LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology November 04, 1993 - Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, ON, CA
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar, drums)
- Krist Novoselic (bass)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals)
- Pat Smear (guitar)
- Lori Goldston (cello)
Crew
- Alex MacLeod (tour manager)
- Jeff Mason (production manager)
- Kelly Nase (tour accountant)
- Susanne Sasic (lighting designer)
- Craig Overbay (sound engineer)
- Ian Beveridge (monitor engineer)
- Jim Vincent (guitar technician)
- John Duncan (guitar technician)
- Mike Dalke (drum technician)
- Ed Swink (stage manager)
- Dave Stevens (Pro Show sound crew)
- Allan Bagley (Pro Show sound crew)
- Tom Pfaeffle (Pro Show sound crew)
- Spike Brant (LSD lighting crew)
- Mike Lamb (LSD lighting crew)
- Pat Connolly (LSD lighting crew)
- Gary Vaspol (LSD lighting crew)
Buyer
- No Info
Schedule
- Load In
- 09:00
- Soundcheck
- 15:30
- Doors
- 18:30
- Boredoms Showtime
- 19:30
- Meat Puppets Showtime
- 20:15
- NIRVANA Showtime
- 21:15
Soundcheck
- No Info
Set
- Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
- Drain You
- Breed
- About A Girl
- Heart-Shaped Box
- Sliver
- Serve The Servants
- Dumb
- In Bloom
- Come As You Are
- Lithium
- Pennyroyal Tea
- School
- Polly acoustic
- Milk It
- Rape Me
- Territorial Pissings
- All Apologies
- ENCORE
- Four Enclosed Walls jam Cobain on drums
- Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam acoustic Novoselic on accordion, Grohl on bass
- On A Plain
- Scentless Apprentice
- Blew
Set Range
Circulating Recordings
AUD #1
- Equipment:
- Core Sound Binaural > Sony WM-D6
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(M) > DAT(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 96 min / 8.0
- Notes:
- • This upgrade was circulated in June 2007.
- • "Pennyroyal Tea" cuts off and the end noise cuts out.
AUD #2 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(M) > CDR
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 62 min / 5.5
- Notes:
- • Missing "Come As You Are", "Lithium", and everything after "All Apologies".
- • "Pennyroyal Tea" cuts in.
AUD #3
- Equipment:
- Aiwa > Aiwa
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(M) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 90 min / 7.5
- Notes:
- • "Pennyroyal Tea" cuts in and the end noise cuts out.
AUD #4
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- ANA(x) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 95 min / 7.0
- Notes:
- • Surfaced in April 2007.
- • "Pennyroyal Tea" cuts in slightly.
AMT #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(1) > DVDR
- Lowest Audio Generation:
- VHS(1) > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 90 min / 7.5
- Notes:
- • The circulating DVDR was remastered.
- • Amateur video, shot from an elevated position to the left of the stage.
- • Missing "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter".
- • "Drain You" cuts in.
PRO CLIP #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- TV > VHS(x)
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 30 sec / 8.5
- Notes:
- • PRO-shot video.
- • Brodcast on City TV News and MuchMusic on April 8, 1994.
- • Feature a very short clip of "Heart-Shaped Box" only, but is also possible that clips of "Lithium" were also broadcasted.
- • Has a reporter talking over the audio.
- • Not circulating widely.
Uncirculated Recordings
No Info
Notes
- There was 8,500 people in attendance, according to a review.
- For the "In Bloom" solo, Kurt took his guitar off, put it on the floor, and played the solo with his foot while Krist kneeled in front of him.
- The jam on Public Image Ltd's "Four Enclosed Walls" featured Kurt on drums.
- At the end of the concert, Kurt smashed the head off one of the angle mannequins with his guitar, and then pulled the mannequin over.
Press Reviews
- Review from a Canadian newspaper called the "Toronto Star", published on November 5th, 1993.
- Review from a Canadian newspaper called "The Hamilton Spectator", published on November 5th, 1993.