LIVE NIRVANA GUIDE TO DVDS: 08/30/92 - Reading Festival, Reading, UK

Source: AMT #4 - amateur video "stage shot"
Length: 62 mins - incomplete

Transfer 1
Generation: 8MM(x)>VHS(x)>DVDR
Transferred by: Allen Deane
Video: 8 mb/s CBR video (720x480)
Audio: 48 KHz PCM
Equipment: Captured with Pinnacle DC1000 capture card using an Aiwa MX100 multiformat VCR

DVDcaps:

08-30-92 08-30-92 08-30-92 08-30-92 08-30-92 08-30-92 08-30-92 08-30-92 08-30-92 08-30-92 08-30-92

Transfer 2
Generation: 8MM(x)>VHS(x)>DVDR, with partial soundboard audio
Transferred by: Allen Deane
Audio mixing by: unknown
Video: 8 mb/s CBR video (720x480)
Audio: "Into The Black"

Menu cap: Video caps for Transfer 2 are identical to Transfer 1.

08-30-92 menu with sbd audio

Transfer Notes: "Transfer 2" has soundboard audio sourced from "Into The Black" mixed over 13 of the 17 songs. "Transfer 1" was used as the video source for this transfer so the video quality is identical. The master of this mix was a DVDR(4), the lowest circulating generation is therefore DVDR(5).

Set:

* Does not have soundboard audio on transfer 2.
Missing numerous songs after "All Apologies", see link below for details.

Review: This was shot from both sides of the stage, about half from the right and half from the left. The DVD starts with Kurt in a wheelchair backstage joking around just before going on stage. There are excellent shots of Kurt and Krist as the taper is often a few metres away from them. The taper does record from next to Dave for a short period and gets some great shots of him too. The picture is of good quality but is a little dull and uncolourful, there is also a timebar throughtout the video. The video audio is extremely overdriven and distorted for a major portion of the show. The portion shot from the left of the stage has slightly better audio quality.

Please see the Live Nirvana Tour History for more information about the sources available for this show.