Welcome to this week's Release Round-Up! "Weird Al" Yankovic, Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic (Legacy) CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada The world's premier parodist celebrates his discography with a box set unlike any other: all 14 of his original albums, newly remastered; Medium Rarities, a bonus album of rare and unreleased material; and a 100+ page book of rare photos and memorabilia--all packaged
When word first came out about "Weird Al" Yankovic's career-spanning boxset, some details were yet to be confirmed, such as the content of the bonus disc entitled Medium Rarities. But the wait is over, and the tracks that are included on that long-awaited disc have just been released! Compiled by Yankovic himself, Medium Rarities includes 22 tracks that span the entirety of Al's whole career from his first commercial release ("Take Me Down" from a 1978 various artists compilation LP) to a
Last June, word came out that this year would see the release of a box set containing all of "Weird Al" Yankovic's studio albums. Over six months have gone by with not much more being revealed, but a few more details have just been announced today. The appropriately-titled Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic will be released on November 24. Produced by Legacy Recordings, it will be available via PledgeMusic. CD, vinyl and digital versions will be released. Both physical