Nirvana‘s final studio album, 1993’s In Utero, is getting a 30th anniversary box set reissue with previously unreleased material on October 27, and today two of the previously unreleased tracks have come out.
In addition to the original album remastered, the box includes bonus tracks, B-sides, live recordings from Rome, Springfield, and New York, and two full concerts: one from LA on December 30, 1993 and the band’s final Seattle performance, which took place on January 7, 1994 at Seattle Center Arena. Today, they’ve shared “Pennyroyal Tea” from the former and “Scentless Apprentice” from the latter, and both tracks remind you how much of a force this band was on stage. The live material was reconstructed from stereo soundboard tapes by Jack Endino, and the album and bonus tracks/B-sides were remastered from the original analog master stereo tapes by Bob Weston, who assisted Steve Albini during the original sessions. Listen to the new two tracks below.
The box also includes “an Angel-on-acrylic panel; 48-pg book with unreleased photos; new 20-pg fanzine; LA gig poster litho; 2 ticket stubs; replicas of the promo Angel mobile, 3 gig flyers, all-access tour laminate & 4 backstage passes.”
Pre-order the 8LP box set, 5CD box set, or the 1LP + 10″ edition here.
LP 1
IN UTERO
Original Album Remastered
SIDE 1
Serve The Servants
Scentless Apprentice
Heart-Shaped Box
Rape Me
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
Dumb
SIDE 2
Very Ape
Milk It
Pennyroyal Tea
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
tourette’s
All Apologies
LP 2:
BONUS TRACKS & B-SIDES
Remastered
SIDE 1
Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip
Marigold
Sappy
Moist Vagina
I Hate Myself And Want To Die
BONUS LIVE 1993/1994
SIDE 2
Serve The Servants (Live in Rome)*
Scentless Apprentice (Live in Rome)*
Heart-Shaped Box (Live in Rome)*
Very Ape (Live in Rome)*
Milk It (Live in Springfield)*
tourette’s (Live in New York)*
LP 3-5
LIVE IN LOS ANGELES
Great Western Forum – December 30, 1993
SIDE 1
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter*
Drain You*
Breed*
Serve The Servants*
SIDE 2
Come As You Are*
Smells Like Teen Spirit*
Sliver*
Dumb*
SIDE 3
In Bloom*
About A Girl*
Lithium*
Pennyroyal Tea*
SIDE 4
School*
Polly*
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle*
Rape Me*
Territorial Pissings*
SIDE 5
Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam*
The Man Who Sold The World*
All Apologies*
On A Plain*
SIDE 6
Heart-Shaped Box
Blew*
Feedback Jam*
LP 6-8
LIVE IN SEATTLE
Seattle Center Arena – January 7, 1994
SIDE 1
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter*
Drain You*
Breed*
Serve The Servants*
SIDE 2
Come As You Are*
Smells Like Teen Spirit*
Sliver*
Dumb*
SIDE 3
In Bloom*
About A Girl*
Lithium*
Pennyroyal Tea*
SIDE 4
School*
Polly*
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle*
Milk It
Rape Me*
SIDE 5
Territorial Pissings*
Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam*
The Man Who Sold The World*
All Apologies*
SIDE 6
On A Plain*
Scentless Apprentice*
Heart-Shaped Box*
Blew*
* Previously unreleased