Nirvana's Box Set Finally Released (68 Previously Unreleased Songs)

SEATTLE -- Nirvana's box set, delayed three years by litigation, was finally released Tuesday, introducing hundreds of thousands of fans to rare recordings and even living-room video of the grunge rockers.

The four-disc set, "With the Lights Out," includes 81 tracks, 68 of them previously unreleased. It was initially planned for release in 2001 -- for the 10th anniversary of the album "Nevermind" -- but a dispute between Courtney Love, the widow of frontman Kurt Cobain, and the surviving bandmates delayed the project. The sides settled their legal issues in September 2002, allowing work on the box set to resume.

"I'm personally delighted to see it out," said Love's lawyer, O. Yale Lewis. "Between the greatest hits, released earlier, and this box set ... it will provide the fans forever (with) a good mosaic of the music of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana."

Universal's Geffen label recorded close to 400,000 advance orders of the box set, which officially listed at $60 but was selling at about $40 at many music stores. Another 100,000 copies were expected to sell by the end of the first week. The set will be followed in a few years by a "best-of-the-box" release, Lewis said.

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Can't wait to get that!