Bilboa
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.jpg) J-cards for Bilboa and Bilboa Pt. 2, alongside the Pork Roll Egg & Cheese on a Kaiser Bun Tape and Caprice Classic | ||||
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| Recorded | compiled October 1990 | |||
| Length | 68:32 (online) Roughly 73 and a half minutes (including the uncirculated rough mix of Right to the Ways) | |||
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Bilboa is the name commonly given to two demo cassettes by Ween - Bilboa and Bilboa Pt. 2 - that are often circulated together. Recorded during the sessions for The Pod, it compiles the rest of the songs that would later end up on the album alongside many other unreleased songs and B-sides. It is likely that the two cassettes were meant to be listened to as one piece, as there are other examples of Ween putting two smaller tapes together to make a larger tape (as with Big Timmy Wasserman and The Stallion, which have been circulated together online since the late 1990s and which were dubbed together as The Timmy Wasserman Tapes by Dean.[2])
Although most of the songs are online, only the rough mix for "Right to the Ways and the Rules of the World" does not circulate.
Tracklist[edit | edit source]
| # | Song | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stallion Master (My Gazebo) | Potentially inspired by the master for The Stallion having "Stallion Master" written on it, as this came a few months after that tape. |
| 2 | Don't Sweat It | Rough mix from The Pod. |
| 3 | It's No Good (When You Feel Bad) | |
| 4 | Däs Bullshit | Later rerecorded for the uncirculated Springstuff cassette. |
| 5 | Weed Whore | Mixed for The Pod, but left off the album. Uses a drum machine rather than live drums, as heard on the Live Weed Whore broadcast. |
| 6 | No Cheese 4 The Candyman | Partially mixed for The Pod - the mixed version uploaded by Ween Archived contains numerous sections where the song rewinds and has effects added, ending in a loop of feedback and delay. |
| 7 | Make It | Mixed for The Pod, but left off the album. |
| 8 | Captain Fantasy | Rough mix from The Pod. |
| 9 | Right 2 The Ways + The Rules Of The World | Rough mix from The Pod. This recording is not present on bootlegs, and is not known to circulate. |
| 10 | Mocha | Mixed for The Pod with a new vocal and some different lyrics, but left off the album. All known copies of this rough mix (through to "Tryin' to be Brown") are sourced from a damaged cassette tape, and as such they contain a heavy sweeping muffle effect on the high end.
Starting around a minute into "Mocha" and lasting until "Tryin' to be Brown," a muffled cover of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" with guitar, vocals, and piano bleeds through the tape (likely what the dub that circulates was recorded over). This is most noticeable around 1:30 into the next track, "Round + Round." |
| 11 | Round + Round | |
| 12 | Good Bad Happy Sad | |
| 13 | Tryin' to be Brown (Tryin' to Get Down) | Some copies of this song do not have the tape damage, most notably including Ween Archived's upload of the Bilboa cassette.[1] |
| 14 | Pollo Asado | Rough mix from The Pod. |
| 15 | I Wuz Nuthin' | Mixed for The Pod, but left off the album. The version on Bilboa features more intro, and cuts off before the ending of the Pod rough mix. |
| 16 | Fantasy Jam | One of the only tracks from the Pod sessions to contain live drums. |
| 17 | I Smoke Some Grass | A mixed version was later used as a B-side on the "Push Th' Little Daisies" single. |
| 18 | Excerpt | As the name suggests, likely an excerpt from a longer recording. |
| 19 | Oh My Dear (Falling In My Love) | Rough mix from The Pod. |
| 20 | If I Close My Eyes 4Ever | Cover of a song by Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne. |
| 21 | The Mind | Mixed for The Pod, but left off the album. The rough mix on Bilboa contains heavy volume modulation on the vocals, giving it a choppy cutting-out effect. |
| 22 | Demon Sweat | Rough mix from The Pod. |
| 23 | Mononucleosis Jam | Rough mix from The Pod. |
| 24 | Don't Yank Me | |
| 25 | Fuckholm Suckholm Dickholm Sickholm | Contains the hidden track "I Used To Write Good Songs For Ween". This is sometimes listed separately, but it isn't on the cassette. |
| 26 | Long Legged Sally Was a No-Necked Whore | Mixed for The Pod, and later released on the Teriyaki Asthma Volume VIII 7". |
