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'''''Weezer Fanclub Cover Compilation Vol. 1''''' is a compilation album featuring covers from members of the [[Weezer Fan Club]]. It was compiled by fan club founders, [[Mykel and Carli Allen|Mykel & Carli]]. | '''''Weezer Fanclub Cover Compilation Vol. 1''''' is a compilation album featuring covers from members of the [[Weezer Fan Club]]. It was compiled by fan club founders, [[Mykel and Carli Allen|Mykel & Carli]], and released in [[1996]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Image:Weezine Fanclub Cassette Ad.png|left|thumb|200px|Submission guidelines for the compilation, featured on page 14 of ''Weezine Issue #5'']] | [[Image:Weezine Fanclub Cassette Ad.png|left|thumb|200px|Submission guidelines for the compilation, featured on page 14 of ''Weezine Issue #5'']] | ||
A request for covers of Weezer songs was placed in the Winter [[1996]] edition of ''[[Weezine]]'' (issue #5), with the announcement that a number of submissions would be chosen for inclusion in a "Weezer cover compilation tape".<ref>1996. | A request for covers of Weezer songs was placed in the Winter [[1996]] edition of ''[[Weezine]]'' (issue #5), with the announcement that a number of submissions would be chosen for inclusion in a "Weezer cover compilation tape".<ref>1996. Now What????. ''Weezine Issue #5''. 14.</ref> Submissions were sent in by cassette tape and sorted through by Mykel and Carli Allen, publishers of ''Weezine'' and heads of the fan club. After choosing 18 final tracks, the submitted cassettes were mastered by [[Pat Wilson]]. The compilation was made available for purchase for $5 via mail order in the Summer 1996 edition of ''Weezine'' (issue #7), becoming sold out by Fall [[1997]].<ref>1997. Welcome Back!!. ''Weezine Issue #11''. 4.</ref> | ||
Two of the selected covers were performed by members of the band [[Ozma]]; [[Daniel Brummel]] and [[Jose Galvez]]. Brummel performed "[[You Gave Your Love to Me Softly]]" under the pseudonym "Chee Chee Boyz" (leaving a note on his credit, stating "I can't hit Rivers's high notes"), while Galvez performed "[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]" under the shortened title "J.Galvez". | Two of the selected covers were performed by members of the band [[Ozma]]; [[Daniel Brummel]] and [[Jose Galvez]]. Brummel performed "[[You Gave Your Love to Me Softly]]" under the pseudonym "Chee Chee Boyz" (leaving a note on his credit, stating "I can't hit Rivers's high notes"), while Galvez performed "[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]" under the shortened title "J.Galvez". | ||
A second compilation was planned (with submissions being accepted in ''Weezine Issue #14''), however, likely due to the [[Historic event: 07/09/1997|untimely death of Mykel and Carli Allen]] and slow decay of the fan club, the album would | A second compilation was planned (with submissions being accepted in ''Weezine Issue #14''), however, likely due to the [[Historic event: 07/09/1997|untimely death of Mykel and Carli Allen]] and slow decay of the fan club, the album would not be released.<ref>1999. New Contest!. ''Weezine Issue #14''. 7.</ref><ref>March 17, 2010. getchooski. Allthingsweezer. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:Fanclub_cassette_vol_2_ATW_citation.png.</ref> | ||
==Track listing== | ==Track listing== | ||