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Nirvana
In Memory Of "Kurdt Kobain" 2

Compil. JP 1996 on Small Clone label
Alternative (Grunge)

1 - Spank Thru Taken from the "Sub Pop 200" compilation. This song, recorded at the Reciprocal Studios in the second half of 1988, features Jack Endino on backing vocals. Sound quality is as good as the official release. 2 - About A Girl This, the first "Dressed For Success" - track (as I wrote before, I'm not sure if 'Small Clone' actually put this disc out before "Dressed For Success" was released), is the same version as found on the 'Primadonna' release. 3 - Drain You The second track on this cd that can be found on "Dressed For Success" in equal quality. 4 - Run Rabbit Run This track is not the same as the one called "Run Rabbit Run" on "Outcesticide III - The Final Solution". It's a rare live song, performed at Hoquiam Eagles Lodge in Hoquiam, WA on 12/21/88! The sound quality is pretty good, considering the date of the recording. 5 - Smells Like Teen Spirit A waste, sound quality-wise. This so called "gothic" version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", recorded at "Top Of The Pops" on 11/27/91, seems to be ten Million generations above the tapes other labels used! 6 - Smells Like Teen Spirit The second "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on this disc (!) shows why "In Memory Of Kurdt Kobain 2" can be considered as an above average compilation cd: this version of the song, recorded at "The Word" in London on 11/08/91, can't be found anywhere else and is more complete (still this track is from worse quality than the incomplete version found on "Outcesticide II - The Needle And The Damage Done") than the "Outcesticide" version, although it cuts the whole first riffs. 7 - Aneurysm On the back, this track is labeled as "Smells Like Teen Spirit (Tori Amos intro) - Aneurysm", which would make it the third "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in a row! I'm not sure whether this was a mistake or perhaps the SC-people REALLY like this song :) Actually it features the first lines of the Tori Amos cover before Nirvana breaks into "Aneurysm". Recorded at the "Roskilde Festival '92", this and the next track are pretty useless now, because the complete show can be found (in better quality) on "Leer". 8 - Swap Meet Recorded at the "Roskilde Festival '92"; see above. Second last performance ever. 9 - Sifting GREAT! Never released before! This live version of "Sifting" was played at Nirvana's first US tour at Rhino Records in Westwood, CA on 06/23/89. Probably taken from the private video, the sound quality is good. 10 - If You Must Tracks 10 and 11 were recorded at one of the earliest Nirvana performances on 01/23/88 and can be found only on the rare "Tacoma 1987" (which contains the complete show). They were the first songs played on that date, which is why "If You Must" doesn't fade out and kicks straight into "Downer". 11 - Downer See above. Rocking live version of "Downer"!! 12 - Paper Cuts Recorded at the Club Dreamerz in Chicago, IL on 07/07/89; can be found on the rare "Bleach Out! Break Out!" (which contains the complete show) only. The sound quality is about the same. 13 - High On The Hog Rare, rough song, only played once at The Bloom in Mezzago, Italy on 11/26/89, Nirvana's European "Bleach" tour. This song can be also found -in the same quality- on "Outcesticide III - The Final Solution". It was actually played before Nirvana's set and is just Kurt joining TAD for this song. 14 - Loser Never commercially released before! This instrumental was also taken from the 11/26/89 show and features Kurt's second and last song with TAD before Nirvana were going to play! For the following complete Nirvana show, see "In The Bloom" or "It's All Going Wrong". 15 - Lithium What a version of "Lithium"! Although the sound is B grade, Kurt is "SCREAMING LIKE CRAZY" (quote from the back of the inlay) and it sounds just ... unbelievable. You have to decide for yourself if you like it or not. This song, definitely from the US "In Utero" tour, is listed as being played at Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Detroit, MI on 10/29/93. Sounds amazing! 16 - Bambi Slaughter The last 4 tracks can all be found on "Dressed For Success. The sound quality is identical. All tracks were recorded in 1987/1988 by Kurt using his 4 track. 17 - Clean Up Before She Comes See "Bambi Kill". Was recorded again in March of 1994, but is still unsurfaced until this date :( 18 - Beans See "Bambi Kill". Exactly the same version as on "Dressed For Success". 19 - Black And White Blues See "Bambi Kill". Exactly the same version as on "Dressed For Success". Mislabels: "Run, rabbit, run!" labeled as "Unknown" "High on the hog" labeled as "Alcohol" "Dazed and confused" labeled as "Unknown" "Bambi slaughter" labeled as "Bambie kill" "Beans" labeled as "Beans & wine" "Token eastern song" labeled as "Token middle eastern song"

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