LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology November 19, 1991 - Teatro Castello, Rome, IT

  • NIRVANA
    • Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar)
    • Krist Novoselic (bass)
    • Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
  • Alex MacLeod (tour manager)
  • Craig Montgomery (sound engineer)
  • Ian Beveridge (monitor engineer)
  • Nic Close (guitar technician)
  • Subway Productions
    • Daniela Giombini
Load In
…:…
Soundcheck
…:…
Doors
21:30
Urge Overkill Showtime
…:…
NIRVANA Showtime
…:…
  1. No Info
  1. Drain You
  2. Aneurysm
  3. School
  4. Floyd The Barber
  5. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  6. About A Girl
  7. Polly
  8. Lithium
  9. Sliver
  10. Come As You Are
  11. Breed
  12. Been A Son
  13. Negative Creep
  14. On A Plain
  15. Blew
  16. Sifting drum jam
  17. Rape Me
  18. Spank Thru
  19. Territorial Pissings
SBD #1a
Equipment:
Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
FM > ANA(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
59:49 min / ?
Notes:
• Circulated December 16th, 2016.
• Comes from a different radio broadcast than SBD #1b and SBD #1c.
• Missing 1.3 seconds of crowd noise after "Negative Creep".
• Has a different mix from SBD #2 and SBD #3.
• Has DJ talk over the beginnings of "School", "About A Girl", and "Come As You Are".
• Comes from the first full broadcast of the show on Radio RAI during "Planet Rock".
SBD #1b
Equipment:
Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
FM > ANA(1) > CDR(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
59:19 min / 8.0
Notes:
• Circulated in March 2006.
• Comes from a different radio broadcast than SBD #1a and SBD #1c.
• Has a different mix from SBD #2 and SBD #3.
• Has DJ talk over the beginnings of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium", and "Negative Creep".
• Broadcast on Italian FM radio.
SBD #1c
Equipment:
Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
DBS > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
59:25 min / 9.0
Notes:
• Circulated in December 2011.
• Has a different mix from SBD #2 and SBD #3.
• Has a cut in "Smells Like Teen Spirit" due to damage to the tape used for the broadcast.
• Has DJ talk over the beginnings of "Lithium", "Blew", and "Rape Me".
• Theres a severe problem in RAI's transmission chain which reults in diginoise issues.
• Broadcast on the Italian radio station Rai Radio 2 in November 2011.
SBD #2 incomplete
Equipment:
Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
Official CD [From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah]
Length / Sound Quality:
03:10 min / 10
Notes:
• Has a different mix from SBD #1a, SBD #1b, SBD #1c, and SBD #3.
• Includes only "Spank Thru".
SBD #3 incomplete
Equipment:
Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
FM > ANA(1) > FLAC
Length / Sound Quality:
21:15 min / ?
Notes:
• Circulated on November 19th, 2024.
• This was the first broadcast, aired live on Radio RAI during "Planet Rock" on November 19th, 1991.
• The broadcast had to be cut short due to a scheduled news report.
• Has DJ talk over the beginning of every song.
• This source features different mixes, ambient sounds, and open mic audio during the transitions between the studio and venue not avalible on other sources.
• Includes "Drain You" (cuts in), "Aneurysm", "School", "Floyd The Barber", "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and "About A Girl" only.
PRO #1a incomplete
Equipment:
Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
TV > VHS(1) > MKV
Length / Sound Quality:
53:45 min / 9.5
Notes:
• Upgrade circulated on November 19th, 2023.
• Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio, taped by VideoMusic.
• Circulating copies have mono audio.
• Missing "Drain You" and "Rape Me" cuts in.
• The entire show was recorded, but "Drain You" was omitted from the broadcast due to high humidity fogging up the camera lenses and/or the first song often being used as a video/audio check.
PRO #1b [soundboard audio from professional video] incomplete
Equipment:
Soundboard > Unknown
Lowest Generation:
Unofficial CD [On A Plain]
Length / Sound Quality:
53:00 min / 9.5
Notes:
• Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio, taped by VideoMusic.
• Has stereo audio, unlike circulating copies of PRO #1a, but includes only the audio from the video.
• Missing "Drain You" and "Rape Me" cuts in.
• The entire show was recorded, but "Drain You" was omitted from the broadcast due to high humidity fogging up the camera lenses and/or the first song often being used as a video/audio check.

No Info

  • Before "Rape Me", Dave jammed a bit on "Sifting".
  • No Info
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