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The Surprising Story Behind Nirvana's 'Nevermind' Album

When Nirvana came down to L.A. to record Nevermind in 1991, nobody knew who we were, so our budget was pretty small. We picked a recording studio in Van Nuys called Sound City because it was cheap--and because it had a Neve 8028 sound board. Rupert Neve is an English electronics engineer--he's still alive and in his eighties--and his handmade, hand-wired analog recording consoles from the 1970s were famous for giving music a warm sound that was good for rock and roll.

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