10-31-93
Date: 10-31-93
Venue: "James A Rhodes Arena" Akron, OH
Source: 1st gen. analog > CDR
Time: 100 mins
Sound Sample: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Setlist:
Intro Halloween Jam
Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
Drain You
Breed
About A Girl
Heart-Shaped Box
Sliver
Dumb
In Bloom
Come As You Are
Lithium
Pennyroyal Tea
School
Polly
Milk It
Rape Me
Territorial Pissings
All Apologies
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
Dive
On A Plain
Serve The Servants
My Rating: B-
O.K. children, let's talk about how to tape a show:
1. Do NOT leave your flat mic exposed directly to the loud powerful
amplifiers, as it will overfeed, those things suck.
2. Do NOT put the microphone down at your side when you are taping
the show, I don't give a fuck WHO's looking at you!!!
3. ALWAYS use high-bias tapes
4. ALWAYS use BLANK tapes, not ones you used to record your
grandmother's funeral for KTS records and hope will get completely
recorded over!!!
5. NEVER use the handheld recorder that your dad gave you in 1982 that
has been through 2 World Wars, 4 dogs named Duke, Killer, Butch, and
King, or one bitchy ex-girlfriend who has a habbit of throwing your
recorder down the stairs every time you guys have a fight...
Just follow these 5 simple rules and you won't end up with a recording like this one! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! This has to be the worst quality show I've ever heard, and the generation is really really low. The guy who taped this needs to get a clue. The problem is, it's the only surfaced version of this absolutely terrific and once-in-a-lifetime show. Krist talks a TON throughout the whole thing. I only wish that there was a soundboard version of this so I could hear what teh fuck he was SAYING! I suppose the best quality part of this show is while the band is coming back for the encore and you get to hear the lovely taper and his friend discuss the setlist and what's coming up... The intro to this show is awesome, with a cool jam while they all take turns saying some inaudible things, the audible ones being Krist's raps about his Ted Danson costume (Kurt was Barney, which gets a cute comment by someone by the taper at the beginning of the show, Krist was Ted Danson, Dave was a mummy, and Pat was Slash... hehe... Slash). Rape Me and Territorial Pissings are excellent, and Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam is done ELECTRICALLY!!! (for the first part anyway). Anyway, the show is great and is a must-have for the last ever Dive, and the fact that it's a really cool atmosphere show (Halloween shows are always great). Too bad the quality sucks a fat one... maybe something better will surface? Please? I have to recommend this because it's a novelty... but beware of absolute shit!
P.S. Another reason this show is a true rarity and one worth owning is because the band doesn't even TOUCH Smells Like Teen Spirit. Pretty cool... it might explain their happy attitude about the show...