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Stuart Ferguson's Collection

Nirvana   01/06/1990

East Ballroom, Husky Union Building - U. of Wash., Seattle, WA
Source Soundboard
Media CDR   1 disc
Notes DVD 3604; lineage: **Remastered** by thir13en Productions. CD(M) [Supercolossal Big Muff bootleg] -> WAV [44.1kHz] -> FLAC [Level 8]. SOURCE (SBD#1a). Transfer: Sony HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B -> Exact Audio Copy V0.95 -> FLAC Frontend 1.7.1 (level 8). Transferred by Pat Sexton.
J-Card Comment A request (more like a slow hypnotic chant beaten into my brain, "...more Nirvana, more Nirvana...").

I was pointed at this show as needing a workover. Material-wise, cool show, with all the early song goodness that was the beginning of grunge and a near run-down of the album "Bleach".

Source-wise, it's OK, not great. A rough SBD source with over-bearing vocals, slightly buried guitar and a snake-like tape hiss. Starting with the latter, there was little chance of me cutting the hiss without losing half of the high-end. I tried a few different things, then bagged it. I'd rather have an accurate high-end a little bit of hiss than a destroyed muffled mess.

The rest responded nicely: the overall spectrum got smoothed out, the compression brought everyone together, the width-depth enhancments opened up some space, and the maximiaztion added punch and volume. Kurt's vocals no longer dominate and his guitar can now be heard amongst the bass & drum frenzy. And it's been retracked to make a bit more sense.

So, here you go, as requested...hope it's all you dreamed it would be. :wink:
Trades Allowed Yes
Reference / Generation 3604
Owned by Stuart Ferguson · Last Updated May 23, 2023