Weezer - Blue Album 30th Anniversary [3CD]

UMC/Polydor

£94.86

Format: 3 x CD
Catalogue No.: 6573099
Barcode: 0602465730999
Release Date: 01 Nov 2024
Genre: Indie/Alternative

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Weezer’s career-defining, self-titled debut album, also known as the “Blue Album.”
An instantly recognizable cultural touchstone of the 1990s, Weezer (the Blue Album) has garnered such a firm place in the musical pantheon of the last three decades that it serves as an entry point into music for nascent listeners. A testament to the band’s staying power, tracks like “Buddy Holly” and “Say It Ain’t So” have earned hundreds of millions of streams and endless placements in TV shows and movies.

Often revered as one of the most important debut albums of all-time, Weezer’s “blue” album celebrates 30 years with an extensive Deluxe 3CD boxset. The album has been newly remastered from the original analog tapes and the set includes 50 total tracks with 36 previously unreleased, including 8 Kitchen Tape Demos, 22 early practices & live recordings, 6 BBC radio recordings (2 never broadcasted) and 4 tracks from their LMU sessions. Karl Koch updates the history on the album with new liner notes in issue #18 of the weezine, along with laying out all of the artwork throughout the boxset filled with unreleased photos. The boxset comes with 4 lithographs, a poster for the garage, song-themed sticker sheet, 12-sided dice and an enamel Bokkus pin.

CD ONE
My name is Jonas
No one else
The World has turned and left me here
Buddy Holly
Undone – the Sweater song
Surf Wax America
Say it ain’t so
In the garage
Holiday
Only in dreams
My name is Jonas (Live on BBC Evening Sessions) - Previously unreleased
In the garage (Live on BBC Evening Sessions) - Previously unreleased
No one else (Live on BBC Evening Sessions) - Previously unreleased
Surf Wax America (Live on BBC Evening Sessions) - Previously unreleased
Buddy Holly (Acoustic – Live on Greater London Radio) - Previously unreleased
Undone – the Sweater song (Acoustic – Live on Greater London Radio) - Previously unreleased
CD TWO
Say it ain’t so (The Kitchen Tape Demos)- Previously unreleased
The World has turned and left me here (The Kitchen Tape Demos)- Previously unreleased
Paperface (The Kitchen Tape Demos)
Undone – the Sweater song (The Kitchen Tape Demos)
Thief, You’ve taken all that was me (The Kitchen Tape Demos)- Previously unreleased
My name is Jonas (The Kitchen Tape Demos)- Previously unreleased
Let’s sew our pants together (The Kitchen Tape Demos)- Previously unreleased
Only in dreams (The Kitchen Tape Demos)
I can’t forget this way (Third Practice) - Previously unreleased
Undone – the Sweater song (Third Practice) - Previously unreleased
The World has turned and left me here (Third Practice) - Previously unreleased
Windows down (Garage Practice) - Previously unreleased
My name is Jonas (Garage Practice) - Previously unreleased
Only in dreams (Garage Practice) - Previously unreleased
Superman (Garage Practice) - Previously unreleased
Dawn sets upon us (Garage Practice) - Previously unreleased
Just what I needed (Rehearsal Demo) - Previously unreleased
Buddy Holly (Rehearsal Demo) - Previously unreleased

Let’s sew our pants together (Live at 8121 Club) - Previously unreleased
Paperface (Live at 8121 Club) - Previously unreleased
Only in dreams (Live at 8121 Club) - Previously unreleased
Conversationalist (Wax Cover/Adaptation) (Live at Coconut Teaszer) - Previously unreleased
Undone – the Sweater song (Live at English Acid) - Previously unreleased
My name is Jonas (Live at English Acid) - Previously unreleased
No one else (Live at Club Lingerie) - Previously unreleased
The World has turned and left me here (Live at Club Lingerie) - Previously unreleased
Jamie (Live at Club Lingerie) - Previously unreleased
Lullabye for Wayne (Live at Club Lingerie) - Previously unreleased
Say it ain’t so (Live at Club Lingerie) - Previously unreleased
China Grove (Live at Club Lingerie) - Previously unreleased
Jamie (Take 6 – LMU Sessions)
My name is Joans (LMU Sessions) - Previously unreleased
Jamie (Take 5 – LMU Sessions) - Previously unreleased
Luallabye for Wayne (LMU Sessions) - Previously unreleased