Nirvana - Silver (Best of the Box)

[Squall]

Another Nirvana thread sorry but its about an album coming out i think 21st of November.

Silver (Best of the Box)
Nirvana

‘Sliver: The Best Of The Box’ features 22 recordings, 18 of which made their debut on the massive selling ‘With The Lights Out’ Nirvana box set, and a mere three songs culled from Courtney Love’s secret stash of rare Kurt Cobain recordings.

The previously unheard tracks are ‘Spank Thru’ (from 1985's ‘Fecal Matter’ demo tape featuring Cobain on guitar and vocals with Dale Crover of The Melvins on bass and drums), a track called ‘Sappy’ from a 1990 studio recording, and a 1991 pre-'Nevermind' rehearsal recording of ‘Come As You Are’.

Track listing


Disc 1:
1. ‘Spank Thru’ - from 1985's 'Fecal Matter' demo tape featuring Kurt Cobain on guitar and vocals with Dale Crover of The Melvins on bass and drums.
2. ‘Heartbreaker’ - Led Zeppelin cover recorded live at Nirvana's first performance at a 1987 house party.
3. ‘Mrs. Butterworth’ - undated rehearsal demo
4. ‘Floyd The Barber’ - 1988 live recording
5. ‘Clean Up Before She Comes’ - undated home demo
6. ‘About A Girl’ - undated home demo
7. ‘Blandest’ - 1988 studio recording
8. ‘Ain't It A Shame’ - Leadbelly cover recorded in 1989 and featuring Mark Pickerel of Screaming Trees on drums.
9. ‘Sappy’ - 1990 studio recording
10. ‘Opinion’ - 1990 solo acoustic radio performance
11. ‘Lithium’ - 1990 solo acoustic radio performance
12. ‘Sliver’ - undated home demo
13. ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ - 1991 pre-Nevermind rehearsal recording
14. ‘Come As You Are’ - 1991 pre-Nevermind rehearsal recording
15. ‘Old Age’ - 1991 Nevermind outtake
16. ‘Oh The Guilt’ - from 1992 ‘Touch & Go’ split-single with The Jesus Lizard
17. ‘Rape Me’ - 1992 acoustic home demo
18. ‘Rape Me’ - 1992 electric studio recording
19. ‘Heart Shaped Box’ - 1993 Rio de Janeiro studio recording
20. ‘Do Re Mi’ - 1994 home demo
21. ‘You Know You're Right’ - 1994 home demo
22. 'All Apologies' - 1994 home demo

 

[Catfish Jake]

Squeeze that udder! Milk the cash cow!

 

[UNIT]

Unless there is a secret albums worth of new material on a par with 'You Know Your Right' i dont want to know about any future Nirvana releases.

 

[Toasta]

Unless there is a secret albums worth of new material on a par with 'You Know Your Right' i dont want to know about any future Nirvana releases.

With you there unit, after forking out my hard earned on the debarkle that was the 'with the lights out' box set, which would have been better titled 'a collection of poorly quality recordings', I have decided that Nirvana have not recorded anything else of worth that I dont already own.

Kurt would be furious.

 

[Slacker]

IMO Butch Vig was a big factor behind Nirvana’s success. He was the main driver behind the polished sounds that came through on the Nevermind album. A sound that Nirvana themselves weren’t that happy with, in fact they sought the more raw and underground sound that you hear on later albums. This Vig influence made Nevermind much more accessible to the greater market.

Out of all the Nirvana recordings I would say that only Nevermind & Unplugged would appeal to you average punter. Bleach, InUtero and Incesticide mostly rode off Nevermind success and I remember being more than a bit disappointed with them at the time they were released. However, they were probably more in line with Cobain’s artistic vision, as is the album mentioned above.

 

[Toasta]

Bleach, InUtero and Incesticide mostly rode off Nevermind success and I remember being more than a bit disappointed with them at the time they were released. However, they were probably more in line with Cobain’s artistic vision, as is the album mentioned above.

I think Bleach was the truest indication of who Nirvana where trying to be, or the sound they strived to create if you like, it had the raw edge and the absence of the polished finish that cobain detested so much.

 

[Toasta]

I've tracked down three of the tracks that can be listened to on line,

"Blandest [demo]" http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/ume/nbx/blandest_demo-1.asx
"Do Re Mi" [solo acoustic] http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/ume/nbx/do_re_mi_solo_acoustic-1.asx
"Sappy" http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/ume/nbx/sappy-1.asx

The quality sounds as if it's very similar to the 'With the lights out' box set. I can't stand listening to albums with tracks of various quality...worth checking out just the same.

 

[Power21]

With you there unit, after forking out my hard earned on the debarkle that was the 'with the lights out' box set, which would have been better titled 'a collection of poorly quality recordings', I have decided that Nirvana have not recorded anything else of worth that I dont already own.

Kurt would be furious.

Kurt doesnt have a say because he took the easy way out.