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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[Rain]]||[[January 2]], [[1992]]||||Also known as "What's Stoppin' You?", master taped over}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[Rain]]||[[January 2]], [[1992]]||||Also known as "What's Stoppin' You?", master taped over}}
{{Known recordings entry||[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Two to Tango]]||[[January 3]], [[1992]]||||8-track demo, second version, a version was released on ''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''}}
{{Known recordings entry||[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Two to Tango]]||[[January 3]], [[1992]]||||8-track demo, second version, a version was released on ''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Colmusheen]]|01 Colmusheen.MP3|[[January 3]], [[1992]]||3:05|
*''[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|Weezer]]'' (Rivers Cuomo tape)
*''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|8-track recording}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[My Oh My]]||January [[1992]]||||8-track demo}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[My Oh My]]||January [[1992]]||||8-track demo}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[M.E.]]||January [[1992]]||||4-track demo, Gary Numan cover}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[M.E.]]||January [[1992]]||||4-track demo, Gary Numan cover}}
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*''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''|8-track demo, Gregg Alexander cover, didn't really count as one of the 50}}
*''[[Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo]]''|8-track demo, Gregg Alexander cover, didn't really count as one of the 50}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[Blood on the Hands of...]]||February [[1992]](?)||||4-track demo}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[Blood on the Hands of...]]||February [[1992]](?)||||4-track demo}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[Where Can I Go and Rest]]||March [[1992]](?)||||8-track demo}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[Lullaby for Wayne]]||March [[1992]](?)||||8-track demo, instrumental with different arrangement}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Jason Cropper]]|[[I Am Your Blue Sky]]||Late [[1991]]- Early [[1992]](?)||||8-track demo, Cuomo provides backing vocals}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Jason Cropper]]|[[I Am Your Blue Sky]]||Late [[1991]]- Early [[1992]](?)||||8-track demo, Cuomo provides backing vocals}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[My Name is Jonas]]||Late [[1991]]- Early [[1992]](?)||||4-track demo, mostly instrumental with different vocal melody, master is lost}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[My Name is Jonas]]||Late [[1991]]- Early [[1992]](?)||||4-track demo, mostly instrumental with different vocal melody, master is lost}}
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They never quite made it to 50. However, the old Fuzz song roster was accepted as sufficient material, bolstering the list by at least 5-6 songs. Bush and 60WS songs were deemed too different for the new plan.|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519063146if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist2.html Weezer Recording History, Page 2]}}
They never quite made it to 50. However, the old Fuzz song roster was accepted as sufficient material, bolstering the list by at least 5-6 songs. Bush and 60WS songs were deemed too different for the new plan.|[https://web.archive.org/web/20140519063146if_/http://daveandnikolai.com/wzr/classic/03_Recording_History/WeezRecHist2.html Weezer Recording History, Page 2]}}
=== ''My – Oh - My''===
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{{Known recordings entry||[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Two to Tango]]||[[January 1]], [[1992]]|||8-track demo, first version, a version was released on ''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Colmusheen]]|01 Colmusheen.MP3|[[January 3]], [[1992]]||3:05|
*''[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|Weezer]]'' (Rivers Cuomo tape)
*''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|8-track demo}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||March [[1992]]||||8-track demo, includes "old original bridge"}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[Where Can I Go and Rest|Where Can I Rest]]||March(?) [[1992]]||||8-track demo}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Patrick Wilson]]|[[Lullaby for Wayne]]||March(?) [[1992]]||||8-track demo, instrumental with different arrangement}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Simply State]]|01 Simply State.mp3|Spring [[1992]]||1:32|''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''|Recorded in March or April, riff later used for "[[Negativland]]", "[[Blast Off]] and "[[El Scorcho]]".}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Simply State]]||Spring [[1992]]||||"solo vox near end".}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Wet Dog]]|04 Wet Dog.mp3|Late [[1991]]/early [[1992]]||2:21|
*''[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|Weezer]]'' (Rivers Cuomo tape)
*''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|8-track demo, didn't really count as one of the 50, taped over}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Transported]]|05 Transported.mp3|Late [[1991]]/early [[1992]]||0:54|
*''[[Weezer (Rivers Cuomo tape)|Weezer]]'' (Rivers Cuomo tape)
*''[[Alone V: Before Weezer]]''|8-track demo, didn't really count as one of the 50, taped over}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Jason Cropper]]|[[Brotherhood Groove Grand Junction (song)|Guess We Could Wait]]||Late [[1991]]/early [[1992]]||||8-track demo, renamed version of the "theme song" of his previous band, taped over with no surviving mixdown}}
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{{Karlification box|8 track “My – Oh - My” Jan 1992 – April(?) 1992<br>
<nowiki>. 2 To Tango [prototype]  (1/3/92)</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>2. Colmusheen (1/3/92)</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>*3. Say It Ain’t So [old original bridge] [3?/??/92]</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>*4. “Where Can I Rest” [PW 3?/92]</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>*5. Lullabye For Wayne [prototype demo, inst. PW? 3?/92]</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>6. Simply State  [3? (4?)/92]</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>7. Simply State  [solo vox near end]</nowiki><br>
<nowiki>[j-card lists 1-3 above, with #3 replacing a crossed off earlier listing, plus 2 more crossed out songs. The 3 crossed out tracks are “Transported”, “Wet Dog”, and “Guess We Could Wait” (JC)]</nowiki>|[[Weezerpedia Discord Q&A With Karl Koch - February 2025]]}}


=== Weezer rehearsal, February 17, 1992 ===
=== Weezer rehearsal, February 17, 1992 ===
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Various [[Rivers Cuomo]] demos recorded on his 8-track recorder.
Various [[Rivers Cuomo]] demos recorded on his 8-track recorder.
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{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||March—May [[1992]]||||Exact recording month unknown.}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||[[1992]]||||Alternate version, recording time frame unknown, master is missing.}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Say It Ain't So]]||[[1992]]||||Alternate version, recording time frame unknown, master is missing.}}
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*[[Pat Wilson]]|[[Why Can't You Be There?]]|04 Why Can't You Be There.mp3|March—May [[1992]]|[[Amherst House|2226 Amherst Avenue]], Los Angeles, CA|1:53|''[[Patrick & Rivers]]''|Ends with joke lyrics by Pat Wilson.}}
*[[Pat Wilson]]|[[Why Can't You Be There?]]|04 Why Can't You Be There.mp3|March—May [[1992]]|[[Amherst House|2226 Amherst Avenue]], Los Angeles, CA|1:53|''[[Patrick & Rivers]]''|Ends with joke lyrics by Pat Wilson.}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Dawn Sets Upon Us]]||[[1992]]||||Recording time frame unknown, master is missing.}}
{{Known recordings entry|ffaaaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Dawn Sets Upon Us]]||[[1992]]||||Recording time frame unknown, master is missing.}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|[[Simply State]]|01 Simply State.mp3|Spring [[1992]]||1:32|''[[Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years]]''|Exact recording month unknown, riff later used for "[[Negativland]]", "[[Blast Off]] and "[[El Scorcho]]".}}
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