Weezer (Blue Album) 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
Often revered as one of the most important debut albums of all-time, Weezer’s “Blue” album celebrates 30 years with an extensive Super Deluxe boxset featuring four 12-inch 180-gram LPs, a 10-inch EP and 7-inch. 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 showcases sweater embossed graphics along with a blue thread that’s pullable (& retractable), 4 lithographs, a poster for the garage, song-themed sticker sheet, 12-sided dice and an enamel Bokkus pin.
Tracklist
LP One Side A – Album Remastered
A1. My Name Is Jonas
A2. No One Else
A3. The World Has Turned And Left Me Here
A4. Buddy Holly
A5. Undone – The Sweater Song
A6. Surf Wax America
LP One Side B – Album Remastered
B1. Say It Ain’t So
B2. In The Garage
B3. Holiday
B4. Only In Dreams
LP Two Side A – The Kitchen Tape Demos
A1. Say It Ain’t So - Previously Unreleased
A2. The World Has Turned And Left Me Here - Previously Unreleased
A3. Paperface
A4. Undone – The Sweater Song
LP Two Side B – The Kitchen Tape Demos
B1. Thief, You’ve Taken All That Was Me - Previously Unreleased
B2. My Name Is Jonas - Previously Unreleased
B3. Let’s Sew Our Pants Together - Previously Unreleased
B4. Only In Dreams
LP Three Side A – The Early Recordings
A1. I Can’t Forget This Way (Third Practice) - Previously Unreleased
A2. Undone – The Sweater Song (Third Practice) - Previously Unreleased
A3. The World Has Turned And Left Me Here (Third Practice) - Previously Unreleased
A4. Windows Down (Garage Practice) - Previously Unreleased
A5. My Name Is Jonas (Garage Practice)- Previously Unreleased
LP Three Side B – The Early Recordings
B1. Only In Dreams (Garage Practice) - Previously Unreleased
B2. Superman (Garage Practice) - Previously Unreleased
B3. Dawn Sets Upon Us (Garage Practice) - Previously Unreleased
B4. Just What I Needed (Rehearsal Demo) - Previously Unreleased
B5. Buddy Holly (Rehearsal Demo) - Previously Unreleased
LP Four Side A – The Early Live Recordings
A1. Let’s Sew Our Pants Together (Live At 8121 Club) - Previously Unreleased
A2. Paperface (Live At 8121 Club) - Previously Unreleased
A3. Only In Dreams (Live At 8121 Club) - Previously Unreleased
A4. Conversationalist (Wax Cover/Adaptation) (Live At Coconut Teaszer) - Previously Unreleased
A5. Undone – The Sweater Song (Live At English Acid) - Previously Unreleased
A6. My Name Is Jonas (Live At English Acid) - Previously Unreleased
LP Four Side B – The Early Live Recordings
B1. No One Else (Live At Club Lingerie) - Previously Unreleased
B2. The World Has Turned And Left Me Here (Live At Club Lingerie) - Previously Unreleased
B3. Jamie (Live At Club Lingerie) - Previously Unreleased
B4. Lullabye For Wayne (Live At Club Lingerie) - Previously Unreleased
B5. Say It Ain’t So (Live At Club Lingerie) - Previously Unreleased
B6. China Grove (Live At Club Lingerie) - Previously Unreleased
10-Inch – BBC Recordings - Side A: 45Rpm
A1. My Name Is Jonas (Live On Bbc Evening Sessions) - Previously Unreleased
A2. In The Garage (Live On Bbc Evening Sessions) - Previously Unreleased
A3. No One Else (Live On Bbc Evening Sessions) - Previously Unreleased
10-Inch – BBC Recordings - Side B: 45Rpm
B1. Surf Wax America (Live On Bbc Evening Sessions)- Previously Unreleased
B2. Buddy Holly (Acoustic – Live On Greater London Radio)- Previously Unreleased
B3. Undone – The Sweater Song (Acoustic – Live On Greater London Radio) - Previously Unreleased
7-Inch – LMU Sessions - Side A: 33-1/3Rpm
A1. Jamie (Take 6)
A2. My Name Is Jonas - Previously Unreleased
7-Inch – LMU Sessions - Side B: 33-1/3Rpm
B1. Jamie (Take 5) - Previously Unreleased
B2. Lullabye For Wayne - Previously Unreleased