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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Buddy Holly]]||[[August 20]], [[1995]]|[[Weezer concert: 08/20/1995|Central Park, New York, NY]]|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Buddy Holly]]||[[August 20]], [[1995]]|[[Weezer concert: 08/20/1995|Central Park, New York, NY]]|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Surf Wax America]]||[[August 20]], [[1995]]|[[Weezer concert: 08/20/1995|Central Park, New York, NY]]|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Surf Wax America]]||[[August 20]], [[1995]]|[[Weezer concert: 08/20/1995|Central Park, New York, NY]]|||}}
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=== Sessions at Electric Lady Studios, August 27-September 6, 1995 ===
These sessions marked the beginning of the almost year-long recording process of the album that would become ''Pinkerton''. These songs, despite likely being recorded for the only partially-written ''SFTBH'', were all recorded separately with little to no story continuity, in order to get a jumpstart on the second Weezer album.
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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Waiting on You]]||[[August 27]]-[[September 6]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 1}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Blast Off!]]||[[August 27]]-[[September 6]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Longtime Sunshine]]||[[August 27]]-[[September 6]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|4:18||A version of this recording is featured on the deluxe edition of ''Pinkerton'', albeit with overdubs recorded in [[2009]]}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Why Bother?]]||[[August 28]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Getchoo]]||[[August 29]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 1}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[No Other One]]||[[August 30]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Tired of Sex]]||[[August 31]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Devotion]]||[[September 1]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]||[[September 2]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||No [[Rachel Haden]] vocals}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Getchoo]]||[[September 3]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 2}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Getchoo]]||[[September 4]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 3}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Waiting on You]]||[[September 4]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 2}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[You Gave Your Love to Me Softly]]||[[September 5]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Longtime Sunshine]]||[[September 6]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||Version 2}}
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Wilson also recorded some 24-track demos under the alias of "[[Huge Guy]]" in a separate room at Electric Lady when he wasn't needed during Weezer's sessions.
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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Pay No Mind|A Song of Healing and Transformation]]||[[August 27]]-[[September 6]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||24-track demo, early version of "[[Pay No Mind]]" by the Special Goodness}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[I'd Like to Know|You Know I'd Like to Think]]||[[August 27]]-[[September 6]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||24-track demo, early version of "I'd Like to Know" by the Special Goodness}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[There Is a Book|It's All So Simple]]||[[August 27]]-[[September 6]], [[1995]]|Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY|||24-track demo, early version of "[[There Is a Book]]" by the Special Goodness}}
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And in yet another room, "Susanne" was being remixed for the ''[[Mallrats: Music from the Motion Picture|Mallrats]]'' soundtrack.
{{Karlification box|A lot of stuff was happening all at once. The Blue album touring had finally been wrapped up. Rivers had gotten himself accepted at Harvard for the upcoming fall semester, and was looking forward to escaping the limelight for a while. The band was up for 5 different Mtv Video awards and the awards show was coming up on the 7th in NYC. I was to help the still leg-braced Rivers move to Boston immediately after the awards (which he ironically ended up not attending.) Studio time was booked, in order to get a head start on the new album, which was only partly written at this point.
Rivers was still holding out a torch for his "Black Hole " idea, but as recording got underway, the songs were laid down as before, one at a time- no story, no theatrics, no characters. This reality would later couple with a whole new set of emotions and ideas, spawned over his school year at Harvard, to forge a whole new idea for what was to be called "Pinkerton".
Meanwhile Pat was starting to pursue his own independent musical vision, having seen how Matt got himself his own record deal and noting a large block of "non-weezer" time coming up, courtesy of Rivers's newfound school schedule. Simultaneous to weezer's recording, he booked his own time at Electric Lady, and laid down some fairly slick demos. (see below) ...All this whenever his presence wasnt required down the hall in the other studio room. Phew!
Additionaly (as if enough wasn't going on), the summer 1994 recording of "Suzanne" was remixed in yet another Electric lady room. This remix would later appear on the "Mallrats" soundtrack.
The master tapes were then taken up to Fort Apache Studios in Boston, and worked continued on the guitars and vocals. In the end, only a few of these versions ended up on Pinkerton. Most were later re-recorded in LA.|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519061842if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist8.html Weezer Recording History, Page 8]}}
=== Continued ''Pinkerton'' sessions at Fort Apache Studios, September 9-15, 1995 ===
The master tapes from the previous sessions were brought to Fort Apache Studios in Boston, MA, during the beginning of Cuomo's semester at Harvard, to work on vocals and guitars. These versions of the songs were leaked and bootlegged throughout the late 1990s.
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Why Bother?]]||[[September 9]]-[[September 15]], [[1995]]|Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA|2:11|Leaked online|Very similar to final version}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Getchoo]]||[[September 9]]-[[September 15]], [[1995]]|Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA|2:57|
*Leaked online
*''[[Pinkerton]]'' (Deluxe)|An edited version which removes the opening four-count was featured on the deluxe edition of ''Pinkerton'' as a "tracking rough"}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[No Other One]]||[[September 9]]-[[September 15]], [[1995]]|Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA|2:50|Leaked online|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Tired of Sex]]||[[September 9]]-[[September 15]], [[1995]]|Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA|2:51|Leaked online|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Devotion]]||[[September 9]]-[[September 15]], [[1995]]|Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA|3:20|Leaked online|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Waiting on You]]||[[September 9]]-[[September 15]], [[1995]]|Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA|4:06|Leaked online|No lead vocals}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[You Gave Your Love to Me Softly]]||[[September 9]]-[[September 15]], [[1995]]|Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA|1:55|Leaked online|}}
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{{Karlification box|these are the versions that were lightly bootlegged at one point..|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519061842if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist8.html Weezer Recording History, Page 8]}}
=== Huge Guy acoustic demos, October 1995 ===
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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[I'd Like to Know]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Fatigue]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Pay No Mind|Much Better Thank You]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||Later became "[[Pay No Mind]]"}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[I'm with You Sister]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Conquistadors of Nothing]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Congratulations (Special Goodness song)|Congratulations]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Pardon Me (Special Goodness song)|Pardon Me]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[A Fortunate Mistake|Boy Am I Lucky]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||Later became "[[A Fortunate Mistake]]"}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[There Is a Book|It's All Here in This Book]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[I'm Not Too Proud]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||Electric with instruments}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Muscle Car]]||October [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||Electric with instruments, features [[Tom Ackerman]] of Skiploader}}
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=== Huge Guy electric demos, November 1995 ===
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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Congratulations (Special Goodness song)|Congratulations]]||November [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Pardon Me (Special Goodness song)|Pardon Me]]||November [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Fatigue]]||November [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[I'd Like to Know]]||November [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||"awesome keyboard bass line"}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Pay No Mind|Pulling Teeth]]||November [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||Later became "[[Pay No Mind]]"}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[I'm with You Sister|I Believe in You]]||November [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||Alternate title of "[[I'm with You Sister]]}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[Conquistadors of Nothing]]||November [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Huge Guy]]|[[A Fortunate Mistake|Boy Am I Lucky]]||November [[1995]]|Portland, OR|||Later became "[[A Fortunate Mistake]]"}}
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