As the years have gone by, Record Store Day gets sillier and sillier with fewer and fewer releases I have any interest in. This year was a little better than most, but there was nothing I had any intention of lining up in the middle of the night for. On top of that, I got really sick that weekend so for the first time since the very first Record Store Day, I didn't get to go out to Vintage Vinyl at all. Luckily, I was able to snag the two records I wanted the most online the day after. I even could have grabbed the Frank Black and Green Day records as well, but once I had them in my cart, I decided I just didn't want to spend that much money. I stuck with the two I wanted the most, the first of which is Weezer.
This LP collects all of the B sides, live and compilation tracks of the Blue Album era along with a handful of unreleased songs. The B sides are outstanding, with "Susanne," "Mykel and Carli"and "Jamie" being as good as any songs the band ever released. "Jamie" in particular is a pretty important track to me personally as it was the first Weezer song I ever heard. It was part of the DGC Rarities Vol. 1 compilation that I had bought for an unreleased Beck song. Discovered a few great bands from that comp.
The live acoustic songs are a lot of fun, though the non-acoustic live ones aren't as interesting. When it comes to the unreleased songs, it's a mixed bag. "Only in Dreams" and "Lullaby for Wayne" are decent enough with the hooks where they need to be. Maybe not quite as realized as other tracks from the era, but totally solid. "Paperface" and "I Swear It's True," on the other hand, aren't very good at all and it's pretty understandable why they never came out in 1994. They just can't hold a candle to any of the songs that were released.
Weezer - "Jamie":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZwij4_3gGk
Weezer - "Suzanne":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GszQl-DLB2o
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