Live at Reading [CD/DVD]

Nirvana - Live at Reading [CD/DVD]

Live at Reading [CD/DVD]
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Artist: Nirvana
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 2009-11-03
Music Label: Geffen Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Breed
  2. Drain You
  3. Aneurysm
  4. School
  5. Sliver
  6. In Bloom
  7. Come As You Are
  8. Lithium
  9. About A Girl
  10. Tourette's
  11. Polly
  12. Lounge Act
  13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  14. On A Plain
  15. Negative Creep
  16. Been A Son
  17. All Apologies
  18. Blew
  19. Dumb
  20. Stay Away
  21. Spank Thru
  22. The Money Will Roll Right In
  23. D-7
  24. Territorial Pissings
  25. Territorial PissingsCD - Disc: 2

Music reviews of Live at Reading [CD/DVD]

Music Review: Love & Hate
Rating: 3 Stars

Being a long time, die hard Nirvana fan since I was a kid in the early 1990's, and going to my local record den and finding the latest imports and bootlegs by my favorite band, I procured this very concert probably a dozen years ago. I always thought this to be a great performance, with high energy, a great set list, and that "something" that keeps you putting in your illicit buy again and again. Having said that, I was pretty thrilled to learn that the 8/30/92 Nirvana show at the Reading Festival was being officially released. I picked up the cd this morning, along with the 20th anniversary edition of Bleach's release, the DVD was "still in the back and hasn't been put out yet" - so says the couldn't-care-less salesman at my local Wal*Mart.

On the way to work, I popped in the Reading CD and was overly pleased with the improvement on the sound quality from bootleg copies of this show that have been circulating for years. - I was, however, totally irritated with the general production of this performance for it's release, and by that, I mean this; they took out a lot of the between-song talking, and goofing around, which is, in part, what made a Nirvana concert a Nirvana concert. Now, before everyone starts blasting me, I understand that some of it had to be deleted for continuity, space on the CD, etc, etc.. But how do you edit out the band mocking themselves by turning the intro of 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' into a jam on Boston's 'More Than A Feeling' with Krist singing (poorly)? Or when Kurt announces that the next song is for his then 12-day-old-daughter, and his wife, and proceeds to ask the crowd to yell 'Courtney We Love You!" - That song was 'All Apologies'. Now we all know that no one likes Courtney Love, but that was a moment, that accurately reflects the vibe of the times in Nirvana's history, and should have been left in. Like Courtney, or hate her, it was a pretty touching moment, and a rare thing for Kurt to do at a concert.

Another that that drove me absolutely up a wall about this CD is the insertion of fake crowd cheering at the beginning of every song, and it sounds like the same canned sound clip of the crowd cheering is used in a good portion of the songs in the set. This is especially annoying, and almost comical to hear by the end of the disc. It really takes away from the experience, especially after listening to the bootleg version for so long, whose quality was not nearly as good, but at least it was real, and raw. To put this all in a nutshell, The show was epic enough on it's own, don't mess with it.
Anyone even a little familiar with the time line of Nirvana's music knows that songs like 'All Apologies', "School", "Sliver", and "Been a Son" were virtually unknown songs in 1992, so hearing an erupting cheer when they start playing 'Been a Son' sounds totally ridiculous. At least to me.. Maybe I'm being overly critical, but it's really annoying, and like I said earlier, comical to listen to by half way into the show.

Stick to the DVD, people. All the "little things" are in there that give this show it's charm in the first place, and yes, the stuff that was deleted from the CD.. but the same annoying addition of fake crowd cheering is on both the CD and the DVD.. Oh well..

-Phiber Optik
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Description of Live at Reading [CD/DVD]

Ranked #1 in Kerrang Magazine's "100 Gigs That Shook The World" and voted as "Nirvana's #1 Greatest Moment" by fans in an NME poll, Nirvana's historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the UK's Reading Festival is one of the most bootlegged concerts in the annals of rock n roll. Now, fans will have an opportunity to own a pristine copy of that entire performance -- color-corrected video from the original film with audio sourced from the original multi-track masters. Nirvana Live At Reading will be issued in a limited edition CD+DVD Deluxe Edition as well as DVD-only, CD-only configurations on November 3, 2009, followed by a 2LP version on November 17, 2009.

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