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EP by American

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band

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. Recorded in

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in the spring of 2002 while promoting ''

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'', released on September 24, 2002, exactly six years after the release of '' Pinkerton.'' It was distributed as a limited edition release in independently owned music stores with only 25,000 copies having been made.Luerssen D., John. ''Rivers' Edge: The Weezer Story''. ECW Press, 2004, p. 457 The album was then rereleased and remastered on

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in 2015, with only 3,000 copies made. Like ''Maladroit'' the marketing of this EP caused a rift with Weezer's record label

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. The band wanted an eight-song EP with a unique packaging that would not involve crystal cases. Geffen told the band that the packaging idea was too expensive and the number of songs on the EP needed to be reduced from eight songs to six as to not upset the other retailers who would not be receiving the disc. The artwork and packaging stuck but the disc's length was reduced to six songs including a "hidden track": an instrumental track titled "Polynesia" that opens the disc.

Recording

While recording the EP, the band makes two errors on this live disc.

Rivers Cuomo Rivers Cuomo ( ; born June 13, 1970) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, pianist, and songwriter of the rock band Weezer. Cuomo was raised in a number of Buddhist communities in the Northeast U.S. until the age of 10, wh ...

accidentally begins singing the third verse of "El Scorcho" during the second verse and

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, who had been in the band for less than a year at the time of this show, forgets the words in the bridge to "Holiday," causing the other members of the band to crack up. After the performance is through, Cuomo muses "Scott just won a Grammy!" In addition to that error, the last track is thirty seconds shorter than what the band intended and there is a noticeable cut off on the finished disc. None of the music is missing, but there was more after-song commentary that the band wanted on the disc. The full version of this track was released shortly thereafter on the band's website in mp3 format.

Artwork

The cover art was designed by Los Angeles-based duo kozyndan. The liner notes of the album have a number of fan letters from Japanese Weezer fans in broken English. The notes also list production credits for Rupert Peasley, who is known among fans as the man on the couch on the cover of ''

'', and E.O. Smith, which is a pseudonym for Rivers Cuomo, who went to E.O. Smith High School.''The Lion and the Witch'' booklet and

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Only 25,000 individually numbered copies of the disc were made apparently some fans have copies of the disc with numbers over 25,000. As noted at the band's website, the numbering was disrupted by printing difficulties with the cardboard sleeve.

Track listing

Personnel

– lead vocals, guitar *

Patrick Wilson Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor and director. He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He received nominations for two Tony Awards for his roles in ''The Full Monty'' (2000–2001) and ''Oklahoma ...

– drums *

Brian Bell Brian Lane Bell (born December 9, 1968) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Weezer, with whom he has recorded fi ...

– guitar, backing vocals *

– bass, backing vocals

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lion and the Witch, The 2002 EPs Live EPs 2002 live albums Geffen Records live albums Geffen Records EPs Weezer EPs