"Nevermind" 20th Anniversary Deluxe Release

Newch91

This should be good. I'll be heading up to Michigan a couple days after this is released, so it'll be a good read for the drive there.

http://www.spin.com/articles/inside-sto ... infacebook

The Inside Story of Rare Kurt Cobain 'Nevermind' Photo

On October 28, 1991, just as Nirvana were tearing up the rock'n'roll rule book with their major label debut Nevermind, photographer Kirk Weddle was commissioned to shoot the band for photos to promote the impending blitz. His idea? Toss the band into a swimming pool to mimic the album's infamous naked baby cover image.

But when the band showed up for the session at a Los Angeles pool, they were hardly in the mood. Call time was 10 A.M. The weather was unseasonably cold for an outdoor swim. And Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl were wiped out from a string of West Coast concerts. (Cobain was so exhausted, he even took a nap.) "I remember Kurt was like, 'Fuck! I have to get in the pool?'" recalls Weddle. "He was not a water guy at all."

But Weddle, known as one of the industry's best underwater photographers, was able to convince the band to take the plunge and he snapped some 200 images — many of which have remained unseen. "I've just kept them stacked in a closet, unorganized," says Weddle.

The most striking photo taken from that shoot is a haunting, strangely prescient one of Cobain floating, seemingly lifeless. That image graces the cover of SPIN's August issue, where we look back on the album that changed everything on the eve of its twentieth anniversary.

"I loved the compositional weirdness of the floating head and foreshortened body," says SPIN photography director Michelle Egiziano, who selected the picture. "And this photo makes an intriguing connection between the album cover and a Kurt that not many fans have seen."

Inside our issue (on sale at newsstands July 26 and available via SPIN Play for the iPad on July 19), we take a look back at the album changed everything. Highlights include:

• Eddie Vedder, Dave Grohl, R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, Jeff Tweedy, Henry Rollins, Wayne Coyne, Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg, Flea, and others who witnessed first-hand Nirvana's rise reflect on the heady days of grunge and the album's lasting impact.

• Current artists like Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis, the Black Keys, Titus Andronicus' Amy Klein, Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes, Mark Ronson, Thursday's Geoff Rickley, Against Me!'s Tom Gabel, and more open up about how the album impacted their youth — and shaped their future approach to music.

• SPIN has tapped artists like EMA, Meat Puppets, Titus Andronicus, the Vaselines, Surfer Blood, and more to cover one track each from Nevermind. In the issue, the artists talk about the process of tackling Nirvana's classics. The album will be available for free download on SPIN's Facebook page on July 19.

• Journalist and author Latoya Peterson goes in-depth to examine why angst has disappeared from youth culture in a thought-provoking essay titled "Teen Esprit Revisited." What made skepticism, political awareness, and soul-searching so uncool?

• SPIN's Brandon Soderberg on how Kurt Cobain's music, lyrics, and rebellious nature made him a grungy thug lifer within hip-hop culture.

• Nirvana inadvertently helped take the flannel and torn jeans look from the thrift store to the runway. That dalliance with haute couture may have seemed ridiculous at the time, but grunge's come-as-you-are look left a permanent mark on the fashion world.

Nirvana's label Universal is also planning a deluxe anniversary edition of Nevermind, a 4 CD/1 DVD set of b-sides, a live concert, and other unreleased rarities. Details about that edition have yet to be announced, but fans can pre-order the 2-CD version over at Amazon.

igotid88

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057G ... wr_gw_ir06

Newch91

igotid88 wrote:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057GYOA4?ie=UTF8&tag=abswo-20&linkCode=shr&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=B0057GYOA4&redirect=true&ref_=s9_newr_gw_ir06

Nice. I'm waiting to see what the damage will be for the box set.

joely_91

Newch91 wrote:

igotid88 wrote:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057GYOA4?ie=UTF8&tag=abswo-20&linkCode=shr&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=B0057GYOA4&redirect=true&ref_=s9_newr_gw_ir06

Nice. I'm waiting to see what the damage will be for the box set.

check out the price they have listed on this Australian site... got to be some king of mistake?

http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/po ... set/651712

Newch91

joely_91 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

igotid88 wrote:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057GYOA4?ie=UTF8&tag=abswo-20&linkCode=shr&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=B0057GYOA4&redirect=true&ref_=s9_newr_gw_ir06

Nice. I'm waiting to see what the damage will be for the box set.

check out the price they have listed on this Australian site... got to be some king of mistake?

http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/po ... set/651712

I wonder what that converts to US dollars.

catefrances

Newch91 wrote:

joely_91 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Nice. I'm waiting to see what the damage will be for the box set.

check out the price they have listed on this Australian site... got to be some king of mistake?

http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/music/po ... set/651712

I wonder what that converts to US dollars.

$179.. what a fucking rip off JB.. not surprising though.

... but just so you know our aussie dollar is above parity. last time i checked it was $A1=$US1.06

Thoughts_Arrive

The Ten deluxe edition was so much dearer at JB.
Rip off.

I was listening to Bleach 20th anniversary edition last night, so awesome.
I bought it and that was only the second time I've listened.
The live show kicks ass.

Newch91

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

I was listening to Bleach 20th anniversary edition last night, so awesome.
I bought it and that was only the second time I've listened.
The live show kicks ass.

They did a good job with that reissue. I love the white vinyl. Really good show, also.

aspoonfulweighsaton

This is really starting to sound pretty nice...

http://www.spin.com/articles/nirvana-ne ... s-revealed


Nirvana 'Nevermind' Reissue Details Revealed


By Kevin O'Donnell on July 26, 2011 9:36 AM Comment


Nirvana's label Universal has revealed more details of their 20th anniversary reissue of Nevermind, and the multi-format set is stacked with B-sides, alternate mixes, live recordings, and studio rarities. It will be released on September 27.

The limited-edition Super Deluxe Edition will include Nevermind demos that were recorded with producer Butch Vig at Smart Studios in Madison, WI, plus "boombox" recordings of tracks like "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Comes as You Are," and "On a Plain." The original version of Nevermind was mixed by Andy Wallace, but the reissue will also house the Devonshire Mixes — the album as mixed and produced by Vig. Other highlights include BBC radio recordings, and a live DVD of the Kurt Cobain and Co.'s 1991 Halloween show at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle.

In addition to the 4-CD/1-DVD box and single-CD edition, a 2-CD Deluxe Edition will be available (featuring the remastered album, B-sides, Smart Studio sessions, boombox rehearsals, and BBC sessions), as well as a 4-LP 180-gram heavyweight vinyl version. The 1991 Halloween show will also be issued on DVD and Blu-ray.

peacegirl

Looking forward to this
Even though Nirvana is one of my all time favorite bands and very dear to me I hardly listen to them anymore unless something new is released....last time was the Live at Reading CD/DVD release

Newch91

aspoonfulweighsaton wrote:

This is really starting to sound pretty nice...

http://www.spin.com/articles/nirvana-ne ... s-revealed


Nirvana 'Nevermind' Reissue Details Revealed


By Kevin O'Donnell on July 26, 2011 9:36 AM Comment


Nirvana's label Universal has revealed more details of their 20th anniversary reissue of Nevermind, and the multi-format set is stacked with B-sides, alternate mixes, live recordings, and studio rarities. It will be released on September 27.

The limited-edition Super Deluxe Edition will include Nevermind demos that were recorded with producer Butch Vig at Smart Studios in Madison, WI, plus "boombox" recordings of tracks like "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Comes as You Are," and "On a Plain." The original version of Nevermind was mixed by Andy Wallace, but the reissue will also house the Devonshire Mixes — the album as mixed and produced by Vig. Other highlights include BBC radio recordings, and a live DVD of the Kurt Cobain and Co.'s 1991 Halloween show at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle.

In addition to the 4-CD/1-DVD box and single-CD edition, a 2-CD Deluxe Edition will be available (featuring the remastered album, B-sides, Smart Studio sessions, boombox rehearsals, and BBC sessions), as well as a 4-LP 180-gram heavyweight vinyl version. The 1991 Halloween show will also be issued on DVD and Blu-ray.

Thanks for posting! This and the PJ20 stuff is going to send me back a few but it's all worth it! Looking forward to everything that's going to be released on this.

Jeremy's Spokesman

On one hand, With the Lights Out really left a bad taste in my metaphorical mouth.

On the other, the 20th anniversary edition of Bleach was...really well done.

I think I'll have to pick this up.

Newch91

isaacallan wrote:

On one hand, With the Lights Out really left a bad taste in my metaphorical mouth.

On the other, the 20th anniversary edition of Bleach was...really well done.

I think I'll have to pick this up.

The Bleach release was only CD and vinyl, right?

Newch91

Picture from Facebook on what the set looks like.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater

jambayleaf

Newch91 wrote:

Picture from Facebook on what the set looks like.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater

Is it just me, or does anybody else think it's lame the big, limited edition, blah blah blah, doesn't come with vinyl, but the one lower than that does?

Newch91

jambayleaf wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Picture from Facebook on what the set looks like.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater

Is it just me, or does anybody else think it's lame the big, limited edition, blah blah blah, doesn't come with vinyl, but the one lower than that does?

It does come with vinyl.

jambayleaf

Newch91 wrote:

jambayleaf wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Picture from Facebook on what the set looks like.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater

Is it just me, or does anybody else think it's lame the big, limited edition, blah blah blah, doesn't come with vinyl, but the one lower than that does?

It does come with vinyl.

I'm totally not seeing it then. There's no vinyl in the picture or in thew write up. It appears the vinyl is a separate edition, and it won't be included in the limited edition version. Unless I'm totally wrong, which I hope I am.

Newch91

jambayleaf wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

jambayleaf wrote:

Is it just me, or does anybody else think it's lame the big, limited edition, blah blah blah, doesn't come with vinyl, but the one lower than that does?

It does come with vinyl.

I'm totally not seeing it then. There's no vinyl in the picture or in thew write up. It appears the vinyl is a separate edition, and it won't be included in the limited edition version. Unless I'm totally wrong, which I hope I am.

It's probably separate but there's going to be a 4 LP edition. Someone posted yesterday from Spin the details of the set.

jambayleaf

Ok, so I'm not seeing things. You would think vinyl would be in the limited edition box. I get some may like that so they don't pay for something they may not use. But, it kinda sucks to have to buy two separate 20th Anniversary box of this thing. I'll probably drink the kool-aid though.

Jeremy's Spokesman

Newch91 wrote:

isaacallan wrote:

On one hand, With the Lights Out really left a bad taste in my metaphorical mouth.

On the other, the 20th anniversary edition of Bleach was...really well done.

I think I'll have to pick this up.

The Bleach release was only CD and vinyl, right?

Honestly, I don't remember. I picked it up on CD.