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'''''The Kitchen Tape''''' (originally called '''''Weezer's first album''''') is the name of [[Weezer|Weezer's]] second demo tape. It was recorded in an attempt to create a "serious" demo to hand around local clubs in attempts to generate "a buzz."

''The Kitchen Tape'' was mostly recorded on [[August 2]], [[1992]] in [[The Garage]]. The drums were recorded in the kitchen of the [[Amherst House]], hence the tape's nickname.<ref name=recordinghistory>[[Recording History - Page 3#8/1/92 weezer demo tape #2; AKA "The Kitchen Tape" AKA "weezers 1st ablum" |Recording History - Page 3]]</ref> The demos were recorded using frontman [[Rivers Cuomo's]] 8-track tape recorder. According to an article written by [[Karl Koch]] in ''[[Weezine Issue 3 - Summer 1995|Weezine Issue #3]]'', the recordings of "[[Thief, You've Taken All That Was Me]]", "[[Let's Sew Our Pants Together]]" and "[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]" originate from [[Weezer's first demo|the band's first demo]] and were simply added to the tape. About 12 copies of the demo were produced in total.<ref name=recordinghistory /><ref name=superchrono />

The [[Historic_event:_08/01/1992|Super-Chrono entry for August 1, 1992]] notes the following:

<blockquote>''"If they suceeded 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 ablum". 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 conceeded that this was to be "demo #2", not "album #1"."''</blockquote>

Two songs from the tape ("[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" and "[[Only in Dreams]]") were released officially on ''[[The Blue Album]]'''s Deluxe Edition bonus disc, ''[[Dusty Gems and Raw Nuggets]]''. The recording of "Undone" was also featured on the promo CD ''[[Deluxe Edition Sampler - Volume 3]]''.

Bootlegs of this demo have existed online since at least the early 2000's. An [[List of unofficial bootlegs (physical)|unofficial bootleg]] CD mentioned in an [[Beatleg Magazine article - June 2002|issue of ''Beatleg Magazine'']] features some of the recordings, indicating that they have been in circulation since before June [[2002]] (the magazine's publication date). However, before [[2016]], only 6 of the demo's total 8 songs had been distributed online or released in an official capacity. ''The Kitchen Tape'''s versions of "[[Say It Ain't So]]" and "[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]" were not bootlegged until a fan ripped ''Opposite Sides of the Same Good Ol' Fence'' in [[2016]].

 

==''Kitchen Tape'' track list==

| Released    = [[September 4]], 1992

| Genre      = Alternative Rock

'''''Opposite Sides of the Same Good Ol' Fence''''' is the name of a unique tape given 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]]") in September [[1992]]. The tape contains the same recordings as ''The Kitchen Tape'', with all 8 tracks included and a new sequence.

 

It was purchased in June of [[2016]] by a member of the [[All Things Weezer]] forum, Geewiz, for $4,350 via eBay, partially crowd-sourcing the purchase via donations from other board members.{{Citation needed}} The tape's existence was unknown prior to this point.

 

==''Opposite Sides of the Same Good Ol' Fence'' track list==