Third Man Records Black Friday Sale
To go along with the previously announced Limited Edition Opaque Red Vinyl re-issue singles from The White Stripes' White Blood Cells album, Third Man Records will also have a few exclusive in-store Black Friday items available for purchase.
Third Man will be releasing 50 authorized re-prints of the first ever White Stripes silk-screened poster done by Von Munz, as well as White Stripes Turntables, and more.
Record Store Day's Black Friday
As part of Record Store Day's Black Friday on November 23rd, Third Man Records will reissue three singles from the White Stripes' 2001 album, White Blood Cells, pressed on limited edition opaque red vinyl:
"Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground" b/w "Stop Breaking Down"
"Hotel Yorba" b/w "Rated X"
"Fell in Love With a Girl" b/w "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
The singles will be available for purchase exclusively at participating independent record stores & Third Man Records in Nashville.
Deciding to pull out all the stops for Vault package #13, Third Man Records has dug deep into the archive and is offering its most historically significant collection yet.
The LP for this quarter is The White Stripes first-ever live show. Recorded at the Gold Dollar in Detroit on August 14th, 1997 while opening for Rocket 455 and ‘68 Comeback, this soundboard recording is overly striking in how present and fully-formed the presentation and execution of The White Stripes was so early on. Featuring a blistering cover of the Stooges’ “TV Eye” as well as radically different versions of originals like “Screwdriver” and “Lafayette Blues,” the set is a treat for ALL Stripes fans across the world.
The accompanying 7” is a recording from The White Stripes first-ever live performance, recorded on Bastille Day, (July 14th, 1997) at the Gold Dollar’s open-mic night. Also presented in crystalline soundboard quality, the renditions of “St. James Infirmary”, “Jimmy the Exploder” and “Love Potion #9” are more of the “warts-and-all” variety, but still brim with the childish charm and a heartwarming awareness of how far Jack and Meg would journey from such an unassuming start.
For the bonus item, we’ve revisited the classic peppermint logo painted by Jack White around the time of these Gold Dollar shows. The same peppermint would be used as the basis for the first White Stripes t-shirts, as the b-side image of their “Hello Operator” picture disc, on the poster for their s/t record release show and plenty of other places. Noting how wildly popular tote bags have been with our fans, we’ve decided to finally put this iconic image on a tote bag. Perfect for bagging your own groceries, going record shopping or displaying in your White Stripes shrine, this tote is not only printed on both sides of the exterior but also features imagery on the inside.
Sign up for this package before subscriptions close on July 31st.
Previously available only as a limited edition Record Store Day 7 inch, The White Stripes "Hand Springs" b/w "Red Death at 6:14" is now available in the standard black vinyl edition in the online store or at Third Man Records in Nashville, as well as digitally via iTunes.
12TH INSTALLMENT OF THE THIRD MAN VAULT SUBSCRIPTION SERIES
This next installment from The Vault will contain a bonus DVD of the White Stripes titled Under New Zealand Lights. Made up of two different performances by the band on separate trips to the island nation, we find them performing at the Kings Arms in Auckland in November 2000. This is some of the earliest known footage of the White Stripes outside North America (it was their first international tour) and finds them confident and captivating before a unexpecting crowd. Come October 2003 and the White Stripes were slightly more known but still in-front of a crowd they had to work considerably to win over. The audience was the student population of Freeman’s Bay Primary School. Jack and Meg provided a nice primer on American blues history and the kids seemed to enjoy themselves in this sweet, innocent performance that has been kept mostly under-wraps in the nine years since it took place.
If you are not already a member of The Vault then sign up now as the package will not be available past April 30th.
RECORD STORE DAY 7"
Record Store Day is just around the corner, specifically April 21st and Third Man Records will be releasing a gem from The White Stripes:
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THE WHITE STRIPES
Hand Springs w/ Red Death at 6:14
Limited to red/black swirl vinyl for Record Store Day
Continuing in the mission of reissuing the nuggets of the White Stripes’ back catalog, Third Man plays Dr. Frankenstein/matchmaker to two stand-alone songs from the high time of the year 2000. “Handsprings” was originally released as a split-single with the Dirtbombs and included free in issue #19 of Multiball magazine. “Red Death at 6:14” was initially released on the Jack White-produced compilation “Sympathetic Sounds of Detroit” and was later made available as a one-sided single from the folks at MOJO magazine. Both songs are quintessential White Stripes jams and finally pairing them together here makes (arguably) one of the best Stripes singles ever.
More info HERE
Tune into BBC 6 Music this Sunday, January 15th at 12 pm GMT and listen to Red, White and Black: The Jack White Story. Jack talks about his upbringing, influences, collaborations and how all of his bands started. Hear old radio interviews, live clips of performances as well as interviews with members of The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather. That is not all! Now Playing @6Music is honoring Jack this Friday the 13th between 7-9pm GMT by playing 2 hours of Jacks songs and you can help pick what they play by going HERE.
