Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)

Weezer — Weezer (The Blue Album) 30th Anniversary

Super Deluxe Limited Edition Box Set 4LP + 10" + 7"

Newly remastered from the original analog tapes!

Features 36 previously unreleased tracks!

Includes Weezine, 4 Lithos, Poster, Sticker Sheet and more!

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time — rated 294/500

Few bands emerged as fully formed as Weezer, with its reimagined vision of rock ‘n' roll. With 17 million albums sold worldwide, and two LPs on Rolling Stone's list of most influential ever made, the L.A. quartet helmed by singer-guitarist Rivers Cuomo proved to be as popular as they are pioneering.

The triple platinum-selling Weezer (The Blue Album), was one of rock's most auspicious debuts. The album was not like anything most kids in 1994 had heard before, taking its nerdy cues from strange places the 1950s, comic books, Dungeons & Dragons, the Bible and producer Ric Ocasek, pop auteur of The Cars. Initially released without a single or much notice, the album's sales started slow but eventually reached triple platinum status, spending 78 weeks on the chart and peaking at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It has sold 3.7 million copies in the U.S alone. Local radio play for "Undone The Sweater Song" prompted an official release and video directed by then rising star Spike Jonze. The video featured the band performing on a soundstage, joined by a wandering pack of dogs. Their next Jonze-directed innovative video for "Buddy Holly" helped spike the band's popularity and won four MTV video awards. The song rose to No. 2 on Billboard's U.S. Modern Rock chart, one of three Top 10 hits for Weezer.

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 box set 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 No. 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.

Features:
30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set
180-gram vinyl 4LP
45 RPM 10" Vinyl EP
331/3 RPM 7" Vinyl
Newly Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes
50 Total Tracks
36 Previously Unreleased Tracks
8 Kitchen Tape Demos
22 Early Practices & Live Recordings
6 BBC Radio Recordings (2 Never Broadcasted)
4 LMU Sessions Tracks
New Liner Notes by Karl Koch in Issue #18 of The Weezine
Unreleased Photos
"Unraveling" Sweater Embossed Graphics with Pullable & Retractable Blue Thread
4 Lithographs
Poster
Song-Themed Sticker Sheet
12-Sided Dice
Enamel Bokkus Pin
Made in Turkey