FUSE TV - Here's the Extras-Packed Tracklist for Nirvana's 'In Utero' Reissue

Since late July, when news broke that the reissue of Nirvana's third, and final, album In Utero would arrive on September 24 with more than 70 tracks, fans have been not-so-patiently awaiting the final tracklist. Now it's here, and it's a doozy. 

The reissue will be available in standard CD and digital formats, and as a 3xCD/1-DVD "super deluxe edition," for which Rolling Stone has the breakdown. It contains a total of 70 tracks, including two versions of In Utero (the original LP remastered, plus the album newly remixed), plus b-sides, demos, rarities, live recordings and more. 

Highlights include "Forgotten Tune," a newly discovered instrumental rehearsal track, plus drummer Dave Grohl's "first ever solo recording," a 1990 demo of the b-side "Marigold." There's a DVD of 1993's MTV "Live & Loud" concert at Seattle's Pier 48, featuring the entire show plus outtakes, and footage from the In Utero Euro tour and an extended version of the "Heart-Shaped Box" music video. 

The "super deluxe edition" is topped off with reproductions of Cobain's handwritten lyrics, liner notes written by comedian Bobcat Goldthwait, who toured with Nirvana, and a four-page note that Albini wrote to the band before entering the studio to record In Utero. 

Which will be interesting to read. Because unfortunately missing, however, is Albini's complete, unaltered original mix of In Utero. Here's the story: Following the chart-breaking success of Nevermind, Nirvana wanted to salvage any artistic credibility amid their indie-minded alt-rock peers and chose to work with Albini, in part thanks to his visceral production work on albums by left-of-center artists like the Breeders, Tad and the Jesus Lizard. However, Nirvana's management and label, and soon the band themselves, were unhappy with the uncommercial sound of Albini's original mixes of In Utero. 

The band approached Albini to remix and remaster the album, but he refused. Scott Lit was brought in to rework a few tracks, including the singles "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies," and the entire album was remastered to sharpen the bass and vocal sounds, making it more radio friendly. 

Albini was later critical of the end result, suggesting a verbal contract with Nirvana was broken when the band altered the product they collaborated on.

"The end result, the record in the stores doesn't sound all that much like the record that was made," he told Goldmine magazine. "Though it's still them singing and playing their songs, and the musical quality of it still comes across."

And there's still more unreleased Nirvana/Cobain material locked away: Revisit Fuse's interview with former Hole and Cobain pal Eric Erlandson, who says the Nirvana frontman was working on a solo "White Album" at the time of his death.

In Utero 20th anniversary reissue:

Disc 1 (remastered album, B-sides, bonus tracks):

01 Serve the Servants (Albini mix/original release)
02 Scentless Apprentice (Albini mix/original release)
03 Heart-Shaped Box (Litt mix/original release)
04 Rape Me (Albini mix/original release)
05 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (Albini mix/original release)
06 Dumb (Albini mix/original release)
07 Very Ape (Albini mix/original release)
08 Milk It (Albini mix/original release)
09 Pennyroyal Tea (Albini mix/original release)
10 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Albini mix/original release)
11 tourette's (Albini mix/original release)
12 All Apologies (Litt mix/original release)
13 Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip (ex-U.S. bonus track)
14 Marigold (B-side; "Heart Shaped Box)
15 Moist Vagina" (B-side; "All Apologies")
16 Sappy (from No Alternative comp)
17 I Hate Myself And Want To Die (from The Beavis and Butt-head Experience)
18 Pennyroyal Tea (Litt mix)
19 Heart-Shaped Box (Albini mix/unreleased)
20 All Apologies (Albini mix/unreleased)

Disc 2 (2013 album mix, demos):

01 Serve the Servants (2013 mix)
02 Scentless Apprentice (2013 mix)
03 Heart-Shaped Box (2013 mix)
04 Rape Me (2013 mix)
05 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (2013 mix)
06 Dumb (2013 mix)
07 Very Ape (2013 mix)
08 Milk It (2013 mix)
09 Pennyroyal Tea (2013 mix)
10 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (2013 mix)
11 tourette's (2013 mix)
12 All Apologies (2013 mix)
13 Scentless Apprentice (Rio demo)
14 Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle (Laundry Room demo)
15 Dumb (Word Of Mouth demo)
16 Very Ape (Rio demo)
17 Pennyroyal Tea (Word Of Mouth demo)
18 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Word Of Mouth demo)
19 tourette's (Word Of Mouth demo)
20 Marigold (Upland Studios demo)
21 All Apologies (Music Source demo)
22 Forgotten Tune (Rehearsal)
23 Jam (Word Of Mouth demo)

Disc 3 ("Live & Loud" show at Seattle's Pier 48, 12/13/93)

01 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
02 Drain You
03 Breed
04 Serve The Servants
05 Rape Me
06 Sliver
07 Pennyroyal Tea
08 Scentless Apprentice
09 All Apologies
10 Heart-Shaped Box
11 Blew
12 The Man Who Sold The World
13 School
14 Come as You Are
15 Lithium
16 About a Girl
17 Endless, Nameless

DVD ("Live & Loud" show at Seattle's Pier 48, 12/13/93):

01 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
02 Drain You
03 Breed
04 Serve The Servants
05 Rape Me
06 Sliver
07 Pennyroyal Tea
08 Scentless Apprentice
09 All Apologies
10 Heart-Shaped Box
11 Blew
12 The Man Who Sold The World
13 School
14 Come As You Are
15 Lithium
16 About a Girl
17 Endless, Nameless
18 Very Ape (Live & Loud Rehearsal) 
19 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live & Loud Rehearsal) 
20 Rape Me (Live & Loud Rehearsal) 
21 Pennyroyal Tea (Live & Loud Rehearsal) 
22 Heart-Shaped Box (Original Music Video + Director’s Cut) 
23 Rape Me (Live on "Nulle Part Ailleurs" – Paris, France) 
24 Pennyroyal Tea (Live on "Nulle Part Ailleurs" – Paris, France) 
25 Drain You (Live on "Nulle Part Ailleurs" – Paris, France) 
26 Serve The Servants (Live on “Tunnel” – Rome, Italy) 
27 Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (Live in Munich, Germany) 
28 My Best Friend's Girl (Live in Munich, Germany) (The Cars cover)
29 Drain You (Live in Munich, Germany)