LIVE NIRVANA SESSIONS HISTORY Early 1987 - Novoselic & Dilley residence, Tacoma, WA, US

  • TBC
    • Kurt Cobain (guitar)
    • Krist Novoselic (bass, vocals)
    • Unidentified person (drums)
  • [X] Unknown Novoselic on vocals
  • [X] Number of the Beast / When The Saints Go Marching In (Medley)
Source ID Quality Complete Runtime Lowest Gen Tracks Featured Notes
AUD #1 CLIP a 8.0 TBC ANA(2)>CDR(1)>FLAC
  • Unknown
  • This source is sometimes referred to as the Touch & Go demo or Kurdt's Kassette. Unknown appears as a sample in an audio collage titled Montage Of Heck (short version).
AUD #1 CLIP b 9.5 TBC TBC>FLAC
  • Number of the Beast / When The Saints Go Marching In (Medley)
  • This source is sometimes referred to as the Nirvana Anthology Volume 1 tape.

Little is known about the origins of these demos. When asked about the origins of the demo commonly known as “The Landlord Is A Piece Of Shit From Hell,” Krist Novoselic said, That's a long story. That was recorded in Tacoma in like 5 minutes. For reference, check out the Boeing Field apartments. (1)

  1. Novoselic, Krist, 2015. Posting on Twitter, [online] Available at: https://twitter.com/KristNovoselic/status/617169899585077248.

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