A consolidation and chronology of all official Nirvana releases and recording dates.
About The Site
This site was first written as a document in January 2006 just after the 'Sliver, Best Of The Box' compilation was released, and distributed via a PDF. Since then a lot of extra detail has surfaced or been corrected on recordings, and further compilation albums and reissues have appeared. After re-reading 'Heavier Than Heaven' by Charles R. Cross in 2020 my interest was renewed enough to revisit the document and turn it into this web site.
This site is not an attempt to document every Nirvana performance. This has been done countless times by others on far better pages than mine. The intent is to show when/where each released performance was recorded, and the loose order they were recorded and released in. It is really just designed as a reference for my own collection, but hopefully you can find it useful also.
Contents
- Early - The Fecal Matter demos.
- 1987 - Skid Row performances and rehearsals.
- 1988 - Ted, Ed, Fred demos and live performances. Kurt Cobain home recordings. Nirvana studio recordings and debut single.
- 1989 - Nirvana studio sessions and live recordings. Bleach album. The Jury studio sessions.
- 1990 - Nirvana recording sessions, home demos, and live performances.
- 1991 - Nirvana recording sessions, home demos, BBC sessions, and live performances. Kurt Cobain home recordings. The Retards rehersals. Nevermind album.
- 1992 - Nirvana recording sessions, rehearsals, and live performances. Kurt Cobain home demos. Insecticide compilation.
- 1993 - Nirvana studio sessions and live performances. Kurt Cobain home recordings. In Utero album.
- 1994 - Nirvana studio sessions, rehearsals, and live performances.
- Onwards... - Nirvana posthumous compilations, deluxe editions, and live albums. Kurt Cobain posthumous demos compilations.
- Reimagined - My personal 'reimaging' of the three Nirvana albums into deluxe editions.
Version History
- Version 2.2 (April 2024) - Added some further information regarding the different mixes and corrected some track names.
- Version 2.1 (November 2023) - Corrected a few errors, added all remaining Nirvana / Kurt Cobain released up to the end of 2023, and made the whole site a bit prettier to look at.
- Version 2.0 (December 2020 to September 2021) - The rewrite to bring the site up to date.
- Version 1.0 (January 2006) - The original 2006 PDF version, converted into a web page for easier reading.
