Tracklist:

1 Mudhoney – In ‘N’ Out Of Grace (Remastered) 5:27
2 Clown Alley – On The Way Up 4:22
3 Beat Happening – Bewitched 2:59
4 Shonen Knife – Twist Barbie 2:30
5 Big Black – Bad Penny 2:30
6 Fang – The Money Will Roll Right In 2:24
7 Big Dipper – You’re Not Patsy 2:24
8 The Vaselines – Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam 3:27
9 Young Marble Giants – Colossal Youth 1:50
10 Meat Puppets – Plateau 2:19
11 Scratch Acid – Cannibal 2:16
12 Green River – Ain’t Nothing To Do 2:37
13 Melvins – Night Goat (AmRep Single Version) 6:03
14 Flipper – Sex Bomb 7:46
15 Iggy And The Stooges – Gimme Danger 7:19

None of The Pixies on there? I thought they were influential on Nirvanas work?

sonic youth? oh i forgot, english press always ignores sonic youth..

No… It might be something to do with licensing arrangements/costs maybe. It’s only a “freebie” from a magazine after all.

It’s probably a licensing thing but it can’t really be called The Roots Of Nirvana without any Black Sabbath, Pixies or Sonic Youth.