The Brown Sides

WEEN
The Brown Sides

DISC ONE: The Official B-Sides

01 Cover It With Gas And Set It On Fire
02 Puerto Rican Power Pt. 1 & 2
03 Long Legged Sally Was A No Necked Whore
04 I'm Fat
05 I Smoke Some Grass (Really Really High)
06 Sky Cruiser
07 Ode To Rene
08 Vallejo
09 Mango Woman
10 Now I'm Freaking Out
11 Bakersfield
12 Sweet Texas Fire
13 There's A Pig
14 So Long Jerry
15 I'll Miss You
16 The Shot Heard 'Round The World
17 The Rainbow
18 Beacon Light
19 Cornbread Red
20 Who Dat
21 Loop De Loop
22 Ooh Vah La
23 Mountains And Buffalo
24 Bag Of Fat

DISC TWO: Rarities & Remixes

01 Chairman Of My Destiny 4-Track Demo
02 The Wind 3-21-91 New Brunswick
03 The Mind 4-Track Demo
04 Smooth Shifter 4-Track Demo
05 Gladiola Heartbreaker 12-29-90 Alkmaar
06 Love Will Conquer All 4-Track Demo
07 Seconds 5-4-92 San Francisco
08 I Still Love You 4-Track Demo
09 Feed The Fire 4-Track Demo
10 Albino Sunburned Girl Live 1994-95
11 If You Love Me 11-8-94 Seattle
12 Koko JJJ Live At The Wireless 1995
13 Weed Whore 6-16-95 Philadelphia
14 Get A Little Taste Of You 1-21-95 Rochester
15 Devil's Dick 1-28-95 Columbus
16 Young Chou Lin Studio Outtake
17 I Got No Darkside Studio Outtake
18 Love Orgazmo Soundtrack
19 Eye 2 The Sky Studio Outtake
20 She Caught My Fancy Acoustic Demo
21 Argus II Studio Outtake
22 Little Miss Mandee Studio Outtake
23 Cruise Control Skycruiser Remix
24 I'm Fat Pt. 2
25 Freedom Of '76 Shaved Dog Mix
26 Cornbread Red Dub Mix

Every track on this set is lossless* and presented in a unique remastered version that has never circulated. Disc One & Disc Two (Tracks 23-26) were ripped by me from the original CD's and vinyl, which I've gradually collected over the years. Disc Two (Tracks 01-22) are taken from the best circulating bootleg sources. Remastering consisted of EQ balancing and sometimes some limiting to bring up the levels, so that every track on the set has consistant EQ and volume levels. Some of the live tracks on Disc Two were also compressed to smooth out the mix and give it some balls. These live tracks have greatly improved sound, now more in line with the official boot releases. Clicks, gaps, errors and channel alignment have finally been fixed. Pops and clicks were carefully removed from the vinyl-sourced material, which also sounds much better than what has previously circulated. Noise reduction was not used on any material. The songs are presented in rough chronological order. Thought went into the sequencing and gaps, so that it flows like an official release would. There are at least a dozen other songs I would have liked to include, but they only circulate in MP3 and other lossy formats. Regardless, I think any Ween fan will enjoy hearing some of the gems on this lossless rarities collection again, from a new perspective.

* All tracks were tested 99-100% lossless with Trader's Little Helper, except for the track "Feed The Fire" which only tested 58%. It's possible that there is a minidisc step in the lineage. I couldn't resist including it anyway.

COMPILED & REMASTERED BY JWB - AUGUST 2009