It’s crazy to think that it’s been 30 years since Nirvana released its seminal album Nevermind, but somehow, that is exactly where we are at.
In honour of the 30th anniversary of one of the most important grunge records ever to be released, the album is getting the reissue treatment and will feature a huge 70 previously unreleased tracks taken from four classic live shows.
The live gigs include: Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands (recorded and filmed on November 25, 1991, at the Paradiso); Live in Del Mar, California (recorded on December 28, 1991, at the Pat O’Brien Pavilion at the Del Mar Fairgrounds); Live in Melbourne, Australia for triple j (recorded February 1, 1992, at The Palace in St. Kilda); and Live in Tokyo, Japan (recorded at the Nakano Sunplaza on February 19, 1992).
The reissue will also see Nevermind remastered from the original half-inch stereo analog tapes to high-resolution 192kHz 24-bit.
Even though the album that brought us ‘Come As You Are’ and ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ was officially released on September 24, 1991, the reissue won’t be available until November 12. The record will be available in a variety of formats when it is released.
The vinyl version will come with a seven-inch single with Nevermind’s “secret song” ‘Endless, Nameless’ while both super deluxe box sets also contain a 40-page hardcover book with unreleased photos.
Nevermind has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time, with one of the most instantly recognisable album covers in history.
That cover, which features a baby in a pool grabbing for a dollar bill on a fish hook, recently made headlines once again as the baby — a now 30-year-old Spencer Elden — is suing the band, claiming that he was exploited and that the cover image is pornography.
Elden has filed a federal lawsuit against Kurt Cobain’s estate and his widow Courtney Love, along with Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, bassist Krist Novoselic and several others, claiming that they all, in addition to Geffen Records, profited from his naked image, accusing them of “commercial child sexual exploitation of him from while he was a minor to the present day.”
He now seeks USD $150,000 from each of the 15 defendants and has requested that the case goes before a jury, with his legal team issuing a statement saying that it comes down to the issue of consent, which he never gave.
Check out the track-listing for the deluxe reissue of Nevermind below.
Nevermind 30th Tracklist
LP 1 – Nevermind (Original Album Remastered)
A1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
A2. In Bloom
A3. Come As You Are
A4. Breed
A5. Lithium
A6. Polly
B1. Territorial Pissings
B2. Drain You
B3. Lounge Act
B4. Stay Away
B5. On A Plain
B6. Something In The Way
LP 2 – Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Paradiso, November 25, 1991)
A1. Drain You*
A2. Aneurysm*
A3. School
A4. Floyd The Barber*
B1. Smells Like Teen Spirit*
B2. About A Girl*
B3. Polly*
B4. Lithium
LP 3 – Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Paradiso, November 25, 1991) (continued)
A1. Sliver*
A2. Breed
A3. Come As You Are*
A4. Been A Son
A5. Negative Creep*
B1. On A Plain*
B2. Blew
B3. Love Buzz*
B4. Territorial Pissings*
LP 4 – Live in Del Mar, California (Pat O’Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, December 28, 1991)
A1. Drain You
A2. Aneurysm
A3. School*
A4. Floyd The Barber*
A5. Smells Like Teen Spirit
A6. About A Girl*
B1. Polly
B2. Sliver
B3. Breed*
B4. Come As You Are*
B5. Lithium*
B6. Territorial Pissings*
LP 5 – Live in Melbourne, Australia for triple j (The Palace, St. Kilda, February 1, 1992)*
A1. Aneurysm
A2. Drain You
A3. School
A4. Sliver
B1. About A Girl
B2. Come As You Are
B3. Lithium
B4. Breed
B5. Polly
LP 6 – Live in Melbourne, Australia for triple j (The Palace, St. Kilda, February 1, 1992)* (continued)
A1. Lounge Act
A2. In Bloom
A3. Love Buzz
A4. Smells Like Teen Spirit
B1. Feedback Jam
B2. Negative Creep
B3. On A Plain
B4. Blew
LP 7 – Live in Tokyo, Japan (Nakano Sunplaza, February 19, 1992)*
A1. Negative Creep
A2. Been A Son
A3. On A Plain
A4. Blew
A5. Come As You Are
B1. Lithium
B2. Breed
B3. Sliver
B4. Drain You
LP 8 – Live in Tokyo, Japan (Nakano Sunplaza, February 19, 1992)* (continued)
A1. About A Girl
A2. School
A3. Aneurysm
A4. Love Buzz
B1. Polly
B2. Territorial Pissings
B3. Smells Like Teen Spirit
7″
A1. Endless, Nameless
B1. Even In His Youth
B2. Aneurysm
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