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#REDIRECT [[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name        = Weezer
| Type        = Compilation
| Artist      = [[Weezer]]
| Cover      = Dustygems vinyl.jpg
| Released    = [[March 23]], [[2004]] (The Blue Album, Deluxe Edition)<br> [[January 5]], [[2010]] (Rarities Edition)<br>[[April 13]], [[2019]] (vinyl)
| Recorded    = [[1992]], [[1993]]
| Genre      = Alternative rock, pop punk
| Length      = 49:15
| Label      = [[Geffen Records]]
| Producer    = [[Ric Ocasek]]
| Misc        =
{{Extra album cover 2
  | Upper caption  = Alternate cover
  | Type          = studio
  | Cover          = WeezerRaritiesEdition.jpg
  | Lower caption  = ''Weezer: Rarities Edition''
  }}
}}
 
'''''Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets''''' (also released as '''''Weezer: Rarities Edition''''') is a collection of [[b-sides]], demos, and pre-production recordings from [[Weezer]]'s [[Weezer (The Blue Album)|eponymous debut album]] (''The Blue Album''). It was initially released as the second disc on the [[2004]] Deluxe Edition CD release of ''The Blue Album''. A standalone CD release, titled ''Weezer: Rarities Edition'', was released in January of 2010. The collection was released as a standalone vinyl LP (again under the title ''Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets'') in April of [[2019]].
==Overview==
The songs "[[Mykel and Carli (Weezer song)|Mykel and Carli]]", "[[Susanne]]", and "[[My Evaline]]" were originally released as [[b-sides]]. "[[Jamie]]" originally appeared on the compilation ''[[DGC Rarities, Vol. 1]]''. Live recordings of "[[My Name Is Jonas]]", "[[Surf Wax America]]", "[[Jamie]]", and "[[No One Else]]" were also originally released as b-sides. Three demo recordings ("[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]", "[[Paperface]]", and "[[Only in Dreams]]") were recorded in [[1992]] for Weezer's second demo (''[[The Kitchen Tape]]''). The previously unreleased songs "[[I Swear It's True]]" and "[[Lullaby for Wayne]]" were recorded at S.I.R. Studios in Manhattan with [[Ric Ocasek]] on [[August 11]], [[1993]]. Also included in the collection is the original mix of "[[Say It Ain't So]]", originally included on the original pressings of the album.
==Track list==
{{Track listing
| total_length    = 49:15
 
| writing_credits = yes
 
| title1          = [[Mykel and Carli (Weezer song)|Mykel and Carli]]
| note1          = B-Side
| writer1        = Cuomo
| length1        = 2:53
 
| title2          = [[Susanne]]
| note2          = B-Side
| writer2        = Cuomo
| length2        = 2:47
 
| title3          = [[My Evaline]]
| note3          = B-Side
| writer3        = trad. arr. by Sigmund Spaeth
| length3        = 0:44
 
 
| title4          = [[Jamie]]
| note4          = from [[DGC Rarities, Vol. 1|DGC Rarities]]
| writer4        = Cuomo
| length4        = 4:20
 
| title5          = [[My Name Is Jonas]]
| note5          = Live B-Side
| writer5        = Cuomo/Wilson/Cropper
| length5        = 4:19
 
| title6          = [[Surf Wax America]]
| note6          = Live B-Side
| writer6        = Cuomo/Wilson
| length6        = 3:39
 
| title7          = [[Jamie]]
| note7          = Live Acoustic B-Side
| writer7        = Cuomo
| length7        = 4:03
 
| title8          = [[No One Else]]
| note8          = Live Acoustic B-Side
| writer8        = Cuomo
| length8        = 3:29
 
| title9          = [[Undone - The Sweater Song]]
| note9          = [[The Kitchen Tape|Kitchen Tape]]
| writer9        = Cuomo
| length9        = 3:23
 
| title10          = [[Paperface]]
| note10          = Kitchen Tape
| writer10        = Cuomo
| length10        = 3:01
 
| title11          = [[Only in Dreams]]
| note11          = Kitchen Tape
| writer11        = Cuomo
| length11        = 5:47
 
| title12          = [[Lullabye for Wayne]]
| note12          = Pre-Production Tape
| writer12        = Cuomo/Wilson
| length12        = 3:36
 
| title13          = [[I Swear It's True]]
| note13          = Pre-Production Tape
| writer13        = Cuomo
| length13        = 2:57
 
| title14          = [[Say It Ain't So]]
| note14          = Original Album Mix
| writer14        = Cuomo
| length14        = 4:17
}}
==See also==
*''[[Weezer (The Blue Album)]]
[[Category:Weezer albums]]