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{{ | {{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Black Sessions'' (Weezer)}} | ||
{{Sources|January 2022}} | |||
{{Sources|January | {{Infobox Album | ||
{{Infobox Album | |||
| Name = The Black Sessions | | Name = The Black Sessions | ||
| Type = Unofficial bootleg | | Type = Unofficial bootleg | ||
| Artist = [[Weezer]] | | Artist = [[Weezer]] | ||
| Cover = The Black Sessions 2004 Cover.jpg | | Cover = The Black Sessions 2004 Cover.jpg | ||
| Released = | | Released = various | ||
| Recorded = [[February 21]], [[1995]]<ref>[[Recording History - Page 8#Radio station performance, 2/21/95 - Paris, France "The Black Session" show.|Recording History - Page 8]]</ref> | | Recorded = [[February 21]], [[1995]]<ref>[[Recording History - Page 8#Radio station performance, 2/21/95 - Paris, France "The Black Session" show.|Recording History - Page 8]]</ref> | ||
| Label = | | Length = 25:09 | ||
| Label = Sangatte Records <small>(bootleg)</small> | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Black Sessions''''' is the title of [[Weezer]]'s [[Weezer concert: 02/21/1995|February 21, 1995 performance]] on the French radio show, C'est Lenoir. It was supposedly pressed as a | '''''The Black Sessions''''' is the title of [[Weezer]]'s [[Weezer concert: 02/21/1995|February 21, 1995 performance]] on the French radio show, ''C'est Lenoir''. It was supposedly pressed as a promotional CD and sent in limited quantities to radio stations for re-broadcasting. Throughout the 2000's, the CD has been bootlegged and resold under the same name by the label Sangatte Records. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
''The Black Sessions'' was a regular live performance series on the French radio show, ''C'est Lenoir'', airing on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_Inter France Inter]. On [[February 21]], [[1995]], at studio 105 in Maison De Radio France, Weezer played an opening set for [[Radiohead]]. According to [[Karl Koch]], recordings of this performance were later made into a very limited set of promotional CDs, for purposes of re-broadcast.<ref>[[Collectors Discography - Page 1]]</ref> | |||
Images or evidence (outside of Koch's claim) of the promo's existence do not exist online, leading to the possibility that no official promo was actually produced. | Images or evidence (outside of Koch's claim) of the promo's existence do not exist online, leading to the possibility that no official promo was actually produced. | ||
The bootleg label Sangatte Records has released a number of unlicensed CDrs of the performance. Known years of release include [[2004]], [[2008]], [[2009]], and [[2012]], | The bootleg label Sangatte Records has released a number of unlicensed CDrs of the performance. Known years of release include [[2004]], [[2008]], [[2009]], and [[2012]], however the exact number of unique versions is not known. Different iterations of the bootlegs have minor differences in design and packaging. | ||
==Tracklist== | ==Tracklist== | ||
{{Track listing | |||
| total_length = 25:09 | |||
| title1 = [[Buddy Holly]] | |||
| length1 = 3:04 | |||
| title2 = [[No One Else]] | |||
| length2 = 3:52 | |||
| title3 = [[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]] | |||
| length3 = 3:53 | |||
| title4 = [[Say It Ain't So]] | |||
| length4 = 5:08 | |||
| title5 = [[Undone - The Sweater Song]] | |||
| length5 = 5:10 | |||
| title6 = [[Surf Wax America]] | |||
| length6 = 4:02 | |||
}} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
====Bootleg releases==== | ====Bootleg releases==== | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*'' | *[[Weezer concert: 02/21/1995]] | ||
*[[The Black Sessions (The Rentals)|''The Black Sessions'' (The Rentals)]] | |||
*[[List of unofficial bootlegs (physical)]] | *[[List of unofficial bootlegs (physical)]] | ||