Ween Announce 12 Golden Country Greats 30th Anniversary Edition With More Than 25 Unreleased Tracks

Ween Announces Expanded ’12 Golden Country Greats’ 30th Anniversary Edition

Rhino will release an expanded edition of Ween's 1996 album '12 Golden Country Greats,' including over 20 unreleased demos and outtakes.

Ween announces deluxe reissue of '12 Golden Country Greats'

The Ween reissue machine rolls forward. Following recent reissues of Chocolate and Cheese, white Pepper, Quebec and Shinola Vol 1, the band is now reissuing their country record 12 Golden Country Greats. The new version is a deluxe 3xCD / 3xLP release. It includes the original album remastered, a demos disc, and an out-takes/rarities disc. That's out July 31.

Ween Announce 12 Golden Country Greats 30th Anniversary Edition With More Than 25 Unreleased Tracks

When Ween released their 1996 album 12 Golden Country Greats, it seemed like an ultimate troll move. The pranksterish duo became unlikely major-label artists during the alt-rock boom period, and they found a cult audience with their lo-fi, feverishly playful early-’90s albums Pure Guava and Chocolate And Cheese. Then they went to Nashville and assembled…

Ween's '12 Golden Country Greats' Gets 30th Anniversary 3-LP Reissue with Previously Unreleased Material - Glide Magazine

Ween’s beloved country music detour, 12 Golden Country Greats, turns 30 this summer and Rhino is celebrating by remastering the album and expanding it with more than 20 unreleased demos and outtakes from the Nashville sessions. 12 Golden Country Greats (Deluxe Edition) will be available July on 3CDs and 3LPs, with a COLOR-vinyl version available exclusively from Rhino.com and Ween.com. To make 12 Golden Country Greats, Dean Ween (Mickey Melchion…