<story><title>Albini pitching Nirvana: “I would like to be paid like a plumber” (1992)</title><url>https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/nirvana</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vikingcaffiene</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure a lot people know that Albini ended up washing his hands of his work with Nirvana. After the recordings were wrapped and the mixes were done, Kurt was really unhappy with some of the sounds. If memory serves it was the vocals and the bass. They ended up doing some overdubs and sharpening things up in the low end in mastering. The very thing Albini specifically said he didn&amp;#x27;t want them to do. I personally think the results speak for themselves. In Utero is a FANTASTIC rock record. I can&amp;#x27;t help but wonder what the original would have sounded like though...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>daydream</author><text>In addition to bootlegs of the rough mixes you can also check out the official 20th anniversary vinyl reissue, remixed by Albini from the original masters. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nirvana.com&amp;#x2F;album&amp;#x2F;in-utero-2013-mix-2lp&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nirvana.com&amp;#x2F;album&amp;#x2F;in-utero-2013-mix-2lp&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Albini pitching Nirvana: “I would like to be paid like a plumber” (1992)</title><url>https://news.lettersofnote.com/p/nirvana</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>vikingcaffiene</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m not sure a lot people know that Albini ended up washing his hands of his work with Nirvana. After the recordings were wrapped and the mixes were done, Kurt was really unhappy with some of the sounds. If memory serves it was the vocals and the bass. They ended up doing some overdubs and sharpening things up in the low end in mastering. The very thing Albini specifically said he didn&amp;#x27;t want them to do. I personally think the results speak for themselves. In Utero is a FANTASTIC rock record. I can&amp;#x27;t help but wonder what the original would have sounded like though...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>strunz</author><text>Not surprising considering Nevermind is one of the best sounding albums of all time. I personally give Butch Vig a large part of the. refit for getting the best out of the band and really making an incredible album. Hard to believe it&amp;#x27;s the same band as Bleach.</text></comment>