Live at Reading (2LP) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Label:    DGC – B0013538-01
Format:    2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country:    UK, Europe & US
Released:    2023
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Alternative Rock, Grunge

A1        Breed    3:12
A2        Drain You    3:38
A3        Aneurysm
Written-By – Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
4:35
A4        School    2:43
A5        Sliver    2:06
A6        In Bloom    4:36
B1        Come As You Are    3:36
B2        Lithium    4:21
B3        About A Girl    2:51
B4        Tourette's    1:50
B5        Polly    2:48
B6        Lounge Act    2:36
C1        Smells Like Teen Spirit
Written-By – Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
4:45
C2        On A Plain    3:00
C3        Negative Creep    2:52
C4        Been A Son    2:13
C5        All Apologies    3:09
C6        Blew    3:19
D1        Dumb    2:32
D2        Stay Away    3:32
D3        Spank Thru    3:06
D4        The Money Will Roll Right In
Written-By – Chris Wilson (10), Tom Flynn
2:16
D5        D-7
Written-By – Greg Sage
3:43
D6        Territorial Pissings
Written-By – Chet Powers
4:29

Record Company – UMe
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Geffen Records
Copyright © – Geffen Records
Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Published By – EMI Virgin Songs, Inc.
Published By – The End Of Music
Published By – Primary Wave Tunes
Published By – M.J. Twelve Music
Published By – Universal Music Publishing
Published By – Murky Slough Music
Published By – Udderly Good Music
Published By – Part Music
Published By – Irving Music
Lacquer Cut At – Record Technology Incorporated – 41630
Recorded At – The Reading Festival
Art Direction – Vartan (4)
Bass, Backing Vocals – Krist Novoselic
Design – Oddopolis, Ryan Rogers
Drums, Backing Vocals – Dave Grohl
Executive-Producer – Nirvana
Guitar, Vocals – Kurt Cobain
Lacquer Cut By – Levi Seitz
Management [Project] – John Silva (3), Michael Meisel
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Mixed By [Stereo Mixes] – Nathaniel Kunkel
Photography By – Charles Peterson (4)
Producer [DVD] – Jeff Fura
Product Manager – Adam Starr
Production Manager – Monique McGuffin Newman*
Recorded By [Concert] – Fujisankei International
Research – Mike Ziegler (2)
Written-By – Kurt Cobain (tracks: A1 to D3, D6)
Written-By [The Star Spangled Banner] – Francis Scott Key
Double LP album issued in traditional shrink and gatefold sleeve.

Recorded on August 30, 1992 at Richfield Avenue in Reading, England for the 1992 Reading Festival.
Mastered at Gateway Mastering.
Special Thanks: Neil Pengelly, Kris Sproul and Mike Ziegler

℗©2009 Geffen Records

All songs Published By EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. O/B/O The End Of Music and Primary Wave Tunes (BMI) EXCEPT
A3 & C1 Published By EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. O/B/O The End Of Music and Primary Wave Tunes (BMI) / M.J.-Twelve Music and Administered by Universal Music Publishing (BMI) / Murky Slough Music (BMI)
D4 Published by Udderly Good Music (BMI)
D5 Published by Part Music (BMI)
D6 Published By EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. O/B/O The End Of Music and Primary Wave Tunes (BMI) / Irving Music (BMI)
Barcode: 6 02527 21217 3

Certain concerts create a legend as soon as the final note ceases to ring. Nirvana's headlining appearance at the 1992 Reading Festival is one of these shows, a concert that arrived at precisely the right moment and stands as testament to a band at the peak of its powers...and right before things started to turn sour within the Nirvana camp. Despite the happy news of the birth of Frances Bean Cobain a mere 12 days before this August 30 festival, rumors swirled around Nirvana right up until the band hit the stage. Kurt Cobain took full advantage of these scurrilous stories, making his entrance in a hospital gown and wheelchair pushed by journalist Everett True. Cobain feebly reached for the microphone to croak out the opening lines of "The Rose," only to collapse onto the stage, milking the drama for a moment before leading Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl through a ferocious "Breed." This impish sense of humor has been obscured over the years, lost under the weight of the band's tragic legacy, along with the fact that Nirvana could actually be fun as well as furious. Live at Reading brings all this roaring back. This is Nirvana's purest blast of rock & roll: there's a boundless, invigorating energy here and, just as importantly, there's a sense of joy to the performances, a joy that bubbles to the surface when Kurt laughs during the intro of "Sliver" but can be heard throughout the show, as the band rushes in tandem, pushing the tempos on "Aneurysm" and "Territorial Pissings," ebbing and flowing as one. Hints of this could be heard on the live comp From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, but this is a complete document of Nirvana in full flight and one of the greatest live rock & roll albums ever. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ALTERNATIVE
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 5/26/2015