As you likely already know, Nirvana’s 1991 breakthrough record Nevermind will be given the reissue treatment on September 27.
Very few details have been revealed about what exactly will be included on the reissue aside from a live concert film, B-sides and demos but today a bit more information was leaked about the record’s reissue (but no track list, sigh Update: tracklist below). There will be multiple options available for your Nevermind repurchasing needs. Options range from a super deluxe option to a vinyl edition to a simple, two-disc edition.
I typically don’t copy/past press releases, but there’s a lot of info to digest so here’s the word from the publicist’s mouth about the record with emphasis added by me.
Now on the occasion of Nevermind’s 20th anniversary, Universal Music Enterprises presents a full spectrum re-release worthy of such a pivotal classic. With configurations ranging from a 4-CD/1-DVD Super Deluxe Edition to a standard digital/CD remaster of the original album, the 20th anniversary reissue of Nevermind makes the most of the occasion, unearthing literally dozens of previously unreleased recordings, obscure B-sides, alternate mixes, radio sessions, studio rarities and live recordings including a Halloween 1991 concert at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre in its entirety.
The limited numbered Super Deluxe Edition more than lives up to its name as one of the most expansive and ambitious collections of its kind. The Super Deluxe features not only the original remastered album and accompanying studio and live B-sides, but the first full official release of the pre-Nevermind demos recorded at producer Butch Vig’s Smart Studios, as well as boombox recordings of subsequent rehearsals through which the listener can actually experience “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Come As You Are,” “On A Plain” and others take shape before his or her very ears. The Super Deluxe also offers an altogether new perspective on the finished Nevermind album exclusive to this format in the form of the Devonshire Mixes: the album as produced and mixed by Vig as opposed to the commercially released final version produced by Vig and mixed by Andy Wallace. Rounding out the Super Deluxe are a pair of previously unreleased BBC recordings and the aforementioned 1991 Paramount show available for the first time and exclusive to this format on CD and DVD (which also features all four music videos from Nevermind), as well as a stunning 90-page bound book full of rarely and never before seen photos, documents and various other visual artifacts of the Nevermind era. The Super Deluxe audio will also be available for digital download.
The Nirvana Nevermind 20th anniversary reissue is also available as a 2-CD Deluxe Edition featuring the remastered album and B-sides, the Smart Studio sessions, boombox rehearsals and BBC sessions, a 4-LP 180-gram heavyweight vinyl edition featuring the same 40 tracks as the Deluxe Edition, a remastered CD of the original album, and digital versions of the standard and deluxe editions. The Paramount concert, transferred from 16mm film and multi-track audio, is the only known Nirvana concert shot to film and will be available in a 1080p high definition picture and uncompressed 5.1 surround sound and stereo in stand-alone Blu-ray, along with DVD and digital long form video formats.
Track listing for the super deluxe edition:
CD1:
Original album:
01 Smells Like Teen Spirit
02 In Bloom
03 Come as You Are
04 Breed
05 Lithium
06 Polly
07 Territorial Pissings
08 Drain You
09 Lounge Act
10 Stay Away
11 On a Plain
12 Something in the Way
B-Sides:
13 Even in His Youth
14 Aneurysm
15 Curmudgeon
16 D-7 (live at the BBC)
17 Been a Son (live)
18 School (live)
19 Drain You (live)
20 Sliver (live)
21 Polly (live)
CD2:
Smart Studios sessions:
01 In Bloom *
02 Immodium (Breed) *
03 Lithium *
04 Polly *
05 Pay to Play
06 Here She Comes Now
07 Dive *
08 Sappy *
The Boombox Rehearsals:
09 Smells Like Teen Spirit
10 Verse Chorus Verse *
11 Territorial Pissings *
12 Lounge Act *
13 Come as You Are
14 Old Age *
15 Something in the Way *
16 On a Plain *
BBC Sessions:
17 Drain You *
18 Something in the Way *
CD3:
The Devonshire Mixes:
01 Smells Like Teen Spirit *
02 In Bloom *
03 Come as You Are *
04 Breed *
05 Lithium *
06 Territorial Pissings *
07 Drain You *
08 Lounge Act *
09 Stay Away *
10 On a Plain *
11 Something in the Way *
CD4:
Live at the Paramount Theatre:
01 Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam *
02 Aneurysm *
03 Drain You *
04 School *
05 Floyd the Barber *
06 Smells Like Teen Spirit *
07 About a Girl *
08 Polly *
09 Breed *
10 Sliver *
11 Love Buzz *
12 Lithium *
13 Been a Son *
14 Negative Creep *
15 On a Plain *
16 Blew *
17 Rape Me *
18 Territorial Pissings *
19 Endless, Nameless *
DVD:
Live at the Paramount Theatre:
01 Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam *
02 Aneurysm *
03 Drain You *
04 School *
05 Floyd the Barber *
06 Smells Like Teen Spirit *
07 About a Girl *
08 Polly *
09 Breed *
10 Sliver *
11 Love Buzz *
12 Lithium *
13 Been a Son *
14 Negative Creep *
15 On a Plain *
16 Blew *
17 Rape Me *
18 Territorial Pissings *
19 Endless, Nameless *
Music videos:
20 Smells Like Teen Spirit (music video)
21 Come As You Are (music video)
22 Lithium (music video)
23 In Bloom (music video)
