LIVE NIRVANA Concert Chronology November 18, 1993 - Sony Music Studios (MTV Unplugged), New York, NY, US
Artist
- NIRVANA
- Kurt Cobain (vocals, acoustic guitar)
- Krist Novoselic (bass, accordian, acoustic guitar)
- Dave Grohl (drums, backing vocals, acoustic bass, acoustic guitar)
- Pat Smear (acoustic guitar)
- Lori Goldston (cello)
- Cris Kirkwood (acoustic bass, backing vocals)
- Curt Kirkwood (acousticguitar)
Crew
- Alex Coletti (producer)
- Scott Litt (sound engineer)
- Beth McCarthy (director)
- John Duncan (guitar technician)
- Mike Dalke (drum technician)
- Jim Vincent (guitar technician)
Buyer
- No Info
Schedule
- Load In
- 09:00
- Soundcheck
- 16:00
- Doors
- 20:00
- NIRVANA Showtime
- 21:00
Soundcheck incomplete
- Come As You Are
- Come As You Are
- About A Girl part of
- About A Girl
- The Man Who Sold The World part of
- The Man Who Sold The World part of
- The Man Who Sold The World part of
- The Man Who Sold The World false start
- The Man Who Sold The World
- The Man Who Sold The World
- The Man Who Sold The World
- Polly part of
- Polly
- Dumb
- Pennyroyal Tea Smear on guitar and backing vocals
- Pennyroyal Tea part of Grohl on guitar and Smear on backing vocals
- Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass
- Plateau Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar
- Lake Of Fire Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar
- Oh, Me Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar
- Oh, Me Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar
- jam
- Plateau Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar
- All Apologies
Set
- About A Girl
- Come As You Are
- Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass
- The Man Who Sold The World
- Pennyroyal Tea Cobain solo
- Dumb
- Polly
- On A Plain
- Something In The Way
- Plateau Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar
- Oh, Me Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar
- Lake Of Fire Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar
- All Apologies
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Set Range
Soundcheck/Dress Rehearsal Circulating Recordings
SBD #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Unofficial CD [Outcesticide 2022] > FLAC
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 3:24 min / ?
- Notes:
- • Surfaced in February 2022 via the "Outcesticide 2022" bootleg CD.
- • Includes "Oh, Me" only.
PRO #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official DVD [Unplugged In New York]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 23 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio.
- • Includes only "Come As You Are" (first take), "Polly" (part of), "Polly", "Plateau" (second take), "Pennyroyal Tea", "Pennyroyal Tea" (part of), "The Man Who Sold The World" (false start) and "The Man Who Sold The World" (one take).
- • "Pennyroyal Tea" (second take) cuts in.
- • The official DVD release includes both stereo and 5.1-channel audio mixes.
PRO #2 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- VHS(x) > MP4
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 14:57 min / ??
- Notes:
- • Posted on Reddit on December 20th, 2023.
- • Includes only "About A Girl" (first partial take and second full take) and "The Man Who Sold The World" (three first partial takes).
PRO CLIP #1a incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official DVD [Unplugged In New York]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 01:25 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio.
- • Feature banter from the rehearsals.
- • Has an interview and music from the 11/18/93 show over most the audio.
- • Appear on MTV BAREwitness.
PRO CLIP #1b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Unknown > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- TV > VHS(x) > DVDR
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 35 sec / 9.5
- Notes:
- • Single camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio.
- • Features a clip of "Oh, Me".
- • Has mostly other clips shown over the audio.
- • Appears in a tribute to Kurt that was shown at the 1994 Video Music Awards on September 8th, 1994.
Night Show Circulating Recordings
SBD #1 incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official CD [Unplugged In New York]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 54 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Remixed by Scott Litt.
- • Some of the banter and jams between songs have been edited out.
- • "Pennyroyal Tea" has a little cut within (Kurt's stumble into the third verse is shortened).
- • "All Apologies", "The Man Who Sold The World", "Where Did You Sleep Last Night", and "Something In The Way" each appear on versions of the official release Nirvana.
- • "About A Girl" and "Something In The Way" appear on the official CD single About A Girl.
- • "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" appears on the official CD single Pennyroyal Tea.
SBD #2a incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official Video Game [Guitar Hero: World Tour]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 04 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Includes only "About A Girl".
- • The video game contains individual audio tracks (stem mixes) that, together, form the full mix of the recording.
SBD #2b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official Video Game [Rock Band]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 04 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Includes only "Come As You Are".
- • The video game contains individual audio tracks (stem mixes) that, together, form the full mix of the recording.
SBD #2c incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official Video Game DLC [Rock Band 4]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 04 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Released on September 15th, 2022.
- • Includes only "The Man Who Sold The World".
- • Stem mix by Universal Mastering.
- • The video game contains individual audio tracks (stem mixes) that, together, form the full mix of the recording.
PRO #1a incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- TV > DVDR
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 46 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio.
- • Original broadcast audio mix by Scott Litt broadcasted on MTV.
- • Has different camera angles from PRO #2 and PRO #3.
- • Missing "Something In The Way", "Oh, Me", and some of the banter and jams between songs.
- • The placement of "Dumb" was changed to after "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" for the broadcast.
PRO #1b incomplete
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official DVD [Unplugged In New York]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 46 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio.
- • Has different camera angles from PRO #2 and PRO #3.
- • Missing "Something In The Way", "Oh, Me", and some of the banter and jams between songs.
- • The placement of "Dumb" was changed to after "Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam" for the broadcast.
- • Includes professionally remixed stereo audio by Scott Litt and 5.1-channel audio by Elliot Scheiner, both done in 2007 for this release.
- • Has a slightly different stereo audio mix from PRO #3.
PRO #2
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Audio Generation:
- VHS(1) > CDR
- Lowest Video Generation:
- VHS(1) > D8(1) > DVDR
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 68 min / 9.5
- Notes:
- • Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio.
- • Original live audio mix by Scott Litt.
- • Unremixed and uncut version with different camera angles from PRO #1a, PRO #1b, and PRO #3.
PRO #3
- Equipment:
- Soundboard > Unknown
- Lowest Generation:
- Official DVD [Unplugged In New York]
- Length / Sound Quality:
- 66 min / 10
- Notes:
- • Multi camera PRO-shot video, with soundboard audio.
- • Has different camera angles from PRO #1a, PRO #1b, and PRO #2.
- • Includes professionally remixed stereo audio by Scott Litt and 5.1-channel audio by Elliot Scheiner, both done in 2007 for this release.
- • Has a slightly different stereo audio mix from PRO #1b.
Uncirculated Recordings
No Info
Notes
- The rehearsal was reportedly about three hours long, a large portion of which was spent checking sound and tuning.
- For the night show, Kurt performed "Pennyroyal Tea" by himself.
- Curt and Cris Kirkwood from the Meat Puppets joined the band onstage for the three Meat Puppets songs ("Plateau," "Oh, Me," and "Lake Of Fire"). Curt played guitar, and Cris played bass and sang backup vocals.
- The band played short jams on many songs, including "Sweet Home Alabama", "Negative Creep", "Sliver", "In Bloom", "Scentless Apprentice", and "Serve The Servants".
Press Reviews
Memorabilia
Soundcheck/Dress Rehearsal Images
Night Show Images
