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Nirvana - November 18, 1993.
Sony Music Studios, New York City, New York, NY.
TV Show: MTV Unplugged / In Utero North American Tour.
PRO #1 (Incomplete) / PRO #2 (Incomplete) / PRO #2 (VHS)
Other Performers:
NIRVANA (Featuring members of Meat Puppets).
Info
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The rehearsal was reportedly about three hours long, a large portion of which was spent checking sound and tuning.
For the night show, Kurt performed "Pennyroyal Tea" by himself.
Curt and Cris Kirkwood from the Meat Puppets joined the band onstage for the three Meat Puppets songs ("Plateau," "Oh, Me," and "Lake Of Fire"). Curt played guitar, and Cris played bass and sang backup vocals.
The band played short jams on many songs, including "Sweet Home Alabama", "Negative Creep", "Sliver", "In Bloom", "Scentless Apprentice", and "Serve The Servants".
Soundcheck (Incomplete)
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0:00 Check, Check / Problem w/ Echoflanger
0:52 Come As You Are (Take 1)
x:xx Come As You Are
4:52 About A Girl (Take 1)
9:36 About A Girl (Jam)
11:49 About A Girl (Take 2)
15:12 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 1)
17:38 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 2)
18:06 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 3)
19:32 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 4/False start)
20:12 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 5)
xx:xx The Man Who Sold The World
xx:xx The Man Who Sold The World
24:08 Polly (Take 1/False start)
24:49 Polly (Take 2)
xx:xx Dumb
28:06 Pennyroyal Tea (Smear on guitar and backing vocals) (Take 1)
31:37 Pennyroyal Tea (Grohl on guitar and Smear on backing vocals) (Take 2/Cuts in)
xx:xx Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam (Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass)
xx:xx Plateau (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
xx:xx Lake Of Fire (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
xx:xx Oh, Me (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
37:06 Oh, Me (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar) (Take 2/Audio Only)
32:33 Jam
33:40 Plateau (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar) (Take 2)
36:48 Jam
xx:xx All Apologies
Setlist
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40:52 Pre-show Footage
43:16 Intro
44:05 About A Girl
47:23 Come As You Are
52:05 Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam (Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass)
56:51 The Man Who Sold The World
1:01:25 Pennyroyal Tea (Cobain solo)
1:06:22 Dumb
1:09:50 Polly
1:13:38 On A Plain
1:17:21 Something In The Way
1:24:08 Sweet Home Alabama (Jam)
1:25:22 Plateau (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
1:29:00 Oh, Me (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
1:32:27 Lake Of Fire (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
1:35:17 Scentless Apprentice (Jam)
1:35:45 Sliver (Jam)
1:36:01 In Bloom (Jam)
1:36:17 All Apologies (False start)
1:36:28 All Apologies
1:41:34 Negative Creep (Jam)
1:42:12 Serve The Servants (Jam)
1:43:15 Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Nirvana - November 18, 1993.
Sony Music Studios, New York City, New York, NY.
TV Show: MTV Unplugged / In Utero North American Tour.
PRO #1 (Incomplete) / PRO #2 (Incomplete) / PRO #2 (VHS)
Other Performers:
NIRVANA (Featuring members of Meat Puppets).
Info
--------------------------------------
The rehearsal was reportedly about three hours long, a large portion of which was spent checking sound and tuning.
For the night show, Kurt performed "Pennyroyal Tea" by himself.
Curt and Cris Kirkwood from the Meat Puppets joined the band onstage for the three Meat Puppets songs ("Plateau," "Oh, Me," and "Lake Of Fire"). Curt played guitar, and Cris played bass and sang backup vocals.
The band played short jams on many songs, including "Sweet Home Alabama", "Negative Creep", "Sliver", "In Bloom", "Scentless Apprentice", and "Serve The Servants".
Soundcheck (Incomplete)
----------------------------------------------------------
0:00 Check, Check / Problem w/ Echoflanger
0:52 Come As You Are (Take 1)
x:xx Come As You Are
4:52 About A Girl (Take 1)
9:36 About A Girl (Jam)
11:49 About A Girl (Take 2)
15:12 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 1)
17:38 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 2)
18:06 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 3)
19:32 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 4/False start)
20:12 The Man Who Sold The World (Take 5)
xx:xx The Man Who Sold The World
xx:xx The Man Who Sold The World
24:08 Polly (Take 1/False start)
24:49 Polly (Take 2)
xx:xx Dumb
28:06 Pennyroyal Tea (Smear on guitar and backing vocals) (Take 1)
31:37 Pennyroyal Tea (Grohl on guitar and Smear on backing vocals) (Take 2/Cuts in)
xx:xx Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam (Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass)
xx:xx Plateau (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
xx:xx Lake Of Fire (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
xx:xx Oh, Me (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
37:06 Oh, Me (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar) (Take 2/Audio Only)
32:33 Jam
33:40 Plateau (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar) (Take 2)
36:48 Jam
xx:xx All Apologies
Setlist
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40:52 Pre-show Footage
43:16 Intro
44:05 About A Girl
47:23 Come As You Are
52:05 Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam (Novoselic on accordian, Grohl on bass)
56:51 The Man Who Sold The World
1:01:25 Pennyroyal Tea (Cobain solo)
1:06:22 Dumb
1:09:50 Polly
1:13:38 On A Plain
1:17:21 Something In The Way
1:24:08 Sweet Home Alabama (Jam)
1:25:22 Plateau (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
1:29:00 Oh, Me (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
1:32:27 Lake Of Fire (Curt K. on guitar, Cris K. on bass and B.V, Novoselic on guitar)
1:35:17 Scentless Apprentice (Jam)
1:35:45 Sliver (Jam)
1:36:01 In Bloom (Jam)
1:36:17 All Apologies (False start)
1:36:28 All Apologies
1:41:34 Negative Creep (Jam)
1:42:12 Serve The Servants (Jam)
1:43:15 Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
