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Nirvana - Raymond, WA, USA

Venue:	17 Nussbaum Road (house party), Raymond, WA, USA
Date:	March 1987
Time:	46:01
Size:	42.2 Mb

Sound:	(B-/B, AUD/SBD, 128 Kb)
Notes:	This was the band's first show. "Heartbreaker" and "How Many More Times" are Led Zeppelin jams. Tony Poukkula, who lived in the house, plays second guitar for part of the show. The circulating recording may be incomplete. "Downer" is slightly cut into. This is the kind of disc that makes people collect bootlegs. The sound quality is not for everyone, but if you appreciate an incredibly rare and early performance, First Live Show is a "must have" CD. At the time of this writing, this is the ONLY commercially available title with this show.The performance that is listed as March 7th, 1987 is mentioned in the Charles Cross Kurt Cobain biography "Heavier Then Heaven". Mr. Cross does a good job describing the events before, during, and after the show and transcribes some of the banter that can be heard as the band runs through nine of Nirvana's earliest songs. The show takes place at a house party in Raymond Washington. Throughout the performance you can hear partygoers and the band chat back and forth. The band receives little to no applause. They are surprisingly tight (Aaron Burkhardt is on drums) and it's easy to tell the band had spent some time rehearsing. As Mr. Cross notes in the book, it's simply amazing that a tape like this exists. The sound is as good or better than anyone could expect. Interestingly, Kris Sproul of the Nirvana Live Guide was able to confirm that this CD was taken from the remaster he circulated - he made an edit after the soundcheck that is present in the commercial title. You won't find a document like this for many bands, this is something very special. The second half this disc (tracks 10-18) comes from the KAOS demos that were performed approximately one month later.

Disc 1:	1. Downer (Soundcheck) 2. Aero Zeppelin 3. If You Must 4. Heartbreaker (Jam) 5. How Many More Times (Jam) 6. Mexican Seafood 7. Pen Cap Chew 8. Spank Thru 9. Hairspray Queen 10. Love Buzz 11. Floyd The Barber 12. Downer 13. Pre-Mexican Seafood noise 14. Mexican Seafood 15. White Lace And Strange 16. Spank Thru/Anorexorcist 17. Hairspray Queen 18. Pen Cap Chew