Nirvana C/D

I just need to say how much I absolutely love the production on Dirty, since it's been mentioned. A true favorite.

probably already mentioned by I remember reading that the band/kurt selected Andy Wallace cuz they/he liked what he did with slayer

Yes. After Kurt drove Butch crazy with his constantly-shifting mixing demands, the label gave the band a list of mixing engineers that the label would prefer and asked them to pick one. Each name had a selection of relevant credits next to them, and when they looked at Wallace, they immediately recognizing the Slayer records and went with him. Either Krist or Dave later explained why that appealed to them, commenting on the thickness of those Slayer mixes. (It was probably Krist since he was likely to benefit the most as the bass player.)

It's funny to think that Wallace also remixed Madonna's biggest '80s hits. If you have the The Immaculate Collection compilation from 1990, listen to "Into the Groove," he actually plays that keyboard break. (He added it when he made the You Can Dance remix.)

Also, before I read Wallace's interview on mixing Nevermind, my understanding of mixing was limited to what I had read about records in the pre-digital era. Needless to say, it's a pretty gigantic leap to what you could do with computers at your disposal. Too many details to remember, but the one that stuck out was how he got Grohl's snare to sound especially good - by taking a pre-made sample and mixing it in with every single snare hit on the multi-track. So every time you heard that drum hit, it was really two different sounds fused together.

*immediately recognized

He did the same thing on Dirty too (as per Browne's Goodbye 20th Century).

Tangential but my favourite story about those sessions from that book is Vig making Moore and Ranaldo figure out exactly how detuned their strings were with strobe tuners.

when my buddy Greg bought it on a late November morning record store trip (I bought Robyn Hitchcock's Perspex Island) and put the tape in the car, it boomed like Def Leppard.

Although I already loved Teen Spirit it was hearing On A Plain on Simon Barnett's GLR radio show that made Nevermind a must-purchase for me, as the blend of harmonies and heavy guitars was absolutely intoxicating, and definitely tapped into what I'd liked about Def Leppard as a kid.

Watching “Live at the Paramount” on AXS TV… this is a pretty ripping concert film, never seen it before.

Yes. I don't know jack about filming a concert (or filming anything for that matter) but I've always thought that one looks incredible. Really feels like you're there, practically on stage at times.

been listening to this band nonstop

They are a good one.

they're so good! i'm getting to know bleach for the first time

On my radio show this week I paid tribute to Kurt Cobain by playing two hours of Nirvana covers from the 90s:

The King - Come as You Are
Dead Sex Kitten - On a Plain
Ash - Blew
Cibo Matto - About a Girl
Kurt Cobain - Dumb (solo acoustic KAOS FM)
Tankcsapda - Egyszerü dal
Wasted Youth - Floyd the Barber
Sonic Youth - Moist Vagina
Whistler - All Apologies
T.U.L.P. - Make You Unhappy
Skanic - Breed
Kristin Hersh - Pennyroyal Tea
Nirvana GB - Lithium
Dr. Know - Aneurysm
Dover - Territorial Pissings
The Lounge Brigade - Heart Shaped Box
Zircus - Drain You
Les Bidochons - Crêperie
Kurt Cobain - Do Re Mi

Smells Like Teen Spirit Megamix: (starts at 1:10:00)
- Tinman - Eighteen Strings
- Calcutta Anazamama - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Neophyte and the Stunned Guys - Army of Hardcore
- Credit to the Nation - Call It What You Want
- Tori Amos - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- The Flying Pickets - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Nonex - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Lords of the Underground - Haters
- Sara DeBell - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Wheetstone Bridge - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Mary Lou Lord - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Xorcist - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Melvins - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Abigail - Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Balloon - Monstersound

Tura Satana - Negative Creep
Jonny Polonsky - In Bloom
Laura Love - Come as You Are
Digital Factor - Rape Me
UK Subs - Stay Away
Flipper - Scentless Apprentice
Paw - School
Baptism - Something in the Way
Nirvana - You Know You're Right

Kristin! I feel like I've heard her talk about Kurt before

When the With The Lights Out box was released I had a weekly slot on the 6Music breakfast show reviewing that week's new releases. I chose Do Re Mi as the track to be played on air, and after playing it the producer took me aside and had a frank and rather scathing chat with me over what constituted music you might feasibly play on a national breakfast show.

Love that song but yes maybe he was right, hope not too many listeners choked on their corn flakes that morning