Nirvana - Sliver single [Full]

Single Name: Sliver B-side: Dive Released: October 1990 (US), January 1991 (UK) NIRVANA recorded the basic tracks for Sliver on borrowed studio time, while producer Jack Endino was mid-session with labelmate, Tad. "Jonathan [Poneman] called up and was begging, 'We want NIRVANA to cut this one song really fast while they're in town. And is there any way they can use Tad's equipment?' And Tad was like, 'This is our time, we're trying to record something here!'" Endino recounted. "He was kind of testy about it. And I was like, 'Well, you guys go and eat dinner. I'm sure we can do this in an hour!'" With Tad's equipment conveniently rigged, NIRVANA managed to track two takes within the hour. Cobain would then return to cut his final vocal at a second 10-hour session on July 24th. "The spontaneity and simplicity of the recording complemented the song perfectly, It has a massive naïveté to it", Cobain enthused. "It was done so fast and raw and perfect that I don't think we could capture that again if we decided to re-record it. It's just one of those recordings that happened and you can't try to reproduce it." First 3,000 7" American releases were on blue vinyl in fold-over sleaves and was subsequently reissued in many colours in solid sleeves, being the only Nirvana single on Sub Pop still in print. British releases on Tupelo were originally on 7" vinyl (with the first 2,000 on green vinyl) in a gatefold sleeve. The 12" vinyl features 'About A Girl', live from 02/09/90. The CD-version had included 'About A Girl' and also 'Spank Thru', again from 02/09/90. 'Spank Thru' on the CD versions is incorrectly spelt 'Spank Through'. The A-side of the 7", after 'Sliver', also features a 45-second phone conversation outro, between a very hung-over Krist Noveselic and Jonathan Poneman, which Krist accidently recorded on his answerphone. This was excluded when this version of 'Sliver' appeared on 'Incesticide', rather like the intro to 'Love Buzz' was culled from vinyl versions when it made its transition to CD. A incomplete soundboard version of the 02/09/90 show featured on this release is available in trading circles. A complete session tape of all the finalised versions of songs from the April 1990 studio appearance is also circulating. (00:00) 1. Sliver/Phone Call (02:59) 2. Dive (06:53) 3. About a Girl (09:23) 4. Spank Thru (labeled as Spank Through)