Non-Urban Music Nirvana's "Bleach" remastered, reissued with live performance!

[Casey]

link - Matson on Music | Nirvana's "Bleach" re-mastered, re-issued with live 1990 recording | Seattle Times Newspaper

Probably best known for "About a Girl," an early sign Nirvana was keen on pop ditties, "Bleach" is getting the full redux treatment from Sub Pop. It is a jewel in the label's catalog, and remains a hugely pissed-off artistic statement. Listening to it now, it's baffling such uncompromisingly brutal music became so popular.

"Bleach" explains Nirvana's quintessence: The sludge/momentum balance in Kurt Cobain's guitar tone and style (back when he was "Kurdt" Cobain) , his bloody-throated scream-singing, the arena-rock drums and rumbly bass lines, the Pixies-ish vibe that combined catchy and scary.

Included with "Bleach" in the re-release is a live recording from a 1990 concert in Portland.

Full press release after the jump.

NIRVANA'S PLATINUM DEBUT ALBUM BLEACH TURNS 20

SUB POP RE-ISSUES RE-MASTERED BLEACH WITH ADDED UNRELEASED LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM 1990

Seattle, WA - Marking the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana's debut album, Sub Pop will re-issue the Platinum Certified Bleach on November 3, 2009. This expanded CD/double-LP will include a never-before-released live performance, special packaging and the first run of the double-LP will be on 180g white vinyl (the first run of the original LP was also on white vinyl). Both formats will be available for pre-order at subpop.com leading up to this edition's release.

Originally recorded over three sessions with producer Jack Endino at Seattle's Reciprocal Recording Studios in December 1988 and January 1989, Bleach was released in June of '89 and remains unequivocally/unsurprisingly Sub Pop's very favorite Nirvana full-length. The album initially sold 40,000 copies, but was brought into the international spotlight following the release and worldwide success of their 1991sophomore effort, Nevermind. Subsequently Bleach went on to sell 1.7 million copies in the US alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This 20th Anniversary Edition has been re-mastered from the original tapes at Sterling Sound in a session overseen by producer Jack Endino.

This edition will include an unreleased live recording of a complete February 9th, 1990 show at the Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon. The show features performances of "Love Buzz," "About a Girl" and a cover of The Vaselines' song "Molly's Lips" and has been re-mixed from the original tapes by Endino (complete track listing below). A 48-page CD /16-page LP booklet which includes candid photos of the band not previously released to the public will also be included in this deluxe edition.

Bleach: Deluxe Edition

1. Blew

2. Floyd the Barber

3. About a Girl

4. School

5. Love Buzz

6. Paper Cuts

7. Negative Creep

8. Scoff

9. Swap Meet

10. Mr. Moustache

11. Sifting

12. Big Cheese

13. Downer

Live at Pine Street Theatre

1. Intro

2. School

3. Floyd the Barber

4. Dive

5. Love Buzz

6. Spank Thru

7. Molly's Lips

8. Sappy

9. Scoff

10. About a Girl

11. Been a Son

12. Blew

I can't wait for this. As some of you know, I'm a HUGE Nirvana fan. I'll be copping this the day it drops, for sure.

 

[DarkPhantom13]

Man i would have loved for them to include a dvd of the live performance instead of just the audio. Oh well i will surely pick this up on release day.

 

[Casey]

Man i would have loved for them to include a dvd of the live performance instead of just the audio. Oh well i will surely pick this up on release day.

Yeah, I feel that. There is no circulating video footage of that actual gig though. That gig was Feb 9th 1990 in Portland, the closest gig to that that does have circulating video footage is Feb 12th in Sacramento which I believe is fan-shot, and then there's some pro-shot stuff from Feb 14th in San Francisco.

I have 15-20 unreleased Nirvana live performances on DVD. There's some really good stuff in there. If there was an easy way for me to share them with you I would, but the files are huge lol.

 

[DarkPhantom13]

Yeah, I feel that. There is no circulating video footage of that actual gig though. That gig was Feb 9th 1990 in Portland, the closest gig to that that does have circulating video footage is Feb 12th in Sacramento which I believe is fan-shot, and then there's some pro-shot stuff from Feb 14th in San Francisco.

I have 15-20 unreleased Nirvana live performances on DVD. There's some really good stuff in there. If there was an easy way for me to share them with you I would, but the files are huge lol.

Where did u get the dvd? On a side note my homegirl recently met Dave Grohl at a bar she works at in Newport Beach and her knowing how much of a Nirvana and Foo Fighters fan i am she had Dave sign a pair of drum sticks for me. :thumb:

 

[Jeremy]

That's sick. I love the unplugged live performance.

 

[Casey]

Where did u get the dvd? On a side note my homegirl recently met Dave Grohl at a bar she works at in Newport Beach and her knowing how much of a Nirvana and Foo Fighters fan i am she had Dave sign a pair of drum sticks for me. :thumb:

No I meant I have about 15-20 separate DVD's with full Nirvana live performances on them. Got them all from various different places, some in Seattle, some in Portland, some here in the UK, some in trades with collectors. Some are audience filmed and terrible quality but all are worth watching. There's a pro-shot one from the Rock in Rio show in Brazil that's just incredible.

That's dope that you got some signed sticks from Dave!