Jump to content

The Black Sessions (Weezer): Difference between revisions

m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Italicize page name}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Black Sessions'' (Weezer)}}
{{Expand}}
{{Sources|January 2022}}
{{Sources|January 17, 2022}}
{{Infobox Album
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| 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    = Various
| 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 promitional 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.
'''''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 French radio. On [[February 21]], [[1995]], at studio 105 in Maison De Radio France, Weezer played an opening set for [[Radiohead]]. According to [[Karl Koch]], the recordings were later made into a very limited set of promomotional CDs, for purposes of re-broadcast.<ref>[[Collectors Discography - Page 1]]</ref>
''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]], though it is likely that there are others. Different iterations of the bootlegs have minor differences in design and packaging.
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==  
#"[[Buddy Holly]]" - 3:04
{{Track listing
#"[[No One Else]]" - 3:52
| total_length    = 25:09
#"[[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]" - 3:53
| title1          = [[Buddy Holly]]
#"[[Say It Ain't So]]" - 5:08
| length1        = 3:04
#"[[Undone - The Sweater Song]]" - 5:10
| title2          = [[No One Else]]
#"[[Surf Wax America]]" - 4:02
| 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====
Line 45: Line 53:


==See also==
==See also==
*''[[The Black Sessions (The Rentals)]]''
*[[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)]]