A higher-quality digitization was produced by a fan who procured the tape in the early 2000s, who thereafter distributed it among fans. Copies of the tape were obtained by fans in the late 90's and low-quality rips were circulated. This tape, engineered by Jon Pikus and mastered by Alan Yoshida, was distributed at the time in the band's aggressive campaign to be signed to a record label. Members of the AllThingsWeezer forums crowd-sourced funds to procure the tape for $4,350, whereupon the tape was digitized by user Geewiz and distributed online.Īnother demo of the song was also recorded in 1992 as part of the band's third demo (commonly referred to as "The Real Demo").
In June of 2016, a copy of the complete Kitchen Tape (given by Cuomo to engineer Paul duGre under the title Opposite Sides of the Same Good Ol' Fence) was listed on eBay. Most copies of the Kitchen Tape that were produced lacked "Say It Ain't So", however (in addition to a demo of " The World Has Turned and Left Me Here"), and the demo was not included as part of the deluxe reissue of the Blue Album in 2004.
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This early version of the song contains what would comprise only the initial verses and first chorus of the final song.Ī demo of "Say It Ain't So" was also recorded in 1992 as a full band for the band's second demo tape (commonly known as The Kitchen Tape). The demo had been leaked weeks earlier through the demo storefront on. One of Cuomo's original 1992 demos for "Say It Ain't So" was released on Novemas part of the digital compilation Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years. Cuomo told Rolling Stone in 2014, "I was an angry young man Typical Generation X. Rivers Cuomo only saw his father a few times between the time his father walked out on the family and 1995, when they reconciled. Cuomo had been afraid that his stepfather, Stephen Kitts, would leave the family, mistakenly believing that alcoholism had contributed to the dissolution of the relationship between his mother and biological father.
The inspiration for the song's lyrics came from an experience as a teenager, in which Cuomo found beer in the refrigerator. Rivers Cuomo recorded multiple demos of "Say It Ain't So" in the first half of 1992, according to the Recording History. Alone IV: The Blue-Pinkerton Years (2020).Dusty Gems & Raw Nuggets (Original mix) (2004)." Say It Ain't So" is the third single and seventh track from The Blue Album. August-September 1993 at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY
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