Ween (partially found demo songs/tapes from experimental rock band; 1985-2007)

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A collection of tapes from Ween.

Status: Partially Found

Ween is an American experimental rock band formed in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in 1985. They have gained a large cult following and critical praise for their genre-hopping music, "brown" sound (drawing on psychedelic music), and crude sense of humor, among other aspects. They released 9 studio albums and 2 compilations before disbanding in 2012, eventually reforming in 2016.

Since their formation, they have recorded numerous demo tapes and songs alongside their official releases. While most of their extensive demo-and-outtake discography is widely available and shared on platforms such as YouTube, there are some songs and even entire tapes that have yet to resurface. Some songs were known to be played on Weenradio, and others shared on file-sharing site WeenFTP.[1] Unfortunately, certain Weenradio broadcasts aren't known to have been recorded and WeenFTP has long since been rendered inoperative. Further complicating matters is the lack of information for a majority of the tapes.

Lost/Partially Found Tapes[2]

Tape Recorded Status
1 Ween WAD 1985 Existence Unconfirmed[3]
2 Mrs. Slack 1985? Partially Found
3 We Broke Up 1987 Lost
4 Ween/Smersh 1987 Lost
5 Focus 1989? Lost
6 Eindhoven EP 1990 Possibly Found
7 Caprice Classic 1991 Lost
8 Springstuff 1991 Lost
9 The Freedom Tape 1992 Partially Lost
10 Créme de Menthe 1993 Lost
11 Music for Drunk Irish Homos 1995 Lost
12 Various pre-1990 tapes (Kim Tulio, John Ward, The Polish Lightbulb Joke, Mike Banks) mid-to-late 1980s Partially Found
13 Jug is Quaid 1990s? Partially Found
14 Various The Pod demo tapes (Pork Roll Egg and Cheese, The Stallion, Weed Whore) Early 1990s Lost

Lost/Unresurfaced Songs

Name Outtake/Demo? Sessions for...
1 Kevin the Honky Demo The Mollusk
2 Gotta Burn on My Arm Demo Pure Guava
3 I Got It Demo Pure Guava
4 Boston Chicken Outtake 12 Golden Country Greats[4]
5 Louise Outtake White Pepper
6 Streetfight Demo None (around Chocolate and Cheese era)
7 Israel Demo Unknown (rerecorded for the Shinola, Vol. 1 compilation)

Status

The Freedom Tape is by far the most complete of the known tapes, but still missing several songs, including alternate versions of What Deaner Was Talking About, Don't Shit Where You Eat, and Fluffy.[5] The only song to resurface (and, by extension, the only known song) from Jug is Quaid is Albino Sunburned Girl. The Eindhoven EP is sometimes rumored to be a live show guitarist Dean Ween shared in 2018.[6]

Certain .shn files were recovered from a WeenFTP archive by a Discord server dedicated to lost Ween media, but it is currently unknown exactly what songs have been recovered. The Mrs. Slack, Polish Lightbulb Joke, Kim Tulio, Mike Banks, and John Ward tapes were compiled, among others, for Prime 5, a 1988 compilation that resurfaced in 2017.

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