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=== Loyola Marymount University sessions, April 1993 === | === Loyola Marymount University sessions, April 1993 === | ||
[[Dale Johnson]], a student at Loyola Marymount University, had done sound engineering at an [[Weezer concert: 03/09/1993|in-store performance at Rhino Records]] in March, and asked Weezer to record at LMU's 24-track studios for his final project in music engineering. They recorded several versions of "[[Jamie]]" live to 2-track tape. Later, a classmate of Johnson's brought Weezer in again as she didn't have a band lined up for her project, and they recorded several takes of "[[My Name | [[Dale Johnson]], a student at Loyola Marymount University, had done sound engineering at an [[Weezer concert: 03/09/1993|in-store performance at Rhino Records]] in March, and asked Weezer to record at LMU's 24-track studios for his final project in music engineering. They recorded several versions of "[[Jamie]]" live to 2-track tape. Later, a classmate of Johnson's brought Weezer in again as she didn't have a band lined up for her project, and they recorded several takes of "[[My Name Is Jonas]]" and "[[Lullaby for Wayne]]". | ||
{{Quote|I was the LMU student that brought Weezer into the studio and engineered the version of "Jamie" that appears on DGC Rarities Vol 1. I saw Weezer for the first time in the early spring of 1993 when i did the sound for them at an in-store at Rhino Records in Santa Monica. I had worked there for a bit and had become familiar with them thru my friends Rachel Haden and Kerry Murphy, who had booked the show there that night. | {{Quote|I was the LMU student that brought Weezer into the studio and engineered the version of "Jamie" that appears on DGC Rarities Vol 1. I saw Weezer for the first time in the early spring of 1993 when i did the sound for them at an in-store at Rhino Records in Santa Monica. I had worked there for a bit and had become familiar with them thru my friends Rachel Haden and Kerry Murphy, who had booked the show there that night. | ||
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Anyways, I guess the guys were happy with the LMU version of "Jamie", but i never entirely was completely satisfied. I mean, only so much you can do with a live take and only a few hours! Rivers seemed to be really completely amazed when i told him I only got a B+ on the project. "But it's gonna be on a CD, man....!" I remember Matt being really adamant that they would do the recording project with me, but that they had to own the master. Smart boys they were, and I agreed to it, I just really wanted to be credited with the recording.|[[Dale Johnson]]|engineer of LMU sessions<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519063254if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist4.html Weezer Recording History, Page 4]</ref>}} | Anyways, I guess the guys were happy with the LMU version of "Jamie", but i never entirely was completely satisfied. I mean, only so much you can do with a live take and only a few hours! Rivers seemed to be really completely amazed when i told him I only got a B+ on the project. "But it's gonna be on a CD, man....!" I remember Matt being really adamant that they would do the recording project with me, but that they had to own the master. Smart boys they were, and I agreed to it, I just really wanted to be credited with the recording.|[[Dale Johnson]]|engineer of LMU sessions<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519063254if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist4.html Weezer Recording History, Page 4]</ref>}} | ||
There was an idea to make a indie 7" single of "Jamie" and "My Name Is Jonas" from these sessions, though it never materialized.<ref name="weezer30an">Koch, Karl. ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'' (30th Anniversary Deluxe) [[Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe) liner notes|liner notes]].</ref> | |||
==== April 15, 1993 ==== | ==== April 15, 1993 ==== | ||