The fact that Kurt was around so long ago but not too long that we still have these fresh stories of people who were around him is incredible to me

00:47 - Blandest 04:37 - Mr. Moustache 08:23 - Sifting Instrumental 13:51 - Blew 16:52 - Spank Thru 20:08 - Love Buzz (Early Single Version?) 23:55 - Big Cheese

@Safetysweet

6 жыл бұрын

Cancer God Love Buzz had an intro possibly Kurt put in. He’d often reenact the Russian lady’s intro at a few shows somewhere in between 1988-1989.

@hazihaz5764

6 жыл бұрын

Cancer God ...THANKS !!

@jaquesdiniz7595

6 жыл бұрын

Cancer God d

@ryannolan9410

6 жыл бұрын

Love Buzz was written by that Dutch band with a funny name, I can't seem to remember right now but I think I never heard Kurt do the Dutch chics intro, I gotta check that out, thanks man...

@carlsmith1263

6 жыл бұрын

Ryan Nolan shocking blue:love buzz

Thanks for keeping your intro short and not bloating the video with pointless antics. The shot of the tape is incredible. This is a testament and treasure for fans everywhere. Thank you so much.

I was born in Aberdeen (my dad went to school with Don Kobain) and I grew up in Montesano attending the same school where Kurt went (a decade earlier) after moving in with his dad. I met a substitute teacher that grew up with or around Kurt and krist who gave me a cassette tape that was extremely early recordings with a few songs I've still never heard them play even off the earliest underground or "bootlegged" material . This was the true "fecal matter" recording that is on a tape in Seattle @ the E.M.P. and also contained more of his t.v., movie soundbite collages. One of the songs lyrics were "you spray paint your hair, and then you become a punk rocker!! My dad unknowingly throughout or moved my copy after finding out my bro and I were doing dope. I'm hopeful that someone else will or has released the recordings to share an inside view of the genius he was already at that age.

@AeroZeppelin-rb4pt

4 жыл бұрын

That song is called punk rocker

@lexmoonmusic

4 жыл бұрын

Fecal matter demos, leaked in full and hq coulpe years ago

@renguney

3 жыл бұрын

@@lexmoonmusic link please

@nicoanon

3 жыл бұрын

@@renguney kzread.info/dash/bejne/p2p31duembiTmM4.html

@johnmulhausen2322

2 жыл бұрын

@Patrick yeah it's been leaked. The song you're quoting is "Punk Rocker." I'm sorry you lost it but thankfully the world didn't. Here's an upload of "Punk Rocker" that might bring back some memories. :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/iX2Yj8mKmJC9dLQ.html

His arrangement and writing of all these songs is amazing, he really believed in his rhythm guitar parts, and for great reason! Genius writer

@trendingverge

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to my songs I’m uploading this week. It took me a long time to play like Kurt.

@jkb1O5

3 жыл бұрын

Well said. Not easy to believe yourself like that, man. Good call / catch 🤙🏼

@andresfontanez3016

Жыл бұрын

Yes. SO many haters talk shit about Cobain, from teenagers, to celebrities…I have 0 respect for any hater that criticizes Cobain for having wrote “simple” songs. The truth is his arrangements were genius and between the melodies of the vocals and the instruments it is a lot more sophisticated in its total sum if melodies than the guitar parts alone + the guitar was simplified so that he could sing and play at the same time because in the beginning Cobain had difficulty playing and singing at the same time so he adjusted his writing to be able to play cleaner because he did want to appeal to a mads audience. He did work hard with the band to become famous.

It's a bit eerie listening to these tapes. This was years before Nevermind and all that craziness. When Kurt was still just a regular dude, before Courtney and all the drug issues.

@PSVARY

4 жыл бұрын

It's so true. However*. Kurt was always on shet. Since ever. If u read some of his books.

@venus_ytb3624

4 жыл бұрын

@@PSVARY but the books about him are wrong. you know, Charles Cross and Everett True are liars.

@sebastienc6955

4 жыл бұрын

drug issues were already there dude

@euphoria6324

3 жыл бұрын

@Alice Kath-Octagon: I’m psychic when it wants to be you mean heroin😂? not a pill. called a syringe. much respect to him tho. he went through a lot. the mind of heck

@AnodyneHipsterInfluencer

3 жыл бұрын

@@PSVARY Well if the books say so, it must be 100% completely undistorted fact. 🤘🤓

This is the epitome and soul of Nirvana. It was made to be just like this. Kurt's screams/growls in the background or layered over riffs/breakdowns. The idea of dubbing cartoons or radio between tracks. Kurts vocals use his whole range and their guitar playing is at its best. Add that to the lineup of songs, this thing is like an explosion start to finish. Man you must've listened to this a million times lol.

Hey man, thanks posting this music and all of the stories about Kurt and Nirvana. It means more than words can express for all of the people that are inspired by Kurt and what he stood for.

Man can’t thank you enough for these tapes! Kurt Cobain is who inspired me to pick up a guitar and to ultimately become a songwriter. As I grew older I started to study all about who he was as a person. I can’t tell you what an influence he’s been to me and my own music. Thank you for posting these, and for all your stories of the memories you have of him. I’m sure it must be more difficult for those that actually knew him personally to cope with his loss. His music and the stories you share makes it feel as though a part of him is still here. Thank you, God bless.

Thank you for uploading these. It’s recordings like these that remind me why I enjoyed the band and their sound in the first place. Cheers!

Anything he did turned to gold.

@BoxOfCurryos

3 жыл бұрын

... we’re not gonna talk about Mexican Seafood or Beans?

@luketheduke02

3 жыл бұрын

@@BoxOfCurryos Mexican seafood has a sick riff, what are you on about?

@kurdtcobain2896

3 жыл бұрын

@@luketheduke02 nahh

@kurdtcobain2896

3 жыл бұрын

@@luketheduke02 its not good but we think its good because its kurt right??

@luketheduke02

3 жыл бұрын

@@kurdtcobain2896 No, it's genuinely such a cool riff. But Ok.

This is awesome man! Youve given me a day of listenin for tomorrow!

I am in absolute awe with this version of Blew. Thanks so so much for posting this !!!!

I never understood why Spank Thru didn’t make it into an album! It’s just an amazing song!!! Love this man. Thanks for sharing. Really made my day!

@KannieGamen

3 жыл бұрын

I believe it got release on a subpop album, with like a top 200 or something

@KannieGamen

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/daeDqpetY9Ctp5c.html

@929er13

3 жыл бұрын

specially since they performed it so much

@madhatter8508

Жыл бұрын

Just didn't fit in any of the albums they released other than Incesticide, and I believe the masters for Spank Thru, Blandest, and a handful of others were missing at the time. I know for a fact they wanted Blandest on Incesticide but couldn't find the version of it that they wanted to use, or couldn't find any version at all.

@Martin_AviationYT

Жыл бұрын

it went in bleach

The thing about Kurt is , it is so hard to actually find a song he wrote that I don't totally fucking love.Honestly the Beatles have more bloopers than Kurt ever did !

@Billikid666dead

5 жыл бұрын

Every good artist, copied!

@davidmcbride8906

4 жыл бұрын

R Rushing my 48 year old self appreciates them way more than my 21 year old self did

@calebdickerson2003

3 жыл бұрын

I would argue that, The Beatles had a lot more music so obviously there's more music that people aren’t gonna like

@joeyboogenz

3 жыл бұрын

@@calebdickerson2003 I agree with that .Also I like Lennon's early songs the most but in the end I like Paul's songs better . Post beatles I like Paul's songs much more than John's . It was like Yoko sucked all the talent out of him. JMHO!

@calebdickerson2003

3 жыл бұрын

@@joeyboogenz I wouldn’t blame Yoko as much as his circumstances at the time, Brian Epstein kept the Beatles in check and without him Paul McCartney ended up taking John's spot as the frontman, John was battling heroin addiction and just didn't have the charisma or heart to do anything to fix the issues they were facing

Great rarities!!! We are lucky guys!!! =D

Holy fuck man! Thank you so much for deciding to share all these demos and stories of Kurt and early Nirvana! It must've been cool being in Seattle Sound Scene in the early 80s.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing this with us. I can only imagine what it musta been like popping this tape on when you first got it. I woulda been blown away by how good it is. Sorta like "I never knew someone I know's originals, could be this good.". Kurt was truly a gifted songwriter.

That is wonderful man, thank you for sharing this.

You did an awesome job preserving these tapes and transferring to Digital.

Please never ever lose this (I know you wouldnt, of course). Hopefully your grandchildren will appreciate its value when it falls into their hands. Cobain's music trapped in a day in 1988... amazing

Thanks for sharing this it's been great to listen to more early pre nirvana stuff, also cool kurt did that for you that's the great legendary kurt we all enjoy.

So cool. Thanks for uploading and giving a little history on the recording at the beginning.

Piece of history. Hadn't heard that version of Blew or Spank Thru. Shit that is such a great take of Spank Thru. You can really hear him developing his vocal and guitar chops there. I bet he was proud of it. Thanks again man.

Thank you so much man for sharing these tapes! I hope your not catching too much grief from anyone! Long live Nirvana!

Really shows how quickly time is escalating... Wish I could go back in time before all the technology took over.. If you think about it all nirvanas music will never get old, it was so revolutionary for the time and Kurt was a pure genius

@929er13

3 жыл бұрын

without technology being the way it is now I'm pretty sure I've heard people say it was super hard listening to what you wanted to listen to when you wanted to listen to it.

@TehOneTrewIdjut

Жыл бұрын

@@929er13oh my god yes. I grew up on Nirvana and it meant the world to me. The first thing I did when I got the internet was searched “Nirvana unreleased mp3”. I found fan sites with ftp servers with CONCERTS. I’d put *67 before the isp number so that an incoming call wouldn’t kill my connection (my mom was stoked when callwave became a thing) and spent days downloading low quality videos and decent quality sound files. Technology gave me more than the record store could ever dream of giving me. Thank goodness.

That MR.MOUSTACHE track is awesome!! Even cooler than the vocals he ultimately went with!! Thank you so much man! And please tell us as much as you can before you share the rest of the tapes!! You have no idea how much this means to me!

@phillybhatesme

6 жыл бұрын

I suspect it was some way to figure out the vocal harmony and pattern without having lyrics written yet. I could be completely off base as well.

@hvythrs195

4 жыл бұрын

This is why I love this band

@davidmcbride8906

4 жыл бұрын

Its very close to the Bleach version. I love the “whoo” between verses

@davidmcbride8906

4 жыл бұрын

Oops, meant big cheese

@neillholley5061

3 жыл бұрын

If you read "Come as you are: The story of Nirvana" and if i remember correctly, many of the lyrics on Bleach weren't written until right up until the day they were driving over to the studio to record the album.

This is incredible. Thanks for uploading:)

So glad the algorithm brought me here. Amazing artifact you have here. ❤

This is amazing thanks for uploading!

Thanks for posting this!

For those of us who first heard some of these songs on 8th generation tape copies in the 90s, the funny bit is finding out the names of the songs.

ty for uploading

NIRVANA is the other level ever. R.I.P. Kurt Cobain Happy new year e'all. Thak you

@shanecoolvideostevens9395

6 жыл бұрын

Mychel Mescouto happy new year Bro this channels cool as

Just stumbled upon this, nice find, like a good piece of history that everyone can appreciate.

This is awesome! I love hearing these early versions. It really sucks that tapes 3 and 4 were taken off from youtube. I hope somebody downloaded those videos before they were pulled. Or if you have a copy you could reupload. Either way, thank you for sharing!

Awesome thanks for putting this up

Thank you so much for doing this, I am a giant fan of nirvanas older days and this is so cool to see, feel good about yourself knowing if it werent for you, nirvana fans all around the world wouldn’t have had as much to listen to.

I’ve never heard that version of Spank Thru before. Thank you!

I love all these random nirvana song versions you keep finding

This tape is really great. But if anything, just shows how much he kept working on songs even after he got them 'down', on tape and how he clearly just kept working on himself as an artist right until those last months.....even then, You Know You're Right is a mature masterpiece.

Over way to quick... Loved it ! Yea your a legend for uploading this ! Big up and good on ya, thx alot !

Honestly, it was easier to find Nirvana demos back in the 90s than today.

@matthewmoyer2

3 жыл бұрын

I remember getting maxell blank tapes and we would dub the Outcesiticde Vol I-IV and trade them around...still have them around

These are from the Reciprocal Studio Love Buzz Sessions in 1988.

The Mighty KC baby! Very cool! Thanks for sharing this with the community Brother man!

A Wah pedal?? That's not grunge!!! Fucking bad ass....thank u so much for uploading this John. I like your channel alot. The walk abouts, drive abouts, and the story telling vids are my fav.

Gracias por compartir este material son geniales todas las canciones

Very cool collection you've got there kurts a legend one love Bro

This is a relic right here!

Haha, the guitar solo in Sifting is, uh, interesting! Seriously though, thanks so much for sharing this... great stuff!

Love this and the first one of these tapes you posted - I remember Kurt's death so well, I had been a big fan, I was 14. I just heard a Chris Cornell comment that the original demos are so good. And they really are. Blew. Spank Thru. I've heard all these SONGS, every b-side etc but these raw versions are so killer. You can hear the Jesus Lizard, Big Black, RIP Steve Albini.

Wow! THIS is THAT original tape where's that best version of Spank Thru is from. I had/have it on c-cass since 1994 and it's very good quality copy (even it's 3rd gen copy). Now mystery that has been around 30 years finally has been solved. Love Buzz/Big Cheese original -single source is here too. So great that you added this here! Thank you very much. I have a gig recorded at VHS year 1988. I got my copy 1998. I try to find it to digitalize it. I haven't seen it ever here on YT. But thanks anyway. A GREAT tape. And I can remaster this by myself. I've make a few masterings, remasterings, remixes (our band and my solo work and our c-cass master-tape) etc. so hissing isn't any problem. Woah... This made me very happy. ❤ Nirvana since 10/91, 11yo.

And again, thank you

F*cking fabulous. We all feel blessed to have the opportunity to hear this in it's entirety.

Nice this is almost the whole session. The first take of Big Cheese and the first vocal for Love Buzz also surfaced fairly recently. They also attempted Floyd The Barber with Chad but half of it was erased.

Awesome recording!!!!

Awesome man. Lucky to have that piece of history

Catching a Black Sabbath vibe to some of the tracks. Scof if you must.

@notapplicable328

3 жыл бұрын

He did a good job blending punk and metal especially in the earlier years

Personally what that beautiful Kurt left us I love it 👨🏼‍🎤 Kurt , rest in pace wherever you are.

Really enjoying all your uploads, thanks for taking the time to share these recordings and stories with the fans. Don't think I've ever heard that Sifting demo before, sounds pretty early. And kind of weird hearing Kurt use a wah pedal, doesn't seem like he went for them much.

This is very cool thanks!!!

Sifting is such a good song, thank you for sharing this. It’s insane that you have two nirvana demo tapes personally given to you by Kurt.

Cool to see your channel is blowing up! You have about 3k upvotes on Reddit right now (or the article that's describing/talking about your KZread channel and the four "demos" from kurts friend!)

Love this so much

cool tape thanks for uploading

This should go to the Rock Roll Hall of Fame archive

You’re a very lucky individual to have been this close to a legend!

Perfect your music,batterie,guitares!!!

DUDE HELL YES YOU HAPPENED TO MAKE YOUR BROTHER A COPY YOU ABSOLUTE LEGEND YOU SAVED IT

Dangit Paul! Lock your car doors! LOL Thanks for posting, this is historic GOLD! EDIT: one thing I really like about Nirvana is that Kurt was big on injecting humor and funny into his music, sometimes to the point of absurdity. And very much so in his live performances!

If only I could get my kids to listen to this! What a wonderful world this would be

@tarteaupomme8167

Ай бұрын

I'll be your kids 😂😂

kurt's voice has changed over the years but it also keeps that iconic feel.

I wonder how many versions of this tape were handed out; In that dark period of civil litigation that was preceeded by Kurt's passing, you had to go to Italian manufactured cd's to get the "other stuff"; We had a glorious moment where in 2004 a version of the album that was originally planned for a 1994 release FINALLY came to fruition... but it doesn't have this stuff. I am subscribed to these videos, but honestly I don't keep up on any of the subscriptions I have... so finding this one today was a pleasant find. I think that these tracks may have been released in a different order on the 1994 Disc entitled 'Grunge is dead' - but I haven't closely compared the two tracks - if they are the same tracks, I think the Italians ever so slightly sped things up... I like the slightly reduced tempo as shared here. Thank you VERY much for posting this, and making me dust off some of my dusty cd's I had stashed in my closet. :)

2019 kurt will be forever!

Hey Observer, last time i talked to you was "last year" hehe. Hope you are doing ok. Happy new year. Keep em tapes coming!!

Best sound quality of Blandest I've heard yet.

Pure Gold, thanks for this 😉 6 AM and Nirvana in apartment 🤣 priceless

Muchas gracias por compartir.

it's crazy listening to the demos of these songs and listening to the same song but better

Wow I never heard that version of mr moustache ❤️👍

What more can I say? THANK YOU SIR

This tape is actually really good!

Men,this is worth more than a billion... I'm happy tii hear this,you made my day.. Broo

I loved playing spank thru with my old band... The lyrics are hilarious taboot! I love early Nirvana! I always loved the raw sound they had. Even though Kurt would make some erroneous mistakes playing guitar, it made the music feel more genuine and real. I don't mean that Kurt was a bad guitar player by any means. On the contrary! Some people wrote him off as a simple power chord player but Just like Kurt said himself that he can't play like that famous flamenco guitar player dude but that dude can't play like Kurt does... Music is objective, there is no better or worse really. I do know however that it is so hard to write simple melodies like Kurt did. Just cus a song is easy to play don't mean it's easy to write...

@Billikid666dead

5 жыл бұрын

John Frusciante & Kurt Cobain biggest influence ever, yes absolute true about his guitar playing, i find his playing is absolut perfect, the Songs have the shape and the best melody. Everybody, who write: "kurt was a bad guitar player or over his vocals", ...those guys have absolut no idea - from what, they talk about :-D! www.pinterest.de/galaxyinfection/your-pinterest-likes/

This Blew's version is so cool!!

T h a n k y o u. This is like wow. Thank you

The Best version of Spank Thru on this tape ,, this should be on the Best of the Box compilation.

A very nice piece of rock history given to you by the legend kurt him self treasure it my friend kurt your my hero R.I.P. you rock god

@The1trueking1966

8 ай бұрын

Cobain is resting in hell

Miss the 90's soooo much

Never heard this version of Blew, soooo awesome. This guy could take a shit on a record and it would sound like music. So talented.

Thank you! I am looking forward to the next tape with Big Long Now.

Reading heavier than heaven one of Kurt’s biographies, it’s quite captivating !

You and Mike gave me a copy too. I had it for the longest time but eventually lost it.

These Sound So Good For Demo's

Damn this is nice

@Billikid666dead

5 жыл бұрын

yup :-D (25:36 time) the best part - i am really happy now, to find those post and all the cool Peoples here!

Gave me goosebumps

Again, this is how we're meant to listen to this band...RAW to the fucking CORE!

Cheers ! I didn´t even know this existed . Who´s on drums ? What a great sound , these demos sound much more spontaneous than what turned up on " Bleach " . How somebody is yet to make money on these things is beyond me ... and then again , maybe it´s just me who unplugged from all things Nirvana ever since Kurt passed away .

this is so sick

I am a HUGE Nirvana fan and i love your channel. I commented on one of your other videos but not sure if you saw it. Did you ever get to jam with Kurt? I love hearing your stories. Also do you still have your ebay store?