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The bootleg contains fan-recorded audio from Weezer's [[December 4]], [[1994]] [[Weezer concert: 12/04/1994|concert in New Britain, Connecticut]]. The performance includes songs from ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'', interspersed with an early performance of "[[Getchoo]]" (which would later appear on ''[[Pinkerton]]'' in [[1996]]) as well as the B-side "[[Jamie]]". | The bootleg contains fan-recorded audio from Weezer's [[December 4]], [[1994]] [[Weezer concert: 12/04/1994|concert in New Britain, Connecticut]]. The performance includes songs from ''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]'', interspersed with an early performance of "[[Getchoo]]" (which would later appear on ''[[Pinkerton]]'' in [[1996]]) as well as the B-side "[[Jamie]]". | ||
''Geezer'' was produced in the city of Findon, South Australia, by the record label Kiwi Records. The label is credited with numerous other bootleg releases from the mid-'90s for bands such as [[Nirvana]], the [[Foo Fighters]], Deep Purple, and other alt-rock contemporaries.<ref>"Kiwi Records (2)". Discogs. Archived from the original at https://web.archive.org/web/20221015012152/https://www.discogs.com/label/208475-Kiwi-Records-2.</ref> The Weezer bootleg uses the same cover art as ''Weezer (The Blue Album)'', only with the heads of each member replaced with those of old men, conforming with the title.<ref name=Weezine5 /> In its track listing, "Getchoo" is listed as "Get to My Heart" (a mishearing of the song's chorus), as the song's title was not yet publicly known. It is unknown how many copies were produced or how broadly it was distributed, however it | ''Geezer'' was produced in the city of Findon, South Australia, by the record label Kiwi Records. The label is credited with numerous other bootleg releases from the mid-'90s for bands such as [[Nirvana]], the [[Foo Fighters]], Deep Purple, and other alt-rock contemporaries.<ref>"Kiwi Records (2)". Discogs. Archived from the original at https://web.archive.org/web/20221015012152/https://www.discogs.com/label/208475-Kiwi-Records-2.</ref> The Weezer bootleg uses the same cover art as ''Weezer (The Blue Album)'', only with the heads of each member replaced with those of old men, conforming with the title.<ref name=Weezine5 /> In its track listing, "Getchoo" is listed as "Get to My Heart" (a mishearing of the song's chorus), as the song's title was not yet publicly known. It is unknown how many copies were produced or how broadly it was distributed, however it appeared in an advertisement in the American music collecting magazine ''Goldmine'' on [[April 14]], 1995, its price being $20.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/sim_goldmine_1995-04-14_21_8/page/160/mode/2up Internet Archive] archive of ''Goldmine'', Friday, April 14, 1995, Page 160.</ref> The CD is now considered to be rare, and is coveted by some as a collector's item.<ref name=TodayInWeezerHist /> | ||
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