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MTV Unplugged in New York is the first live album by the American rock band Nirvana, released by DGC Records on November 1, 1994, nearly seven months following the suicide of Kurt Cobain. It was part of the cable television series MTV Unplugged and features a mostly acoustic performance.
The MTV Unplugged version of the song appeared on the live album MTV Unplugged in New York, which featured the full show, in November 1994. The performance was released on DVD in November 2007, which featured both an unedited version of the performance and the original MTV broadcast, which was first broadcast in December 1993.
Staind – MTV Studios, New York City, July 16 (See also MTV Unplugged) Lauryn Hill – MTV Studios, New York City, July 21 (See also MTV Unplugged No. 2.0) Alejandro Sanz – Gusman Center, Miami, October 2 (See also MTV Unplugged) Jay-Z with The Roots, MTV Studios, New York City, November 11 (See also Jay-Z: Unplugged)
Sure enough, when the album recording of Nirvana’s flower-strewn MTV Unplugged in New York was released in November 1994, 30 years ago this week, Cobain seemed to be singing his own elegy. Seven ...
The MTV show titled Unplugged, drawing on this phenomenon, was created by producers Robert Small and Jim Burns. [1] Songwriter Jules Shear hosted the first 13 episodes. [4] The pilot and first seven episodes were produced by Bruce Leddy, after which Associate Producer Alex Coletti took over for the remainder of the series, producing the show through 2001. [5]
The show was first broadcast in December 1993, and aired numerous times following Cobain's suicide in April 1994. It was released as an album, MTV Unplugged in New York, in November 1994, which opened at number one on the Billboard 200.
An acoustic version of "Polly", featuring Pat Smear on second guitar and Lori Goldston on cello, was performed during Nirvana's MTV Unplugged appearance at Sony Music Studios in New York City on November 18, 1993. The last live performance of "Polly" was at Nirvana's final concert, at Terminal 1 in Munich, Germany, on March 1, 1994.
The MTV Unplugged version of "About a Girl" was released as a single in October 1994, to promote the album MTV Unplugged in New York, released the following month. It was the only commercial single released from the album, and featured the Unplugged version of "Something in the Way" as the b-side. Cobain opened the song by saying, "This is off ...