Nirvana Issues 30th Anniversary ‘Nevermind’ Box Set

by | Nov 12, 2021 | DJ Blogs, Erik | 0 comments

Starting today (November 12th), Nirvana‘s Nevermind will be celebrated with several multi-format reissues. A total of 94 audio and video tracks — 70 previously unreleased — will be made available across configurations ranging from Super Deluxe Editions to standard digital/CD and single disc vinyl with bonus 7-inch. In all formats, Nevermind is newly remastered from the original half-inch stereo analog tapes to high-resolution 192kHz 24-bit.

Among the previously unreleased material exclusive to various versions of the Nevermind 30th Anniversary Editions are four complete live shows that document Nirvana’s “historic ascension on the concert stage,” including: Live In Amsterdam, Netherlands (recorded and filmed on November 25th, 1991 at the famed club Paradiso); Live In Del Mar, California (recorded on December 28th, 1991 at the Pat O’Brien Pavilion at the Del Mar Fairgrounds); Live In Melbourne, Australia for triple j (recorded February 1st, 1992 at The Palace in St. Kilda); and Live In Tokyo, Japan (recorded at the Nakano Sunplaza on February 19th, 1992).

All four newly remastered live shows are included in the Nevermind Super Deluxe Editions, which will be available in both vinyl (8 LPs — 180-gram black vinyl – all in premium tip-on jackets — plus the new 7-inch – A-side: “Endless, Nameless” / B-side: “Even In His Youth” and “Aneurysm”) and CD+Blu-ray (5 CDs plus Blu-ray — Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands complete concert video newly remastered audio & video in HD). 

FAST FACTS

  • Nevermind was released on September 24th, 1991.
  • The album was Nirvana‘s second album and major label debut. It marked the recording debut with the band of drummer Dave Grohl.
  • Almost four months after its release, Nevermind hit Number One on the Billboard album chart, turning the “grunge” genre into a phenomenon.
  • Just 46,000 copies of Nevermind were shipped to record stores when it came out. The record debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart at Number 144 and hit Number One on January 11th, 1992.
  • Nevermind was eventually certified Diamond in the U.S. for sales of more than 10 million copies. It has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.

SIDE NOTES

The tracklisting to Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind 30th Anniversary Edition’ is:  

Original LP

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Come As You Are
4. Breed
5. Lithium
6. Polly
7. Territorial Pissings
8. Drain You
9. Lounge Act
10. Stay Away
11. On A Plain
12. Something In The Way

Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Paradiso, November 25, 1991)
1. Drain You*
2. Aneurysm*
3. School
4. Floyd The Barber*
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit*
6. About A Girl*
7. Polly*
8. Lithium
9. Sliver*
10. Breed*
11. Come As You Are*
12. Been A Son
13. Negative Creep*
14. On A Plain*
15. Blew
16. Love Buzz*
17. Territorial Pissings*

Live in Del Mar, California (Pat O’Brien Pavilion, Del Mar Fairgrounds, December 28, 1991)
1. Drain You
2. Aneurysm
3. School*
4. Floyd The Barber*
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. About A Girl*
7. Polly
8. Sliver
9. Breed*
10. Come As You Are*
11. Lithium*
12. Territorial Pissings*

Live in Melbourne, Australia for triple j (The Palace, St. Kilda, February 1, 1992)*
1. Aneurysm
2. Drain You
3. School
4. Sliver
5. About A Girl
6. Come As You Are
7. Lithium
8. Breed
9. Polly
10. Lounge Act
11. In Bloom
12. Love Buzz
13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
14. Feedback Jam
15. Negative Creep
16. On A Plain
17. Blew

Live in Tokyo, Japan (Nakano Sunplaza, February 19, 1992)*
1. Negative Creep
2. Been A Son
3. On A Plain
4. Blew
5. Come As You Are
6. Lithium
7. Breed
8. Sliver
9. Drain You
10. About A Girl
11. School
12. Aneurysm
13. Love Buzz
14. Polly
15. Territorial Pissings
16. Smells Like Teen Spirit

Blu-ray – Live in Amsterdam, Netherlands (Paradiso, November 25, 1991)*
1. Drain You
2. Aneurysm
3. School
4. Floyd The Barber
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit
6. About A Girl
7. Polly
8. Lithium
9. Sliver
10. Breed
11. Come As You Are
12. Been A Son
13. Negative Creep
14. On A Plain
15. Blew
16. Love Buzz
17. Territorial Pissings

*previously unreleased

CHECK IT OUT: Nirvana on September 9th, 1992 performing live at the MTV Video Music Awards: