Geezer: Difference between revisions

| Released    = Spring [[1995]]<ref name=TodayInWeezerHist>[[Weezer]]. (December 4, 2013). Social media post. Archived from the original on Weezerpedia at [[Historic event: 12/04/1994]].</ref>

'''''Geezer''''' is an unlicensed bootleg [[Weezer]] CD released by the Australian record label Kiwi Records in the Spring of [[1995]].<ref name=TodayInWeezerHist /> It is deemed by band archivist and webmaster [[Karl Koch]] to be the first Weezer bootleg ever released.<ref name=Weezine5>[[Karl Koch|Koch, Karl]]. (1996).  "[[Karl's Corner]]". ''[[Weezine Issue 5 - Winter 1996|Weezine Issue #5 - Winter 1996]]'' (pg. 8).</ref>

''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 is claimed that the CD appeared in an advertisement in the American music collecting magazine ''Goldmine''. Its price ranged around $25–30.<ref name=Weezine5 /> The CD is now considered to be rare, and is coveted by some as a collector's item.  

It first officially saw mention by the band when it was mentioned in the [[Karl's Corner - Winter 1996|Winter 1996 edition]] of ''[[Karl's Corner]]'', a column ran by [[Karl Koch]] and (originally) featured in issues of the quarterly [[Weezer Fan Club]] publication ''[[Weezine]]''. Here, Koch describes the release, ultimately dissuading readers from purchasing it. The bootleg's mention in the column is transcribed:<ref name=Weezine5 />

 

<blockquote>In other discographic news, it has come to my attention that there is a Weezer bootleg out there. I have seen and listened to this CD. It looks similar to the album at first glance, but says "Weezer...Geezer" across the top, and the guys' heads are replaced with random old men's heads. This CD was apparently made from a "homemade" audience recording at a show last winter at The Sung in New Britain, CT (not the [[Weezer concert: 10/06/1994|show opening for Live in October 94]] but the headlining show in December 194, where Letters To Cleo and The Dambuilders opened). It doesn't sound too good and is by no means worth the 25 to 30 dollars it sells for. It does contain "getchoo" (listed as "get to my heart", apparently mistakenly interpreted from the line "get-choo, uh huh"). Despite this 'debut and the general scarcity of live Weezer material out there, I must discourage the purchase of this CD, as not only is it of inferior quality at an outrageous price, but it's illegal and like all bootlegs, all the proceeds go to somebody who snuck in a tape recorder at the show. Unless you can get it for a fraction of its usual price, it really is a rip-off. Preferably only a few people will buy it and everyone else can tape it off of them. Thanks to Jeremy Crum for advance warning on all this. He wrote that he found it in an ad in Goldmine! Sheese!</blockquote>

 

 

 

<blockquote>[...] TODAY'S headlining show at the Sting was illicitly recorded and later turned up on the spring 1995 unauthorized bootleg CD "Geezer", on the Kiwi Records "label". The shows setlist (CD tracklisting): 'intro', [[My Name Is Jonas|my name is jonas]], [[No One Else|no one else]], [[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here|the world has turned]], [[Buddy Holly|buddy holly]], [[In the Garage|in the garage]], [[Say It Ain't So|say it aint so]], [[Jamie|jamie]], 'get to my heart' (erroneous title of the eventual [[Pinkerton]] track "[[Getchoo]]", which the band had introduced to their set around this time), [[Only In Dreams|only in dreams]], [[Undone - The Sweater Song|undone]], [[Surf Wax America|surf wax america]]. This was first ever weezer show to get bootlegged on CD - but it wouldn't be the last - also pictured here are #2, "American Holiday", and #3 "Rock Candy", both from later in 1995. Many more would follow in the 90s before everything went to Napster and such and bootleg CDs and LPs became just novelties for completest collectors. The 'Geezer' CD is quite rare today, but the audio from this show is not that hard to find as audio files online.</blockquote>

|title1  = Intro

|title2  = [[My Name Is Jonas]]

|title3  = [[No One Else]]

|title4  = [[The World Has Turned and Left Me Here]]

|title5  = [[Buddy Holly]]

|title6  = [[In the Garage]]

|title7  = [[Say It Ain't So]]

|length7  = 4:45

|title8  = [[Jamie]]

|title9  = [[Getchoo]]

|note9    = erroneously titled "Get to My Heart"

|title10  = [[Only In Dreams]]

|title11  = [[Undone - The Sweater Song]]

|title12  = [[Surf Wax America]]