Nirvana first demo with Dale Crover that Kurt gave to me. Also Montage of Heck

This is the first tape Kurt gave to me. Sound quality is not perfect but it's not too bad. It is listenable. Paper cuts sounds a little warbaly at first and that is exactly how it was when Kurt gave it to me. I got used to it. It slowly becomes clear sounding.

[grimmcalypso]

Lets all take a moment to appreciate the fact that this tape was hand dubbed by Kurt himself for one of his friends. Awesome.

[martinlaferte]

0:38 Paper Cuts
5:03 Downer
6:53 Beeswax
9:52 Aero Zeppelin
14:36 Floyd the Barber
17:03 If You Must
21:12 Spank Thru
24:57 Mexican Seafood
27:06 Pen Cap Chew
30:06 Montage of Heck

[douglasdog]

I can’t imagine putting this tape in for the first time and listening not knowing what was to come

[evilsil]

I bought the first "Outcesticide" bootleg around '97/'98..."If You Must" is the first song on it, i listened to that song like 10 times a day!It's one of my favorites, i never heard it before as there was no youtube and such back then so there was no way to hear the unreleased stuff...I was so f*ckin' happy to have that bootleg!This demo is their best work in my opinion 👌

[avoqado]

39:04 "Hello Darkness My Old Friend" Kurt & Kris with the memes

[ddoz]

Paper Cuts is still one of my favorite Nirvana track. So rhythmic with the tom drums and muted verse then it all crescendos with some of his best guttural screaming. Bleach is so underrated.

[rocketsauce]

The deeper you dive into nirvana, the better the songs get.

[SmellsLikeNothing]

i dont know if it's google's algorithms but seems like nirvana fans are coming out of the woodwork. it's great.

[wander_joseph]

The Dale Crover Drum style on This demo tape is amazing ! He is a excellent drummer

[NofreedomofspeechonYouTube]

Kurt was so focused and passionate in music. He always wanted to keeps everything raw and original.

[Sadlander]

The song "Aero Zeppelin", the part between 11:45 and 12:02 is just...fantastic! I record my own songs and in our community (where we talk about mixing, plugins, microphones, etc...) we talk so much about gear and recording/mixing techniques... Fortunately, more and more people realize that, if you have a great song and a great performance, people won't care about the sound quality! Here's a great example to show that gear doesn't matter: the song, the performance is king! And what a great performance!!!

[RyanLindahlRealRyanNitro]

Holy shit, the version of Spank Thru on this tape is godly. Thanks for posting this :)

[axelbartmoss]

When I think it'll almost be 30 years, in 2024 February 18th, since I saw them live at Le Summum, Grenoble, France. I was 14 years old and it was the very first show I ever went to. A birthday gift from my father, still the best gift I ever had so far in my life. 14 years old, half of Kurt's age at the time. And now I'm almost 44 years! Almost thrice! I tend to hate to get old but holy sh*t I'm so happy for having had the chance to live in a world when Kurt Cobain was among us! Listening to Nirvana since 1992, and it's very nowhere near stopping one day! The day it'll stop will be the one when death will come to get me. Thank you the Observer for sharing such a treat with us!

[incredibleuniverse]

Yep... My sister got a copy of this from family friend when he was their roadie. She always made a big deal when she found in my walkman, but she never listened to it so whatever! I remembered being quite intrigued by all the grunting and snickering between tracks.

[lukeimontv]

Kurt sounds like he's ripping apart his vocal cords on Paper Cuts. Pretty fuckin' awesome

[maosaytounge]

It amazes me that he was able to write songs as good as Paper Cuts and Beeswax at this stage of his career.

[Kikilouise]

Love Montage of heck! One of Kurt’s MASTER PIECES

[diceoh]

Dude you met Kurt he's the reason I started playing music

[szalonamsp]

Im literally crying, this is the most beautiful thing i ever heard.

[cyntefynsfountain]

Listening to Nirvana all day with today being 25 years of Kurt's unfortunate death. Starting off with this gem! Thanks for the upload!