A newly-unearthed Weezer album consisting of early demos and rarities will be released on Record Store Day 2026.
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The album, entitled ‘1192’, is taken from the band’s early sessions in November 1992 upon formation. Founding bassist Matt Sharp discovered the record while looking through a series of “lost-album” master tapes.
‘1192’ was recorded by the original Weezer lineup of frontman Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Matt Sharp and Jason Cropper.
The album is set to feature early demos of Weezer classics like ‘Say It Ain’t So’ and ‘Undone (The Sweater Song)’ – demos which would land them a record deal with Geffen in 1993.
With the help of Sharp as producer and Joe Chicarrelli on mixing, the album has remixed from tape to vinyl in a fully analogue process. 3,000 copies will be made available to purchase on April 18. Take a look at the tracklisting for ‘1192’ below:
Weezer’s ‘1192’ tracklisting is:
Side One
‘No One Else – Take 1 (1192 Mix)’
‘Say It Ain’t So – Take 2 (1192 Mix)’
‘Undone – The Sweater Song (1192 Acoustic Mix)’
‘The World Has Turned And Left Me Here (1192 Mix)’
‘Surf Wax America (1192 Mix)’
Side Two
‘Say It Ain’t So (1192 Vocal and Guitar Mix)’
‘The World Has Turned And Left Me Here (1192 Vocal and Guitar Mix)’
‘Undone – The Sweater Song (1192 Band Mix)’
‘No One Else – Take 2 (1192 Mix)’
‘Say It Ain’t So – Take 1 (1192 Mix)’
We last spoke to Weezer in 2024, where Rivers Cuomo reflected on the making of their debut album, often referred to as the ‘Blue’ Album.
“The one thing that struck me was how physically close we all were, not just the four of us, but there was a whole crowd of young men, packed into very small apartments in a very small part of Los Angeles, who were just constantly hanging out and talking, debating and discussing music and style, and we didn’t even have television sets back then so there was very little to distract us,” he told us. “And obviously we had no wives, children or girlfriends.
“When we released the ‘Blue’ album, I definitely felt like it was the greatest album of all time. I figured there was a chance I was wrong, but to me, it was my favourite album of all time and I assumed other people would feel the same way.”
Elsewhere, several huge releases are also slated for Record Store Day, including a 30th anniversary vinyl re-release for Blur’s classic ‘Live At The Budokan’, Suede’s seminal ‘Coming Up’ performed live at the BBC on pink vinyl, a 12” neon pink EP of David Bowie’s ‘Hallo Spaceboy’ as well as a half-speed record of excerpts from his ‘1.OUTSIDE’ LP and plenty more.
Check out the full list of Record Store Day 2026 releases here.
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