To differentiate the alternate versions of songs, whatever is listed on Reasons there are only very scant exceptions to that rule (see additional noteīelow). The onlyĮxceptions to this rule are for live performances, and likewise for unique Alternate versions of the same songs are listed separately. Listed immediately with or after their domestic counterparts unless specificĢ. Also, import versions of singles and albums are Import information is about as complete as possible but is always subject toĬhange, as Al's releases have been handled by a variety of different labels andĭistributors around the world. Thanks, guys!įor all of you "newbies" reading the Songography for the first time, I need to make a few things clear:ġ.
Special thanks need to go out to Jon Katz for providing invaluable information Thanks to Jeff Morris, who has always been helpful with info on both The Dr.ĭemento Show and some of Al's earliest, rarest recordings. There to answer the most trivial questions. Of course to the always helpful Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, who has always been Green, who painstakingly researched and supplied many bits of information, and Thirty-second edition is about as up-to-date a worldwide Weird Al discographyĪs always, the Songography owes a great debt to Dave "Elvis" Rossi and Richard Tracks already recorded for the next studio album, let us now take a look backĪt Al's career thus far with this now-practically complete chronicle of hisĮntire audio output.and with the end of civilization supposedly nigh, this Story, the complete picture.they want, shall we say, the complete Al.Īnd as we look ahead to another year of touring, to say nothing of the new This constant hunt-this insatiable need-for newfound recordings is one of theĭefining traits of the die-hard Weird Al fan base. Including the first known found recording of that most elusive of early
The archives of Al's old college radio station an industrious fan found aĬomplete 1980 concert recorded at the campus coffeehouse, with Al offering anĮmbryonic version of the setlist he has honed and tweaked to this very day, School, who released ancient mid-1970s tapes that they had recorded togetherįor a local call-in joke line (or something). Perhaps the most obscure rarity came courtesy of one of Al's friends from high Mid-lyric we're talking material from the dawn of his career, and even some Not merely a one-off live version of "Eat It" from last year where Al sneezes Nauseum, some of the most sought-after and long-lost songs keep popping up. Tracked down, copied, burned, torrented, YouTubed, and passed around ad Time when supposedly every known piece of Weird Al miscellany had already been New material (which there is) but for what has turned up from the past. The past year has been incredibly interesting, though, not for the prospect of Will gather the band and head into the studio to record new material.
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Star in a TV show, tour extensively, or whatever. Al mayĪppear in a movie, film a special project, write a book or two, produce and Years between new Weird Al albums are usually an interesting time. Ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls, carollers, reindeer, mutants, last-minute shoppers, panicking crowds, yuletide lovers, and of course Jack Frost, welcome one and all to The "Weird Al" Yankovic Songography: The 2012 Edition! Intro 1 6 7 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z