THE PRO-TAPER'S LIST:1993-1994

January 16, 1993: Sao Paolo, Brazil

Venue: Morumbi Stadium
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: likely MTV Brazil
Owner of recording: likely MTV Brazil
Notes: Clips of "Drain You" from this show can be seen in Live Tonight Sold Out. Allegedly clips of "In Bloom" were aired on MTV Brazil recently as well.

January 23, 1993: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Venue: Apoetose Stadium (Hollywood Rock Festival)
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: MTV Brazil
Owner of recording: MTV Brazil
Notes: The complete professional video is circulating.

April 09, 1993: San Francisco, CA

Venue: Cow Palace
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: MTV
Owner of recording: MTV
Notes: Clips of "School," "Blew," and "Something In The Way," from this show can be found on MTV's website.

July 23, 1993: New York, NY

Venue: Roseland Ballroom
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: MTV
Owner of recording: MTV
Notes: Clips of "Lithium", "Come As You Are", and "Milk It" from this show have been aired on MTV.

August 06, 1993: Seattle, WA

Venue: King Theater
Type of recording: soundboard audio
Taper: Geffen
Owner of recording: Geffen
Notes: Geffen may have taped a video as well.

September 23, 1993: New York, NY

Venue: NBC-TV Studios
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: NBC-TV
Owner of recording: NBC-TV
Notes: This was the rehearsal for Saturday Night Live.

September 25, 1993: New York, NY

Venue: NBC-TV Studios
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: NBC-TV
Owner of recording: NBC-TV
Notes: Saturday Night Live.

October 18, 1993: Phoenix, AZ

Venue: Veteran's Memorial Coliseum
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: MTV
Owner of recording: MTV
Notes: Clips of "Drain You", "Serve the Servants", "Sliver", "Pennyroyal Tea" and "School" from this show have been aired on MTV.

October 23, 1993: Chicago, IL

Venue: Aragon Ballroom
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: A friend of mine went to this show and he told me that there were video tapers circling around the throughout the entire show.

October 26, 1993: Milwaukee, WI

Venue: Mecca Auditorium
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: Allegedly only 15 minutes of footage was shot. Also, its rumored that clips from the video were shown on TV in Milwaukee.

November 04, 1993: Toronto, Ontario

Venue: Maple Leaf Gardens
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: Much Music
Owner of recording: Much Music
Notes: Clips of "Heart-Shaped Box" have been aired on Much Music.

November 05, 1993: Buffalo, NY

Venue: Alumni Arena, University at Buffalo
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: Allegedly this was shot from on stage and that clips have been aired on TV in Buffalo.

November 10, 1993: Springfield, MA

Type of Recording: soundboard audio
Taper: Craig Overbay
Owner of Recording: Nirvana
Notes: "Sliver" is on Wishkah.

November 18, 1993: New York, NY - MTV Unplugged rehearsal

Venue: Sony Music Studios
Type of Recording: professional video
Taper: MTV
Owner of Recording: MTV

November 18, 1993: New York, NY

Recording #1: professional video
Venue: Sony Music Studios
Type of Recording: professional video
Taper: MTV
Owner of Recording: MTV
Notes: MTV's airing of the show is missing "Something in the Way", "Oh, Me", several short jams (including "Sweet Home Alabama"), and a lot of audience dialog.

Recording #2: soundboard audio
Taper: Scott Litt
Owner of Recording: Nirvana
Notes: Available on the official release MTV Unplugged in New York. If you don't have this then you shouldn't even be here.

December 10, 1993: St. Paul, MN

Venue: Roy Wilkens Auditorium
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: MTV
Owner of recording: MTV
Notes: Clips of "Drain You" and "Breed" from this show have been aired on MTV.

December 13, 1993: Seattle, WA

Venue: Pier 47
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: MTV
Owner of recording: MTV
Notes: This was the rehearsal for Live and Loud, recording the morning of the show. Clips from the video have been aired on French TV.

December 13, 1993: Seattle, WA

Recording #1: professional video
Venue: Pier 48
Type of Recording: professional video
Taper: MTV (Sound recorded by Scott Litt)
Owner of Recording: MTV
Note#1: MTV's airing of the show is missing "Sliver", "All Apologies", "Blew", "The Man Who Sold The World", "School", "Come As You Are", and "About A Girl". After Kurt's death MTV edited the broadcasting a little, removing the scene in which Kurt decapitates the plastic angel. Recently MTV aired a clip of "Come As You Are" on a program dedicated to out takes. "Scentless Apprentice" is on Wishkah.
Note#2: The sound on the video was recorded by Scott Litt, so they are in fact the same thing.

December 30, 1993: Inglewood, CA

Venue: Great Western Forum
Type of recording: soundboard audio
Taper: Craig Overbay
Owner of recording: Nirvana
Notes: "Heart-Shaped Box" is on Wishkah.

January 07, 1994: Seattle, WA

Recording #1: professional video
Venue: Seattle Center Arena
Type of Recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of Recording:
Notes: "Drain You", "Serve the Servants", and "Come As You Are" are circulating.

Recording #2: soundboard audio
Type of Recording: soundboard audio
Taper: Craig Overbay
Owner of Recording: Nirvana
Notes: "Milk It" is on Wishkah.

February 04, 1994: Paris, France

Venue: Nulle Part A TV Studios
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: Nulle Part Ailleurs
Owner of recording: Nulle Part A

February 06, 1994: Cascais, Portugal

Venue: Pavilhao de Cascais
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: Apparently two different pro-videos exist; a multi-camera and a 1-camera. "Rape Me" from both versions is circulating. Also, clips of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" were aired on Portugese TV. Allegedly a Portugese TV station was going to air the complete show in 1995 but was thwarted by copyright legislation.

February 08, 1994: Madrid, Spain

Venue: Pabellon de Deportes del Real Madrid
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: Clips of "Come As You Are", "Sliver", and "Rape Me" have been aired on Spanish TV.

February 09, 1994: Barcelona, Spain

Venue: Palau Dels Sports
Type of recording: soundboard audio
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: "Lithium", "Rape Me", and the intro of "Territorial Pissings" have been broadcasted, but the station taped the entire show.

February 14, 1994: Paris, France

Venue: Le Zenith
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: "Lithium" and "Rape Me" and a clips of "Very Ape" have been aired on French TV.

February 18, 1994: Paris, France

Recording #1: professional video
Venue: Le Summun
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:

Recording #2: soundboard audio
Type of recording: soundboard audio
Taper: Craig Overbay
Owner of recording: Nirvana
Notes: "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" is on the Home Alive: The Art of Self-Defense compilation.

February 22, 1994: Rome, Italy

Recording #1: professional video
Venue: Palagacchio
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Lithium", "Pennyroyal Tea", and "Rape Me" have been aired on Italian TV.

Recording #2: soundboard audio
Type of recording: soundboard audio
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: Two versions of the SBD exist, a pre-FM found on XXII II MCMXCIV and a post-FM found on Roma. All copies circulating are from one of these two sources.

February 23, 1994: Rome, Italy

Venue: RAI-TV studios
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: RAI-TV
Owner of recording: RAI-TV
Notes: Serve the Servants" was only broadcast on the original airing. All subsequent airings have only "Dumb". Consequently, "Serve the Servants" is missing on most copies.

February 27, 1994: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Recording #1: professional video #1
Venue: Hala Tivoli
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter", "Drain You" and "Breed" have been broadcasted on Slovenian TV. "Come As You Are", and "Dumb" (both complete) have also been aired but are not currently circulating.

Recording #2: professional video #2
Type of recording: professional video
Taper: MTV Europe
Owner of recording: MTV Europe
Notes: Clips of "In Bloom", "Rape Me", "Territorial Pissings", "Lithium", and "All Apologies" have been aired by both MTV and MTV Europe.

Recording #3: soundboard audio
Type of recording: soundboard audio
Taper: Radio Slovenia
Owner of recording: Radio Slovenia
Notes: The complete show was taped by Radio Slovenia, who refuse to air it.

March 01, 1994: Munich, Germany

Venue: Terminal 1
Type of recording: professional video
Taper:
Owner of recording:
Notes: Nirvana's last concert. "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter", "My Best Friend's Girl", and "Drain You" were broadcasted on German TV. Allegedly, copyright legislation prohibits the German TV company from airing any more.


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