Legendary American rock band Nirvana, which broke up after the death of lead singer and frontman Kurt Cobain in 1994, will re-release their album ‘In Utero’ for the record’s 30th anniversary, which will include 53 unreleased songs.
Record labels Geffen and UMe on Tuesday announced the iconic rock band's third album’s re-release, for its 30th anniversary, which will include remastered versions, as well as several new editions jam-packed with unreleased songs and photos, 'People' magazine reported.
‘In Utero’ was the group’s third and final album, and contained some of their biggest classics such as ‘Heart Shaped Box’, ‘Rape Me’, ‘All Apologies’ and ‘Scentless Apprentice’. The album was released back in 1993, and contained 12 tracks. Cobain committed suicide in 1994 after which the group disbanded.
The re-released version of the LP will be reissued in several formats: 8LP super deluxe box set, 5CD super deluxe box set, 1LP + 10" edition, 2CD edition and digital super deluxe edition. Each super deluxe version features 72 tracks in total, including 53 unreleased tracks comprising live concerts held around the ‘In Utero’ release 1993's Live in Los Angeles and 1994's Live in Seattle, the band's final hometown show, and six other live tracks performed around the same time in Rome, Italy; Springfield, Massachusetts; and New York.
The physical super deluxe versions of ‘In Utero: 30th Anniversary’ features the album and live recordings pressed on 180-gram vinyl, as well as an acrylic panel of the cover's angel, 48-page book with unreleased photos. Other additions include, new 20-page fanzine, Los Angeles concert lithograph, two ticket stubs, replicas of the promotional Angel mobile, three concert flyers, an all-access tour laminate and four backstage passes. However, the physical super deluxe versions are limited to 3,000 copies worldwide, and will be a prime collection.
Nirvana was formed in 1987, and incorporated elements of punk rock, hardcore punk, noise rock, heavy metal and thrash metal. Known for being the leaders of the ‘Grunge’ scene in Seattle in the ‘90s alongside Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam, the band never really settled for the term. IANS
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