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== 1996 ==
== 1996 ==
=== First sessions at Sound City Studios, January 1996 ===
=== ''Pinkerton'' sessions at Sound City Studios, January 1996 ===
These sessions lasted about two weeks. New, non-''SFTBH'' tracks such as "[[El Scorcho]]" and "[[Pink Triangle]]" were recorded, while Cuomo was also holding on to the ''SFTBH'' concept by this point.
These sessions lasted about two weeks. New, non-''SFTBH'' tracks such as "[[El Scorcho]]" and "[[Pink Triangle]]" were recorded, while Cuomo was also holding on to the ''SFTBH'' concept by this point.
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side note: According to Rivers "COR" document, El Scorcho was originally written at Harvard, October 1995|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519061842if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist8.html Weezer Recording History, Page 8]}}
side note: According to Rivers "COR" document, El Scorcho was originally written at Harvard, October 1995|[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 Sound City, spring 1996 ===
By this time, the ''SFTBH'' idea had been abandoned in favor of the concept that became ''Pinkerton'', and thus the two songs recorded in January were canned with it. These sessions happened during Cuomo's spring break at Harvard and were mainly just continued work on the sessions from January.
{{Karlification box|Rivers flew out to LA, and the band got together to continue plugging away at the new album. By this time Rivers had had some major breakthroughs, having written "The Good Life" , Across the Sea" , "Falling for you" and "Butterfly" during his strange months at Harvard.|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519061842if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist8.html Weezer Recording History, Page 8]}}
=== ''The Special Goodness'' album, March-April 1996 ===
[[Image:The Special Goodness The Special Goodness.jpg|thumb|150px|right|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]'' cover art]]
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This album, while being released as a Wilson solo album, is often referred to as the debut album by [[The Special Goodness|the Special Goodness]]. It was produced by [[Tony Lash]], who was Wilson's roommate and the drummer from [[wikipedia:Heatmiser|Heatmiser]], who also plays drums on "I'd Like to Know" and drums and keyboards on "A Fortunate Mistake". [[Pat Finn]] also plays bass on "A Fortunate Mistake".
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[Congratulations (Special Goodness song)|Congratulations]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|3:43|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[Fatigue]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|2:32|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[Pay No Mind]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|3:11|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[I'd Like to Know]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|3:54|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|[[Tony Lash]] on drums}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[Conquistadors of Nothing]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|3:59|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[A Hundred Times as Good]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|2:56|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[Pardon Me (Special Goodness song)|Pardon Me]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|2:52|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[A Fortunate Mistake]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|6:50|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|[[Tony Lash]] on drums and keyboards, [[Pat Finn]] on bass}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[I'm Not Too Proud]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|2:28|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[The Special Goodness]]|[[There Is a Book|It's All Here in This Book]]||March-April [[1996]]|The Special Land, Portland, OR|4:42|''[[The Special Goodness (album)|The Special Goodness]]''|}}
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{{Karlification box|Done at "the Special Land" studios in Portland OR . Pat played everything except Pat Finn played bass on 2 songs. Tony Lash (ex-drummer in Elliot Smith's Heatmiser, plus producer of Cardinal, Richard Davies, et. al.), produces. Pat just happened to be his roomate.
There were no tracks recorded besides the 10 that make up the CD|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519061842if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist8.html Weezer Recording History, Page 8]}}
=== First ''Seven More Minutes'' sessions in London, UK, spring 1996 ===
This was the beginning of an over 2-year-long recording process for the album that would become ''[[Seven More Minutes]]'' by the Rentals, which also marked the beginning of Sharp consistently leaving early during recording sessions to go to London and work on the album.
=== Final ''Pinkerton'' sessions, May-August 1996 ===
[[Image:Weezer Pinkerton.jpg|''[[Pinkerton]]'' cover art|thumb|150px|right]]
These sessions saw the introduction of engineer [[Dave Fridmann]], in for [[Joe Barresi]] after the band kept asking for the album to sound like ''[[wikipedia:Clouds Taste Metallic|Clouds Taste Metallic]]'' by the [[The Flaming Lips|Flaming Lips]]. "[[The Good Life]]", "[[Across the Sea]]", "[[Falling for You]]", and "[[Butterfly]]" had been written by the time of the previous sessions, but weren't tracked until these sessions in the summer. Most of the album was worked to completion by June at Sound City, with "Butterfly" being recorded at 6 in the morning on the final day of recording. "[[Devotion]]", "[[Waiting on You]]", and "[[You Gave Your Love to Me Softly]]" were also completed for B-sides, while "[[I Swear It's True]]" and "[[Getting Up and Leaving]]" were nearly completed but abandoned. Recording later moved to Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, where [[Rachel Haden]] recorded her vocals for "[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]" in one take, while recording a few extra takes just in case. By this point, Sharp had left to continue work on ''Seven More Minutes'', so during a last-minute session at Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, [[Adam Orth]] was called in to play bass. This session resulted in "[[Tragic Girl]]" being worked on but eventually abandoned. Mixing was done with [[Jack Joseph Puig]] at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles, and the intro to "Across the Sea" was recorded on [[August 13]]. The album was released on [[September 24]].
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{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Tired of Sex]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|3:01|''[[Pinkerton]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Getchoo]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|2:52|''[[Pinkerton]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[No Other One]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|3:01|''[[Pinkerton]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Why Bother?]]||Fall [[1995]]-summer [[1996]]|
*Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
*Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA
*Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|2:08|''[[Pinkerton]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Across the Sea]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|4:32|''[[Pinkerton]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[The Good Life]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|4:17|''[[Pinkerton]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[El Scorcho]]||Winter-summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|4:03|''[[Pinkerton]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Pink Triangle]]||Winter-summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|3:58|''[[Pinkerton]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Falling for You]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|3:47|''[[Pinkerton]]''|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Butterfly]]||June [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|2:48|''[[Pinkerton]]''|Koch on percussion}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Butterfly]]||June [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|2:53|''[[Pinkerton]]'' (Deluxe)|Earlier take, Cuomo only}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[You Gave Your Love to Me Softly]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|1:58|
*"[[El Scorcho]]"
*''[[Pinkerton]]'' (Deluxe)|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Devotion]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|3:11|
*"[[El Scorcho]]"
*''[[Pinkerton]]'' (Deluxe)|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Waiting on You]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|4:11|
*"[[The Good Life]]"
*''[[Pinkerton]]'' (Deluxe)|}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams]]||Fall [[1995]]-summer [[1996]]|
*Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
*Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
*Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA|2:37|
*"[[The Good Life]]"
*''[[Pinkerton]]'' (Deluxe)|Featuring [[Rachel Haden]]}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[I Swear It's True]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Getting Up and Leaving]]||Summer [[1996]]|Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA|||}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffffaa|[[Weezer]]|[[Tragic Girl]]||Summer [[1996]]|Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA|2:37||A version of this recording with overdubs was featured on the deluxe edition of ''Pinkerton''}}
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{{Karlification box|After a ton of last minute studio juggling, all 10 tracks were eventually finished and mixed, plus:
*devotion
*you gave your love... (new version)
*waiting on you
*i just threw out the love of my dreams (w/ Rachel Haden)
Also nearly finished were:
*i swear its true
*getting up and leaving
Both of these were worked on to the point of just needing a final mixdown. Although this was never official, its nearly certain that they would have been the b-sides to "Pink Triangle", if that had been put out as a "for sale" single. Of course, that never happened, and the songs were never dusted off and finished up. Note that Matt Sharp had left the recording session early, to fly back to London and continue work on his own second Rentals record. This left the band in a bind near the end, and a substitute bass player was brought in for some of the late b-sides sessions. more info on this as its sorted thru.
Later, "I Swear its true" saw some action at a few soundchecks and at exactly one show in 1994. "Getting up and leaving" was never played at a show, but was possibly played at a soundcheck or 2|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519061842if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist8.html Weezer Recording History, Page 8]}}


== 1997 ==
== 1997 ==
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