GRADINGS:
Video-
A : Excellent to very good quality video, master/ ~1-3
generations
B : Good to okay quality video, ~3-5 generations
C : Crappy but viewable video, for collectors only, ~5 or more
generations
Audio-
EX : Excellent to great audio
VG : Very good to okay audio
GD : Good (read: crappy), for collectors only
+/- : A little better or worse than regular
grade
| TV Appearances | Quality Grade |
Time (min) |
| First "In Bloom" video (Bleach days) 1989 | A | 4 |
| Promo videos: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, Lithium, In Bloom, Sliver, Heart-Shaped Box | A/A- | 25 |
| MTV Headbanger’s Ball int. w/Kurt & Krist 11/2/91 | A | 5 |
| "Smells Like Teen Spirit" live in Europe | A | 4 |
| In Concert ‘92 int. & "Lithium" live at the Reading Festival | A | 8 |
| MTV Studios- "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Drain You," "Territorial Pissings," "Polly" live 1992 | A- | 15 |
| Saturday Night Live ‘92- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" & "Territorial Pissings" live | A | 10 |
| 1992 MTV Video Music Awards- "Lithium" live 9/92 | A | 5 |
| MTV Unplugged 11/93 | A | 50 |
| MTV live in Seattle, WA 12/93 | A | 50 |
| MTV Tribute to Kurt Cobain- ints., etc. 4/94 | A | 90 |
| CNN segment on Cobain 4/8/94 | A | 4 |
| MTV's Buzzworthiest segment on Nirvana 12/19/98 | A- | 4 |
Audio
| Location/Date | Quality Grade | Time (min) |
| Seattle Underground, Seattle, WA 12/28/88 | VG+ | 40 |
| Iguana’s, Tijuana, Mexico 10/1/89 | VG+ | 40 |
| Edward’s Club, Birmingham, UK 10/29/89 | EX- | 45 |
| Hanover, Germany 11/18/89 | VG- | 45 |
| Linz, Austria 11/20/89 | EX | 65 |
| Demos from Bleach and Nevermind | VG- | 90 |
| State Theatre, Ann Arbor, MI 4/10/90 | EX | 45 |
| Duffy’s Bar, Lincoln, NE 5/14/90 | EX- | 55 |
| Moon Club, New Haven, CT 9/26/91 | EX- | 70 |
| Detriot, MI 10/11/91 | ? | 65 |
| Castle Theatre, Rome, Italy 11/19/91 (SB) | EX- | 50 |
| Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA 12/28/91 (FM) | EX | 45 |
| Interview from the promo "Nevermind, It’s An Interview" disc ‘92 | EX+ | 75 |
| Stockholm, Sweden 6/30/92 | VG | 80 |
| Center Arena, Seattle, WA 9/11/92 | EX | 80 |
| Bayfront Amphitheater, St. Petersburg, FL 11/27/93 | EX | 85 |
| The Armory, Salem, OR 12/14/93 | ? | 70 |
| Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA 12/31/93 | EX | 100 |
| Seattle, WA ’93 (from MTV broadcast) | VG- | 45 |
| Seattle, WA 1/7/94 | VG | 90 |
| Palaghiaccio, Marino, Rome, Italy 2/22/94 (soundboard) | EX | 75 |
Unreleased/Demos/Rare Songs
| If You Must | Pretty Scary | Marigold |
| Beeswax | Here I Am | Curmudgeon |
| Pen Cap Chew | Misery Loves Company | Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol |
| Beans | Do You Love Me | Junkyard |
| Opinion (Cobain solo) | Here She Comes Now | Even in His Youth |
| The Extreme | Return of the Rat | Oh, the Guilt |
| Spank Through | Endless, Nameless | Verse Chorus Verse |
| Pay To Play | I Hate Myself and I Want To Die | Moist Vagina |
| "The Priest They Called Him"- Cobain w/William Burroughs |
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