Eravis

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Eravis fan cover art - digitized from the official tape spine by Ween Archived[1]
Eravis official tape spine

Eravis is a demo tape by Ween, containing recordings from the Pure Guava sessions.

Alongside three B-sides and outtakes, the tape contains twelve of the nineteen tracks that would be released on Pure Guava as rough mixes.

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Eravis was compiled in spring of 1991. Some of the songs may have been recorded earlier, as the backing track for Tender Situation was used at a 1990 show in Switzerland.[2] Every track later used on Pure Guava are rough mixes of the same recordings, since The Pod and Pure Guava were both remixed from the 4-track tapes.

Big Jilm features an alternate vocal take, which was overdubbed during the mixing of Pure Guava.

The instrumental intro to Captain Fantasy Pt. 2 is often attributed in bootlegs as "A Tear For Eddie Pt. 2" - however this song doesn't exist and is just the opening to the former track.

Track List[edit | edit source]

# Song Notes
1 Springtheme Pure Guava song
2 Puerto Rican Power Pure Guava B-side
3 Tender Situation Pure Guava song, has mumbling at start before drum track
4 The Stallion Pt. 3 Pure Guava song, features extended drum intro
5 Mourning Glory Pure Guava song, cuts off after "I know that he doesn't smoke drugs"
6 Hey Fat Boy (Asshole) Pure Guava song
7 Little Birdy Pure Guava song, no synth pluck before song
8 Captain Fantasy Pt. 2 Unreleased, mixed during Pure Guava sessions
9 Push th' Little Daisies Pure Guava song
10 Sarah Pure Guava song, vocals far drier + slightly slower
11 I Saw Gener Cryin' in His Sleep Pure Guava song, has brief count-in
12 Big Jim Pure Guava song, early mix of "Big Jilm"
13 Poop Ship Destroyer Pure Guava song, more outro vocals + noise
14 I Play It Off Legit Pure Guava song, jazz outro quickly cut off
15 Pay the Pig unreleased