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The Weezer Recording Chronology (WRC) is an attempt by Weezerpedia to create a successor to the Recording History, a detailed list of every demo, bootleg, and studio recording by the band Weezer and any directly associated bands, written by Karl Koch from the years of 2000 to 2011. Pages are separated by years.

This page details the years 1994 through 1997. It contains demos recorded for Songs From The Black Hole, the demos and recording sessions of Pinkerton, events and recordings that led up to them, and the beginning of Weezer's first hiatus.

1994

Rivers 8-tracks, December 1993-January 1994

These 8-track recordings are notable for featuring many B-sides, and songs that would go on to become tracks on Pinkerton.

Meritricious Persiflage

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Waiting on You		December 1993—January 1994				Recorded live to 1-track tape, piano only
Rivers Cuomo	Waiting on You		December 1993—January 1994				Recorded live to 1-track tape, take 2, piano only
Rivers Cuomo	Gitchoo	`18 Getchoo.mp3`	December 1993—January 1994	2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	3:12	Don Slacks (demo) Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo
Rivers Cuomo	Longtime Sunshine		December 1993—January 1994	?, Connecticut	3:15	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	8-track demo
Rivers Cuomo	Longtime Sunshine		December 1993—January 1994	?, Connecticut			8-track demo, different take with drum track only.

Psoriasis Babies

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Susanne	`16 Susanne.mp3`	December 1993-January 1994	2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	2:48	Don Slacks (demo) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo, "wicked tape splice warp".
Rivers Cuomo	Waiting on You	`17 Waiting On You.mp3`	December 1993-January 1994	2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	3:21	Don Slacks (demo) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo

Miscellaneous 8-tracks

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Why Bother?	`20 Why Bother.mp3`	December 1993-January 1994	2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	2:30	Don Slacks Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo

Karlification!
....Quite a crop! Longtime Sunshine was likely recorded in Connecticut while Rivers was back east visiting family for the holidays. The rest were done in 'The Garage' at 2226 Amherst Ave in West L.A. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 5

Pat 8-tracks, January-April 1994

These were mostly recorded at an apartment in Riverside, CA with Ric Ocasek's old 4-track that he gave to the band during sessions for the Blue Album, which is now lost.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Patrick Wilson	They Put Pat Finn in Jail	January-April 1994	?, Riverside, CA	Choruses are from the Special Goodness track "I'd Like to Know"
Patrick Wilson	Nobody Acts Like This	January-April 1994	?, Riverside, CA	Makes fun of the music video for "Cherub Rock" by the Smashing Pumpkins, as well as a Pringles commercial
Patrick Wilson	I Will Do My Best	January-April 1994	?, Riverside, CA	2-track demo, acoustic. Played by Karl Koch in a Stickam chat.
Patrick Wilson	I'm at the Counter	January-April 1994	?, Riverside, CA
Patrick Wilson	I Will Do My Best	January-April 1994	?, Riverside, CA	4-track demo, electric version
Patrick Wilson	Unfamiliar	January-April 1994	?, Riverside, CA
Patrick Wilson	Song of Youth	January-April 1994	?, Riverside, CA
Patrick Wilson	You'd Never Wonder	February 1994	2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	Cuomo on trumpet
Patrick Wilson	If You Think I'm Different	April 5, 1994	?, Riverside, CA	2-track demo. Played by Karl Koch in a Stickam chat.

Karlification!
more prototype pre-Suburban Advantage material, mostly recorded in an apartment in Riverside, CA on Rick Ocasek's vintage cassette 4 track, which he gave to the band during the Blue Album sessions (sadly later lost!) —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 5

"Susanne" acoustic for Susanne Filkins, February 18, 1994

Susanne Filkins was an A&R manager at Geffen Records, and the inspiration behind the song "Susanne". Weezer went into her office one day and surprised her by playing the song acapella with Wilson on acoustic guitar, which reportedly moved her to tears. Karl Koch recorded the moment to microcassette, and Susanne was given a copy on cassette.^[1]

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Susanne		February 18, 1994	9130 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA

Karlification!
The guys did this semi-barbershop acoustic version as a suprise to the songs inspiration, Todd Sullivan's A&R; assistant Susanne F., on what may have been her birthday. I captured the moment on my microcassette recorder. They just marched into her office at Geffen and started singing. Susanne was speechless and moved to tears, she had never heard the song before. (few had!) Pat played acoustic guitar, the other three sang. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 5

Matt 4-track demos, fall 1993-spring 1994

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Matt Sharp	These Days	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo
Matt Sharp	Say Goodbye Forever	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo
Matt Sharp	Susan	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo, different from "Susanne"
Matt Sharp	Move On	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo
Matt Sharp	You Are in Charge	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo
Matt Sharp	Sweetness and Tenderness	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo
Matt Sharp	Want You, Need You, Love You	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo
Matt Sharp	Waiting	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo
Matt Sharp	Come Back to Me	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo, bridge was later used in "Naive"
Matt Sharp	December Days	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo
Matt Sharp	The TV Is On	Fall 1993-spring 1994	2:46	Excellent Stocking Stuffer	4-track demo
Matt Sharp	She Looks At Me	Fall 1993-spring 1994	2:48	Excellent Stocking Stuffer	4-track demo, that dog. cover
Matt Sharp	Frisbee Days	Fall 1993-spring 1994	2:35	Excellent Stocking Stuffer	4-track demo
Matt Sharp	The Love I'm Searching For	Fall 1993-spring 1994			4-track demo

Karlification!
This list represents all of Matt's 4 track output from fall '93- Spring '94. I have noted where a song has already appeared. Those are the same recordings as I listed before. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 5

Space Twins demo, Craterface, spring 1994

This was Brian Bell's first Space Twins demo, recorded with then-girlfriend Susan Fox in Los Angeles.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Appeared on
Space Twins	Take My Place	Spring 1994	?, Los Angeles, CA	Craterface
Space Twins	Some Sort of Crime	Spring 1994	?, Los Angeles, CA	Craterface
Space Twins	My Love	Spring 1994	?, Los Angeles, CA	Craterface
Space Twins	No Show	Spring 1994	?, Los Angeles, CA	Craterface
Space Twins	Here Comes the Sun	Spring 1994	?, Los Angeles, CA	Craterface
Space Twins	Smells Like... Hot Dogs	Spring 1994	?, Los Angeles, CA	Craterface
Space Twins	Rings of Saturn	Spring 1994	?, Los Angeles, CA	Craterface

Karlification!
I beleive this was Brian's first Space Twins demo. It was recorded with his then-girlfriend Susan Fox, at an unknown LA location. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 5

Suburban Advantage EP, spring 1994

"Suburban Advantage" was an alias Wilson used for his solo music and was also the name given to his first "proper" demo tape. The drums were done with a Dr. Rhythm drum machine, in an attempt to achieve a "different" sound. About 8-10 copies were made and given to friends and industry contacts at Geffen.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Patrick Wilson	Let's Go to the Mall	Spring 1994	3:39	The Suburban Advantage EP	Music became the Special Goodness track "Riff"
Patrick Wilson	I Wouldn't Say It	Spring 1994	3:52	The Suburban Advantage EP
Patrick Wilson	New Wave Lullabye	Spring 1994	3:25	The Suburban Advantage EP
Patrick Wilson	If You Move Away	Spring 1994	3:39	The Suburban Advantage EP
Patrick Wilson	Unfamiliar	Spring 1994	2:42	The Suburban Advantage EP
Patrick Wilson	Illegitimus Non Carbarorundom	Spring 1994	3:52	The Suburban Advantage EP
Patrick Wilson	Bonus Track	Spring 1994	3:24	The Suburban Advantage EP

Karlification!
This was Pat's first "formal" demo tape. he used a Dr. Rhythm drum machine (set on the TR-808 kit) for drums, as an attempt to get a different sound. He made several copies, and gave them to freinds and some industry contacts he had at Geffen and elsewhere. I estimate he made about 8-10 copies. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 6

That's Incredible! demos, April 1994

This was a series of 16 or 24-track recordings by the band that would eventually become The Rentals, named That's Incredible! by Tom Grimley. These recordings were done at Hellcentro, a TV voiceover studio owned by guitarist Rod Cervera's father. The lineup consisted of Sharp on vocals, lead guitar, and bass, Rachel Haden on vocals, Cervera on rhythm guitar, and Wilson on drums.

These sessions would be scrapped in the spring of 1995, when the band were able to record with Tom Grimley at Poop Alley Studios.^[2]

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
That's Incredible!	Say Goodbye Forever	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	3:38	Excellent Stocking Stuffer	Brian Bell on lead guitar
That's Incredible!	Stupid Girl	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	4:00	Excellent Stocking Stuffer
That's Incredible!	Waiting	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	3:15	Excellent Stocking Stuffer
That's Incredible!	I Don't Love This, Babe	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	3:04	Excellent Stocking Stuffer	Later reworked into "My Summer Girl"
That's Incredible!	Crumblin'	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	2:20	Excellent Stocking Stuffer
That's Incredible!	Friends of P.	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	3:37	Excellent Stocking Stuffer
That's Incredible!	Mrs. Young	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	3:41	Excellent Stocking Stuffer	Later reworked into "Please Let That Be You"
That's Incredible!	California	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	4:19	Excellent Stocking Stuffer	Later reworked into "Barcelona"
That's Incredible!	These Days	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	2:52	Excellent Stocking Stuffer
That's Incredible!	The Love I'm Searching For	April 1994	Hellcentro, Hollywood, California	3:34	Excellent Stocking Stuffer

Karlification!
At this point Matt had his first real "solo" recording session, at Rod Cervera's dad's TV voiceover studio "Hellcentro" in Hollywood. Rod played guitar, Pat Wilson played drums, Cherilynn Westrich contributed in some way, and there might have been a Hayden or two involved. At this time, Rod and Cheri were in a band called Magpie with a girl named Debbie Diamond. Later Rod and Cheri would split from Debbie and form Supersport 2000. Matt did about 4-8 songs at this session, which went on "after hours" at the studio (Magpie was doing their demo here too at the same time). I dont recall ever hearing any final results from this. I think they never finished because of Matt's newfound heavy weezer schedule, plus new talk of recording at Poop Alley later in '94 —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 6

Rivers demos, April 22(?), 1994

Rivers recorded a set of demos entitled 10 Songs from the Valley at his apartment in Van Nuys that he shared with Koch and Kevin Ridel. The last two tracks were recorded at Los Angeles Valley College.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	I'm Lonely on a Saturday Night	`01 I'm Lonely On A Saturday Nite.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	1:18	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	I Can't Break Your Heart Slow	`02 I Can't Break Your Heart Slow.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	0:45	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	Money Makes Me Happy	`03 Money Makes Me Happy.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	0:53	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	My Mind's on You	`04 My Mind's On You.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	1:22	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	Dangling on the End of My String	`05 Dangling On The End Of My String.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	1:28	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	The version on Alone III is edited down
Rivers Cuomo	Sonia, Sonia	`06 Sonia, Sonia.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	0:42	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	I'm on Fire, You're a Liar	`07 I'm On Fire, You're A Liar.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	2:26	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	The version on Alone III is edited down
Rivers Cuomo	Oh God I'm Hungry	`08 Oh God I'm Hungry.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	6000 Fulton Ave. Apt. 2, Van Nuys, CA	0:20	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	Clarinet Waltz	`09 Clarinet Waltz- slow.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA	2:55	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Features an unknown LAVC pianist performing with Rivers
Rivers Cuomo	Clarinet Waltz	`10 Clarinet Waltz.mp3`	April 22(?), 1994	Los Angeles Valley College, Van Nuys, CA	1:54	Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Features an unknown LAVC pianist performing with Rivers

Karlification!
"The Fulton Avenue Suite", a set of demos he recorded while he and I lived on Fulton Street in the San Fernando Valley in spring 1994, in an apartment with no furniture that was oddly unscathed by the nearby catastrophic Northridge Earthquake, which struck the day before we moved in there. —Karl Koch, Karl's Corner - 11/10/2011

Cody's concert, May 29, 1994

Weezer played a show at Cody's on May 29, 1994. This show was recorded by an audience member, though is not circulating.

Karlification!
ok a few notes on live shows, before i hit the hay since i made the original WRH, ive aquired various additional sets of cassettes/cds/etc. most of the "new" stuff (that wouldnt have been added to WRH) dates more from 2000-2010 or so, but there are exceptions. 1st exception ive found is a great one. there is a tape of the 5/29/94 show at Codys, which would push the "earliest audience bootleg" record back by like 6 weeks. (also a codys show the 7/8/94 one) —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A With Karl Koch - February 2025

Undone - The Sweater Song radio edits, June(?) 1994

Geffen Records wanted to release a single edit of "Undone - The Sweater Song" for radio stations,^[3] so Rivers Cuomo asked for an edit to be made with the opening shortened and a short fade-out after the last "ooo". An edit with these changes, along with a shortened solo, was sent to the band to review. Cuomo approved the edit without noticing the shortened solo, as he had fast forwarded to hear the fade-out. After receiving promo copies a week later, they discovered the solo edit and demanded a new one be made without it.^[4]

Somewhere between 750 and 2000 copies exist of the initial radio single, and are more common than the intended edit.^[4]

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song		August 16—September 24(?), November 1, 1993	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY 2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	3:58	"Undone - The Sweater Song" (initial radio single)
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song		August 16—September 24(?), November 1, 1993	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY 2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	4:10	"Undone - The Sweater Song" (radio single)

Karlification!
Geffen wanted the song shorter, and after much debate Rivers asked for an edit (to review and approve) that had the opening bars shortened and the end madness quickly faded after the last "ooo". When the requested edit was received and we popped it in and heard the shortened beginning. Perfect. Rivers hit "FF" to a spot near the end. We heard the end with a quick fade out. Perfect. Rivers calls Geffen: "That's fine, go for it." What we didn't know, was that in the middle of the song, there was another edit that shortened the solo part, making it sound, well, short. Geffen figured, "well of course they'll listen to the whole thing, and they'll hear the 'suggested' edit in the middle and comment on it, right?" Yeah, well, anyway a week or two later we get a couple CD copies in the mail and pop it in the CD player: "What?!!what was that?" you can imagine the distress and confusion. Anyhow there are somewhere between 750-2000 of these things, most of them probably at radio stations. They say "edit 3:58" on them, and they are all wrong A second edition, corrected and listed as "4:10" was made but by that point not many were needed. Most stations were happy with the 'wrong' one or the full CD version. Everyone was overjoyed that they were playing it at all so the issue was dropped. I would say that for every correct "4:10"" version there are at least five incorrect "3:58"'s. —Karl Koch, Weezine Issue 3 - Summer 1995

Cody's concert, July 8, 1994

Weezer played a show at Cody's on July 8, 1994. This show was recorded by an audience member and circulates.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	No One Else	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	Buddy Holly	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	In the Garage	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	Getchoo	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	Jamie	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	Holiday	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA
Weezer	Surf Wax America	July 8, 1994	Cody's, Visalia, CA

Blue Album B-Sides, July 9—10, 1994

When time came for "Undone - The Sweater Song" to be released in Australia, Weezer were asked to record B-sides for the single release. The session was supposed to last one day, but the studio they were working in went haywire and they had to book a session at Ocean Way Studios for the next day.^[4]^[5] to complete them. Paul du Gré helped engineer these sessions.^[4]

Recorded during this session were "Susanne", "My Evaline", an unreleased version of "Jamie", and another version of "Mykel and Carli" (the version from the Blue Album sessions in New York was deemed too hard to salvage.)

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Jamie	July 9—July 10, 1994	???, Los Angeles, CA Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, CA			Unknown amount of takes. Scratch lead vocals, no backing vocals.
Weezer	My Evaline	July 9—July 10, 1994	???, Los Angeles, CA Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, CA	0:44	"Undone - The Sweater Song" (retail CD) Weezer (Deluxe Edition) (Disc 2)	Unknown amount of takes.
Weezer	Mykel and Carli	July 9—July 10, 1994	???, Los Angeles, CA Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, CA	2:53	"Undone - The Sweater Song" (retail CD) Weezer (Deluxe Edition) (Disc 2)	Unknown amount of takes.
Weezer	Susanne	July 9—July 10, 1994	???, Los Angeles, CA Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, CA	2:47	"Undone - The Sweater Song" (retail CD)	Unknown amount of takes. Later remixed in 1995 for Mallrats: Music from the Motion Picture.

Karlification!
Undone was scheduled for release in Australia, and B-sides were called for. The guys recorded at 2 studios in Hollywood, on 24-track machines. (studio #1 broke, so they had to move). The Electric Lady "Mykel and Carli" was determined to be a difficult thing to salvage (it still had Jason's parts on it, and the guys were playing it now better than they ever had). So they made an all new version. Mykel and Carli (appeared on many foreign singles, plus the "Hear You Me!" compilation) Suzanne (the mix done here appeared on many foreign singles, it was later remixed in August 1995, at Electric Lady in NYC, for the "Mallrats" soundtrack) My Evaline (listed as "sweet adeline" on the singles) Note that most Undone Promotional CD singles contain an erroneous short radio edit of "Undone", where the guitar solo in the middle is cut way short. (correct = 4:10, incorrect = 3:58) These incorrect ones outnumber the "good" ones, so are easier to find in fact. As it turns out, most radio stations played the album version anyway, so no one seemed to notice except the band. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 6

Karlification!
I Can confirm that Jamie was tried on 7/9/94 in LA, when the b-sides were recorded. several takes were done but they only have scratch lead vocals and no backing vocals. it is cool to know that a jamie exists thats Brian playing on it, but it would take some mixing magic to make it a thing that the world could hear —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A With Karl Koch - August 2024

Rivers 8-tracks, July 1994

With the Blue Album's release in May and frequent touring following, it was becoming hard for anyone in Weezer to find time to record. However, at the end of every tour, there was some downtime, and everyone made use of it.

Losing Ground

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Buncha Fuckin' Noize		July 1994			8-track demo, nonsense
Rivers Cuomo	I'll Think About You	`21 I'll Think About You.mp3`	July 1994	2:40	Don Slacks Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo
Rivers Cuomo	Saw You in Your Car		July 1994			8-track demo, later reused for "Ever Again" in 2004
Rivers Cuomo	There Is No Other One	`22 There Is No Other One.mp3`	July 1994	3:00	Don Slacks Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo
Rivers Cuomo	Surfer Girl	`23 Surfer Girl.mp3`	July 1994	2:05	Don Slacks Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo, The Beach Boys cover
Rivers Cuomo	Let Me Wash at Your Sink	`24 Let Me Wash At Your Sink.mp3 01 Let Me Wash At Your Sink.mp3`	July 1994	2:37	Don Slacks Parson Brown Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo, titled "Let Me In" on the j-card

Karlification!
8 track “Losing Ground” 7/94 1. Buncha Fuckin’ Noize 2. I’ll Think About You 3. Saw You In Your Car [partial prototype for 2004(?) track ‘you were a dear..’] 4. There Is No Other One [No Other One] 5. Little Surfer [Beach Boys] 6. Let Me In [Let Me Wash At Your Sink] —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A With Karl Koch - February 2025

Last Ditch Effort

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Proto-Devotion		July 1994				8-track demo, early version of "Devotion", named after the song was
Rivers Cuomo	Devotion	`02 Devotion.mp3`	July 1994		3:39	Parson Brown Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo

Karlification!
8 track “Last Ditch Effort” 7/94 1. Proto-Devotion 2. Devotion —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A With Karl Koch - February 2025

Karlification!
It was getting difficult for Rivers to find time in the garage to record, as the blue album had been released in May, and the first weezer tours were happening. The tours were still short affairs, and every few weeks there would be a few days' "down time", which Rivers (and everyone) took advantage of. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 6

"No Show", Summer 1994

Cover art

The first official release by Space Twins, released on 7-inch vinyl by World Domination in the fall of 1994. Bell sold boxes of these on the Blue Album tour while opening for Live. Very little info exists on the recording of the single, however a test pressing exists with a date of August 22, 1994 which gives an estimate of the summer of 1994.^[6]

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Length	Appeared on
Space Twins	No Show	Summer 1994	2:45	"No Show" (single)
Space Twins	A Brief History	Summer 1994	2:06	"No Show" (single)
Space Twins	Take My Place	Summer 1994	3:06	"No Show" (single)

Karlification!
I don't have much info on this, but I do recall that Brian was selling a box of them while on the Live tour in November '94. I am almost positive that these are not the same versions as appear on the "Craterface" demo. They sound either entirely re-done, or at least given a much better mix job. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

The Odeon concert, July 27, 1994

Weezer played a show at the Odeon on July 27, 1994. This show was recorded by an audience member and widely circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	July 27, 1994	The Odeon, Cleveland, OH
Weezer	No One Else	July 27, 1994	The Odeon, Cleveland, OH
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	July 27, 1994	The Odeon, Cleveland, OH
Weezer	Buddy Holly	July 27, 1994	The Odeon, Cleveland, OH
Weezer	In the Garage	July 27, 1994	The Odeon, Cleveland, OH
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	July 27, 1994	The Odeon, Cleveland, OH
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	July 27, 1994	The Odeon, Cleveland, OH
Weezer	Getchoo	July 27, 1994	The Odeon, Cleveland, OH
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	July 27, 1994	The Odeon, Cleveland, OH

Mercury Cafe concert, August 4, 1994

Weezer played a show at Mercury Cafe on August 4, 1994. This show was broadcast live on KTCL's Live Music Link, footage from which would be used by Mike Drumm to create a low budget music video for "In the Garage".

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	In the Garage		August 4, 1994	Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO	3:30	Video Capture Device

The Fillmore concert, August 7, 1994

Weezer played a show at the Fillmore on August 7, 1994. An audience member recorded two songs from the set and released them on the Internet Archive in January 2025.^[7]

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	No One Else		August 4, 1994	The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
Weezer	Buddy Holly		August 4, 1994	The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA

Modern Rock Live performance and interview, August 8, 1994

Weezer was interviewed and performed two acoustic songs for Modern Rock Live on August 8, 1994. This was broadcast live on radio stations across the United States.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song		August 8, 1994	Modern Rock Live, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Buddy Holly		August 8, 1994	Modern Rock Live, Los Angeles, CA

Tipitina's concert, August 12, 1994

Weezer performed at Tipitina's on August 12, 1994. This show was recorded by Matt Hunter and bootlegged, though commonly mislabeled as a performance at The Other World on August 31. It was notably mostly used on American Holiday, one of the earliest bootleg CDs.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Weezer	No One Else	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Weezer	Buddy Holly	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Weezer	In the Garage	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Weezer	Getchoo	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Weezer	Holiday	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA
Weezer	Surf Wax America	August 12, 1994	Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA

WHFS performance, August 15, 1994

Weezer performed for WHFS on August 15, 1994. It's unknown which songs were performed on this date, but it's possible it uses the same setlist as the Modern Rock Live performance on August 8.

The Avalon concert, August 16, 1994

Weezer played a show at the Avalon on August 16, 1994. This show was recorded by an audience member and widely circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	No One Else	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	Buddy Holly	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	In the Garage	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	Jamie	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	Getchoo	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	Holiday	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA
Weezer	Surf Wax America	August 16, 1994	The Avalon, Boston, MA

120 Minutes performance, August 1994

Weezer appeared on MTV's 120 Minutes in August 1994, performing "Undone - The Sweater Song" and two takes of "Buddy Holly".

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	August 1994	MTV Studios, New York, NY	MTV 120 Minutes Live
Weezer	Buddy Holly	August 1994	MTV Studios, New York, NY		Only shown during the original airing
Weezer	Buddy Holly	August 1994	MTV Studios, New York, NY

R.P.M. Warehouse concert, August 21, 1994

Weezer performed at the R.P.M. Warehouse in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 21, 1994. This show was recorded by an audience member and is known to exist, though doesn't widely circulate.

Le Spectrum concert, August 22, 1994

Weezer performed at Le Spectrum de Montréal in Montréal, Québec, Canada on August 22, 1994. This show was recorded by an audience member and is known to exist, though doesn't widely circulate. Much Music filmed part of the concert for news coverage, as well as conducting an interview with Matt Sharp and Rivers Cuomo.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song		August 22, 1994	Le Spectrum de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada			Footage shot by Much Music

Late Night with Conan O'Brien performance, August 25, 1994

Weezer appeared on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien on August 25, 1994, performing "Undone - The Sweater Song".

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song		August 25, 1994	Studio 6A, NBC Studios; GE Building, New York, NY

KPNT performance, August 31, 1994

Weezer performed "Buddy Holly" on 105.7 The Point for KPNT on August 31, 1994. This performance was officially released on The Cornerstone Player 016 in 1999.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Buddy Holly		August 31, 1994	KPNT Studios, St. Louis, MO	2:43	The Cornerstone Player 016

400 Club concert, September 9, 1994

Weezer played a show at the 400 Club on September 9, 1994. This show was recorded by an audience member and widely circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	No One Else	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Buddy Holly	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	In the Garage	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Jamie	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Getchoo	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Holiday	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Surf Wax America	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Only in Dreams	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Tired of Sex	September 9, 1994	400 Club, Minneapolis, MN

Heretix concert, September 14, 1994

Heretix performed at The Middle East on September 14, 1994. Video of the concert was filmed by Jody Urbati-Moore.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Heretix	???		September 14, 1994	The Middle East, Cambridge, MA			Unknown cover. Video cuts in
Heretix	Paranoid/Jungle Love/Fox on the Run		September 14, 1994	The Middle East, Cambridge, MA			Black Sabbath/Steve Miller Band/Sweet cover

Criminal Records concert, September 16, 1994

Weezer played a show at Criminal Records on September 16, 1994. Video was shot by store owner Eric Levin.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	In the Garage		September 16, 1994	Criminal Records, Atlanta, GA	4:32		This was the only song filmed

The Jon Stewart Show performance, September 23, 1994

Weezer appeared on MTV's The Jon Stewart Show on September 23, 1994, performing "Undone - The Sweater Song" and "Buddy Holly".

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song		September 23, 1994	Chelsea Television Studios, New York, NY
Weezer	Buddy Holly		September 23, 1994	Chelsea Television Studios, New York, NY			The song was shown over the credits and was cut off early.

Maxwell's concert, September 24, 1994

Weezer played a show at Maxwell's on September 24, 1994. This show was partially professionally videotaped by MTV, and currently exists in the Weezer archives.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	September 24, 1994	Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ	Partial
Weezer	In the Garage	September 24, 1994	Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ	Partial, first verse missing; snippet featured on MTV's This Week In Rock
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	September 24, 1994	Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ
Weezer	Jamie	September 24, 1994	Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ	Intro missing
Weezer	Getchoo	September 24, 1994	Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ	Partial, last chorus only
Weezer	Holiday	September 24, 1994	Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ	Snippet featured on MTV's This Week In Rock, fully filmed
Weezer	Surf Wax America	September 24, 1994	Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ	Includes "Run to the Hills jam

Karlification!
9/24/94 Hoboken NJ, Maxwell's. Raw Mtv footage Do NOT know if this has gaps, as there are cuts TWHT (partial) Garage (partial) YGYLTMS (complete, i think) Jamie (complete, i think) Getchoo (partial) "super feedback" (my comment) Holiday (complete) Surf Wax (complete) —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - March 2025

Local 186 concert, September 25, 1994

Weezer played a show at the Local 186 on September 25, 1994. This show was recorded by Rocio Aracelis Úngaro and circulates.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	No One Else	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	Buddy Holly	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	In the Garage	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	Jamie	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	Getchoo	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	Holiday	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	Surf Wax America	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	Only in Dreams	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA
Weezer	Tired of Sex	September 25, 1994	Local 186. Boston, MA

Blockbuster Music concert, October 28, 1994

Weezer played a show at Blockbuster Music on October 28, 1994. This show was filmed by Chris Vea and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	October 28, 1994	Blockbuster Music, Cerritos, CA
Weezer	No One Else	October 28, 1994	Blockbuster Music, Cerritos, CA
Weezer	Buddy Holly	October 28, 1994	Blockbuster Music, Cerritos, CA
Weezer	In the Garage	October 28, 1994	Blockbuster Music, Cerritos, CA
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	October 28, 1994	Blockbuster Music, Cerritos, CA
Weezer	Jamie	October 28, 1994	Blockbuster Music, Cerritos, CA
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	October 28, 1994	Blockbuster Music, Cerritos, CA
Weezer	Surf Wax America	October 28, 1994	Blockbuster Music, Cerritos, CA

Space Twins' second demo, late 1994

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Space Twins	No Show	Late 1994	2:47	Space Twins (1994 demo)
Space Twins	A Brief History	Late 1994	2:08	Space Twins (1994 demo)
Space Twins	Rings of Saturn	Late 1994	2:40	Space Twins (1994 demo)
Space Twins	Grimey Mitts	Late 1994	2:18	Space Twins (1994 demo)
Space Twins	Space Twins Theme	Late 1994	3:37	Space Twins (1994 demo)
Space Twins	180 Degrees	Late 1994	2:34	Space Twins (1994 demo)
Space Twins	Casper	Late 1994	2:01	Space Twins (1994 demo)	Live performance

WFNX performance and interview, November 22, 1994

Weezer performed two acoustic songs for WFNX on November 22, 1994. This performance was broadcast live and subsequently bootlegged.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	In the Garage		November 22, 1994	WFNX Studios, Lynn, Massachusetts
Weezer	Buddy Holly		November 22, 1994	WFNX Studios, Lynn, Massachusetts

Horizontal Boogie Bar concert, November 27, 1994

Weezer played a show at the Horizontal Boogie Bar on November 27, 1994. This show was recorded directly from the soundboard by the band, and mixed by Rivers Cuomo for B-sides to the "Buddy Holly" single.^[5] Later, in February 1995, the performances of "My Name Is Jonas", "Buddy Holly" and "In the Garage" were given to the Radio 3 program De 4 a 3 by the band's manager to air as promotion for their upcoming shows in Spain, however they were given the false story of the recordings being from their performance at the Splash Club in London the previous month.^[8]^[9]

More shows were recorded at this time, however the specific information is currently unknown.^[4]

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY	3:40	Buddy Holly (single) Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets	Also aired on Radio 3's De 4 a 3 in February 1995
Weezer	No One Else	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY
Weezer	Buddy Holly	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY			Aired on Radio 3's De 4 a 3 in February 1995
Weezer	In the Garage	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY			Aired on Radio 3's De 4 a 3 in February 1995
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY
Weezer	Getchoo	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY
Weezer	Jamie	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY
Weezer	Holiday	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY
Weezer	Only in Dreams	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY
Weezer	Surf Wax America	November 27, 1994	Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester, NY	4:09	Buddy Holly (single) Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets

Karlification!
setlist 11/27/94 Rochester, the Horizontal Boogie Bar Jonas [used on single] no one else world has turned buddy holly * In the garage (Barry Manilow) [NOTE: i dont remember what that means but i will listen] * SIAS Getchoo jamie holiday undone OID surf wax [used on single] will now compare audio to mystery youtube songs and see what barry manilow means * later confirmed: same as Spanish Radio Youtube clip —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - November 2024

Karlification!
the buddy holly is the same, the in the garage is the same! (i see on the youtube the buddy holly is cut off, its complete on the master) the reason garage says "Barry Manilow" is because right before the part you hear on youtube, Rivers introduces the song with "This song is called Barry Manilow". then matt tells the audience "were recording tonight, so were a little bit confused... can we start? Brians gonna start the song" —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - November 2024

The Sting concert, December 4, 1994

Weezer played a show at the Sting on December 4, 1994. This show was recorded by an audience member and used for the first known Weezer bootleg Geezer in spring 1995.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
	Intro	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	2:49	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	3:17	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	No One Else	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	3:28	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	4:10	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	Buddy Holly	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	3:25	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	In the Garage	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	5:19	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	4:45	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	Jamie	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	4:06	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	Getchoo	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	5:03	Geezer (bootleg)	Erroneously titled "Get To My Heart".
Weezer	Only in Dreams	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	10:52	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	5:26	Geezer (bootleg)
Weezer	Surf Wax America	December 4, 1994	The Sting, New Britain, CT	3:45	Geezer (bootleg)

Karlification!
This became used for the "Geezer" bootleg CD. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 6

Madison Square Garden concert, December 5, 1994

Weezer played a show at Madison Square Garden on December 5, 1994 for Z100 Acoustic Christmas. This show was recorded by an audience member and was notably used for one of the earliest Weezer bootlegs American Holiday in late 1995. Incomplete video was also filmed by a fan recording the screens in the venue.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	December 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	American Holiday (bootleg)
Weezer	No One Else	December 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	American Holiday (bootleg)	Video starts here
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	December 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	American Holiday (bootleg)
Weezer	Buddy Holly	December 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	American Holiday (bootleg)
Weezer	Jamie	December 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	American Holiday (bootleg)
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	December 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	American Holiday (bootleg)
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	December 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	American Holiday (bootleg)
Weezer	Surf Wax America	December 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	American Holiday (bootleg)
Weezer	Conclusion	December 5, 1994	Madison Square Garden, New York, NY	American Holiday (bootleg)

Karlification!
(This comprises the second half of the 'American Holiday' bootleg CD) —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 6

Universal Amphitheatre concert, December 11, 1994

Weezer played a show at the Universal Amphitheatre on December 11, 1994 as part of KROQ Almost Acoustic Xmas. This show was broadcast live on KROQ.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	Buddy Holly	December 11, 1994	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Jamie	December 11, 1994	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	No One Else	December 11, 1994	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	December 11, 1994	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Surf Wax America	December 11, 1994	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA

Karlification!
tracklist unavailable. show was broadcast live on KROQ —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 6

Leaves: Stuff 8-track, 1994(?)

A demo recording of five songs written by Rivers Cuomo's brother, James Kitts (then known as Leaves Cuomo). It's unknown if Rivers had any involvement in these recordings, though is speculated to have provided vocals for one song. The recordings may have been done when Rivers returned to Connecticut in December 1994 to spend time with family, but this is merely speculation.

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Performer(s)	Date of recording	Notes
James Kitts	1994(?)	Untitled song one
James Kitts, Rivers Cuomo(?)	1994(?)	Untitled song two, possibly features Rivers Cuomo on vocals
James Kitts	1994(?)	Untitled song three
James Kitts	1994(?)	Untitled song four
James Kitts	1994(?)	Untitled song five

Karlification!
8 track “Leaves: Stuff” ??/94 [Leaves, unclear if RC involved] 1. Untitled 1 (Leaves) 2. Untitled 2 (Leaves) (RC vocals?) 3. Untitled 3 (Leaves) 4. Untitled 4 (Leaves) *5. Untitled 5 (Leaves) [j-card is blank] —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A With Karl Koch - February 2025

"My Last Song for You", late 1994/early 1995

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	My Last Song for You		Late 1994/early 1995				8-track recording, never mixed down

Karlification!
Rivers 8 track demo song, never mixed down. Possibly early 1995. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

1995

Rivers 8-tracks, early 1995

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on
Rivers Cuomo	Wanda (You're My Only Love)		January 1995		3:38	Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo	I'm So Lonely	`06 I'm So Lonely.mp3`	January 1995	Newington, CT	0:22	Parson Brown Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	Defeat on the Hill	`04 Defeat on the Hill.mp3`	January 1995	Newington, CT	0:55	Parson Brown Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	Walt Disney		January 1995		2:53	Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo	I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams	`11 I Just Threw Out The Love of My D.mp3`	January 1995		2:48	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	Oh No, This Is Not for Me	`06 Oh No This Is Not For Me.mp3`	January 1995		0:44	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years

"Say It Ain't So" remix session, January 1995

When "Say It Ain't So" was announced as the next single, the band requested a new mix be made, as they felt the original mix sounded "a little dead and too stiff".^[4] They also asked for the mix to be included on further pressings of the Blue Album, and it became the standard mix from there on.^[5] This mix was made by Chris Shaw on an unknown date in January 1995.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Say It Ain't So		August 20—September 24(?), 1993	Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY	4:17	"Say It Ain't So" (single) Weezer (The Blue Album) (1995— pressings)	Has chorus guitar feedback, added room sound to drums

Karlification!
Finally, it should be noted that the promo CD for "Say It Ain't So" (and thus what radio stations should be playing) contains a re-mix timed at 4:17, rather than the original (1 second longer) album version. The band felt the album version sounded a little dead and too stiff, so in January some knob-twiddling was performed, creating a version with more lively drums, courtesy of more room sound, and slightly different vocal sounds. —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - November 2024

BBC sessions, January 26, 1995

BBC Radio 1 Evening Session

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	January 26, 1995	Maida Vale Studios, London, England			Take 1.
Weezer	In the Garage	January 26, 1995	Maida Vale Studios, London, England	3:42	Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe)
Weezer	No One Else	January 26, 1995	Maida Vale Studios, London, England	3:03	Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe)
Weezer	Surf Wax America	January 26, 1995	Maida Vale Studios, London, England	3:07	Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe)
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	January 26, 1995	Maida Vale Studios, London, England	3:02	Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe)	Take 2.

Karlification!
Radio station performance - London, UK - 1/?/95 BBC Radio One "live" session at BBC Studios. This was an all day 24-track recording session. The tracks were added one at a time, just like for the blue album. The difference here was that the whole thing was done in a day. Later either some or all of the session was broadcast on the radio. The only song that I have confirmed as played on the radio was My Name Is Jonas. The others might have been but I am lacking this info. additionally, there are extensive karl video home movies of this day's work. my name is jonas no one else in the garage surf wax my name is jonas (take 2) from a UK fan: i [heard on BBC Radio] the result of 3/4 of the bands session... here are some facts: all four tracks were broadcast on what is known as radio one's 'evening session' alternative radio program. i heard all but surfwax as i was at work that night & my family were out, so I couldn't tape the bugger. i recall that 'in the garage' was particularly different." ---Stu C.. Stu's recollections are accurate: In The Garage featured a B-3 Hammond Organ with rotating Leslie speaker cabinet! (a moment of this sound is heard on the Weezer DVD "Saction" segment) —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

Greater London Radio

The same day the band would also record two acoustic songs for another BBC station: Greater London Radio. These went unaired and didn't see release until the 30th anniversary deluxe edition of The Blue Album in November 2024.^[10]

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Buddy Holly		January 26, 1995	Maida Vale Studios, London, England	2:40	Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe)
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song		January 26, 1995	Maida Vale Studios, London, England	4:23	Weezer (The Blue Album) (30th Anniversary Deluxe)

The Word performance, January 27, 1995

Weezer appeared on Channel 4's The Word on January 27, 1995, performing "Undone - The Sweater Song".

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Undone – The Sweater Song		January 27, 1995	Teddington Studios, London, England

The Splash Club concert, January 30, 1995

Weezer performed at The Splash Club on January 30, 1995. This show was recorded by an audience member and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	No One Else	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	Buddy Holly	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	In the Garage	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	Jamie	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	Getchoo	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	Only in Dreams	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	Surf Wax America	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England
Weezer	Tired of Sex	January 30, 1995	The Splash Club, London, England	Encore

Melkweg concert, February 4, 1995

Weezer performed at Melkweg on February 4, 1995. This show was recorded by an audience member and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Weezer	The Grinder/Buddy Holly	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Weezer	In the Garage	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Weezer	Jamie	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Weezer	Susanne	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Weezer	Holiday	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Weezer	Only in Dreams	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Weezer	Crazy Train/Surf Wax America	February 4, 1995	Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rivers, Pat, and Karl recordings in Germany, February 1995

While on the World Domination Tour, Sharp had a family emergency and had to fly back home, which left the rest of the band stuck in Germany with some free time after having to cancel the next six shows. Cuomo, Wilson, and Koch made use of a rented studio in Hamburg, with Wilson and Koch recording for Southern Fried Swing, Wilson recording some demos by himself, and Cuomo working on Songs from the Black Hole. It is unknown exactly what recordings were done except for the three listed below.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Blast Off!	`RC-1995-Blast_Off.mp3`	February 1995	Hamburg, Germany	2:02	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Leaked online Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	Recorded to ADAT tape. Intro on cassette mixdown partially cut off
Rivers Cuomo	Lisa	`12 Lisa.mp3`	February 1995	Hamburg, Germany	3:06	Songs from the Black Hole (included on tracklist 2, though not intended for album) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Recorded to ADAT tape
Southern Fried Swing	The Complete History of Techno		February 1995	Hamburg, Germany

Songs from the Black Hole, as of February 1995

Songs from the Black Hole (hereby referred to and initialized as SFTBH) was intended to be the follow-up to the Blue Album, a space-themed rock opera inspired by the likes of Jesus Christ Superstar and Les Misérables. Cuomo would spend the Christmas break of 1994 and occasional time in the beginning of 1995 writing and demoing new music for this project, while sometimes slotting in older songs to fit the story as well (it is noted where a recording has already been listed). The first demoed tracklist is largely made up of recordings from Christmas break in 1994 and when the band was stuck in Germany in February.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Blast Off!		February 1995	Hamburg, Germany	1:57	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Leaked online Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	Recorded to ADAT tape, same as above recording
Rivers Cuomo	You Won't Get With Me Tonight		December 1994/February 1995	?	3:29	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Pinkerton (Deluxe)
Rivers Cuomo	Maria's Theme		December 1994/February 1995	?	0:26	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	Later renamed "Oh Jonas"
Rivers Cuomo	Come to My Pod		December 1994/February 1995	?	1:31	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo	This Is Not for Me	`06 Oh No This Is Not For Me.mp3`	December 1994/February 1995	?	0:44	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997	Later renamed "Oh No, This Is Not for Me". same as above recording
Rivers Cuomo	Tired of Sex	`15 Tired Of Sex.mp3`	December 1993-January 1994	2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	2:42	Don Slacks Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo, same as above recording
Rivers Cuomo	Superfriend		December 1994/February 1995	?	3:29	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo	She's Had a Girl	`08 She's Had A Girl.mp3`	December 1994/February 1995	?	0:55	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
Rivers Cuomo	Good News!		December 1994/February 1995	?	0:55	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	Later renamed "Dude, We're Finally Landing"
Rivers Cuomo	Now I Finally See	`10 Now I Finally See.mp3`	December 1994/February 1995	?	0:42	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
Rivers Cuomo	Getchoo	`18 Getchoo.mp3`	December 1993-January 1994	2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	3:12	Don Slacks Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo, same as above recording
Rivers Cuomo	I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams	`11 I Just Threw Out The Love of My D.mp3`	1995	?	2:48	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Same as above recording
Rivers Cuomo	No Other One	`22 There Is No Other One.mp3`	July 1994		3:00	Don Slacks Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo, same as above recording
Rivers Cuomo	Devotion	`02 Devotion.mp3`	July 1994		3:39	Parson Brown Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo, same as above recording
Rivers Cuomo	What Is This I Find?	`16 What Is This I Find.mp3`	December 1994/February 1995	?	1:21	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997
Rivers Cuomo	Longtime Sunshine		December 1993-January 1994	?, Connecticut	3:15	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	8-track demo, same as above recording
Rivers Cuomo	Longtime Sunshine		1994/1995	?		Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1)	Reprise. There are several reprises of "Longtime Sunshine" on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years, so it is unclear which recording is featured on this iteration of SFTBH
Rivers Cuomo	Why Bother?	`20 Why Bother.mp3`	December 1993-January 1994	2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	2:30	Don Slacks Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 1) Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	8-track demo, same as above recording. Out of order, true placement in SFTBH is unknown

Karlification!
Over Christmas break, Rivers worked feverishly on writing, and recording 8 track demos at home in Connecticut, and emerged with a "mock-up" demo of what he was starting to envision as weezers next album. Influenced by musicals, operas, and "rock-operas", "songs from the black hole" was an ambitious concept album idea. By February 1995, Rivers had developed a tracklisting [henceforth known as "Tracklist 1"], and compiled a casssette of it from recordings as old as his late '93 "Tired of Sex" demo, and as recently as new recordings he made over the xmas '94 break at home. In Feburary 95, weezer was stuck in Hamburg, Germany for a week, as Matt had to rush home due to a family emergency, and the least expensive option in light of missing shows, was to just stay put till Matt got back. It was decided that at least some demos could be worked on, and Rivers and Pat rented a modest local recording studio in Hamburg. There the medium was the (then new) ADAT tape system. Both Rivers and Pat did a number of demos (and Pat and Karl even worked on some Southern Fried Swing when nothing else was going on [doing a track called "the complete history of techno", which was done solely to make fun of the nasty music being created in the studio next door]. However, it appears that NONE of the ADAT recordings were ever quite finished. Its POSSIBLE that some of the "black hole" songs were "upgraded" with a new recording here, and replaced on the cassette with fresh recorded demos of the same tracks. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 7

Miscellaneous Black Hole related recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	You Were a Man	`1995 You Were a Man.mp3`	1995	?	0:42	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years
Rivers Cuomo	Superfriend	`1995 Superfriend w altB.mp3`	1995	?	2:01	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Alternate take with rough lyrics and a different chorus
Rivers Cuomo	Longtime Sunshine	`1995 Longtime Sunshine Reprise.mp3`	1995	?	1:23	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Demo of coda
Rivers Cuomo	Longtime Sunshine	`1995 Longtime Sunshine Vocals#1.mp3`	1995	?	0:25	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Vocal demo of reprise
Rivers Cuomo	Longtime Sunshine	`1995 Longtime Sunshine Vocals#2.mp3`	1995	?	0:28	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Vocal demo of reprise
Rivers Cuomo	Longtime Sunshine	`1995 Longtime Sunshine Vocals#3.mp3`	1995	?	0:36	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Vocal demo of reprise

Negativ concert, February 16, 1995

Weezer performed at Negativ on February 16, 1995. This show was recorded by audience member Colonelparker and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	No One Else	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	Buddy Holly	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	In the Garage	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	Jamie	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	Getchoo	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	Only in Dreams	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany
Weezer	Surf Wax America	February 16, 1995	Negativ, Frankfurt, Germany

Factory concert, February 18, 1995

Weezer performed at the Factory on February 18, 1995. This show was filmed by an audience member and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	No One Else	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	Buddy Holly	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	In the Garage	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	Jamie	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	Getchoo	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	Only in Dreams	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy
Weezer	Surf Wax America	February 18, 1995	Factory, Milan, Italy

L'Arapaho concert, February 20, 1995

Weezer performed at L'Arapaho on February 20, 1995. This show was filmed by the French TV channel M6 along with an interview with Brian and Matt for the March 12 episode of Rock Express. The raw footage for both is available on their archive site M6 Media Bank.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	February 20, 1995	L'Arapaho, Paris, France	Video cuts in
Weezer	No One Else	February 20, 1995	L'Arapaho, Paris, France
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	February 20, 1995	L'Arapaho, Paris, France
Weezer	Buddy Holly	February 20, 1995	L'Arapaho, Paris, France
Weezer	In the Garage	February 20, 1995	L'Arapaho, Paris, France
Weezer	Jamie	February 20, 1995	L'Arapaho, Paris, France
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	February 20, 1995	L'Arapaho, Paris, France
Weezer	Getchoo	February 20, 1995	L'Arapaho, Paris, France
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	February 20, 1995	L'Arapaho, Paris, France

The Black Sessions performance, February 21, 1995

Weezer performed on France Inter's C'est Lenoir program on February 21, 1995 as part of The Black Sessions. The show was broadcast live. Karl home video exists of the Weezer set.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	Buddy Holly	February 21, 1995	Studio 105, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris, France
Weezer	No One Else	February 21, 1995	Studio 105, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris, France
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	February 21, 1995	Studio 105, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris, France
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	February 21, 1995	Studio 105, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris, France
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	February 21, 1995	Studio 105, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris, France
Weezer	Surf Wax America	February 21, 1995	Studio 105, Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Paris, France

Karlification!
This was a full live set with a live studio audience. Weezer opened for Radiohead, who were excellent fellows and had a fantastic performance. "Buddy Holly" "No One Else" "The World Has Turned and Left Me Here" "Say It Ain't So" "Undone - The Sweater Song" "Surf Wax America" a karl home video exists of this (not the Radiohead part though) —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

The Underworld concert, February 26, 1995

Weezer performed at The Underworld on February 26, 1995. This show was recorded by an audience member and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England
Weezer	No One Else	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England
Weezer	Buddy Holly	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England
Weezer	In the Garage	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England
Weezer	Jamie	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England
Weezer	Only in Dreams	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England
Weezer	Surf Wax America	February 26, 1995	The Underworld, London, England

The Joint concert, March 10, 1995

Weezer performed at The Joint on March 10, 1995 for the opening party at The Joint. This show was filmed in full by MTV for a special on the event, however only two songs were aired.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here		March 10, 1995	The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas		March 10, 1995	The Joint, Las Vegas, NV

Karlification!
The band played a full set, to kick off their Spring '95 US tour. I think the whole show was taped, but then only 2 songs were broadcast, on I think an Mtv special. This was the first show at the new Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. Al Green and Duran Duran also played. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

Music Millennium concert, March 15, 1995

Weezer performed at Music Millennium on March 15, 1995 for the 26th anniversary of the record store. This show was recorded by an audience member and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	In the Garage	March 15, 1995	Music Millennium, Portland, OR
Weezer	No One Else	March 15, 1995	Music Millennium, Portland, OR
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	March 15, 1995	Music Millennium, Portland, OR
Weezer	Buddy Holly	March 15, 1995	Music Millennium, Portland, OR
Weezer	Jamie	March 15, 1995	Music Millennium, Portland, OR

The Ogden Theater concert, March 18, 1995

Weezer performed at The Ogden Theater on March 18, 1995. This show was recorded by an audience member and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	Jamie	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	No One Else	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	Getchoo	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	In the Garage	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	Buddy Holly	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	Only in Dreams	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
Weezer	Surf Wax America	March 18, 1995	The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO

99X performance, April 1, 1995

Weezer performed an acoustic set at Cat's Paw Studios on April 1, 1995 for 99X. This show was broadcast in full on 99X and two songs were later used as B-sides to the "Say It Ain't So" single.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on
Weezer	In the Garage	April 1, 1995	Cat's Paw Studios, Atlanta, GA
Weezer	No One Else	April 1, 1995	Cat's Paw Studios, Atlanta, GA	3:15	Say It Ain't So (single) Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	April 1, 1995	Cat's Paw Studios, Atlanta, GA
Weezer	Buddy Holly	April 1, 1995	Cat's Paw Studios, Atlanta, GA
Weezer	Jamie	April 1, 1995	Cat's Paw Studios, Atlanta, GA	3:53	Say It Ain't So (single) Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets

Trees concert, April 4, 1995

Weezer performed at Trees on April 4, 1995. This show was recorded by Chris M. and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length
Weezer	Intro	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	0:19
Weezer	Jamie	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	4:15
Weezer	No One Else	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	3:24
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	4:07
Weezer	Getchoo	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	3:50
Weezer	In the Garage	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	3:43
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	4:59
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	5:21
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	3:50
Weezer	Buddy Holly	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	3:23
Weezer	Only in Dreams	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	8:54
Weezer	Surf Wax America	April 4, 1995	Trees, Dallas, TX	5:16

We Are the Space Twins, spring 1995

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on
Space Twins	Vacation States	Spring 1995	?, Los Angeles, CA	2:35	We Are the Space Twins
Space Twins	Here Comes the Sun	Spring 1995	?, Los Angeles, CA	4:19	We Are the Space Twins
Space Twins	My Love	Spring 1995	?, Los Angeles, CA	2:40	We Are the Space Twins
Space Twins	Smells Like... Hot Dogs	Spring 1995	?, Los Angeles, CA	3:31	We Are the Space Twins
Space Twins	Thoughts of Lust	Spring 1995	?, Los Angeles, CA	3:00	We Are the Space Twins
Space Twins	Space Twins Theme	Spring 1995	?, Los Angeles, CA	4:40	We Are the Space Twins

Karlification!
Brian does a session somewhere in LA, to make some new Space Twins demos. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

Return of the Rentals and For the Ladies, spring 1995

The Rentals would record at Poop Alley Studios for six weeks^[11] in the spring of 1995. These sessions produced 19 songs in total, which initially weren't intended for release.^[11] Two separate projects were recorded: one dubbed For the Ladies, which was a more calm and relaxed collection of songs, and Return of the Rentals, which would be bought by Madonna's record label Maverick Records and released on October 24, 1995.

"California" would see release on The Poop Alley Tapes later in 1995. Two tracks from For the Ladies, "So Soon" and "The Love I'm Searching For", were released as B-sides on select "Friends of P." singles. It would be released in full on Matt Sharp's official website in December 2005.^[12]

Karlification!
poop alley sessions that created the tracks for "return of the rentals", "for the ladies" (unreleased), plus "california" (released on the "the poop alley tapes" cd compilation, WIN records) —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

For the Ladies

For the Ladies cover art

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on
The Rentals	Beautiful Girl	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	4:45	For the Ladies
The Rentals	I've Been Had	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:26	For the Ladies
The Rentals	It Must Be Wrong	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	5:10	For the Ladies
The Rentals	Say Goodbye Forever	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	6:10	For the Ladies
The Rentals	So Soon	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	4:32	For the Ladies "Friends of P." (singles)
The Rentals	Softly	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	4:30	For the Ladies
The Rentals	The Love I'm Searching For	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	4:21	For the Ladies "Friends of P." (singles)
The Rentals	Wake Up	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	7:02	For the Ladies

Return of the Rentals

ROTR cover art

This list is in the order that the songs were finished.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
The Rentals	Waiting	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:13	Return of the Rentals
The Rentals	Friends of P.	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:32	Return of the Rentals
The Rentals	Move On	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	4:20	Return of the Rentals
The Rentals	Naive	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	2:19	Return of the Rentals
The Rentals	Brilliant Boy	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	4:16	Return of the Rentals
The Rentals	My Summer Girl	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:12	Return of the Rentals
The Rentals	Please Let That Be You	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:33	Return of the Rentals
The Rentals	These Days	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	3:00	Return of the Rentals
The Rentals	Sweetness and Tenderness	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	5:55	Return of the Rentals	Contains a hidden track
The Rentals	California	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	4:19	The Poop Alley Tapes Excellent Stocking Stuffer
The Rentals	The Love I'm Searching For	Spring 1995	Poop Alley Studios, Los Angeles, CA	4:19	Return of the Rentals

Karlification!
(the first 9 songs below were finished first and originally put in this order by Matt, but the mixes are no different than the r.o.t.r. album) —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

Jocobono, late spring-early summer 1995

Jocobono was a band from Boston, Massachusetts that was active from mid 1995 to early 1997.

Mikey Welsh left Heretix in early 1995 and joined the new lineup of local band Stompbox (who then changed their name to Slower).^[13]^[14] However, after months of discussions with Billy O’Malley and Todd Perlmutter about forming a band, Welsh joined them for rehearsals that would eventually lead to the recording of their first and only album, Jocobono. The album was recorded over a period of two days at New Alliance Studios in Boston.^[15]

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Jocobono	Goddess	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	2:21	Jocobono
Jocobono	Ripped Off	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	2:32	Jocobono
Jocobono	Last Call at Foley's	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	3:28	Jocobono
Jocobono	Bambi	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	2:50	Jocobono
Jocobono	Leave	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	4:33	Jocobono
Jocobono	Puppy Love	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	4:24	Jocobono
Jocobono	Ramblin' Rose	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	2:17	Jocobono	Jerry Lee Lewis cover, jokingly listed as being recorded live at Wembley Stadium on August 14, 1977
Jocobono	Camel	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	5:03	Jocobono
Jocobono	Wild Heart	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	3:41	Jocobono	Laughing Hyenas cover
Jocobono	Nicholson's Driver	Late spring-early summer 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	2:05	Jocobono

"You Gave Your Love to Me Softly" for Angus soundtrack, June 2, 1995

Angus movie soundtrack cover art

This 24-track session was recorded at Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York, which was a converted church. Cuomo had initially written "Wanda (You're My Only Love)" based on an early draft of the script for the movie Angus (a production of Atlas/Third Rail Management, who also managed Weezer), but it was deemed "too literal", and "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly" was submitted instead. This version was produced by Rob Cavallo, known for his lengthy portfolio with Green Day, and also the son of Bob Cavallo, one of Weezer's managers. Cuomo had recently gotten a surgical procedure performed on his right leg, thus he was on heavy medication and struggled with his vocals.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly		June 2, 1995	Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY	1:51	Angus: Music from the Motion Picture

Karlification!
This was recorded in Woodstock NY at this cool little 24 track studio in a converted old church. "Bearsville Studios". Rivers was on strong medication and his leg brace was still quite freshly implanted (ouch!). Rivers struggled with his vocals and was never really satisfied with his performance on this one. (the rest of us all think it sounds just fine, of course.) Rob Cavallo produced, he did Green Day's "Dookie" and was the son of Bob Cavallo, one of weezers managers. "Angus " was a film production of Atlas/Third Rail (weezers management company) , so the whole thing was a bit incestuous. Trivia: The photo inside the 1995 fanclub "Secret Suprise" thingy was taken during this session. The second version of this song (the "El Scorcho" b-side) was done during Pinkerton sessions in September '95 (see below). —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

Worthy Farm concert, June 24, 1995

Weezer performed at Worthy Farm on June 24, 1995 for the Glastonbury Festival. This show was filmed by Graeme Stevenson and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	Jamie	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Weezer	No One Else	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Weezer	Getchoo	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Weezer	In the Garage	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Weezer	Buddy Holly	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England
Weezer	Surf Wax America	June 24, 1995	Worthy Farm, Pilton, England

Roskilde Festival concert, July 2, 1995

Weezer performed at the Roskilde Festival on July 2, 1995. This show was recorded by tw and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	Jamie	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	No One Else	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	In the Garage	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	Getchoo	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	Buddy Holly	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	Only in Dreams	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
Weezer	Surf Wax America	July 2, 1995	Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark

Motorstadion Hedemora concert, July 8, 1995

Weezer performed at the Motorstadion Hedemora on July 8, 1995 for the Dalarock Festival. This show was filmed by two audience members and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	Jamie	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	No One Else	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	In the Garage	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	Getchoo	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	Buddy Holly	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	Only in Dreams	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden
Weezer	Surf Wax America	July 8, 1995	Motorstadion Hedemora, Hedemora, Sweden

Kittymuzzle, late 1995

As Welsh's tenure with Jocobono continued, he and the band were invited to contribute to Boston band Grind's first album Kittymuzzle. Due to the band having no official bassist after a hiatus caused by bassist Rachel Steczynski being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1994, two people played on bass on the album.^[16]^[17] Welsh played on 5 tracks while the whole band contributed handclaps to "Beasts".

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Grind	Beasts	Late 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	3:24	Kittymuzzle	Jocobono handclaps
Grind	Wall of Sound	Late 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	2:48	Kittymuzzle	Welsh on bass
Grind	The Way You Win	Late 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	2:14	Kittymuzzle	Welsh on bass
Grind	Tree	Late 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	2:35	Kittymuzzle	Welsh on bass
Grind	Gorgeous	Late 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	3:17	Kittymuzzle	Welsh on bass
Grind	White Candle	Late 1995	New Alliance Studios, Boston, MA	2:21	Kittymuzzle	Welsh on bass

The Airstrip concert, July 30, 1995

Weezer performed at The Airstrip on July 30, 1995. This show was recorded by Mark Weygandt and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Weezer	Jamie	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	No One Else	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	In the Garage	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY	With a short performance of "Susanne" before
Weezer	Getchoo	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	Holiday	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	Only in Dreams	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	Buddy Holly	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY
Weezer	Surf Wax America	July 30, 1995	The Airstrip, Buffalo, NY

Central Park concert, August 3, 1995

Weezer performed at Central Park on August 3, 1995 for the SummerStage Festival. This show was recorded by Jim R. and circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	No One Else	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	In the Garage	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Getchoo	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Holiday	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Jamie	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Only in Dreams	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Buddy Holly	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Surf Wax America	August 3, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY

Deer Creek Music Center concert, August 12, 1995

Weezer performed at the Deer Creek Music Center for X-Fest on August 12, 1995. This show was recorded by Tony Buechler and circulates.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	No One Else	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	In the Garage	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	Holiday	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	Jamie	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	Why Bother?	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	Buddy Holly	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN
Weezer	Surf Wax America	August 12, 1995	Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN

Universal Amphitheatre concert, August 18, 1995

Weezer performed at the Universal Amphitheatre on August 18, 1995. This show was recorded (likely by Karl Koch) and exists in the Weezer archives.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Weezer	No One Else	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	In the Garage	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Holiday	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Susanne	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA	Short acoustic performance
Weezer	Jamie	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Why Bother?	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Only in Dreams	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Buddy Holly	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Surf Wax America	August 18, 1995	Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA

Karlification!
8/18/95 Universal Amphitheater, LA (cant recall if home vid or pro, probably home vid) No one else garage YGYLTMS ("this is a new song") undone ("gene simmons" instead of "Ace Frehley", because Gene was there) Jonas TWHT "unison formation" (??) holiday suzanne (segue, not whole thing) Jamie SIAS why bother OID Buddy H Surf Wax —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - March 2025

The Warfield concert, August 20, 1995

Weezer performed at the Warfield on August 20, 1995. This show was recorded by Neekrive and released it on the Internet Archive in January 2025.^[18]

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	No One Else	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	In the Garage	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	The World Has Turned and Left Me Here	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Holiday	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Jamie	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Getchoo	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Only in Dreams	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Buddy Holly	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY
Weezer	Surf Wax America	August 20, 1995	Central Park, New York, NY

Sessions at Electric Lady Studios, late August—September 6, 1995

"Susanne" remix sessions, late August 1995

"Susanne" was remixed by Chris Shaw for the Mallrats soundtrack.^[5] Backing vocals and some guitars were re-recorded, and keyboard was added to the solo section.^[4] This session was recorded while rehearsals for the second album took place, so Cuomo and Bell ran between rehearsals and the vocal booth for a day.^[2]

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Susanne	July 9—July 10, 1994, late August 1995	Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, CA Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY	2:46	Leaked online	Instrumental
Weezer	Susanne	July 9—July 10, 1994, late August 1995	Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, CA Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY	2:46	Leaked online	"Karaoke mix" with backing vocals
Weezer	Susanne	July 9—July 10, 1994, late August 1995	Ocean Way Studios, Los Angeles, CA Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY	2:47	Mallrats: Music from the Motion Picture Weezer (Deluxe Edition) (Disc 2)

Pinkerton sessions

These sessions marked the beginning of the almost year-long recording process of the album that would become Pinkerton. These songs, despite likely being recorded for the only partially-written SFTBH, were all recorded separately with little to no story continuity, in order to get a jumpstart on the second Weezer album.

"You Gave Your Love to Me Softly" was re-recorded at these sessions, as Rivers Cuomo felt his singing suffered after his leg operation.^[4]

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Waiting on You	August 27—September 6, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY		Version 1
Weezer	Blast Off!	August 27—September 6, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
Weezer	Longtime Sunshine	August 27—September 6, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY		Version 1. A version of this recording is featured on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton, albeit with overdubs recorded in 2009
Weezer	Longtime Sunshine	August 27—September 6, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY	Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)	A coda experiment that starts as "Longtime Sunshine", but after the first verse, portions of "Why Bother?", "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams", "No Other One" and "Blast Off!" are sung on top of it to create a cool overlapping medley, with the different songs vocal parts meshing together. It was then mixed as a fade-out
Weezer	Why Bother?	August 28, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
Weezer	Getchoo	August 29, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY		Version 1
Weezer	No Other One	August 30, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
Weezer	Tired of Sex	August 31, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
Weezer	Devotion	September 1, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
Weezer	I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams	September 2, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY		No Rachel Haden vocals
Weezer	Getchoo	September 3, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY		Version 2
Weezer	Getchoo	September 4, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY		Version 3
Weezer	Waiting on You	September 4, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY		Version 2
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	September 5, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
Weezer	Longtime Sunshine	September 6, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY		Version 2. A version of this recording is featured on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton, albeit with overdubs recorded in 2009

Huge Guy sessions

Wilson also recorded some 24-track demos under the alias of "Huge Guy" in a separate room at Electric Lady when he wasn't needed during Weezer's sessions.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Huge Guy	A Song of Healing and Transformation	August 27—September 6, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY	24-track demo, early version of "Pay No Mind" by the Special Goodness
Huge Guy	You Know I'd Like to Think	August 27—September 6, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY	24-track demo, early version of "I'd Like to Know" by the Special Goodness
Huge Guy	It's All So Simple	August 27—September 6, 1995	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY	24-track demo, early version of "There Is a Book" by the Special Goodness

Karlification!
A lot of stuff was happening all at once. The Blue album touring had finally been wrapped up. Rivers had gotten himself accepted at Harvard for the upcoming fall semester, and was looking forward to escaping the limelight for a while. The band was up for 5 different Mtv Video awards and the awards show was coming up on the 7th in NYC. I was to help the still leg-braced Rivers move to Boston immediately after the awards (which he ironically ended up not attending.) Studio time was booked, in order to get a head start on the new album, which was only partly written at this point. Rivers was still holding out a torch for his "Black Hole " idea, but as recording got underway, the songs were laid down as before, one at a time- no story, no theatrics, no characters. This reality would later couple with a whole new set of emotions and ideas, spawned over his school year at Harvard, to forge a whole new idea for what was to be called "Pinkerton". Meanwhile Pat was starting to pursue his own independent musical vision, having seen how Matt got himself his own record deal and noting a large block of "non-weezer" time coming up, courtesy of Rivers's newfound school schedule. Simultaneous to weezer's recording, he booked his own time at Electric Lady, and laid down some fairly slick demos. (see below) ...All this whenever his presence wasnt required down the hall in the other studio room. Phew! Additionaly (as if enough wasn't going on), the summer 1994 recording of "Suzanne" was remixed in yet another Electric lady room. This remix would later appear on the "Mallrats" soundtrack. The master tapes were then taken up to Fort Apache Studios in Boston, and worked continued on the guitars and vocals. In the end, only a few of these versions ended up on Pinkerton. Most were later re-recorded in LA. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

Continued Pinkerton sessions at Fort Apache Studios, September 9-15, 1995

The master tapes from the previous sessions were brought to Fort Apache Studios in Boston, MA, during the beginning of Cuomo's semester at Harvard, to work on vocals and guitars. These versions of the songs were leaked and bootlegged throughout the late 1990s.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Why Bother?	September 9-September 15, 1995	Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	2:11	Leaked online	Very similar to final version, alternate lead vocal with "I know I shouldn't trust in you" in place of "I know I should get next to you"
Weezer	Getchoo	September 9-September 15, 1995	Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	2:57	Leaked online Pinkerton (Deluxe)	An edited version which removes the opening four-count was featured on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton as a "tracking rough"
Weezer	No Other One	September 9-September 15, 1995	Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	2:50	Leaked online
Weezer	Tired of Sex	September 9-September 15, 1995	Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	2:51	Leaked online
Weezer	Devotion	September 9-September 15, 1995	Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	3:20	Leaked online
Weezer	Waiting on You	September 9-September 15, 1995	Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	4:06	Leaked online	No lead vocals
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	September 9-September 15, 1995	Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	1:55	Leaked online

Karlification!
these are the versions that were lightly bootlegged at one point.. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

Songs from the Black Hole as of fall 1995

The new songs from this tracklist were likely recorded in February 1995 in Hamburg, Germany.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Blast Off!		February 1995	Hamburg, Germany	1:57	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Leaked online Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	Recorded to ADAT tape, same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	Who You Callin' Bitch?		February 1995(?)	Hamburg, Germany(?)	0:45	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 2) Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo	Oh Jonas		December 1994/February 1995	?	0:26	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	Renamed from "Maria's Theme", same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	Please Remember		February 1995(?)	Hamburg, Germany(?)	0:37	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 2) Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo
Rivers Cuomo	Come to My Pod		December 1994/February 1995	?	1:31	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	Same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	Oh No, This Is Not for Me	`06 Oh No This Is Not For Me.mp3`	December 1994/February 1995	?	0:44	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997	Renamed from "This Is Not for Me", same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	Tired of Sex	`15 Tired Of Sex.mp3`	December 1993-January 1994	2226 Amherst Ave., Los Angeles, CA	2:42	Don Slacks Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	She's Had a Girl	`08 She's Had A Girl.mp3`	December 1994/February 1995	?	0:55	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997	Same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	Dude, We're Finally Landing		December 1994/February 1995	?	0:55	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	Renamed from "Good News!", same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	Now I Finally See	`10 Now I Finally See.mp3`	December 1994/February 1995	?	0:42	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997	Same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams	`11 I Just Threw Out The Love of My D.mp3`	1995	?	2:48	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	Lisa	`12 Lisa.mp3`	February 1995	Hamburg, Germany	3:06	Songs from the Black Hole (included on tracklist 2, though not intended for album) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Recorded to ADAT tape, same as above recording. Not intended for SFTBH
Rivers Cuomo	Superfriend		December 1994/February 1995	?	3:29	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo	Same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	Superfriend		February 1995(?)	?	0:28	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklist 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997 Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	Reprise
Rivers Cuomo	You Won't Get With Me Tonight		December 1994/February 1995	?	3:29	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Pinkerton (Deluxe)	Same as earlier tracklist
Rivers Cuomo	What Is This I Find?	`16 What Is This I Find.mp3`	December 1994/February 1995	?	1:21	Songs from the Black Hole (tracklists 1 and 2) Alone III: The Pinkerton Years 1994-1997	Same as earlier tracklist

Huge Guy acoustic demos, October 1995

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Huge Guy	I'd Like to Know	October 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	Fatigue	October 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	Much Better Thank You	October 1995	Portland, OR	Later became "Pay No Mind"
Huge Guy	I'm with You Sister	October 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	Conquistadors of Nothing	October 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	Congratulations	October 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	Pardon Me	October 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	Boy Am I Lucky	October 1995	Portland, OR	Later became "A Fortunate Mistake"
Huge Guy	It's All Here in This Book	October 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	I'm Not Too Proud	October 1995	Portland, OR	Electric with instruments
Huge Guy	Muscle Car	October 1995	Portland, OR	Electric with instruments, features Tom Ackerman of Skiploader

Huge Guy electric demos, November 1995

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Huge Guy	Congratulations	November 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	Pardon Me	November 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	Fatigue	November 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	I'd Like to Know	November 1995	Portland, OR	"awesome keyboard bass line"
Huge Guy	Pulling Teeth	November 1995	Portland, OR	Later became "Pay No Mind"
Huge Guy	I Believe in You	November 1995	Portland, OR	Alternate title of "I'm with You Sister"
Huge Guy	Conquistadors of Nothing	November 1995	Portland, OR
Huge Guy	Boy Am I Lucky	November 1995	Portland, OR	Later became "A Fortunate Mistake"

The Rentals "Silent Night", December 1995

This was essentially an ad for the, at the time, newly released, Return of the Rentals. It was also later the namesake for Excellent Stocking Stuffer. It features Jim Richards on synth, Sharp on drums, and the advertisement's voice-over by Cervera. It was featured on KROQ's How the _____ Stole Christmas compilation in 1995.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
The Rentals	Silent Night		December 1995		4:06	How the _____ Stole Christmas Excellent Stocking Stuffer

1996

Pinkerton sessions at Sound City Studios, early January 1996

Recording sessions continued in early January 1996,^[19] lasting about two weeks. New, non-SFTBH tracks such as "El Scorcho" and "Pink Triangle" were recorded, while Cuomo was also holding on to the SFTBH concept by this point. Some of the songs initially recorded at Electric Lady Studios were re-recorded to see if a new studio would make a difference, of which only one Electric Lady recording was deemed better.^[19]

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	No Other One	January 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Weezer	El Scorcho	January 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Weezer	Pink Triangle	January 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA		Clip of the band tracking the song featured on Video Capture Device, no audio
Weezer	Getchoo	January 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Weezer	Tired of Sex	January 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	Pinkerton (Deluxe)	Featured on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton as a "tracking rough"
Weezer	Superfriend	January 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA		Recording erased. Video of the band tracking the song was featured on Video Capture Device
Weezer	Good News!	January 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA		"She's Had a Girl" followed by "Dude We're Finally Landing" acapella with Cuomo and Sharp

Karlification!
The recording lasted about 2 weeks. During this time, the following songs were worked to semi-completion Rivers would then return to Harvard for spring semester, Matt would pick up his Rentals tour, Pat would go back into the studio himself, and Brian would continue gigging around LA with the Space Twins. side note: According to Rivers "COR" document, El Scorcho was originally written at Harvard, October 1995 —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

Continued Pinkerton sessions at Sound City, spring 1996

By this time, the SFTBH idea had been abandoned in favor of the concept that became Pinkerton, and thus the two songs recorded in January were canned with it. These sessions happened during Cuomo's spring break at Harvard and were mainly just continued work on the sessions from January.

Karlification!
Rivers flew out to LA, and the band got together to continue plugging away at the new album. By this time Rivers had had some major breakthroughs, having written "The Good Life" , Across the Sea" , "Falling for you" and "Butterfly" during his strange months at Harvard. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

The Special Goodness album, March-April 1996

The Special Goodness cover art

This album, while being released as a Wilson solo album, is often referred to as the debut album by the Special Goodness. It was produced, engineered and mixed by Tony Lash, who was Wilson's roommate and the drummer from Heatmiser, in Tom Ackerman's basement (nicknamed "The Special Land" by Wilson) and White Horse Studios.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
The Special Goodness	Congratulations	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	3:43	The Special Goodness
The Special Goodness	Fatigue	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	2:32	The Special Goodness
The Special Goodness	Pay No Mind	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	3:11	The Special Goodness
The Special Goodness	I'd Like to Know	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	3:54	The Special Goodness	Tony Lash on drums
The Special Goodness	Conquistadors of Nothing	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	3:59	The Special Goodness
The Special Goodness	A Hundred Times as Good	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	2:56	The Special Goodness
The Special Goodness	Pardon Me	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	2:52	The Special Goodness
The Special Goodness	A Fortunate Mistake	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	6:50	The Special Goodness	Tony Lash on drums and keyboards, Pat Finn on bass
The Special Goodness	I'm Not Too Proud	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	2:28	The Special Goodness
The Special Goodness	It's All Here in This Book	March-April 1996	The Special Land, Portland, OR White Horse Studios, Portland, OR	4:42	The Special Goodness

Karlification!
Done at "the Special Land" studios in Portland OR . Pat played everything except Pat Finn played bass on 2 songs. Tony Lash (ex-drummer in Elliot Smith's Heatmiser, plus producer of Cardinal, Richard Davies, et. al.), produces. Pat just happened to be his roomate. There were no tracks recorded besides the 10 that make up the CD —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

First Seven More Minutes sessions in London, UK, spring 1996

This was the beginning of an over 2-year-long recording process for the album that would become Seven More Minutes by the Rentals, which also marked the beginning of Sharp consistently leaving early during recording sessions to go to London and work on the album.

"We Have a Technical", spring 1996

While in England, Sharp was asked to contribute to a Gary Numan tribute album; however, with all the other members of the band being unavailable, he asked Damon Albarn from Blur to help with recording.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Matt Sharp, Damon Albarn	We Have a Technical		Spring 1996	Matrix Studios, London, UK	3:20	Random

Final Pinkerton sessions, May-August 1996

Pinkerton cover art

These sessions saw the introduction of engineer Dave Fridmann, in for Joe Barresi after the band kept asking for the album to sound like Clouds Taste Metallic by the Flaming Lips. "The Good Life", "Across the Sea", "Falling for You", and "Butterfly" had been written by the time of the previous sessions, but weren't tracked until these sessions in the summer. Most of the album was worked to completion by June at Sound City, with "Butterfly" being recorded at 6 in the morning on the final day of recording. "Devotion", "Waiting on You", and "You Gave Your Love to Me Softly" were also completed for B-sides, while "I Swear It's True" and "Getting Up and Leaving" were nearly completed but abandoned. Recording later moved to Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, where Rachel Haden recorded her vocals for "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams" in one take, while recording a few extra takes just in case. By this point, Sharp had left to continue work on Seven More Minutes, so during a last-minute session at Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, Adam Orth was called in to play bass. This session resulted in "Tragic Girl" being worked on but eventually abandoned. Mixing was done with Jack Joseph Puig at Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles, and the intro to "Across the Sea" was recorded on August 13. The album was released on September 24.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Tired of Sex	Summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	3:01	Pinkerton
Weezer	Getchoo	Summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	2:52	Pinkerton
Weezer	No Other One	Summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	3:01	Pinkerton
Weezer	Why Bother?	Fall 1995-summer 1996	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	2:08	Pinkerton
Weezer	Across the Sea	Summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	4:32	Pinkerton
Weezer	The Good Life	Summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	4:17	Pinkerton
Weezer	El Scorcho	Winter-summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	4:03	Pinkerton
Weezer	Pink Triangle	Winter-summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	3:58	Pinkerton
Weezer	Falling for You	Summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	3:47	Pinkerton
Weezer	Butterfly	June 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	2:48	Pinkerton	Take two, Koch on percussion
Weezer	Butterfly	June 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	2:53	Pinkerton (Deluxe)	Take one, Cuomo only
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	Fall 1995-summer 1996	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	1:58	"El Scorcho" Pinkerton (Deluxe)
Weezer	Devotion	Fall 1995-summer 1996	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	3:11	"El Scorcho" Pinkerton (Deluxe)
Weezer	Waiting on You	Fall 1995-summer 1996	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA	4:11	"The Good Life" Pinkerton (Deluxe)
Weezer	I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams	Fall 1995-summer 1996	Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA Sunset Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA	2:37	"The Good Life" Pinkerton (Deluxe)	Featuring Rachel Haden
Weezer	I Swear It's True	Summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Weezer	Getting Up and Leaving	Summer 1996	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA
Weezer	Tragic Girl	Summer 1996	Rumbo Recorders, Canoga Park, CA	2:37		A version of this recording with overdubs was featured on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton
Weezer	Across the Sea	August 13, 1996	???, Los Angeles, CA	0:38	Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)	Listed as "Across the Sea (Piano Noodles)"

Karlification!
After a ton of last minute studio juggling, all 10 tracks were eventually finished and mixed, plus: devotion you gave your love... (new version) waiting on you i just threw out the love of my dreams (w/ Rachel Haden) Also nearly finished were: i swear its true getting up and leaving Both of these were worked on to the point of just needing a final mixdown. Although this was never official, its nearly certain that they would have been the b-sides to "Pink Triangle", if that had been put out as a "for sale" single. Of course, that never happened, and the songs were never dusted off and finished up. Note that Matt Sharp had left the recording session early, to fly back to London and continue work on his own second Rentals record. This left the band in a bind near the end, and a substitute bass player was brought in for some of the late b-sides sessions. more info on this as its sorted thru. Later, "I Swear its true" saw some action at a few soundchecks and at exactly one show in 1994. "Getting up and leaving" was never played at a show, but was possibly played at a soundcheck or 2 —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 8

Continued work on Seven More Minutes, summer 1996

These sessions were the reason behind the absence of Sharp during the recording of "Tragic Girl".

1997

Ziggy's concert, January 17, 1997

Weezer performed at Ziggy's on January 17, 1997. This show was video taped and partially circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Weezer	Tired of Sex	January 17, 1997	Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC
Weezer	Getchoo	January 17, 1997	Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	January 17, 1997	Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC
Weezer	Pink Triangle	January 17, 1997	Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC
Weezer	No One Else	January 17, 1997	Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC	Partial, fades out
Weezer	In the Garage	January 17, 1997	Ziggy's, Winston-Salem, NC

The Brewery concert, January 21, 1997

Weezer performed at the Brewery on January 21, 1997. This show was recorded by Tony Buechler and partially circulates as a bootleg.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Weezer	Tired of Sex	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	Getchoo	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	Pink Triangle	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	No One Else	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	No Other One	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	Susanne	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY	Short acoustic rendition.
Weezer	Why Bother?	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	In the Garage	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	You Gave Your Love to Me Softly	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	Falling For You	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	The Good Life	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	Only in Dreams	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	El Scorcho	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	Buddy Holly	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY
Weezer	Surf Wax America	January 21, 1997	The Brewery, Louisville, KY

Karlification!
fair sounding audience tape —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

Continued work on Seven More Minutes, spring 1997

Space Twins' fourth demo, March 1997

This demo was put onto a small handful of CD-R's in the spring of 1997 and leaked onto All Things Weezer in November 2009.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on
Space Twins	Rings of Saturn	March 1997	Motiv, Los Angeles, CA	4:20	Space Twins (1997 demo)
Space Twins	Goddess of Love	March 1997	Motiv, Los Angeles, CA	3:29	Space Twins (1997 demo) "Osaka Aquabus"
Space Twins	Osaka Aquabus	March 1997	Motiv, Los Angeles, CA	5:11	Space Twins (1997 demo)
Space Twins	A Brief History	March 1997	Motiv, Los Angeles, CA	2:46	Space Twins (1997 demo)
Space Twins	TV, Music & Candy	March 1997	Motiv, Los Angeles, CA	3:48	Space Twins (1997 demo)
Space Twins	No Show	March 1997	Motiv, Los Angeles, CA	3:17	Space Twins (1997 demo)

Karlification!
About 4 or 5 songs put onto a small number of cd-r's. I cant recall what was on this disc. I do recall saxophones and other wild instumentation. Brian worked on this in the spring, in LA —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

"Pink Triangle" B-side sessions, spring 1997

While Sharp was recording in London with the Rentals, there was a lot of doubt from the rest of the band that they were going to be able to get him back to America in time for the summer tour with No Doubt. "Pink Triangle" was also on track to be released as a single (which never happened in a large capacity, only promotional copies) and they didn't have any B-sides. Both Geffen Records and the band's management felt that if the song were to be released as a single, it would need a lot of cleaning up. Studio time at Fort Apache was booked for Cuomo's spring break at Harvard, where two bass players were auditioned: Scott Riebling (then of Letters to Cleo) and an unknown person named Alex (who Cuomo described as a "bald guy with earrings"). The band ultimately chose Riebling, who played bass on the mostly re-recorded version of "Pink Triangle" with new guitars for radio, alongside completely new versions of "I Swear It's True" and "Getting Up and Leaving".

Actually, there were a few levels of auditions. First there was a cattle call type audition that was held during the daytime at one of boston's Lansdowne street clubs, Axis. I would guess that there were at least 20 bass players there, and I was the first to play. This was the start of what ended up being the most amazing few weeks of my life. Back then, and even to this day, if anyone asks me who my favorite bands of all time are I will retort, the Beatles, Zeppelin, and Weezer. Damn, was I nervous, but totally in heaven. I will never forget the feeling of the guys kicking in with Tired of Sex, at that time my favorite weezer song, my favorite (still together) rock band with ME on bass!! Holy sh*t. I played a few more songs, then Rivers asked if I had a fender bass, and if I could bring it to the next phase of auditions. I thought my '71 gibson les paul signature bass was pretty cool, certainly quite rare, but it didn't have that charasteristic weezer sound.
The next phase of auditions was held at a Boston recording studio called New Alliance. At this point the 20 or so bass players had been narrowed down to five, and we were asked to pick a different set of tunes to play than we had auditioned with the first time.
The last phase of the audition was held at Fort Apache studios, where Pink Triangle would ultimately be completed. Two bass players were invited to this session/audition, me and Mikey Welsh (I think??????) We were both asked to record our version of the bass for Pink Triangle on the original 24 track tape. Mikey (I thought????) went first, and I was told he took about 45 minutes. I went second, took about 10 minutes, then I was cheerfully told by Rivers that I got the gig!
Actually, the entire song was scrapped except for the bells, the vocals, and the drums. All the guitars, bass, and keys for this track were totally recut. I remember how amazing Rivers was as a producer, totally helping guide me to a much better bass line than [either] Matt or I had originally come up with. He brought in this totally ancient EML synthesizer [the Electrocomp 101] that used 1/4 inch patch cables to route the sounds within the instrument. This is a really difficult synth to tune, and get a good sound out of, but the tone rivers got out of it was bigger than a freight train.
Actually, both of these songs were totally recut, drums and all. I wasn't even aware that there were versions of these songs that had been recorded before those Fort Apache/Pink triangle dates. I think there were two more songs that we worked on other than I swear it's true, and Getting up and leaving.

—Scott Riebling, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

The validity of the statement about there having been two extra songs recorded is unclear.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	Pink Triangle	Winter-summer 1996, spring 1997	Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	4:01	"Pink Triangle" (radio promo) Pinkerton (Deluxe)	New guitars and bass
Weezer	I Swear It's True	Spring 1997	Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	3:19	Pinkerton (Deluxe)	A version of this recording with additional mixing done in 2009 was featured on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton
Weezer	Getting Up and Leaving	Spring 1997	Fort Apache Studios, Boston, MA	3:28	Pinkerton (Deluxe)	A version of this recording with overdubs done in 2009 was featured on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton

Karlification!
Weezer wasnt sure if they were going to get Matt back from his extensive U.K. Rentals sessions in time to play the summer tour with No Doubt, plus there was a new single coming out and it wasnt radio-ready. The problem was that Geffen Records and the bands management felt strongly that if "Pink Triangle" was going to get radio play, it needed a serious cleaning up. Rivers had switched from holding firm to being flexable about what was necessary to get a Pinkerton song on the radio, after the fair-at-best national performance of 'The Good Life' back in the winter. Additionally, there were no b-sides ready to go for the international retail single, With "I Swear Its True" and "Getting Up And Leaving" never having been finished the previous summer during the L.A. Pinkerton sessions. Rivers was still in Harvard doing his Spring semester, but scheduled a session at Fort Apache for his spring break to get the new single ready for the summer tour. In the absence of Matt, 2 bass players were auditioned, Scott Riebling (formerly of Letters To Cleo) and another guy who no one can recall. Scott got the job. Scott Riebling comments, 2005: "Actually, there were a few levels of auditions. First there was a cattle call type audition that was held during the daytime at one of boston's Lansdowne street clubs, Axis. I would guess that there were at least 20 bass players there, and I was the first to play. This was the start of what ended up being the most amazing few weeks of my life. Back then, and even to this day, if anyone asks me who my favorite bands of all time are I will retort, the Beatles, Zeppelin, and Weezer. Damn, was I nervous, but totally in heaven. I will never forget the feeling of the guys kicking in with Tired of Sex, at that time my favorite weezer song, my favorite (still together) rock band with ME on bass!! Holy sh*t. I played a few more songs, then Rivers asked if I had a fender bass, and if I could bring it to the next phase of auditions. I thought my '71 gibson les paul signature bass was pretty cool, certainly quite rare, but it didn't have that charasteristic weezer sound. The next phase of auditions was held at a Boston recording studio called New Alliance. At this point the 20 or so bass players had been narrowed down to five, and we were asked to pick a different set of tunes to play than we had auditioned with the first time. The last phase of the audition was held at Fort Apache studios, where Pink Triangle would ultimately be completed. Two bass players were invited to this session/audition, me and Mikey Welsh (I think??????) We were both asked to record our version of the bass for Pink Triangle on the original 24 track tape. Mikey (I thought????) went first, and I was told he took about 45 minutes. I went second, took about 10 minutes, then I was cheerfully told by Rivers that I got the gig!" On the task of shaping Pink Triangle up, Scott re-cut the bassline, making it cleaner and tighter. Rivers did some additional subtle work, and the track was sent to Miami, to be re-mixed by Tom Lord-Alge. Scott Riebling: "Actually, the entire song was scrapped except for the bells, the vocals, and the drums. All the guitars, bass, and keys for this track were totally recut. I remember how amazing Rivers was as a producer, totally helping guide me to a much better bass line than [either] Matt or I had originally come up with. He brought in this totally ancient EML synthesizer [the Electrocomp 101] that used 1/4 inch patch cables to route the sounds within the instrument. This is a really difficult synth to tune, and get a good sound out of, but the tone rivers got out of it was bigger than a freight train." Then the b-sides were tackled. Though they were essentially done and needed only a mix, Scott was asked to re-cut the bass on both, as it was decided that the summer '96 Matt bass work was rushed and incomplete. Rivers then decided to make some lyric changes to "Getting Up And Leaving", and worked on vocals for both the songs for some time. Its not known exactly what happened at this point, but the final result was that the 2 songs were never given a final mix, and to date remain in rough mix form, unreleased. Scott Riebling: "Actually, both of these songs were totally recut, drums and all. I wasn't even aware that there were versions of these songs that had been recorded before those Fort Apache/Pink triangle dates." In the end, Matt indeed returned in time to start the tour, and the Pink Triangle single was given a radio only promo release (backed with the acoustic Pink Triangle version from the fall '96 Shorecrest High show). The word from Geffen was that the single would be gauged at radio to determine if it had the strength to get a retail release and a video, but the odds were against the 'lesbian' themed song, and releasing it as a promo single only belied Geffen's lack of confidence in the song to do well. Pink Triangle (re-cut bass, other minor elements, re-mixed) I Swear It's True (re-cut bass, vocals, no final mix) Getting Up And Leaving (re-cut bass, vocals, new lyrics, no final mix) Scott Riebling: "I think there were two more songs that we worked on other than I swear it's true, and Getting up and leaving." The identities and fates of these other 2 unknown recordings remain a mystery in 2011. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

KNDD performance and interview, May 21, 1997

Weezer was interviewed and performed an acoustic set for KNDD 107.7's The End on May 21, 1997. This was broadcast on KNDD and widely circulates.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	May 21, 1997	KNDD studios, Seattle, WA
Weezer	Why Bother?	May 21, 1997	KNDD studios, Seattle, WA
Weezer	El Scorcho	May 21, 1997	KNDD studios, Seattle, WA

Karlification!
Acoustic set , the "7:30 spotlight" —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

Shoreline Amphitheatre concert, May 30, 1997

Weezer performed at the Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 30, 1997. This show was professionally recorded and exists in the Weezer archives, in addition to an audience recording.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Weezer	Getchoo	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Weezer	No One Else	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Weezer	The Good Life	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA	Silent footage used on Video Capture Device for a music video
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Weezer	Why Bother?	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA	Possibly not filmed, as a video setlist provided by Koch doesn't list it
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Weezer	Pink Triangle	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA	Silent footage used on Video Capture Device for a music video
Weezer	Buddy Holly	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Weezer	El Scorcho	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Weezer	Surf Wax America	May 30, 1997	Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA

Karlification!
note, fair quality audience tape Note there is also a pro quality vhs video tape of this show. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

Karlification!
5/30/97 Shoreline Amphitheater (Mountain View) - "jumbotron" video intro Jonas Getchoo tech issue (delay) no one else good life SIAS undone pink T BH el scorcho surf wax —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - March 2025

X96 performance, June 5, 1997

Weezer performed "The Good Life" for X96 on June 5, 1997. This was later released on X96 More Cheap Live and the deluxe edition of Pinkerton.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	El Scorcho		May 21, 1997	KNDD studios, Seattle, WA	4:13	X96 More Cheap Live Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)

Karlification!
This recording later appeared on the X96 benefit CD "X96 More Cheap Live". —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

Sandstone Amphitheatre concert, June 10, 1997

Weezer performed at the Sandstone Amphitheatre on June 10, 1997. This show was professionally recorded and exists in the Weezer archives.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
Weezer	Getchoo	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
Weezer	No One Else	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
Weezer	The Good Life	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
Weezer	Why Bother?	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
		June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS	Unknown if song
Weezer	Pink Triangle	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
Weezer	Buddy Holly	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
Weezer	El Scorcho	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS
Weezer	Surf Wax America	June 10, 1997	Sandstone Amphitheatre, Bonner Springs, KS

Karlification!
6/10/97 Sandstone Amp. KC, KS. Jonas Getchoo no one else good life SIAS rock you like a hurricane (bit) why bother undone ("funny verses") ? (might be a song, might not be, have to check) pink T (funny chatter) BH surf wax —Karl Koch, Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - March 2025

Y100 Sonic Sessions performance and interview, June 20, 1997

Weezer performed an acoustic set at Sonic Recording Studios for WPLY's Y100 Sonic Sessions on June 20, 1997. This session was later aired on WPLY on June 22, and is widely bootlegged. Three songs were broadcast on WPHL 17, in addition to interviews with fans and a short behind-the-scenes feature.

The performance of "Undone - The Sweater Song" was released on Video Capture Device and three songs were released on the deluxe edition of Pinkerton.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	The Good Life	June 20, 1997	YSonic Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA	4:39	Y100 Sonic Sessions Vol. 1 Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)
Weezer	El Scorcho	June 20, 1997	YSonic Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA		Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)
Weezer	Buddy Holly	June 20, 1997	YSonic Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Weezer	Pink Triangle	June 20, 1997	YSonic Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA		Pinkerton (Deluxe Edition)
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	June 20, 1997	YSonic Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA		Video Capture Device	Matt Sharp's friend Tim "Speed" Levitch provides a spoken word intro
Weezer	Theme From The Dukes of Hazzard	June 20, 1997	YSonic Recording Studios, Philadelphia, PA			Also known as "Good Ol' Boys"

Karlification!
Tim "Speed" Levitch , Matts weird buddy, guest vocals on "Undone" (rent the movie "The Cruise" for more info on that dude) Audio bootlegs exist containing the whole thing. There are 2 different Y-100 compilation CD'S that feature songs from this. One has "undone", the other has "the good life" The y100 sonic session was not broadcast live. The sonic sessions are always aired the following sunday morning. An interesting side note is that 4 weeks after the sonic session aired on the radio, a local WB-owned station WPHL 17 aired the video version which showed undone, good life, pink triangle, and el scorcho, as well as interviews of the fans by a local dj. "Undone" from this video version (featuring the avant-weird poetry raps of Tim Levitch) appeared on the Weezer DVD. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

Blossom Music Center concert, June 28, 1997

Weezer performed at the Blossom Music Center on June 28, 1997. This show was recorded by an audience member and exists in the Weezer archives.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	Getchoo	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	No One Else	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	The Good Life	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	Why Bother?	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	Pink Triangle	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	Buddy Holly	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	El Scorcho	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
Weezer	Surf Wax America	June 28, 1997	Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH

Target Center concert, July 1, 1997

Weezer performed at the Target Center on July 1, 1997. This show was filmed by an audience member and circulates.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Getchoo	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	No One Else	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	The Good Life	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Pink Triangle	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Buddy Holly	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	El Scorcho	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
Weezer	Surf Wax America	July 1, 1997	Target Center, Minneapolis, MN

DV8 concert, July 9, 1997

Weezer performed at DV8 on July 9, 1997. This show was recorded by an audience member and exists in the Weezer archives. It's possible the encore wasn't recorded, as shows around this time would usually have an encore with "El Scorcho" and "Surf Wax America", but this is merely speculation.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Getchoo	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	No One Else	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	No Other One	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	The Good Life	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Holiday	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Buddy Holly	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Pink Triangle	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Susanne	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Why Bother?	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Across the Sea	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	El Scorcho	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Surf Wax America	July 9, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT

Karlification!
fairly poor sounding audience tape —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

DV8 concert, July 15, 1997

Weezer performed at DV8 on July 15, 1997. This show was recorded by an audience member and circulates.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	Across the Sea	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Holiday	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Getchoo	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	No One Else	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	The Good Life	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Why Bother?	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	No Other One	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Buddy Holly	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Pink Triangle	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Susanne	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	El Scorcho	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT
Weezer	Surf Wax America	July 15, 1997	DV8, Salt Lake City, UT

Club Quattro concert, July 29, 1997

Weezer performed at Club Quattro on July 29, 1997. This show was recorded by an audience member and circulates.

*about this table*
Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Getchoo	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	No One Else	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	No Other One	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	The Good Life	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Holiday	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Buddy Holly	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Pink Triangle	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Susanne	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Why Bother?	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Across the Sea	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Only in Dreams	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	El Scorcho	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan
Weezer	Surf Wax America	July 29, 1997	Club Quattro, Osaka, Japan

Karlification!
note: decent quality audience recording —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

The Palace concert, August 15, 1997

Weezer performed at the Palace on August 15, 1997. This show was professionally videotaped by MTV, and the raw footage has since been bootlegged. MTV would also film three interviews with Rivers Cuomo and Matt Sharp, Patrick Wilson and Karl Koch, as well as the Allan family and some Weezer fans. This would be the last show Weezer would perform for nearly three years, aside from two Goat Punishment shows in 1998.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Weezer	My Name Is Jonas	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Getchoo	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	No One Else	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	No Other One	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Holiday	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	The Good Life	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Say It Ain't So	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Susanne	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Pink Triangle	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Buddy Holly	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA			Adrian Young of No Doubt on drums, Patrick Wilson on bass
Weezer	Why Bother?	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Undone - The Sweater Song	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Surf Wax America	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Rivers Cuomo	Mykel and Carli	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA	6:52	Video Capture Device	Solo acoustic
Weezer	El Scorcho	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA
Weezer	Only in Dreams	August 15, 1997	The Palace, Los Angeles, CA

Karlification!
The memorial show for Mykel Carli and Trysta was taped nearly in full by MTV, although only small parts were shown during "the week in rock", Additionally, MTV taped 3 full length interviews with Matt and Rivers, Pat and Karl, the Allan family, and various weezer fans, as well as most of opener That Dog's performance. —Karl Koch, Weezer Recording History, Page 9

Rivers DA-88 demos, September 1997

These songs were demoed for Cuomo's Homie and Lovely projects. The collection they ended up on wound up unnamed.

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Performer(s)	Title	Date of recording	Recording location	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	American Girls	September 1997	?, Boston, MA	DA-88 demo, may also be on Spanky McNally
Rivers Cuomo	Rosemary	September 1997	?, Boston, MA	DA-88 demo, may also be on Spanky McNally
Rivers Cuomo	Autumn in Jayne	September 1997	?, Boston, MA	DA-88 demo
Rivers Cuomo	Hey M'Darlin'	September 1997	?, Boston, MA	DA-88 demo
Rivers Cuomo	I'll Think About You	September 1997	?, Boston, MA	DA-88 demo
Rivers Cuomo	Sheila Can Do It	September 1997	?, Boston, MA	DA-88 demo
Rivers Cuomo	I'll Stay Right Here	September 1997	?, Boston, MA	DA-88 demo
Rivers Cuomo	Longtime Sunshine	September 1997	?, Boston, MA	DA-88 demo

Lovely rehearsal tape, c. fall 1997

At some point, a Lovely rehearsal was taped with Mikey Welsh on bass and Zeph Courtney on drums. Though Courtney has since lost his copy, a copy does exist in the Weezer archives.^[20]

Homie rehearsal tape, September 1997

The lineup on these recordings is unknown. "Sheila Can Do It" and "I'll Think About You" were accidentally released on Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years in 2020.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Homie	Autumn in Jayne		September 1997	?
Homie	Hey M'Darlin'		September 1997	?
Homie	I'll Think About You	`Think About You.mp3`	September 1997	?	2:40	~~Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years~~	Removed from Alone IV
Homie	Wanda (You're My Only Love)		September 1997	?
Homie	Sheila Can Do It	`Sheila Can Do It.mp3`	September 1997	?	2:59	~~Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years~~	Removed from Alone IV
Homie	Sunshine O		September 1997	?
Homie	I'll Stay Right Here		September 1997	?
Homie	Hot Tub		September 1997	?
Homie	No One Else		September 1997	?
Homie	Longtime Sunshine		September 1997	?
Homie	Never You Mind		September 1997	?

"Osaka Aquabus", September 1997

"Osaka Aquabus" single cover art

"Osaka Aquabus" (b/w "Goddess of Love") is the Space Twins' second single, released in November 1997 by Duck Butter Records. The recording of "Osaka Aquabus" was engineered by J.J. Blair, who ran both Cole Rehearsals (a frequent rehearsal space for Weezer) and Fox Force Five.

*about this table*
Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Space Twins	Osaka Aquabus		September 1997	Fox Force Five, Los Angeles, CA	3:10	"Osaka Aquabus"

Rivers demos, winter 1997/1998

Spanky McNally

This was another named collection of completed/mixed demos. These were recorded at Cuomo's home in Cambridge, MA, and were likely intended for Weezer.

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World	`01 The Prettiest Girl In The Whole W.mp3`	Winter 1997/1998	19 Corporal Burns Rd., Cambridge, MA	2:54	Spanky McNally Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo Alone VI: The Black Room
Rivers Cuomo	Lover in the Snow	`02 Lover In The Snow.mp3 RC-1997-Lover_In_The_Snow.mp3`	Winter 1997/1998	19 Corporal Burns Rd., Cambridge, MA	4:23	Spanky McNally Released on riverscuomo.com Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo Alone VI: The Black Room
Rivers Cuomo	American Girls	`03 American Girls.mp3`	Fall 1997/winter 1997/1998	19 Corporal Burns Rd., Cambridge, MA	4:13	Spanky McNally Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	May be the same as earlier demo
Rivers Cuomo	The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World		Winter 1997/1998	19 Corporal Burns Rd., Cambridge, MA		Spanky McNally	"V S-5" mix
Rivers Cuomo	Rosemary	`05 Rosemary.mp3`	Fall 1997/winter 1997/1998	19 Corporal Burns Rd., Cambridge, MA	4:05	Spanky McNally Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years	May be the same as earlier demo

Snippets Autumn, October 1997

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Listen to Your Heart	`Listen To Your Heart.mp3`	October 1997		1:12	Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years

Homie album, Fall 1997

An entire album's worth of Homie songs was recorded at Fort Apache with Fred Eltringham (of the Gigolo Aunts) on drums, and Drew Parsons (of Tracy Bonham's band) on bass. The tapes were never mixed down, and no track sheets have turned up, thus the track listing is unavailable. There has been debate about the completeness of the recordings, as Koch considers it a complete album while Cuomo says only the drums were recorded. The sessions, completed or not, finished sometime in November of 1997^[21] . It is not clear when sessions started.

Homie "pro demo", winter 1997/1998

This demo was engineered by Ross Humphries with Eltringham, Parsons and keyboardist Jay Buckley.

*about this table*
Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Homie	American Girls		Winter 1997/1998
Homie	I'll Think About You		Winter 1997/1998		3:01	Alone II: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo

Rivers demos, December 1997

In December 1997, Cuomo recorded demos as part of the tape Stuff to Fix Later. The metadata for the files confirm a total of 4 songs on the tape, however the other songs are currently unknown.

*about this table*
Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson	The Prettiest Girl in the Whole Wide World	`04 The Prettiest Girl In The Whole W.mp3`	December 1997		4:20	Patrick & Rivers

References

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↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Weezine Issue 5 - Winter 1996
↑ Collectors Discography - Page 1
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 Weezine Issue 3 - Summer 1995
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Weezer (The Blue Album) Deluxe Edition liner notes
↑ https://www.discogs.com/release/16283046-Space-Twins-No-Show
↑ https://archive.org/details/weezer-fillmore-8794
↑ https://de4a3.blogspot.com/2019/02/de-4-3-noviembre-de-1995-marzo-de-1995.html
↑ Karl Koch [Karlophone]. (November 5, 2024). Message sent to the Weezerpedia Discord Server channel #karlification. Transcribed at Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - November 2024.
↑ https://www.universalmusic.ca/press-releases/weezer-shares-five-previously-unreleased-blue-album-tracks/
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Sunday Telegram interview with Matt Sharp - February 11, 1996
↑ Mattsharp.net. 11 December 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051230162611/http://www.mattsharp.net/
↑ Archive.org archive of the March 10, 1995 Boston Phoenix
↑ Archive.org archive of the April 21, 1995 Boston Phoenix
↑ Hefflon, Scott. Jocobono - Interview. October 1, 1995. Archived on Weezerpedia and archive.org from original
↑ Archive.org archive of the January 26, 1996 Boston Phoenix
↑ Archive.org archive of the April 1, 1994 Boston Phoenix
↑ https://archive.org/details/weezer-warfield-82095
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 Weezine Issue 6 - Spring 1996
↑ Zeph Courtney fan correspondence with Hailey Carol, April 2, 2025. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:FancorrespondenceZephCourtneyHaileyCarol2.jpg
↑ Weezine Issue 11 - Fall 1997

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[WeeziI5-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Weezine Issue 5 - Winter 1996

[3] Collectors Discography - Page 1

[WeeziI3-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 ^4.3 ^4.4 ^4.5 ^4.6 ^4.7 Weezine Issue 3 - Summer 1995

[bluelinernotes-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Weezer (The Blue Album) Deluxe Edition liner notes

[6] ttps://www.discogs.com/release/16283046-Space-Twins-No-Show

[7] ttps://archive.org/details/weezer-fillmore-8794

[8] ttps://de4a3.blogspot.com/2019/02/de-4-3-noviembre-de-1995-marzo-de-1995.html

[9] Karl Koch [Karlophone]. (November 5, 2024). Message sent to the Weezerpedia Discord Server channel #karlification. Transcribed at Weezerpedia Discord Q&A with Karl Koch - November 2024.

[10] ttps://www.universalmusic.ca/press-releases/weezer-shares-five-previously-unreleased-blue-album-tracks/

[SundayTelegram-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Sunday Telegram interview with Matt Sharp - February 11, 1996

[12] Mattsharp.net. 11 December 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051230162611/http://www.mattsharp.net/

[13] Archive.org archive of the March 10, 1995 Boston Phoenix

[14] Archive.org archive of the April 21, 1995 Boston Phoenix

[15] Hefflon, Scott. Jocobono - Interview. October 1, 1995. Archived on Weezerpedia and archive.org from original

[16] Archive.org archive of the January 26, 1996 Boston Phoenix

[17] Archive.org archive of the April 1, 1994 Boston Phoenix

[18] ttps://archive.org/details/weezer-warfield-82095

[WeeziI6-19] 19.0 ^19.1 Weezine Issue 6 - Spring 1996

[20] Zeph Courtney fan correspondence with Hailey Carol, April 2, 2025. https://www.weezerpedia.com/wiki/File:FancorrespondenceZephCourtneyHaileyCarol2.jpg

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