Nirvana Recording Sessions and Song List Version 2.0
History:
Version 1.0 9/30/94
Version 1.1 12/1/94
Version 1.2 3/30/95
Version 2.0 9/17/95
This is not definitive. Please make any corrections/comments.
John Loughney
john.loughney@ntc.nokia.com
74344,1744@compuserve.com
? =3D Unsure
* =3D Unreleased
Pre-Nirvana Songs - Ed Fred Ted, Pencapchew, Stiff Woodies, Throat Oysters,=20
Bliss ...
?* Montage of Heck
?* Vendettagainst
Pre-Nirvana Covers {unknown info}
* Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves (Cher) {Chris lead vocals}
* Sex Bomb (Flipper)
* [Credence Clearwater Revival songs]
1986 Fecal Matter demo
* Bambi Slaughter
* Buffy's Pregnant
* Downer {instrumental}
* Laminated Effect
* Spank Thru
* Sound of Dentage
* Suicide Samurai
April '87 - Evergreen College, The Skid Row demo, KAOS Radio show
* Love Buzz
* Floyd the Barber
* Downer
* Mexican Seafood
* Spank Thru
* Hairspray Queen
* plus 3 others
January 1988 - Barnyard Session {4 track demos}
* Beans
* Polly (AKA Cracker) {Acoustic}
* Sappy (AKA Verse Chorus Verse, Seed) {acoustic}=7F
* Spectre (AKA Misery Loves Company, Sad)
January 23, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino with Dale Crover}
Floyd The Barber [Bleach]
Paper Cuts [Bleach]
Hairspray Queen [Incesticide]
Beeswax [Incesticide]
Aero Zeppelin [Incesticide]
Mexican Seafood [Incesticide]
? Big Long Now [Incesticide]
* If You Must
* Pencapchew
* Downer {ver}
* Spank Thru {ver}
June 11, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
Love Buzz [Bleach]
Big Cheese [Bleach]
Spank Thru [Sub Pop 200]
* Blandest
* Sifting Jam
* Blew {ver}
* Mr. Moustache {ver}
* Buzz Cut {unused intro for Love Buzz}
* Nosebleed {unused intro for Love Buzz}
June 31, 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
About A Girl [Bleach]
December 1988 - Reciprocal Studios {prod by Jack Endino}
Downer [Bleach]
Blew [Bleach]
School [Bleach]
Negative Creep [Bleach]
Scoff [Bleach]
Swap Meet [Bleach]
Mr. Moustache [Bleach]
Sifting [Bleach]
* Floyd The Barber {ver}
* Papercuts {ver}
June 1989 - Evergreen State Session {with Jason Everman}
Do You Love Me [Hard to Believe - A Tribute to Kiss]
* Dive {ver}
August 1989 - Sessions for Mark Lanegran's The Winding Sheet album
Down In The Dark {Kurt backup vocals} [Winding Sheet]
Where Did You Sleep Last Night {Kurt + Chris backing} [Winding=20
Sheet]
* Ain't It A Shame {Kurt lead vocals}
September 1989 - Blew EP Sessions {prod by Steve Fisk}
Been A Son [Blew EP]
Stain [Blew EP]
* Even In His Youth {ver}
* Polly {Electric}
* Token Middle Eastern Song {instrumental ver of Junkyard}
October 1989 - Maide Vaile Studios, London "John Peel Session"
* About A Girl
* Love Buzz
* Polly
* Spank Thru
November 1, 1989 - Hilversum, Holland Radio Studios, VPRO
* About a Girl
* Dive
Sometime 1989 - K Records, Olympia WA
* Bikini twilight {Go Team - Calvin Johnson Tobi Vale, Kurt}
April '90 - Smart Studio, Madison WI. {prod by Butch Vig} Nevermind Demos
Dive [Sliver Single]
In Bloom [Sub Pop Video Network 1]
Polly [Nevermind]
Stay Away (AKA Pay To Play) [DGC Rarities Vol 1]
* Lithium
* Breed (AKA Immodium)
* Verse Chorus Verse (Sappy)
May 1990
* D-7
July 11, 1990 - Demo {prod by Butch Vig with Dan Peters of Mudhoney}
Sliver [Sliver Single]
September 15, 1990 - Olympia Washington "Boy Meets Girl Radio"
* Opinion
* Lithium
November 3, 1990 - Maide Vaile Studios, London "John Peel Session"
D-7 [Lithium single - UK]
Molly's Lips [Incesticide]
Son Of A Gun [Incesticide]
Turnaround [Incesticide]
1990, Laundry Room Recording
Here She Comes Now [Between Heaven and Hell - Tribute to VU]
January 1, 1991 - Music Source Sessions, Seattle Washington
Aneurysm [Smells Like Teen Spirit Single]
Even In His Youth [Smells Like Teen Spirit Single]
May to June 1991 - Los Angeles {prod by Butch Vig}
Smells Like Teen Spirit [Nevermind]
In Bloom [Nevermind]
Come As You Are [Nevermind]
Breed [Nevermind]
Lithium [Nevermind]
Territorial Pissings [Nevermind]
Drain You [Nevermind]
Lounge Act [Nevermind]
Stay Away [Nevermind]
On A Plain [Nevermind]
Something In The Way [Nevermind]
Endless, Nameless [Nevermind]
* Endless, Nameless {wierd ver}
* Rape Me {unfinished ver}
* Pennyroyal Tea {unfinished ver}
* Dumb {unfinished ver}
November 13, 1991 - "Mark Goodier Radio 1 Session"
Been A Son [Incesticide]
New Wave Polly [Incesticide]
Aneurysm [Incesticide]=7F
* Something In The Way
November 24, 1991 - Hilversum, Holland Radio Studios, VPRO
* Here She Comes Now
* Where Did You Sleep Last Night
* Crisco {doubtful}
November 1991 - BBC Studios Top of the Pops
Smells Like Teen Spirit {Gothic Version} [Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!]
November 1991 - Maide Vaile Studios, London "John Peel Session"
* Dumb
* Drain You
* Endless Nameless
December 1991 - BBC Studios Jonathan Ross Show
Territorial Pissings [Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!]
January 10, 1992 - MTV Studios, NYC
* Drain You
* Molly's Lips
* On A Plain
* Polly
* Smells Like Teen Spirit
* Stain
* Territorial Pissings
* 3 or 4 others
January 11, 1992, NBC Studios, NYC "Saturday Night Live"
* Smells Like Teen Spirit
* Territorial Pissings
April 1992 - Laundry Room session
Oh, The Guilt [split with Jesus Lizard]
Curmudgeon [Lithium single]
Return Of The Rat [8 / 15 Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers]
September 1992 - Los Angeles "MTV Video Awards"
?* New Poopy {Played during the practices}
Rape Me {Intro}
Lithium
November 1992 - Living Room session
Guitar part for Burroughs 'The Priest They Called Him'
January 1993 - Rio de Janeiro
* Drunk In Rio {Kurt and Courtney}
?* 2 Others
March 1993 - Pachyderm Studios {prod by Steve Albini}
Serve The Servants
Scentless Apprentice
Heart-Shaped Box
Rape Me
Dumb
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
Pennyroyal Tea
Very Ape
Milk It
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
tourette's
All Apologies
I Hate Myself and Want To Die [Beavis & Butthead Experience]
Marigold [HSB single]
MV (Moist Vagina) [All Apologies single]
Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip [Heart-Shaped Box=20
Promo]
Summer 1993 - Laundry Room session
Verse-Chorus-Verse [No Alternative]
September 25, 1993 - NBC Studios NYC "Saturday Night Live"
* Heart Shaped Box
* Rape Me
November 18, 1993 - Sony Studios NYC "MTV Unplugged"
About A Girl
Come As You Are
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
Dumb
Man Who Sold The World
Pennyroyal Tea
On A Plain
Something In The Way
Plateau
Oh, Me
Lake Of Fire
All Apologies
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
February 4, 1994 - Nulle Part A - French TV studio, Paris, France
* Rape Me
* Pennyroyal Tea
* Drain You
February 23, 1994 - Tunnel - RAI Italian TV Studio, Rome Italy
* Serve the Servants
* Dumb
March 1994 - Laundry Room sessions
?* On The Mountain (AKA You Got No Right)
?* Man Who Sold The World
?* Dough, Ray and Me
?* Clean-up Before She Comes
?* Opinion {doubtful}
?* Talk to Me {doubtful}
Demos for Michael Stipe
???
Live Recordings
* Anorexorcist - Hoquiam Eagles Lodge 12/14/87
* Donuts - NY Coliseum Show 11/15/93
* Formaldehyde - Dallas 10/11/91, Rio 1/23/93
* In His Room - Soundcheck, Hollywood Palladium, 8/17/90
* Help Me, I'm Hungry - Melkweg, Amsterdam, 11/5/89
* On The Mountain - Chicago 10/23/93
* Raunchola - Tacoma 12/14/87 (sometimes called Run, Rabbit Run)
* Run Rabbit Run - Hoquiam Eagles Lodge 12/21/88 {not the same as=20
Outcesticide III}
* Talk To Me - Europe 1991
* Token Eastern Song (AKA Junkyard) Melkweg, Amsterdam, 11/5/89
* [Unknown song] - Glasgow, Scotland 11/28/91
* [Unknown song/jam] - NYC, 9/28/91 {similar to Endless,=20
Nameless/Help Me}
* [Unknown song/jam] - Providence, RI, 9/26/91 {similar to Endless,=20
Nameless/Help Me}
Live Covers
* Baba O'Riley (the Who) Rennes, France 12/6/91
* Dazed and Confused jam (Led Zeppelin) Mezzago, Italy 10/26/89
* High On The Hog (Tad) Mezzago, Italy 10/26/89 {Kurt + Tad}
* Hummingbirds From Hell {Nirvana/Melvins Song}
* Immigrant Song (Led Zepplin) Hoqiuam Eagles Lodge 12/21/88
* Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin) Tacoma 12/14/87
* Money Will Roll Right In (Fang) Reading Festival 8/30/92
* My Sharona (the Knack) Rennes France 2/16/94
* Rio (Duran Duran) Sao Paulo, Brazil concert {Chris + Dave}
* Sweet Emotion jam {AKA Jealousy} (Aerosmith) Rio 1/23/93
* Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Tacoma 1/20/90
* Seasons in the Sun (Terry Jacks) Sao Paulo, Brazil
* The End (the Doors) Reading, UK 8/23/91
* [Unknown Tad song] Mezzago, Italy 10/26/89 {Kurt + Tad}
* [Unknown jam, maybe a Kiss song] Peaches Record Store 9/16/91=20
{Chris + Dave}
Unknown
* Dead
* The Dodge
* Faggot Wimps
* I'm Thinking
* Leave Me Alone
* Loser
* Our Little Song
* Punk Theme
* Rock Whore
* Slut
* Virtuos Pagons
Questionable
* 2 Bass Kid =3D> could be I Hate Myself and Want To Die
Thanks to: Jason Hetlebridle
Liz Ellison (emellison@delphi.com)
Jeff McRae (jmcrae@oswego.oswego.edu)
Greg (greg@america.net)
Jonas Blank (smjr95b@prodigy.com).
Sources
Michael Azerrad _Come As You Are_
Goldmine magazine
Discoveries magazine
Record Collector
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