It is the 20th anniversary of a record that all of us here at Illustrious Words love, "In Utero." I'm not going to go on a lengthy tangent about Nirvana, why I'm obsessed with them, why this record should be owned by every creature on the planet Earth, why Steve Albini's production is miles ahead of every jackass "producer" with a pro tools program on their mom's MAC, why the songwriting displayed a more inclusive approach than previous efforts, why lyrically it's far more developed than "Nevermind," or any of that. I'm not. I'm just going to discuss why the reissue is so special as a product.
Some of What You Get:
* Seventy (yes, that's right) songs, forty of which are demos, unreleased tracks, B-sides, and live material.
* Scott Litt's final mixes of "Heart Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" AS WELL AS Albini's versions of the songs that were scrapped.
* Re-Mastered versions of all tracks courtesy of the good folks at Abbey Road Studios
* "Forgotten Tune," the most recent unreleased gem from Nirvana, an instrumental track that I will gladly display for you now.
A side note about this track: It is unclear exactly if the song was solely written by Cobain as it was written during the same time as "Very Ape," a song primarily written by Dave Grohl.
* Cobain's 1990 version of "Marigold," his first solo recording
* Re-Mastered live performance of the December 13th, 1993 performance at Pier 48 in Seattle for MTV's "Live and Loud"
* Director's Cut of the "Heart Shaped Box" Music video
* Cobain's hand written lyrics
Long story short kids, I'm beyond excited for this release and have already put in my order. Cheers!
- Joe