Squeeze Box (box set)
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| Box set by "Weird Al" Yankovic | ||||
| Released | November 24, 2017 | |||
| Genre | Comedy | |||
| Label | Legacy Recordings | |||
| Producer | "Weird Al" Yankovic, Rick Derringer | |||
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| Compilation album by "Weird Al" Yankovic | |
| Released | November 24, 2017 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Label | Legacy Recordings |
Squeeze Box: The Complete Works of "Weird Al" Yankovic is a 15-album box set by American comedy musician "Weird Al" Yankovic, scheduled for release on November 24, 2017.
The set is housed inside a replica of Yankovic's accordion, whence its name is derived. This "unprecedented" style of packagaing caused the entire set to have a rather long lead manufacturing time. Squeeze Box also comes with "a 100-page book including a treasure trove of unseen photos and memorabilia."
A pre-order for the set was released on January 12, 2017 via Pledge Music, almost ten months ahead of its release. This was due to the time it would take for the manufacturer to create the packaging. Fans were able to choose between two version of the set: one featuring all the albums on vinyl, and the other featuring albums on CD. The CD version will featured the discs themselves housed in custom-fitted pockets in sleeves with standard LP-size jackets. The LP version marks the first time that five of Yankovic's albums (viz. Alapalooza, Bad Hair Day, Running with Scissors, Poodle Hat, and Straight Outta Lynwood) appear in a vinyl format. Following the Pledge Music pre-order, only a handful of the sets will be manufactured and released.
Squeeze Box collects all of Yankovic's 14 studio albums, ranging from his 1983 debut "Weird Al" Yankovic, to his 2014 studio release Mandatory Fun. Six of these records (viz. "Weird Al" Yankovic, "Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D, Dare to Be Stupid, Polka Party!, Even Worse, UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff) were produced by Rick Derringer. The remaining albums (viz. Off the Deep End, Alapalooza, Bad Hair Day, Running with Scissors, Poodle Hat, Straight Outta Lynwood, Alpocalypse, and Mandatory Fun) were produced by Yankovic himself."Weird Al" Yankovic through Bad Hair Day had been released by the now-defunct Scotti Bros. Records, Running with Scissors through Alpocalypse were released by Volcano Entertainment, and Mandatory Fun was released by RCA Records. All three labels are now under the control of Sony Music Entertainment, whose Legacy Recordings unit is releasing the compilation. The songs that are featured in this collection have all been remastered. The fifteenth record, Medium Rarities, is a bonus album composed of new and unreleased content.
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