Come As They Are: A Reminder on Nirvana’s “Nevermind” Formats

It’s about a week until Nirvana’s Nevermind inundates record store shelves, and it seemed like a good idea to sort everything out, for the sake of clarity when September 27 rolls around.

Of course, as previously reported, there are four major formats for this reissue: a single-disc remaster of the original album, a double-disc deluxe edition, a four-vinyl LP set and a four-CD/one-DVD super deluxe edition. It’s worth noting, however, that the vinyl set will street a week later, on October 4.

And it wouldn’t be a major reissue without some retail exclusives. From September 27 to October 25, Best Buy will be the only place to get the super deluxe edition. Meanwhile, Target will offer a special package that presents the first disc of the deluxe edition – the original LP and all of the B-sides from the Nevermind singles – on its own with expanded artwork.

Finally, the newly-released vintage live show inside the super deluxe edition, Live at the Paramount is getting a standalone release on DVD and Blu-Ray. (The latter isn’t slated in stores until December 27, while the DVD is scheduled day-and-date with the other projects.)

After the jump, we’ve also got a link to the two-disc deluxe edition, with a full track list. (It’s the first two discs from the super deluxe edition – but we’d never mentioned that here until now.)

Nirvana, Nevermind: Deluxe Edition (DGC/UMe B0015883-02, 2011)

Disc 1: Original LP and B-sides (to be released separately as Target exclusive – DGC/UMe B0015960-02)

  1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  2. In Bloom
  3. Come As You Are
  4. Breed
  5. Lithium
  6. Polly
  7. Territorial Pissings
  8. Drain You
  9. Lounge Act
  10. Stay Away
  11. On a Plain
  12. Something in the Way
  13. Even in His Youth
  14. Aneurysm
  15. Curmudgeon
  16. D-7 (John Peel Session – 10/21/1990)
  17. Been a Son (Live @ the Paramount Theatre, Seattle – 10/31/1991)
  18. School (Live @ the Paramount Theatre, Seattle – 10/31/1991)
  19. Drain You (Live @ the Paramount Theatre, Seattle – 10/31/1991)
  20. Sliver (Live @ O’Brien Pavillion, Del Mar, CA – 12/28/1991)
  21. Polly (Live @ O’Brien Pavillion, Del Mar, CA – 12/28/1991)

Disc 2: Bonus material

  1. In Bloom (Smart Studio Session) *
  2. Immodium (Breed) (Smart Studio Session) *
  3. Lithium (Smart Studio Session) *
  4. Polly (Smart Studio Session) *
  5. Pay to Play (Smart Studio Session)
  6. Here She Comes Now (Smart Studio Session)
  7. Dive (Smart Studio Session) *
  8. Sappy (Smart Studio Session) *
  9. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Boombox Rehearsal)
  10. Verse Chorus Verse (Boombox Rehearsal) *
  11. Territorial Pissings (Boombox Rehearsal) *
  12. Lounge Act (Boombox Rehearsal) *
  13. Come As You Are (Boombox Rehearsal)
  14. Old Age (Boombox Rehearsal) *
  15. Something in the Way (Boombox Rehearsal) *
  16. On a Plain (Boombox Rehearsal) *
  17. Drain You (John Peel Session – 9/3/1991) *
  18. Something in the Way (Mark Goodier Session – 11/9/1991) *

Disc 1, Tracks 1-12 released as DGC LP 24425, 1991
Disc 1, Tracks 13-14 released as B-sides to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” CD single (DGC DGCDS-21673, 1991)
Disc 1, Tracks 15-17 released as B-sides to “Lithium” (DGC DGCDT 9 (U.K.), 1992)
Disc 1, Tracks 18-19 released as B-sides to “Come As You Are” (DGC DGCDS-21707, 1992)
Disc 1, Tracks 20-21 released as B-sides to “In Bloom” (DGC GFSTD 34 (U.K.), 1992)
Disc 2, Tracks 5-6 and 9 and Disc 3, Track 4 released on With the Lights Out (Geffen B0003727-00, 2004)
Disc 2, Track 13 released on Sliver: The Best of the Box (Geffen B0005617-02, 2005)

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Mike Duquette (Founder) was fascinated with catalog music ever since he was a teenager. A 2009 graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.A. in journalism, Mike paired his profession with his passion through The Second Disc, one of the first sites to focus on all reissue labels great and small. His passion for reissues turned into a career, having written at and worked for all three major catalogue music labels and contributing to Allmusic, Billboard, Discogs, City Pages and Ultimate Classic Rock. He's penned liner notes for Verve, Chess, Mondo and Soul Music Records.

Born and raised in New Jersey, Mike lives in Astoria, Queens with his wife, a cat named Ravioli, twin daughters and a large yet tasteful collection of music.

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