The box set spans Nirvana's entire career, from a recording of Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker" at the band's first show in 1987 to solo acoustic performances from singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain in 1994. With The Lights Out features a 60-page color booklet with rare photos and liner notes by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and writer Neil Strauss. The three CDs, arranged largely chronologically contains home and rehearsal demos, including for "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (whose lyric "With the lights out" provides the set's title), "Rape Me," "Heart Shaped Box" and a trio penned by legendary bluesman Leadbelly. Heard in the 12 previously unreleased solo acoustic tracks are such gems as "All Apologies," "Lithium" and "Sliver." Six previously unreleased radio performances range from "Anorexorcist" in 1987 to "Dumb" in 1991 (two years before it was on 1993's In Utero). Along with the remaining debuts are a handful of earlier issued, though rare, b-sides and demos as well as the original Butch Vig mix of "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Highlighted on the With The Lights Out DVD is a previously unreleased video of nine songs performed in 1988 at bassist Krist Novoselic's mother's house in Aberdeen, Washington; the rare "In Bloom" Sub Pop music video, and 10 never-before-seen live performances. Noteworthy among them are debut renditions of "Pennyroyal Tea", "Smells Like Teen Spirit" both from early 1991. Also premiering is an unlikely performance of Jacques Brel and Rod McKuen's "Seasons In The Sun" shot at a Rio de Janeiro studio.

大名鼎鼎的《纽约不插电》，Nirvana一次返璞归真的现场演出，有人说Kurt Cobain的天才与痛苦都在这次演出中表露无遗，数月之后，Kurt Cobian结束了自己生命，这张专辑也因而具有了非比寻常的纪念意义，在英美专辑排行榜都登上首位，并在1996年获得了葛莱美最佳另类摇滚专辑奖。

西雅圖搖滾經典大團Nirvana在1993年所發行的第3張專輯【In Utero】最終成了該團的最後一張錄音室專輯，製作人Steve Albini以未加修飾的不成熟音樂風格錄音方式，將主唱Kurt Cobain、貝斯手Krist Novoselic、鼓手Dave Grohl三人最具對抗性格，卻同時帶有容易受傷情感的作品原貌鉅細靡遺地呈現。 Nirvana在1991年以專輯『Nevermind』締造全球超過3000萬張銷售，一舉將最真實的搖滾樂重新帶上全美流行專輯榜的冠軍，如此傲人的成就，讓下一張專輯【In Utero】成為樂團首度帶著樂迷期待心理所灌錄的作品，所以，從一開場有著不太穩定感覺旋律表現的歌曲"Serve The Servants"，寫給搖滾歌手老婆Courtney Love的全美現代搖滾榜冠軍曲"Heart-Shaped Box"，一直到痛苦與快樂情緒交疊的全美現代搖滾榜冠軍作"All Apologies"為止，總是令人難以置信且又充滿矛盾性格的搖滾樂團Nirvana就在始料未及的情況下變成一個世代的代言人，【In Utero】象徵他們已成功到達權力的頂峰，並擺脫所有的掙扎去完成一張自覺應該要做、也很想做的專輯。 蟬連英、美排行榜冠軍，全美熱銷500萬張，入選滾石雜誌「史上最偉大500張專輯」名單的大碟【In Utero】在2013年發行滿20週年，此套豪華特典收錄：2013年在舉世聞名的錄音室Abbey Road Studios進行母帶重製處理的原始專輯曲目，未曾曝光過的demo帶、混音版、B面曲，以及1993年Nirvana最後一次巡迴演唱會「Live And Loud」的現場實況DVD與現場收音CD。

Nirvana was an American rock band formed in Aberdeen, Washington, in 1987. Founded by lead singer-songwriter and guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic, the band went through a succession of drummers before recruiting Dave Grohl in 1990.

NIRVANA'S LEGENDARY NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED 1992 READING CONCERT Ranked #1 in Kerrang Magazine's "100 Gigs That Shook The World" and voted as "Nirvana's #1 Greatest Moment" by fans in an NME poll, Nirvana's historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the UK's Reading Festival is one of the most bootlegged concerts in the annals of rock n roll. Now, fans will have an opportunity to own a pristine copy of that entire performance -- color-corrected video from the original film with 5.1 audio sourced from the original multi-track masters. Nirvana Live At Reading will be issued in a limited edition CD+DVD Deluxe Edition as well as DVD-only, CD-only configurations on November 3, 2009, followed by a 2LP version on November 17, 2009.