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==Opposite Sides of the Same Good Ol' Fence== | ==Opposite Sides of the Same Good Ol' Fence== | ||
'''''Opposite Sides of the Same Good Ol' Fence''''' is the name of a tape distributed by [[Rivers Cuomo]] to [[Paul duGre]], who would eventually produce the [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|Blue Album]] b-sides "[[Mykel and Carli (Weezer song)|Mykel & Carli]]", "[[Susanne]]", and "[[My Evaline]]". The tape contains the same recordings as ''The Kitchen Tape'' with the notable addition of the two previously non-circulating tracks from the ''Kitchen Tape'' ([[Say it Ain't So]] and [[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]). The tape was purchased by a member of the [[Allthingsweezer]] board, | '''''Opposite Sides of the Same Good Ol' Fence''''' is the name of a tape distributed by [[Rivers Cuomo]] to [[Paul duGre]], who would eventually produce the [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|Blue Album]] b-sides "[[Mykel and Carli (Weezer song)|Mykel & Carli]]", "[[Susanne]]", and "[[My Evaline]]". The tape contains the same recordings as ''The Kitchen Tape'' with the notable addition of the two previously non-circulating tracks from the ''Kitchen Tape'' ([[Say it Ain't So]] and [[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]). The tape was purchased in June of [[2016]] by a member of the [[Allthingsweezer]] board, Geewiz, for $4,350 via eBay, partially crowd-sourcing the purchase via donations from other board members. The existence of the tape was not known until it appeared on eBay. The [[Historic_event:_08/01/1992|Super-Chrono entry for August 1, 1992]] notes the following: | ||
"If they succeeded in getting a full albums worth of good material, then they would look into making an indie record out of it. But they were aware it was unlikely they'd get a full albums worth of good stuff out of it. the project was ambitiously titled "Weezer's first album". Later, the name "the kitchen tape" was adopted because the drums were recorded in the kitchen, adjacent to the garage. [...] When the dust settled they had 8 decent tracks, and conceded that this was to be "demo #2", not "album #1"." | "If they succeeded in getting a full albums worth of good material, then they would look into making an indie record out of it. But they were aware it was unlikely they'd get a full albums worth of good stuff out of it. the project was ambitiously titled "Weezer's first album". Later, the name "the kitchen tape" was adopted because the drums were recorded in the kitchen, adjacent to the garage. [...] When the dust settled they had 8 decent tracks, and conceded that this was to be "demo #2", not "album #1"." | ||