Aug 5, 2015 Over the weekend, over a dozen previously unheard Nirvana alternate mixes and demo takes inexplicably made their way online. Song Breakdown and video below: Fecal Matter - Illiteracy Will Prevail (Complete) Recorded in Easter, 1986 - Music room, Earl residence, Burien, WA, US Kurt Cobain on vocals and guitar Dale Crover on drums, bass and backing vocals Verse Chorus Verse (Solo Acoustic Demo) Kurt Cobain solo Recorded in arround 1990 Pennyroyal Tea (Acoustic Demo) Demo by Kurt Cobain and Dave Grohl Pennyroyal Tea (Alt. Take) Recorded in February 12-26, 1993 Pachyderm Studios - Cannon Falls, MN Sappy (Alt. Take 1993) Recorded in February 12-26, 1993 Pachyderm Studios - Cannon Falls, MN Nirvana - Moist Vagina (Alt. Take) Recorded in February 12-26, 1993 Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, MN Nirvana - Come As You Are (Alt. Take) Recorded in May-June, 1991 Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, C Sappy (Nevermind Outtake 1991) Recorded in May-June, 1991 Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA The band took another stab at recording Sappy at Sound City. Cobain played lead guitar while attempting to sing one live scratch vocal. He also made one formal vocal pass. After overdubbing the lead fuzz guitar with his Rat pedal, Cobain laid down his guitar and walked straight into the control room. I don't want to do this, he insisted. I'm not into this song right now. So let's leave it. The song is in a different key to that of previously recorded versions, it opens without instrumental intro and features a few lyrical changes, the guitar solo is also subtly different. Scentless Apprentice (Demo - Alt. Mix) Recorded in January 19-21, 1993 BMG Ariola Ltda., Rio de Janeiro, BR Verse Chorus Verse (Alt. Take 1991) Recorded in May-June, 1991 Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA The band recorded this track live, with Cobain providing a scratch vocal. Cobain then overdubbed three guitars to complement the bass and drums. Although the song was finished instrumentally, Cobain never recorded a formal lead vocal part. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip (Alt. Mix) Recorded in January 19-21, 1993 BMG Ariola Ltda., Rio de Janeiro
Aug 5, 2015 Heart-Shaped Box (Instrumental 1993) Recorded in February 12-26, 1993 Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, MN This demo has different solo than album version. Polly (Alt. Mix) Recorded in April 2-6, 1990 Smart Studios, Madison WI The rendition of Polly captured at this session was so successful that it was used on Nevermind. Vig recalls it as being the final track recorded Here She Comes Now (Alt. Mix) Recorded in April 2-6, 1990 Smart Studios, Madison WI Channing recalls Here She Comes Now as being one of the few takes that went smoothly at Smart, ''I was shocked we did that one'', he remembers, ''that was a fun song.'' Novoselic says that the reason the band covered the song was because they'd been asked to by an indie label. ''Gary from Tupelo Records called up and said he was putting out a Velvet Underground tribute record, and he wanted us to play on it. We had never played that song before [the Smart sessions] and we hardly ever played it after. We just kind of hashed it out. We did that song in one take.'' Tourette's (Alt. Mix) Recorded in February 12-26, 1993 Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, MN Old Age (Alt Take - Mix 1) Recorded in May-June, 1991 Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA The band recorded this track live, with Cobain again providing a scratch vocal. It was quickly dropped after a guitar overdub was completed. Old Age (Alt. Take - Mix 2) Recorded in May-June, 1991 Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA The band recorded this track live, with Cobain again providing a scratch vocal. It was quickly dropped after a guitar overdub was completed. Milk It (Demo - Alt. Mix) Recorded in January 19-21, 1993 Ariola BMG Studios, Rio de Janeiro, BR Onward Into Countless Battles (Alt. Mix) Recorded in January 19-21, 1993 Ariola BMG Studios, Rio de Janeiro, BR I Hate Myself And Want To Die (Demo - Alt. Mix) Recorded in January 19-21, 1993 Ariola BMG Studios, Rio de Janeiro, BR Seasons In The Sun (Alt. Mix) Recorded in January 19-21, 1993 Ariola BMG Studios, Rio de Janeiro, BR Earth - Divine and Bright (Reissue) This wasn't released today, but on a reissue of Dylan Carlson's band Earth released in 2010, and has Kurt singing lead vocals along with Kelly Canary from the band "Dickless". It's a cool little song, and I'm surprised how many people never heard this before.
Aug 5, 2015 A lot of the videos seem to have been taken down but there is this soundcloud with 10 of them there is also a download link but im not sure if im allowed to post that
Aug 5, 2015 As a die hard Nirvana fan, I say thank you. But I guess I found this thread too late as most of them were taken down already. Some these mixes and alts appeared on a special edition Nirvana collection called 'With The Lights Off'. 'She Comes Down' was on there All these alts and mixes and there still isn't a Come As You Are instrumental
Aug 5, 2015 These aren't for sale so I'll just post it in case anybody else wants them. https://mega.co.nz/#F!V1ggkSpD!OaNGykOyJxpobzpcGv8ypQ
