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Nirvana / In Utero 30th anniversary reissue

Massive (and expensive) super deluxe edition box sets

By Paul Sinclair

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Nirvana’s 1993 album In Utero will be reissued for its 30th anniversary in October.

The band’s final album, produced by Steve Albini, will be re-released across four physical formats with the key bonus material for the super deluxe editions being two complete concerts – Los Angeles in December ’93 and Seattle in January ’94. Five previously released B-sides, six bonus live cuts (all unreleased) and the remastered album complete the audio for the massive box sets. That’s 72 tracks in total, with 53 unreleased.

The 8LP vinyl, 30th anniversary super deluxe edition of Nirvana’s In Utero (click to enlarge)

The 8LP vinyl super deluxe edition rather demonstrates how poor a format vinyl is for archival releases. It takes SIX records (LPs 3-8) and 12 sides of vinyl to deliver two concerts, with the original album on LP 1 and extra tracks on the second LP.

The CD box set has identical audio but delivers it across five CDs (two each for the concert). The five bonus B-sides are appended to the album on CD 1 and the six bonus live recordings are tacked onto the end of the Seattle concert.

Both super deluxe editions are extraordinary expensive, thanks to fancy/convoluted (you decide) packaging. Both CD and vinyl box sets ‘boast’ a removable front-cover acrylic panel with the album’s iconic Angel; a 48-page hardcover book with unreleased photos; a 20-page newly designed fanzine; a Los Angeles tour poster lithograph by hot rod artist Coop; replicas of the 1993 record store promo Angel mobile, three gig fliers, two ticket stubs for Los Angeles and Seattle, an All-Access tour laminate, and four cloth sticky tour backstage passes: Press, Photo, After Show, and Local Crew!

The 5CD, 30th anniversary super deluxe edition of Nirvana’s In Utero (click to enlarge)

There are other options. A 2CD deluxe features the newly remastered album with live version of the entire album culled from both concerts, plus Nirvana’s covers of The Vaselines’ ‘Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam’ and David Bowie’s ‘The Man Who Sold The World’.  This version doesn’t include the five B-sides, but pIcking the 2CD over the 5CD saves you at least £160!

The 2CD edition of In Utero includes the album live constructed from both concerts in the box sets

Finally, there’s single vinyl LP edition with premium ‘tip-on’ sleeve (as per Nevermind in 2021) and this comes with a 10-inch single that includes the five B-sides.

All four formats of this 30th anniversary edition of In Utero will be released on 27 October 2023

Tracklisting

In Utero Nirvana / 30th anniversary reissue

    • LP 1: Original Album Remastered
      SIDE 1
      1. Serve The Servants
      2. Scentless Apprentice
      3. Heart-Shaped Box
      4. Rape Me
      5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
      6. Dumb
      SIDE 2
      1. Very Ape
      2. Milk It
      3. Pennyroyal Tea
      4. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
      5. tourette’s
      6. All Apologies
    • LP 2:
      SIDE 1:BONUS TRACKS & B-SIDES Remastered
      1. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip
      2. Marigold
      3. Sappy
      4. Moist Vagina
      5. I Hate Myself And Want To Die
      SIDE 2: BONUS LIVE 1993/1994
      1. Serve The Servants (Live in Rome)*
      2. Scentless Apprentice (Live in Rome)*
      3. Heart-Shaped Box (Live in Rome)*
      4. Very Ape (Live in Rome)*
      5. Milk It (Live in Springfield)*
      6. tourette’s (Live in New York)*
      * Previously unreleased
    • LP 3: Live in Los Angeles
      Great Western Forum – December 30, 1993
      SIDE 1
      1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter*
      2. Drain You*
      3. Breed*
      4. Serve The Servants*
      SIDE 2
      1. Come As You Are*
      2. Smells Like Teen Spirit*
      3. Sliver*
      4. Dumb*
      * Previously unreleased
    • LP 4: Live in Los Angeles
      Great Western Forum – December 30, 1993
      SIDE 3
      1. In Bloom*
      2. About A Girl*
      3. Lithium*
      4. Pennyroyal Tea*
      SIDE 4
      1. School*
      2. Polly*
      3. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle*
      4. Rape Me*
      5. Territorial Pissings*
      * Previously unreleased
    • LP 5: Live in Los Angeles
      SIDE 5
      1. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam*
      2. The Man Who Sold The World*
      3. All Apologies*
      4. On A Plain*
      SIDE 6
      1. Heart-Shaped Box
      2. Blew*
      3. Feedback Jam*
      * Previously unreleased
    • LP 6: Live in Seattle
      Seattle Center Arena – January 7, 1994
      SIDE 1
      1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter*
      2. Drain You*
      3. Breed*
      4. Serve The Servants*
      SIDE 2
      1. Come As You Are*
      2. Smells Like Teen Spirit*
      3. Sliver*
      4. Dumb*
      * Previously unreleased
    • LP 7: Live in Seattle
      Seattle Center Arena – January 7, 1994
      SIDE 3
      1. In Bloom*
      2. About A Girl*
      3. Lithium*
      4. Pennyroyal Tea*
      SIDE 4
      1. School*
      2. Polly*
      3. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle*
      4. Milk It
      5. Rape Me*
      * Previously unreleased
    • LP 8: Live in Seattle
      Seattle Center Arena – January 7, 1994
      SIDE 5
      1. Territorial Pissings*
      2. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam*
      3. The Man Who Sold The World*
      4. All Apologies*
      SIDE 6
      1. On A Plain*
      2. Scentless Apprentice*
      3. Heart-Shaped Box*
      4. Blew*
      * Previously unreleased

Tracklisting

In Utero Nirvana / 30th anniversary reissue

    • CD 1: Original Album Remastered
      1. Serve The Servants
      2. Scentless Apprentice
      3. Heart-Shaped Box
      4. Rape Me
      5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
      6. Dumb
      7. Very Ape
      8. Milk It
      9. Pennyroyal Tea
      10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
      11. tourette’s
      12. All Apologies
      BONUS TRACKS & B-SIDES (Remastered)
      1. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip
      2. Marigold
      3. Sappy
      4. Moist Vagina
      5. I Hate Myself And Want To Die
    • CD 2: Live in Los Angeles
      Great Western Forum – December 30, 1993
      1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter*
      2. Drain You*
      3. Breed*
      4. Serve The Servants*
      5. Come As You Are*
      6. Smells Like Teen Spirit*
      7. Sliver*
      8. Dumb*
      9. In Bloom*
      10. About A Girl*
      11. Lithium*
      12. Pennyroyal Tea*
      * Previously unreleased
    • CD 3: Live in Los Angeles
      Great Western Forum – December 30, 1993
      1. School*
      2. Polly*
      3. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle*
      4. Rape Me*
      5. Territorial Pissings*
      6. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam*
      7. The Man Who Sold The World*
      8. All Apologies*
      9. On A Plain*
      10. Heart-Shaped Box
      11. Blew*
      12. Feedback Jam*
      * Previously unreleased
    • CD 4: Live in Seattle
      Seattle Center Arena – January 7, 1994
      1. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter*
      2. Drain You*
      3. Breed*
      4. Serve The Servants*
      5. Come As You Are*
      6. Smells Like Teen Spirit*
      7. Sliver*
      8. Dumb*
      9. In Bloom*
      10. About A Girl*
      11. Lithium*
      12. Pennyroyal Tea*
      * Previously unreleased
    • CD 5: Live in Seattle
      Seattle Center Arena – January 7, 1994
      1. School*
      2. Polly*
      3. Frances Farmer Will Haver Her Revenge On Seattle*
      4. Milk It
      5. Rape Me*
      6. Territorial Pissings*
      7. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam*
      8. The Man Who Sold The World*
      9. All Apologies*
      10. On A Plain*
      11. Scentless Apprentice*
      12. Heart-Shaped Box*
      13. Blew*
      BONUS LIVE 1993/1994
      1. Serve The Servants (Live in Rome)*
      2. Scentless Apprentice (Live in Rome)*
      3. Heart-Shaped Box (Live in Rome)*
      4. Very Ape (Live in Rome)*
      5. Milk It (Live in Springfield)*
      6. tourette’s (Live in New York)*
      * Previously unreleased

Tracklisting

In Utero Nirvana / 30th anniversary reissue

    • CD1: Original Album Remastered
      1. Serve The Servants
      2. Scentless Apprentice
      3. Heart-Shaped Box
      4. Rape Me
      5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
      6. Dumb
      7. Very Ape
      8. Milk It
      9. Pennyroyal Tea
      10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
      11. Tourette’s
      12. All Apologies
    • CD 2: Live 1993/1994
      1. Serve The Servants (Live in Rome)*
      2. Scentless Apprentice (Live in Rome)*
      3. Heart-Shaped Box (Live in Rome)*
      4. Rape Me (Live in Seattle)*
      5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (Live in Seattle)*
      6. Dumb (Live in Los Angeles)*
      7. Very Ape (Live in Rome)*
      8. Milk It (Live in Springfield)*
      9. Pennyroyal Tea (Live in Los Angeles)*
      10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live in Los Angeles)*
      11. tourette’s (Live in New York)*
      12. All Apologies (Live in Los Angeles)*
      13. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam (Live in Seattle)*
      14. The Man Who Sold The World (Live in Seattle)*
      * Previously unreleased

Tracklisting

In Utero Nirvana / 30th anniversary reissue

    • LP1: Original Album Remastered

      Side A

      1. Serve The Servants
      2. Scentless Apprentice
      3. Heart-Shaped Box
      4. Rape Me
      5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
      6. Dumb
      Side B
      1. Very Ape
      2. Milk It
      3. Pennyroyal Tea
      4. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
      5. Tourette’s
      6. All Apologies
    • 10-inch single
      Side A
      1. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip
      2. Marigold
      Side B
      1. Sappy
      2. Moist Vagina
      3. I Hate Myself And Want To Die

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