February 07, 2009

Changed the best sounding version of 11/01/89 from 'Outcesticide V' to 'Plugged And Unplugged'

November 30, 2008

Changed the most complete version of 10/25/89 from 'Where Were You In '89?' to trading circle version.

Changed the most complete and best sounding version of 12/03/89 from 'Wired' to trading circle version.

September 21, 2008

Changed the best sounding version of 09/26/91 from trading circle version to 'Seattle, WA. September 12, 1991'.

November 25, 2007

Changed the most complete and best sounding version of 10/29/89 from 'Wired' and 'Over The Rainbow' to trading circle version.

August 29, 2007

Changed the most complete and best sounding version of 01/06/90 from 'Supercollosal Bigmuff' to trading circle version.

August 03, 2007

Changed the most complete and best sounding version of 11/09/93 from 'Nevermind The Bollocks' to trading circle version.

May 27, 2007

Changed the most complete and best sounding version of 04/09/93 from 'San Fransisco 1993' to trading circle version.

April 22, 2007

Changed the most complete and best sounding version of 07/08/89 from 'Bleach Out! Break Out!' to trading circle version.

Removed 07/23/93 'Heart-Shaped Box, Volume 2 (discs 3 and 4)' as a source.

January 07, 2007

Changed the best sounding version of 02/16/90 from 'Penu Baby' to 'In Memorian Of "Kurdt Kobain"'

December 09, 2006

Changed the best sounding version of 10/25/91 from 'Had It All' to trading circle version.

Changed the best sounding version of 06/27/92 from trading circle version to 'Before And After The Storm' and 'World Without End'.

October 15, 2006

All bootlegs have been linked to the Live Nirvana Bootography.

October 03, 2006

Added 11/01/89 'Outcesticide III - The Final Solution' as it contains some band talk not present on the trading circle version.

Changed the best sounding version of 05/13/90 from trading circle version to 'Stiff Drinks'.

Changed the best sounding version of 09/25/90 from 'Into The Black' (Disc 2) to the official release 'Whith The Lights Out'.

Changed the best sounding version of 10/12/91 from 'Dressed For Success' to trading circle version.

Changed the best sounding version of 11/19/91 from trading circle versions to 'Seattle Sound, Sounds Great'.

Changed the best sounding version of 08/30/92 from 'Last UK Show' to trading circle version.

Changed the best sounding version of 02/01/92 from 'Mindblower' to trading circle version.

Changed the most complete version of 09/11/92 from 'Banned For Life' to trading circle version.

Changed the most complete version of 12/10/93 from 'Unleashed' to trading circle version.

Changed the best sounding version of 02/22/94 from 'XXII II MCMXCIV' to trading circle version.

Changed the best sounding version of 02/25/94 from 'Suicide Solution' to trading circle version.

April 06, 2005

Updated the guide to make ALL bootleg releases of 07/13/89, 10/26/89, 09/03/91, 11/09/91, 11/19/19 (Seattle Sound, Sounds Great source), 01/11/92, 09/09/92 and 08/30/92 redundant thanks to the efforts of the community in tracking down better, non-bootleg, versions!

Changed the best sounding version of 02/22/94 from 'XXII II MCMXCIV' to 'Roma ... Final Board' (special thanks to the ultimate audiophile himself, Tim Bucknall).

Changed the best sounding version of 09/23/93 from the trading circle version to the bootleg 'Fighting The N Factor'.

Also re-wrote the 'How To Use The Guide' section and amended the layout so that what used to be the hitlst, now the 'Summary of bootlegs still worth owning/bootlegs we need to find trading circle upgrades for', is listed first as a summary and then bootlegs can be examined in depth on a year-by-year basis.

October 04, 2004

Updated the guide to make bootleg releases of 10/31/91 and 06/26/92 redundant. Restored the status of the bootleg Unleashed (12/10/93) as being worthwhile to the audiophile as the source used to make this bootleg is not available in trading circles as previously thought.

September 21, 2004

Added information on another redundant commercial release of 02/01/92, entitled 'Narcolepsy'.

July 08, 2004

Updated the following:

01/06/90: Corrected the entry to reflect that the bootleg 'Supercolossal Bigmuff' features the best sounding and most complete source of this show
11/14/93: Updated the entry to reflect that a more complete version of the source used to make the bootleg 'Under The Milky Way' is now circulating in trading circles

May 29, 2004

Updated the following:

12/01/89: Added more info on the redundant commercial release
12/02/89: Added more info on the redundant commercial release
04/17/91: Added info on a redundant commercial release ('OK Hotel')
08/25/91: Noted that the commercial release sounds inferior to the trading circle version
02/22/94: Updated the additional notes
02/23/94: Changed best sounding source from 'Outcesticide III' to 'Fighting The N Factor'

A very special thanks to Tim Bucknall in preparing this update.

February 15, 2004

Updated the following entries

11/22/89: Added info on a new commercial release ('I Love Girls')
12/01/89: Added info on a new, but redundant, commercial release ('Krist Jamming')
12/02/89: Added info on a new, but redundant, commercial release ('Krist Jamming')
02/15/90: Updated the notes
05/06/90: Added info on a new commercial release ('Wasted')
09/26/91: Updated the notes
11/11/91: Corrected info on 'Nirvana Is On Our Minds' and 'Markethalle, Hamburg, 11.11.91'
09/11/92: Updated the notes for all commercial releases.

A very special thanks to Tim Bucknall in preparing this update.

June 04, 2003

Amended the following entries:

03/??/87: Changed best sounding version from bootleg releases / trading circles to trading circles
07/15/89: Added this date to the guide
11/16/89: Added this date to the guide
11/22/89: Corrected the notes
11/27/89: Changed best sounding/most complete version from bootleg releases to trading circles
08/23/91: Corrected the notes
10/31/91: Changed best sounding/most complete version from bootleg releases to trading circles
11/19/91: Corrected the notes
11/25/91: Amended the notes
12/28/91: Changed best sounding/most complete version from bootleg releases to trading circles
02/01/92: Amended the notes

May 13, 2003

Amended the following entry:

01/23/88: Changed best sounding/most complete version from 'Tacoma 1987' to 'Trading circles'

April 23, 2003

Amended the following entry:

08/30/92: Changed best sounding version from 'Last UK Show / Into The Black' to 'Into The Black'

April 05, 2003

Amended the following entries:

11/22/89: Added information on a new commercial release of this show ('Live At The U4')
11/14/93: Changed best sounding version from 'Trading circles' to 'Under The Milky Way'. Added 'Under The Milky Way' to the hitlist.

March 04, 2003

Amended the following entries:

10/26/89: Changed the best sounding version from 'Trading Circles' to 'Heart-Shaped Box, Vol. 1' and amended the hitlist
09/03/91: Changed the best sounding version from 'Trading Circles' to 'Heart-Shaped Box, Vol. 1' CD and amended the hitlist
12/28/91: Changed the best sounding version from 'Live / Eternal Legacy' to 'CU Uberalles' and amended the hitlist
10/23/93: Removed 'Sermon On The Mount' CD from the hitlist. This commercial release is not a different source to the DAT version circulating in trading circles. It used to be thought that Sermon On The Mount was sourced from an analog tape only available on this CD. In fact it is just a much poorer quality version of the trading circle DAT version.
10/26/93: Noted that 'Something In Milwaukee' is a clone of 'Beautiful Demise'

January 30, 2003

Every entry in the guide has been revised and re-written, a 'Hitlist' section has been added and the section has been integrated with the Live Nirvana Tour History.

Major updates have been made to the following entries:

04/17/87: Best sounding source changed from 'Outcesticide V' to 'Trading circles'
12/28/88: Best sounding source changed from 'New Years Eve' to 'Trading circles' and most complete source changed from 'Seattle 1988 / Live In Seattle' to 'Trading circles'
11/18/89: Best sounding source changed from 'Deep' to 'Trading circles' and most complete source changed from 'Mr Kurdt Kobain' to 'Trading circles'
01/06/90: Most complete source changed from 'Trading circles' to 'Supercolossal Bigmuff'
02/15/90: Best sounding source changed from 'Smells Like Nirvana (Flashback)' to 'Trading circles' and most complete source changed from 'Heaven Can Wait' to 'Trading circles'
03/12/90: Best sounding source/most complete source changed from 'A Season In Hell, Part 1' to 'Trading circles'
05/06/90: Best sounding source/most complete source changed from 'Across America' to 'Trading circles'
09/26/91: Most complete source changed from 'Trading circles' to 'Playing At The Moon / Seattle, WA. ...'
10/12/91: Best sounding source changed from 'Dressed For Success' to 'Trading circles'
10/25/91: Most complete source changed from 'Had It All' to 'Trading circles'
11/19/91: Best sounding source/most complete source changed from 'Seattle Sound, Sounds Great' to 'Trading circles
02/16/92: Best sounding / most complete source changed from 'Live In Japan' to 'Trading circles'
01/23/93: Most complete source changed from 'Hollywood Rock Festival 93' to 'Trading circles'
11/09/93: Most complete source changed from 'Trading circles' to 'Nevermind The Bollocks'
12/13/93: Best sounding source changed from 'Aqua Seafoam Shame' to 'Trading circles'
01/08/94: Best sounding / most complete source changed from 'Into The Black' to 'Trading circles'
02/09/94: Best sounding source changed from 'Outcesticide V' to 'Trading circles'
02/14/94: Best sounding source changed from 'Come As You Are' (Flashback) to 'Trading circles' and most complete version changed from 'A Season In Hell, Part II' to 'Trading circles'
02/16/94: Best sounding / most complete source changed from 'Va Te Faire Encluler' to 'Trading circles' 02/22/94: Best sounding source changed from 'XXII II MCMXCIV' to 'Trading circles'

Added the following to the guide: 03/??/87 and 11/09/91.

August 22, 2001

Made additions to the following entries to the guide: 11/25/91 (night show), 11/20/91

July 31, 2001

Updated the following entries: 09/26/91, 11/20/91, 06/27/92

Made additions to the following entries: 04/17/87, 01/23/88, 10/14/91, 11/25/91, 12/28/91, 01/11/92, 07/23/93, 10/26/91, 02/09/94, 02/25/94

Corrected info for: "11/13/89" and 02/25/94

May 10, 2001

Audiophile guide makes its grand opening.