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 {{Karlification box|Microcassette recordings of all kinds of nonsense in the studio and out. includes some impromptu folk songs and some very silly material.|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519063254if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist4.html Weezer Recording History, Page 4]}}
+=== ''The Blue Album'' recording sessions, August-November 1993 ===
+[[Image:Weezer_The_Blue_Album.jpg|Album cover|thumb|150px|right]]
+==== Recording ====
+:<small>'''''For more information, see [[Weezer (The Blue Album)#Recording process]]'''''</small>
+The band, alongside Ocasek and Shaw, recorded and mixed 11 songs: the songs that appear on ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)|the Blue Album]]'', plus "Mykel and Carli" (which was later released as a bonus track on the iTunes and vinyl releases of ''[[Death to False Metal]]'').
+There were several takes recorded of each song (probably around 4-5), which the band would listen to, especially the drums, and choose one to record on top of. In the case where the drums were the best over multiple different takes, the master reels were spliced together to make a new take.
+Cropper was asked to leave the band during recording, and was replaced by [[Brian Bell]], who the band had made acquaintance with during his time with [[Carnival Art]]. Cuomo re-recorded all of Cropper's guitars, with Bell re-recording some of Cropper's backing vocals, although in the cases where he was too unfamiliar with the material, Cuomo would sing backing vocals instead. The only track that wasn't changed was "Mykel and Carli", which was abandoned due to time constraints.
+==== Tracking rough tapes ====
+Over the course of recording, several "tracking rough" tapes were made with the intention of listening and deciding what needed fixing with them. These tapes are not different takes of the songs, but earlier mixes, often with different guitar parts of scratch vocal tracks.
+===== Tracking roughs as of August 22 =====
+These recordings contain Cropper's guitars and occasional singing.
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Mykel and Carli]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 1}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[In the Garage]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Buddy Holly]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 1, nearly was the final album mix}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Only in Dreams]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Holiday]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Surf Wax America]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Mykel and Carli]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 2}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 2}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 3}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[My Name Is Jonas]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[No One Else]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
+===== "Ruffs" as of August 25-27 =====
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[No One Else]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Surf Wax America]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Holiday]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Mykel and Carli]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[My Name Is Jonas]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Only in Dreams]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[In the Garage]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Buddy Holly]]||August [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
+==== "weezer master mixes" ====
+These mixes were made right before Cropper left the band.
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Holiday]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[My Name Is Jonas]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[In the Garage]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Surf Wax America]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
+==== Brian Bell audition tape, September 14, 1993 ====
+After Cropper was asked to leave the band, Bell was asked to make an audition tape, so the band could know if he could sing. The tape featured hastily learned, made-up versions of several Weezer songs.
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Brian Bell]]|[[No One Else]]||[[September 14]], [[1993]]||||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Brian Bell]]|[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]||[[September 14]], [[1993]]||||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Brian Bell]]|[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]||[[September 14]], [[1993]]||||}}
+{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Brian Bell]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||[[September 14]], [[1993]]||||}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
+==== Undone - The Sweater Song samples ====
+"[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" originally contained several samples in its intro, collected by [[Karl Koch]]. They were mixed so the left speaker would contain cheery, happy samples, and the right speaker would contain the opposite. The samples were added to the master reel, and recording for the album was assumed to be finished, before they were informed in November that the samples would be too difficult to get legal clearance for. The mix with the samples still made it as far as an unmastered cassette tape of the album. The samples included audio from Humphrey Bogart movies, the Peanuts, and "dialogue from the Black Hole".
+A mix of the song was made to DAT tape at Electric Lady, which was then sent to Los Angeles, since they had already finished recording, where Cuomo copied it to two stereo tracks on his 8-track recorder. Crowd noise taken from a sound effect CD, as well as conversations between Koch and Sharp, and Koch and [[Mykel Allan]], were put on other tracks, which were mixed down by themselves to DAT tape and sent back to Electric Lady, to ensure that they weren't talking later than they needed to be.
+==== Track listing ====
+{{Known recordings header}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[My Name Is Jonas]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|3:24|''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[No One Else]]||August-September[[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|3:04|''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|4:19|''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Buddy Holly]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|2:39|
+*''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''
+*"[[Catalog:Buddy Holly|Buddy Holly]]" (singles)
+*''[[Six Hits]]''|Sped up an unknown amount during mastering}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]||August-November [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|5:05|
+*''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''
+*"[[Catalog:Undone - The Sweater Song|Undone - The Sweater Song]]" (singles)|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Surf Wax America]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|3:06|''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|4:18|
+*''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''
+*"[[Catalog:Say It Ain't So|Say It Ain't So]]" (singles)
+*''[[Six Hits]]''|Was remixed for single release, this remix replaces the original on all pressings from 1995 onward}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[In the Garage]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|3:55|''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Holiday]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|3:24|
+*''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''
+*"[[Catalog:Undone - The Sweater Song|Undone - The Sweater Song]]" (certain singles)|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Only in Dreams]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|8:00|''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]''|}}
+{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Mykel and Carli]]||August-September [[1993]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|3:13|''[[Death to False Metal]]'' (iTunes, vinyl)|Recorded during sessions for the ''Blue Album'' but abandoned due to time constraints}}
+{{Known recordings footer}}
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