Outcesticide

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Outcesticide is a series of bootleg CDs featuring rare and unreleased material by the American rock band Nirvana. It was released unofficially by Blue Moon Records. To date, five discs have been released. They were all released in the mid-to-late 1990s. The name Outcesticide is taken from Incesticide, an official album Nirvana released in 1992, featuring various unreleased songs in an attempt to stop bootleggers.

The Outcesticide discs remain among the most celebrated Nirvana bootlegs of all time. However, commercial bootlegs in general became largely redundant during the first few years of the 21st century, due to the rise of trading communities. [1] Also, many of the rare recordings on the Outcesticide discs were officially released on the 2004 Nirvana box set, With the Lights Out.

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[edit] Outcesticide: In Memory of Kurt Cobain

The first Outcesticide disc was released in 1994, shortly after the death of Nirvana's lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain in April of that year. A remastered version was released in 1996, featuring two additional tracks.

[edit] Track listing

  • Reciprocal Recording Studios, Seattle, WA; January 23, 1988
1. "If You Must" – 3:46
2. "Downer" – 1:36
3. "Floyd the Barber" – 2:05
4. "Paper Cuts" – 3:50
5. "Spank Thru" – 3:17
6. "Beeswax" – 2:32
7. "Pen Cap Chew" – 2:47
  • Reciprocal Recording Studios; June 6, 1988
8. "Blandest" – 3:39
  • Cobain's 4-track home recordings; 1987 and/or 1988
9. "Cracker" (listed as "Polly") – 2:20
10. "Don't Want It All" (listed as "Misery Loves Company") – 2:20
11. "Sad" (listed as "Sappy") – 2:22
  • Evergreen State College Audio Studio, Olympia, WA; Spring 1989
12. "Do You Love Me?" – 3:27 Originally by KISS
  • Music Source Studios, Seattle; September 1989
13. "Been a Son" – 2:21
14. "Token Eastern Song" (listed as "Junkyard") – 3:26
  • Live on KAOS (FM), Olympia; September 15, 1990
15. "Opinion" – 1:39
16. "D-7" – 2:31 Originally by the Wipers
17. "Breed" (listed by its early title, "Imodium") – 3:03
18. "Pay to Play" (early version of "Stay Away") – 3:21
19. "Sappy" – 3:24
20. "Here She Comes Now" – 4:40 Originally by The Velvet Underground
21. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" – 4:58
  • Laundry Room Studios, Seattle; April 7, 1992
22. "Return of the Rat – 2:59 Originally by the Wipers
23. "Talk to Me" – 3:21
  • Bonus tracks (on the remastered version only)
24. Krist Novoselic's eulogy – 0:52
25. Courtney Love's eulogy – 6:18

[edit] Outcesticide II: The Needle & the Damage Done

The second Outcesticide disc was released in early 1995. It takes its title from the name of a 1972 song by the Canadian rock musician Neil Young.

Track #7 was labeled as being donated to Blue Moon by Cobain's widow, Courtney Love. Love is thanked in the album's liner notes. However it was most likely recorded from an FM radio broadcast.

[edit] Track listing

1. "In Bloom" – 4:30
2. "Breed" (Listed by its early name, "Immodium") – 3:05
3. "Vendetagainst" (listed as "Help Me, I'm Hungry") – 2:36
4. "Oh, the Guilt" – 3:12
5. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (fet. Flea on trumpet) – 4:48
6. "Pennyroyal Tea" – 4:16
  • Ariola Ltda BMG, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; January 1993
7. "It's Closing Soon (Drunk in Rio)" (listed as "Closing Time") – 2:38
8. "Heart-Shaped Box" – 5:27
9. "Scentless Apprentice" – 9:43
10. "Been a Son" – 2:07
11. "Something in the Way" – 3:20
12. "Negative Creep" – 2:02
13. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" – 2:27 Originally by Leadbelly
14. "Baba O'Riley" – 3:13 Originally by the Who
15. "The End" – 2:22 Originally by the Doors
16. "Lithium" – 2:55
17. "Dumb" – 2:24
18. "Molly's Lips" – 2:23 Originally by The Vaselines
19. "Verse Chorus Verse" (listed as "In His Hands") – 3:07
20. "The Man Who Sold the World" – 4:35 Originally by David Bowie
  • Live in London, England (The Word); November 8, 1991
21. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" – 2:58

[edit] Outcesticide III: The Final Solution

The third Outcesticide disc was released in late 1995.

[edit] Track listing

  • Live for TV in Paris, France (Canal + Studios); February 4, 1994
1. "Rape Me" – 2:49
2. "Pennyroyal Tea" – 3:54
3. "Drain You" – 3:47
4. "Marigold" – 3:07
5. "Dive" – 3:38
  • Reciprocal Recording Studios, Seattle, WA; December 24, 1988
6. "Mr. Moustache" – 3:38
  • Reciprocal Recording Studios; June 6, 1988 (upgrade from the first Outcesticide)
7. "Blandest" – 3:52
  • Music Source Studios, Seattle; September 1989
8. "Even in His Youth" – 3:14
9. "Polly" – 2:35
10. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" – 4:34
  • Live for TV in Rome, Italy (RAI Italian TV Studios); February 23, 1994
11. "Serve the Servants" – 3:24
12. "Dumb" – 2:37
13. "Tourette's" (listed by its early title, "The Eagle Has Landed") – 2:09
  • Live in Seattle; November 25, 1990
14. "Aneurysm" – 4:43
15. "Oh, the Guilt" – 3:15
16. "Dive" – 4:06
17. "About a Girl" – 2:43
  • Live at Reading (Reading Festival); August 30, 1992
18. "The Money Will Roll Right In" – 2:17 Originally by Fang
  • Live in Seattle; November 25, 1990
19. "Verse Chorus Verse" (listed as "In His Hands") – 3:14
20. "Curmudgeon" – 2:51
21. "High on the Hog" (listed as "Alcohol", played by Tad with Cobain on Vocals) – 2:10
22. "Raunchola" (listed as "Run, Rabbit, Run!") – 4:05
  • Cobain's 4-track home recording; 1987 and/or 1988
23. "Beans" – 1:17

[edit] Outcesticide IV: Rape of the Vaults

The fourth Outcesticide disc was released in 1996.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Pennyroyal Tea" Scott Litt Remix - "Wal-Mart" version – 3:38
2. "Spank Thru" - 3:21
3. "Territorial Pissings" – 2:41
4. "Smells Like Teen Spirit (Gothic Version)" – 3:02
5. "Rape Me" – 2:48
6. "Pay to Play" (Early version of "Stay Away) – 3:44
7. "Scoff" - 3:58
8. "Love Buzz" - 3:10
9. "Floyd the Barber" – 2:28
10. "Here She Comes Now" – 3:43 Originally by The Velvet Underground
11. "D-7" – 3:50 Originally by the Wipers
  • From a 1990 4-track band demo recorded at Cobain's home:
12. "Drain You" - 3:00
  • From Cobain's 4-track acoustic home demos, summer 1988:
13. "About a Girl" – 2:45
14. "Lithium" - 4:21
15. "Blew" – 2:58
16. "All Apologies" – 4:44
17. "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter"/"My Sharona" – 5:18
18. "Sappy"/"Verse Chorus Verse" – 3:32
19. Unknown acoustic demo (mislabeled as "Bambi Slaughter") (The Tango) - 1:30
20. "Clean Up Before She Comes" – 3:04
21. Unknown instrumental (listed as "Black and White Blues") – 1:58
22. "Montage of Heck" – 5:50
23. "Escalator to Hell" (mislabeled as "Montage of Heck, Part 2") – 1:28

[edit] Outcesticide V: Disintegration

The last Outcesticide disc was released in late 1998.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Asking for It" (listed as "Live Through This") – 4:28
2. "Love Buzz" – 3:30
3. "Verse Chorus Verse" (listed as "In His Hands") – 3:14
4. "Lithium" – 4:07
5. "Rape Me" – 2:27
6. "On a Plain" – 2:46
7. "Stain" – 2:23
8. "School" – 2:50
9. "Molly's Lips" – 1:58 Originally by The Vaselines
10. "Aneurysm" – 4:37
11. "Love Buzz" – 3:53
12. "Floyd the Barber" – 2:43
13. "Downer" – 2:29
14. "Mexican Seafood" – 2:54
15. "White Lace and Strange" – 2:39
16. "Spank Thru" – 3:26
17. "Anorexorcist" (listed as "Suicide Samurai") – 3:32
18. "Hairspray Queen" – 4:58
19. "Pen Cap Chew" – 4:13
20. "More Than a Feeling" – 0:56 Originally by Boston
21. "My Best Friend's Girl" – 2:24
22. "You Know You're Right" (listed as "Autopilot") – 5:07

[edit] Clones

Numerous other Nirvana bootlegs reappropriated the "Outcesticide" theme. One disc subtitled "Vol. 4: It's Better To Burn Out Than To Fade Away" goes so far as to claim production by Blue Moon with a catalogue number of BM50. Kobra records began distributing it's own Outcesticide, with volume 1 being an exact copy of the original series and gradually offering original compilations by the later volumes, of which are available an 8-disc box set. The majority of these false Outcesticide releases are generally poor quality and borrow most of their tracks from the original Blue Moon series and various other Nirvana bootlegs.

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