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Nirvana: Sliver - The Best of the Box

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Label: Geffen Records
Released: 2005.11.01
Time:
 74:25
Category: Grunge
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.nirvana.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Spank Thru [1985 Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 3:45
[2] Heartbreaker [Live] (Page/Bonham/Jones/Plant) - 2:59
[3] Mrs. Butterworth [Rehearsal Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 4:04
[4] Floyd The Barber [Live] (Kurt Cobain) - 2:33
[5] Clean Up Before She Comes (Home Demo)    3:12
[6] About A Girl [Home Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 2:44
[7] Blandest [Studio Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 3:56
[8] Ain't It A Shame [Studio Demo] (Huddie Ledbetter) - 2:03
[9] Sappy [1990 Studio Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 3:33
[10] Opinion [Solo Acoustic Radio Appearance] (Kurt Cobain) - 1:35
[11] Lithium [Solo Acoustic Radio Appearance] (Kurt Cobain) - 1:49
[12] Sliver [Home Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 2:10
[13] Smells Like Teen Spirit [Boom Box Version] (Grohl/Novoselic/Cobain) - 5:40
[14] Come As You Are [Boom Box Version] (Kurt Cobain) - 4:10
[15] Old Age [Nevermind Outtake] (Kurt Cobain) - 4:21
[16] Oh The Guilt (Kurt Cobain) - 3:25
[17] Rape Me [Home Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 3:23
[18] Rape Me [Band Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 3:03
[19] Heart Shaped Box [Band Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 5:33
820] Do Re Mi [Home Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 4:24
[21] You Know You're Right [Home Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 2:30
[22] All Apologies [Home Demo] (Kurt Cobain) - 3:33

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Kurt Cobain - Guitar, Vocals
Dave Grohl - Drums, Vocals
Krist Novoselic - Bass

Dale Crover - Bass, Drums on [1,4]
Aaron Burckhard - Drums on [2,3]
Chad Channing - Drums on [7,9]
Mark Pickerel - Drums on [8]
Pat Smear - 2nd Guitar on [20]

Jack Endino - Producer on [7-9,18], Mixing on [7]
Butch Vig - Producer on [15]
Barrett Jones - Producer on [16]
Craig Montgomery - Producer on [19]
Ian Beveridge - Producer on [19]
Adam Schneider - Executive-Producer
John Silva - Executive-Producer
Michael Meisel - Executive-Producer
Peter Asher - Executive-Producer
Calvin Johnson - Engineer on [10,11]
Adam Kasper - Mixing on [15,16,19]
Adam Ayan - Mastering
Bob Ludwi - Mastering
Adam Kasper - Audio Assembly Technician
Robert Fisher - Art Director
Gillian Gaar - Photography, Project Consultant
Greg Babior - Photography
Jay Blakesberg - Photography
Shelli Hyrkas - Photography
Charles Peterson - Photography
Ian Tilton - Photography
Alice Wheeler - Photography
Keith Williamson - Photography
Monique McGuffin - Production Coordination
Adam Starr - Product Manager

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© 2005 Geffen Records, a division of UMG Recordings Inc.

A compilation from the "With The Lights Out" Box Set with three previously unreleased tracks.

Tracks 1, 9 & 14 are previously unreleased.

A collection of home and studio demos, acoustic appearances, live recordings and three unreleased tracks ("Spank Thru", "Sappy" and "Come As You Are (Boom Box Version)") from Nirvana.

1: recorded at Mari Earl's house in Aberdeen, Washington in 1985.
2: recorded on March 1987 at a house party in Raymond, Washington.
3: recorded on January 1988 at a rehearsal in Dale Crover's home (Aberdeen, Washington).
4: recorded on January 23, 1988 at The Community World Theatre (Tacoma, Washington).
5: Home Demo, undated.
6: Home Demo, recorded in 1988.
7: recorded on June 1988 at Reciprocal Studios (Seattle, Washington).
8: recorded on July 1989 for "The Jury" sessions at Reciprocal Studios (Seattle, Washington).
9: recorded on January 2-3, 1990 at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle, Washington.
10 and 11: recorded on September 25, 1990 for KAOS Radio (Olympia, Washington).
12: Home Demo - recorded in 1989.
13 and 14: Rehearsal demo - recorded in early 1991.
15: recorded on May-June, 1991 at Sound City Studios (Van Nuys, California).
16: recorded on April 7, 1992 at Laundry Room Studios (Seattle, Washington).
17: Home Demo - recorded in 1992.
18: recorded on October 26, 1992 at World Of Mouth Studios (Seattle, Washington).
19: recorded on January 1993 at BMG Ariola Studios (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil).
20 and 21: Home Demo - recorded in 1994.
22: Home Demo - undated.



Appearing a year after the long-awaited three-disc With the Lights Out, which was supposed to be a clearinghouse for all existing Nirvana demos and rarities, Sliver: The Best of the Box is a single-disc compilation of highlights from that set. Of course, a comp like this needs to have collector bait in order to guarantee interest from the die-hard fans, so in addition to 19 previously released cuts, this has three previously unreleased tracks, most noteworthy being the 1985 demo of "Spank Thru," recorded when Kurt Cobain's band was called Fecal Matter. The other two songs are a 1990 studio demo of "Sappy," the song first released under the title "Verse Chorus Verse" on the No Alternative various-artists album, and a "Boom Box Version" of "Come as You Are," which is a taped rehearsal take of the song recorded before Nevermind. All three of these would have fit nicely on the box (and arguably should have been there, especially "Spank Thru," which is the best of the earliest Nirvana-related recordings), and for obsessives, they're enough to warrant a grudging, hesitant purchase. The real question is, whether Sliver is worthwhile for serious fans who nevertheless for whatever reason don't want three discs of demos and outtakes. The answer is: kinda. Most of the major songs from With the Lights Out are here, but not all of them. What's missing are outtakes like "Verse Chorus Verse" (a different song than "Sappy"), B-sides like "Curmudgeon," and non-LP cuts like "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die." While it's understandable that a weird novelty like "Beans" wouldn't make the cut, the absence of these three cuts mean this comp does fall short of its billing as being "The Best of the Box," and it also makes it of less interest to fans who just want all the truly noteworthy cuts from the box. That said, this does have such great items as the outtake "Old Age," the non-LP single "Oh the Guilt," and a demo of Leadbelly's "Ain't It a Shame," plus acoustic demos of Cobain's last two songs, "Do Re Mi" and "You Know You're Right," which is enough to satisfy the curiosity of most listeners. But it has to be said that due to its source material of home recordings and lo-fi tapes, Sliver, like With the Lights Out, is not easy listening and demands listeners' utmost attention -- and if listeners are willing to concentrate that hard on Nirvana rarities, they'd probably be better off getting three discs of the stuff instead of just one.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide
 

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