NIN Live: 1990

April 02, 1990, Cincinnati, OH, Bogarts

Setlist
Intro
Terrible Lie
Sin
Sanctified
That's What I Get
Get Down Make Love
Ringfinger
Down In It

Show Memorabilia

1990/04/02 Ticket

Known Recordings

Source 1a: Audio - AUD (Sony Walkman w/ Built-In Microphone)
Taper: Theath
Time: 33 minutes
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Hear a Sample: Sin, 2 minutes
Download the Full Show: .zip file FLAC, 419.5 MB - 24-Bit
Download the Full Show: .zip file FLAC, 236.7 MB - 16-Bit
Added to Archive: January 18th, 2015 - UPDATE: January 04th, 2021
Comments:
UPDATE 2021: Thanks to Arnaud over on HIH, the master tape has been found with a bit more information on the equipment. The master tape could be helped with a proper transfer on a 3-head deck. The transfer above seems to have spots of brickwalling. Due to this, I will keep the 2nd generation transfer of this recording below. Hopefully we will have access to the tape soon in the future! Looking back on the archive, someone pointed out that the 02/04/1990 Las Vegas recording we had was actually this one. Very sorry to share that one. When I received it, I was told that recording was uncirculated. It was actually mislabeled. With going through 1,200 sources, I am likely to have an error or two! Sorry!

Source 1b: Audio - AUD (Sony Walkman w/ Built-In Microphone)
Taper: Theath
Time: 33 minutes
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Hear a Sample: Sin, 2 minutes
Download the Full Show: .zip file FLAC, 394.2 MB - 24-Bit
Download the Full Show: .zip file FLAC, 192 MB - 16-Bit
Added to Archive: January 18th, 2015
Comments:
This 2nd gen tape will stay up until we can obtain a better copy from the master tape that isn't brickwalled. This was originally uploaded to the archive in September 2013, but that version of this tape ran a bit slow and had weird track placements. It was also a 2nd gen tape, but I have transferred this one. Tape is good, especially for an early 1990 recording. This tape is complete as NIN only performed up to "Down In It." Then the PA music came on. So this was a shorter opening set than usual. Thanks to acc123456 for lending me the tapes!

Source 2: Audio - AUD (Soundboard)
Taper: Unknown, possibly VidCab
Time: 32 minutes - Missing Intro
Rating: 5 out of 5
Hear a Sample: Terrible Lie, 2 minutes
Download the Full Show: .zip file FLAC, 261.5 MB
Added to Archive: June 1st, 2025
Comments:
Released on YouTube by Vidcab. It is a channel that has been archiving tons of Cincinnati shows from the early 90s. Seems like this person(s) was an FOH engineer for Bogarts and other venues around the city during that time. Some shows have video with soundboard audio. Some are just board feeds. From the description, it looks like they are raw board feeds that were either recorded on to S-VHS or cassette. This recording had little to no hiss on it. Very cool. The recording uploaded to YouTube had some pitch issues, which dmlivewiki sorted out quickly for this. Always appreciated! The intro to Terrible Lie was not recorded, or at least not posted on the video. At this point in time, this is the earliest NIN soundboard that is on the archive and first one that is from the support tours. I have reached out to the best of my ability to VidCab to try and get a lossless copy of it. But for now, the YouTube rip will do. Enjoy! It's killer!