Customer Reviews

Chemistry

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This set has NOTHING to do with Kurt Cobain. The person praising it has obviously never heard it, and the other was disappointed because he did not read the description. This is the British cult/rock group NIRVANA. They sound nothing even remotely similar to eachother. The bands having the same name is a huge problem for any collector, though. I offer this advice: Find it at the store before ordering (you'll probably find that AMAZON's price is well below the store). That way you can SEE if it's the correct group.

this is a superb box set. 51 tracks of what might be called Chamber rock. Lots of lush Orchestration with Harpsicord and great vocals. This is in no way anything like the 90s Nirvana and thank God for that. My only bit of nitpicking is that I would have liked the book inside to have give more information on the dates of the songs and when they were originally released. But thats a small problem...if you are into classic British Psychedelia......go for this

The 60s (UK) Nirvana is absolute magic for certain moods; their songs possessed quite the same haunting quality as the Moodies' "Ride My See-Saw" and The Guess Who's "These Eyes", but also their own, indescribable tranquilizing "X-Factor", which is guaranteed to put you in a state of dream, NOT sleep. The selection on offer here is good and complete, yet info is sorely lacking in the enclosed booklet; we don't even know which tracks are rarities and previously unreleased's. Another minor gripe is Edsel's choice to mix in the 80s "reunion" tracks, driven by a drum machine together with the vintage tracks from the 60s and 70s. Other than that, heartily recommended.

Okay, once and for all, the ORIGINAL Nirvana were a band from the UK who formed in 1965 and split in 1974. they released 5 albums in that time. This 3-CD set collects "rarities", although most of these songs have already been released on CD. So, what you get is 3 CDs that have already been released, each with a few extra tracks, and a pretty box. If you haven't already bought the original CDs then this would be a great collection to get. If you have, then don't bother. STill, this is all great music though, and definitely should be in your collection, but not twice.

one of the other reviews said that the 60's nirvana were the ones that wrote the song "Lithium", to clear things up they didn't... it is actually a cover of the 90's nirvana song from the album nevermind.

First off, yes that is right. There is a second rock group named Nirvana. They have nothing at all to do with the 80's / 90's alternative/grunge rock group with Kurt Cobain. The cd's still pretty good though. It's mainly typical 60's British psychadella-rock, which of course sounds nothing at all like the Seattle group that most of us now as Nirvana.
I wouldn't even be sure if Kurt's group was aware that there even was another group called Nirvana, but I know that they were, becuase here's an interesting little bit fo trivia for you.
The song Lithium on here is the same song that the other Nirvana does. Which mean, yes, the 90's Lithium was originally written by the 60's group. it's sort of funny to listen to the orignal one becuase it's almost more of a lounge song then a punk song. Anyways, hope this helped to clear up any confusuion about this.

if any one doesn't buy this set because the music was not popular should not even bother buying any Nirvana cd. being poular does not make music good. who ever listens to this other person and doesn't buy the set cause the music isn't popular should never buy another real rock album again. in my view you might as well go out and buy some N sync albums.

It is true that this group was the orginal Nirvana, but when the 90's Nirvana came out they were more famous then this group would/could ever be and they got into a legal situation with the name and it was seattled, just because the song "Lithium" by the 90's group Nirvana is on this Box Set does not mean that the 60's Nirvana wrote it. The 60's Nirvana covered Lithium. IT IS A KURT COBAIN SONG NOT A SONG BY THIS 60'S NIRVANA!

the dude from that one that said Nirvana with Krist, Kurt, and Dave were the ones who made lithium first. and kurt did know that there was already a band called Nirvana, there is no way a psycadella - british band could thing of a lounge song with the title of lithium, i mean lithium is a poison. You must be some old freak.

I did not like this CD. I really felt that this CD was going to be really good, but I was very disappointed when I received this CD in the mail. I feel that the CD had many tracks that were unknown to me and I didn't like them because they were not popular. I would recommend that if you are interested in buying this CD you check it out first and take a listen. You may then decide after hearing it. However, for me this CD was a big disappointment.