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MTV Unplugged in New York was the first Nirvana album released following the death of Kurt Cobain. As opposed to traditional practice on the television series, the band played a set list composed of mainly lesser-known material and cover versions of songs by The Vaselines, David Bowie, Lead Belly, and Meat Puppets, whose Cris and Curt Kirkwood joined Nirvana onstage. The show was directed by Beth McCarthy and first aired on the cable television network MTV on December 16, 1993.
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It features an acoustic performance taped at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993, for the television series MTV Unplugged. This is not necessarily a bad thing though, and I urge you to play this several times before final votes.Ī true classic, and IMHO - wording of this poll or otherwise - a "Must-Buy" title.MTV Unplugged in New York is a live album by the American grunge band Nirvana. In places, the surround mix almost seems to struggle to fill up the available space - it's almost too thin in places (too discrete, if you follow my meaning?) and feels almost empty compared to the original stereo mix.
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WHich sort of defeats the point, doesn't it?Īnyway - it is still almost sublime in places - TMWSTW is awesome - and is certainly an instant classic album. I cannot make up my mind here, because he hasn't mixed this with the picture at all - there is no angle or seating possibility in the film that corresponds to this cello position, so why on it's own in the left rear? Why not phantom centre it to the rear centre, or even use DTS-ES and do it that way? Because I suspect it is not mixed to picture. Why is this? DId ES do it because he thought it sounded good, or as a stunt to draw attention to it. In the main, I love what Scheiner has done here - but there are niggles for me. Drop another 750kbps from the video, fer chrissakes!Ģ - Why autoplay to Dolby Digital, with no way to set the DTS stream unless you top out & go through the main setup menu? I don't mind the autoplay, but I find the way that the DTS stream is utterly inaccessible unforgivable. Yet because of the wording, I am forced to vote an 8 because good as this is, there are things that irk me & irk me badly about this.ġ - Why only half-bitrate DTS Audio? It's a music album, not an MTV plug. If - instead of what is written for the "Perfect 10" requirement - I had written "An Absolute Classic, A Must-Have disc", then this would get the 10 with no shadow of doubt at all in my mind. Sure wish I woulda been there….Īfter some really critical listening, and some heart-searching, I wish I had worded this poll differently. There’s also a decent documentary featuring memories of those responsible for the show, as well as those in attendance. Kurt’s on-the-spot decision to do it solo during the live taping is shown in context to be a wise one indeed. As such, after watching each version of the performance once, I found myself just digging the DTS audio while watching Thanksgiving football last weekend.Īlso included are rehearsal versions of several songs - the most interesting of which is “Pennyroyal Tea” (which went down very poorly at rehearsal).
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The video quality is merely so-so, as one might expect from a TV show from that era.
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Not a ton of instruments to spread around or surround games in play, but I particularly like the discreet cello anchored in the left surround.Īll in all, a very nice package which includes both the original MTV show plus the full concert version (which includes all of the songs on the CD version, plus plenty of extra between-song patter). Scheiner’s mix, while maybe not quite demo-quality like his job on Roy Orbison’s “Black and White Night” video, is tastefully done, and faithfully presents the warm intimacy of the performance. For someone like me, with fond memories of this performance, this is definitely a winner.