – live