They played around for two years before of bleach in june ,1989.At the time ,live shows were thery bread and butter (theis being prior to released of Nevermind in September of 1991).they’d hit the road for months at the time ………coming back with one or two grand ..to be split three ways .in those days.that was about as much “ success” as they thought possible.The earliest performances on this album are brought to your courtesy of a sound board cassette recording of a December 1989 show at London ‘s Astoria “Breed”(then called “Imodium”)and “polly”(the big rock version )are taken from this show,the last date of European tour supporting fellow sub-pop .tad.Early in 1991 ,the band signed with Geffen Records and acquired professional management .D.I.Y.fell by the way sideNevermind was recorded in the spring of 1991 .following summer tours with dinosaur jr.and the jesus lizardNevermind was releasedin the fall Immediantelly following the release.they went on a tour headlining small venues that culmanited with a Halloween home coming show at seattle ‘s paramount theathre.this show was filmed and recorded onto multi-track…..yielding the version of’ Negative creep” used in compling this recordTwo days later .the band left for another European tour “School” “Been a son” “Lithium” and “ Blew” were all taken from a show the paradiso in Amsterdam Netherlands ,on November 25,1991.the track for dutch tv.” Spank thru,” this version having been recorded on November 19,1991 in rome ,was actually the first nirvana song.Was they were touring Europe.Nevermind was becoming all the rage back home .though they were kept informed of the momentum,being so far away made us pretty oblivious to the extent of what was happening.They endedthe year with a brief west coast tour.the bill included pearl jam and nirvana and was headline by the red hot chili peppers.the second show of this tour was on December 28,1991 at the del mar fairgrounds (just outside san diego). For whatever reason,our set was particulary aggressive that night “ Drain You’’ “ Aneursym” and “smells like teen spirits” were all taken from this recordingEarly in1992,the band toured austarlia and japan .later in the summer .we traveled to Europe to make up some scandanavian shows they had to cancel on the previous tour,the touring high light of the year ,however ,was a headlining slot on England’s reading festival .they have to say that hearing tens of thousands of people sing along with “lithium” was a very cool moment in the history of the band .they were having fun playing and decided to stretch the set out a bit-enter “ Tourette’s “ a song which had been around for a few years ( and eventually found its wat onto In utero)Following the released of in utero in 1993 we once again hit the road .using left –over props from the “Heart-shaped box” video shoot as set dressing (they fiest foray into the world of stage props) they concentrated on working up a set tht spnned the band’s entire career and gave the audience a longer show than they had done on past tours. In that they were playing the “big” halss on this tour,it was felt that we needed to bring along a “ big’’ sound………………..ladies and gentlemen plese welcome Pat smear.“scentless Apprentice” was filmed and recorded by MTV for their 1993 new year’s special …recorded at show at apier in settle .”Heart-shaped box” comes from a sound board DAT recording from in los angeles in December ,1993.they took “milk it” from a sound board recording from the seattle center Arena “Sliver” is taken a board tape from the springfield civic center (in massachusetss)In presenting this record.they hope that the ultimate allure of nirvana (and especaially kurt )as well as the passion that they had-and have -for the music they made is once again brought to the forefront.let all the analysis fall away like yellow ,aged new sprint the bliss,power and passion.and get album……it’s TOTAL NIRVANA
