2002 live EP by Weezer
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The Lion and the Witch is a live EP by American rock band Weezer. Recorded in Japan in the spring of 2002 while promoting Maladroit, released on September 24, 2002, exactly six years after the release of Pinkerton.[3] It was distributed as a limited edition release in independently owned music stores with only 25,000 copies having been made.[4] The album was then rereleased and remastered on vinyl in 2015, with only 3,000 copies made.
Like Maladroit, the marketing of this EP caused a rift between Weezer and their record label, Geffen Records. The band wanted an eight-song EP with a unique packaging that would not involve crystal cases. Geffen told the band that the packaging idea was too expensive and the number of songs on the EP needed to be reduced from eight songs to six as to not upset the other retailers, who would not be receiving the disc.[citation needed] The artwork and packaging stuck but the disc's length was reduced to six songs, along with a "hidden track": an instrumental track titled "Polynesia", which opens the disc.
