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THIRD MAN RECORDS VAULT PACKAGE #16 FEATURES EXCLUSIVE WHITE STRIPES VINYL DOUBLE SHOT:

Nine Miles From the White City Double Live LP

“I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart (demo)” b/w “Little Acorns (demo)” 7-Inch

PLUS PICTURES FROM ELEPHANT 56-PAGE PHOTO BOOK DOCUMENTING THE 2002 ELEPHANT SESSIONS

In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the White Stripes’s Elephant, Third Man has gone searching underneath couch cushions and in shady back alleys for the perfect Vault package to accompany the label’s reissue of the album. And it looks like they’ve nailed it.

Of utmost excitement is a 2 x LP blistering live set by the White Stripes recorded July 2nd, 2003 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Titled Nine Miles From the White City, this 26-song, 79-minute, tour-de-force performance is indicative of the absolute explosiveness Jack and Meg embodied at the height of their 2003 touring. Highlights include a rare live performance of Captain Beefheart’s “Party of Special Things to Do,” an especially frenetic “The Hardest Button to Button” as well as the Stripes Christmas tune “Candy Cane Children.” Hearing “Seven Nation Army” in the middle of a set (and not as a closer or encore where it would soon find itself for the remainder of the band’s career) is a quaint reminder of the inauspicious beginnings of the future stadium anthem.  The crystalline soundboard recording is best experienced through the impromptu, off-the-cuff performance of a song written on-the-spot that would be come to called “Little Cream Soda.” The song would be re-discovered (via an audience recording) by Jack and Meg during the recording of their album Icky Thump, dusted off and recorded for what would become the White Stripes final studio album.

Providing rare insight into the demo process, the 7″ in this Vault package features Jack White’s solo demos of the songs “I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart” and “Little Acorns.” Accompanied only by his trusty piano (salvaged from a Catholic school in Detroit as it was being shuttered), Jack’s double-tracked vocals lend an otherworldly air to “…Heart.”  “Little Acorns,” in the most happy of accidents, pairs a parable spoken by legendary Detroit-area news anchor Mort Crim with White’s germination of a song idea, all through the magic of recycled 1/4″ analog tape. Of special note are White’s previously unheard guide vocals… edited out of the final mix once it would appear on Elephant.

Finally, tying all previous components back to the actual making of Elephant, the “bonus” item for this package is a 56-page collection of photos taken by David Swanson during the recording of the album. With the wonderful Toe-Rag Studio in London as the setting, this peek into the White Stripes’ recording process is both revelatory and intimate. With only three of the fifty-plus images having ever been published before, such a cache of striking images only furthers to cement the depth and breadth of Third Man’s Vault. The live show, the demos and the photos all help to contextualize Elephant, the surroundings it sprung from, the resultant whirlwind it created and all the chaos in-between. Ten years later, it’s a time that still resonates very deeply with all those at Third Man and they hope you feel so too.

The White Stripes

Nine Miles from the White City

–When I Hear My Name

-Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground

-Love Sick (Bob Dylan)

-Hotel Yorba

-Aluminum

-Cool Drink of Water Blues (Tommy Johnson)

-The Hardest Button to Button

-I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart

-Stones in My Passway (Robert Johnson)

-Stop Breakin’ Down (Robert Johnson)

-Do

-In the Cold, Cold Night

-Seven Nation Army

-The Same Boy You’ve Always Known

-Black Jack Davey (traditional)

-We Are Going to Be Friends

-Offend in Every Way

-Little Cream Soda

-Cannon/Party of Special Things to Do (Captain Beefheart)

-Candy Cane Children

-The Air Near My Fingers

-Screwdriver (tease)

-Ball and Biscuit

-Screwdriver (reprise)

-Let’s Build a Home

-Goin’ Back to Memphis (Henry & June)

LP:

The White Stripes Nine Miles From the White City

2 x LP (LP one on red vinyl, LP two on white)

7″:

The White Stripes

I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother’s Heart (demo) b/w Little Acorns (demo)

Opaque red vinyl with black whisps

Enclosed in a red/white/black die-cut sleeve

IMPORTANT VAULT UPDATE FROM THIRD MAN RECORDS:

We are transitioning the Vault from being hosted by Modlife to being a part of the Third Man Records’ web properties beginning May 1st. Here’s what you need to know: Your last subscription payment and your deadline to sign up for Vault Package #16 remain April 30th, business as usual. This is also the final day The Vault will be hosted by Modlife.

Beginning May 1st, all online Vault activity will be hosted through the Third Man Store. Once we launch May 1st, you will have to resubscribe to the new and improved Vault in order to a) have access to online content, and b) maintain a continuous subscription. Platinum subscriptions for the new Vault purchased between May 1st and July 31st will assure your order of the Vault Package #17, which will be announced in July.

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THIRD MAN RECORDS ACE HOTEL POOLSIDE POP-UP SHOP GRAND OPENING APRIL 12

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, REDD KROSS, WHITE FENCE, DIRTY GHOSTS & MORE AT ACE HOTEL AMIGO LOUNGE IN PALM SPRINGS

The good folks of Third Man Records couldn’t be more excited to head to Palm Springs, CA to partner with the Ace Hotel in erecting a poolside Pop-Up shop for their annual 10-day Desert Gold event, to coincide with the two weekend spanning Coachella festival. The pop-up shop will have its grand opening Friday, April 12th and be open for business every day 12-5 p.m.

The Ace Hotel Pop-Up shop will feature all the tangible recorded goodies you’ve come to expect from Third Man Records as well as a whole slew of new Lost in the Desert Pop Up-specific merchandise, including a Stereoptic Eye, metal belt buckle, switchblade comb, shot glasses, bang gun, pennant, baseball t-shirt, lenticular postcard and more.

Perhaps most excitingly, Third Man will be pre-selling a limited edition 7″ box set (of 300) housed in a one of a kind snake skin style 45 carrying case featuring 5 Live singles that will be recorded at the Ace Hotel over the course of the second weekend.  The pre-sale for this box set is available only at the Ace Pop Up shop and begins when doors open on April 12th. Like all exclusive pop up items, they are first come first served, and when they are gone… they’re gone.





The Ace Hotel is an experience in and of itself, and Desert Gold promises to be the party of a lifetime. We encourage you to consider booking a room (before they run out) and sticking around to take part in all of the free events.

The Third Man Rolling Record Store will also be parked in Palm Springs, and will make various appearances on its way across the country as well as in and around the Los Angeles area selling all the new RRS merchandise we told you about a little while back and more. Be sure to follow twitter.com/thirdmanrrs to keep track of its location and get your goods. For now, you can count on stops on Wed, April 10th at Amoeba Records (12-3pm) and Rhino Records (4-7pm).

Meanwhile, at the Ace Hotel, The poolside pop-up will have a limited number of exclusive, colored vinyl Elephant reissues for purchase (with a free White Stripes poster, while supplies last), as well as 100 of each of the exclusive, colored vinyl Volume Document Reissues for sale on Saturday, the 20th–all in addition to the above-mentioned Coachella-themed merch available only to the folks who make it to our oasis during Desert Gold.

Free poolside and indoor performances for the weekend of the 20th/21st include Eagles of Death Metal, Redd Kross, White Fence, Dirty Ghosts, White Mystery, Gap Dream, The Dough Rollers, Carly Ritter, and more, with mind bending DJ nights in the Ace Hotel’s Amigo Lounge Friday and Saturday late night… Details and times TBA.  Come on out and lose your mind in the desert!

Additionally, there are plenty of special happenings at Third Man Records in Nashville. For more information on that visit ThirdManRecords.com

Third Man Records doesn’t want anyone to feel like they’re missing out on either, so they’ve arranged reciprocal opportunities to peep into the alternate universe through iPads set up in each shop. Tell us about your RSD plans in Palm Springs OR Nashville using the  hashtag #TMRSD.

The following will be DJing at the Ace:

Dart DJ
Mondo Boys
Britt Daniels (Divine Fits)
Warpaint
Blue Jeans & Moon Beams
Travis Holcomb – KCRW
Classic Bar Music
Third Man Music Machine

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POKEY LAFARGE SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT THIS JUNE ON THIRD MAN RECORDS

Record Release Party/Direct To Acetate Session June 1 at the Third Man Records Blue Room


Third Man Records is happy to announce a new partnership with one of their favorite musicians out there working today, Pokey LaFarge. Pokey and his band bring a focus and energy to the American Roots genre with infectious original material that sits at the crossroads of early jazz, country blues and western swing. With his effortless charisma and distinctive charm, Pokey has crafted a genre all his own–and one that extends well beyond the music alone.

Pokey’s next full length LP / CD (TMR 206), titled simply Pokey LaFarge (and produced by Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor), will be released in June–the perfect time for Pokey’s sun-blessed riverboat style. Look out for a single from the album, “Central Time,” to be released ahead of the full length in May.

To celebrate (and we know the folks at Third Man love to celebrate), TMR will be hosting Pokey and his band at their Blue Room live venue for a record release party/direct to acetate recording session on June 1st.

Pokey LaFarge and his band will be hitting the highways and byways this spring and summer, check all the dates here and be sure to see them when they come through your town:

4/20/13   Lake Charles, LA. F.G. Bulber Auditorium
4/21/13   Hattiesburg, MS. The Thirsty Hippo
4/22/13   Tupelo, MS. Blue Canoe
4/24/13   Nashville, TN. Loveless Cafe
4/25/13   Atlanta, GA. Smith’s Olde Bar
4/26/13   Wilmington, NC. Soapbox Laundro-Lounge
4/28/13   Wilkesboro, NC. MerleFest
4/30/13   Mobile, AL. Callaghan’s Irish Social Club
5/2/13     New Orleans, LA. Fair Grounds Race Course
5/4/13     Tulsa, OK. All Soul Acoustic Coffee House
5/8/13     Long Beach, CA. Carpenter Performing Arts Center
5/9/13     Long Beach, CA. Carpenter Performing Arts Center
5/10/13    San Francisco, CA. Rickshaw Stop
5/11/13    Modesto, CA. Fat Cat Music House
5/14/13    Portland, OR. Doug Fir Lounge
5/16/13    E. Vancouver, B.C. The Rio Theatre
5/17/13    Seattle, WA. Tractor Tavern
5/22/13    Minneapolis, MN. The Cedar Cultural Center
5/23/13    Chicago, IL. Lincoln Hall
5/25/13    Booneville, MO. Kemper Park
5/31/13    St Louis, MO. Casa Loma Ballroom
6/1/13      Nashville, TN. Third Man Records
6/7/13      Cincinnati, OH. Taft Theatre
6/8/13     Bloomington, IL. Downtown Bloomington
6/13/13    Omaha, NE. The Waiting Room Lounge
6/15/13    Denver, CO. L2 Arts and Culture Center
6/16/13    Palisade, CO. Palisade Bluegrass Festival
7/14/13    Mount Solon, VA. Natural Chimneys Park
8/8/13     Henderson, KY. Audubon Mill Park
8/16/13    Biddinghuize, Netherlands. Lowlands
8/17/13    Kiewit, Belgium. Pukkelpop
8/19/13    Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland. Musikfestwochen
8/22/13    Tonder, Denmark. Tonder Festival
8/23/13    Tonder, Denmark. Tonder Festival
8/24/13    Tonder, Denmark. Tonder Festival
8/25/13    Tonder, Denmark. Tonder Festival

Jack White, Press Releases, Third Man Records

JACK WHITE’S BLUNDERBUSS CERTIFIED GOLD

Jack White’s debut album Blunderbuss has been certified gold by the RIAA, having sold in excess of 500,000 copies in the U.S..

Released April 24, 2012 by Third Man Records/Columbia, Blunderbuss debuted at #1 on the U.S. albums chart–Jack’s first ever recorded effort to do so.

Blunderbuss also debuted at #1 in several European territories, and was supported by a sold out world tour featuring all-male backing band The Buzzards and all-female backing band The Peacocks.

Blunderbuss was also the highest charting solo debut and biggest selling vinyl album of 2012 in the U.S., knocking The Beatles’ Abbey Road” off the top spot (a position it had held the previous three years), Blunderbuss’ sales are the highest for a non-catalog LP since Soundscan began specifically tracking vinyl in 2008.

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THIRD MAN RECORDS PRESENTS BRITTANY HOWARD & RUBY AMANFU

Out March 12th

Listen to B-Side “When My Man Comes Home” NOW:
https://soundcloud.com/thirdmanrecords/02-when-my-man-comes-home

Pre-sales NOW available at:
http://thirdmanstore.com/featured/brittany-howard-ruby-amanfu-i-wonder-7-vinyl

Third Man Records is as excited as they are proud to announce a once in a lifetime pairing of two of modern music’s leading ladies, as Brittany Howard and Ruby Amanfu join forces for the ”I Wonder” b/w  ”When My Man Comes Home” Single (TMR 201).

The new single features the Grammy-nominated Alabama Shakes frontwoman teaming up with the Third Man family member who first caught our ears on Jack White’s “Love Interruption” for two reinterpretations of boldly contrasting source material: Side A features their take on ”I Wonder,” originally performed by Rodriguez, subject of the Oscar-winning Searching For Sugar Man, while side B finds Howard also picking up her acoustic guitar as the two sing their version of “When My Man Comes Home,” originally recorded by Memphis Minnie, the immortal composer of “When The Levee Breaks” among others.

The single also features Dominic Davis on electric and upright bass, Daru Jones on drums, Cory Younts on piano, Ikey Owens on keys and Hammond B3 and Fats Kaplin on electric guitar, lap steel and mandolin.

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THIRD MAN RECORDS AND BELCOURT THEATRE TEAM UP TO PRESENT NEW FILM SERIES

Two of Nashville’s Most Beloved Institutions Join Forces to Offer Cutting-Edge Mix of New and Repertory Cinema

As the perpetually evolving landscape of media production and distribution continues to offer new opportunities for creator and consumer alike, certain aspects of how we experience and appreciate art tend to fall by the wayside. Among the most glaring examples is the notion of cinema as a communal phenomenon – of the theater as a public meeting space to indulge in acts of group-fantasy. As the market for new productions – large and small – becomes increasingly oriented to an era of digital distribution and on-demand home viewing, we lose the richness of discourse associated with sharing an emotional experience with strangers in a darkened room. The collective gasp at a third-act twist; embracing your date in a moment of fright; the heated post-film debate in the theater lobby – these are the sort of exchanges that risk endangered-status as the archetypical cinematic venue moves from the screening room to the living room.

It is with this in mind that Third Man Records has partnered with the Southeast’s flagship arthouse cinema, The Belcourt Theatre, to announce The Light And Sound Machine, a monthly film series to take place on the third Thursday of each month at Third Man’s performance space in downtown Nashville. Screenings are curated and hosted by filmmaker and critic James Cathcart, whose goal is to provide a venue for marginalized cinema, past and present, unlike any other in our city. Focusing on micro-budget productions by emerging directors, groundbreaking experimental film from all eras, and rarely screened repertory classics, each program promises a trove of curiosities for the adventurous film-goer. Presented digitally and on 16mm, the initial season’s eclectic offerings range from Dan Sallitt’s controversial yet tender 2012 feature THE UNSPEAKABLE ACT, to Kidlat Tahimik’s transcultural meditation PERFUMED NIGHTMARE (1977.)

The Light And Sound Machine’s inaugural exhibition will take place February 21st at 7pm, and will feature the bleak anti-comedy BAD FEVER (Dustin Guy Defa, 2012), preceded by the Safdie Bros.’ THE BLACK BALLOON (2012), an acerbic re-imagining of Albert Lamorisse’s classic LE BALLON ROUGE. Admission is $10. Both the director, Dustin Guy Defa, and lead actor, Kentucker Audley, of Bad Fever will be in attendance.

Though programming space is very limited, feature and short film submissions are welcome. Contact: cathcart@thirdmanrecords.com for additional information.

Tickets available for Belcourt members at a discount for $8 via the Belcourt website (www.belcourt.org), non members please purchase via Third Man (http://thirdmanstore.com/tmr-live/tickets/bad-fever-le-ballon-rouge).

BAD FEVER
A nod to the character based inquiries into the American condition that were the hallmark of 1970’s filmmaking, Dustin Guy Defa’s BAD FEVER introduces Eddie (Kentucker Audley), a psychologically fractured loner with delusions of a future in standup comedy. All but anonymous in his daily existence, he disappears into himself as  seamlessly as he does into the film’s rust-laden vistas of middle-America. His monotonous trajectory aches for intervention, which comes in the form of Irene (Eleonore Hendricks), a wayward drifter with a camcorder who subsides by sharing kinky vignettes of herself with an unseen benefactor. As their aimless lives intertwine, they inadvertently become fixtures to each other’s menageries of desperation.

THE BLACK BALLOON
An acerbic re-imagining of Albert Lamorisse’s classic children’s film LE BALLON ROUGE, Josh and Benny Safdie’s THE BLACK BALLOON resets Lamorisse’s traversing non-narrative to modern day New York, where a dislocated (or escaped?), solitary black balloon wanders the city – temporarily interrupting the lives of the everyday city dwellers it meets along the way, including an as-himself appearance by author and raconteur Larry “Ratso” Sloman. Tempered by the music of progressive rock mainstays Gong, THE BLACK BALLOON is both an ode to city life and the interconnected nature of contemporary existence.

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GIBBY HAYNES & THIRD MAN RECORDS WANT TO BE YOUR VALENTINE

THREE SONG 7-INCH OUT FEBRUARY 14

LIMITED EDITION RUN OF 100 “FLEX-RAY” COPIES AVAILABLE FROM THE THIRD MAN ROLLING RECORD STORE AT SXSW

Butthole Surfers legend Gibby Haynes, Jack White and Third Man’s Ben Swank want to be your valentine. So instead of something lame and predictable as flowers or chocolate, they’re comin’ a-callin’ with the latest installment in Third Man’s Blue Series (TMR 179), a three-song single featuring the two originals “You Don’t Have To Be Smart” and “Horse Named George,” and a cover of Adrenalin OD’s “Paul’s Not Home,” a lost classic (cough cough… ahem) that originally appeared on the 1982 New York Thrash compilation alongside the first ever recorded material by Beastie Boys and some of the earliest known recordings by Bad Brains, Kraut and others.

The limited edition component of this single will be another first for Third Man Records: a FLEX-RAY. A very limited number of copies of this single pressed on old medical x-rays will be sold exclusively from the Third Man Records Rolling Record Store at next month’s South By Southwest free for all in the Butthole Surfers’ old stomping ground of Austin.

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THIRD MAN RECORDS ANNOUNCES FIRST RELEASES THREE DOCUMENT RECORDS REISSUE SERIES

Charley Patton The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1
Blind Willie McTell The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1
The Mississippi Sheiks The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1

Pre-order Live Now at http://thirdmanrecords.com/

In Stores January 29th

http://youtu.be/CaaQebrwfkU

Third Man Records is thrilled to announce the release of the first three records in its highly-anticipated Document Records reissue series.

Pre-orders are available now at the http://thirdmanrecords.com/ online store (with a January 29th in-store release date) for the first three The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1 series: Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell and The Mississippi Sheiks. Subsequent volumes will be released regularly and new artists will be slotted for release from this fantastic catalog of blues greats as soon as this first series is complete.

The recordings Third Man will be presenting in this reissue series are the building blocks and DNA of American culture. Blues, R&B, Elvis, teenagerism, punk rock… it all goes back to these vital, breathtaking recordings. Third Man Records is proud to present these landmark albums in conjunction with Document Records, with brand new, jaw-dropping artwork by Rob Jones and new insightful liner notes, on vinyl for the first time in decades. Every record collection should have ample room for these highly important and endlessly listenable albums.

Charley Patton The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1
Blind Willie McTell The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1
The Mississippi Sheiks The Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1

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THIRD MAN RECORDS VAULT PACKAGE #15

Featuring

JACK WHITE & THE BRICKS: LIVE ON THE GARDEN BOWL LANES 1999 Live LP

JACK WHITE & BRENDAN BENSON Pre-Raconteurs Demos 7″

WHITE HEAT Whirlwind Heat/White Stripes 2002 Tour DVD

http://thirdmanrecords.com/news/view/vault-package-15

Third Man Records rings in 2013 with a trifecta of uber-rare exclusive vinyl and video delights:

The LP for this round of the Vault is Jack White and The Bricks: Live On The Garden Bowl Lanes (TMR199). Pressed on Bowling-Pin-White vinyl (of course), Live On The Garden Bowl Lanes documents the first-ever live show by the short-lived Jack White and the Bricks. Featuring Jack White on vocals and guitar, his future fellow Raconteur Brendan Benson on guitar, Kevin Peyok (the Waxwings, the See-See) on bass and Ben Blackwell (the Dirtbombs) on drums, the band gigged for only a few short months in 1999. Focusing mainly on covers and White-penned tracks that had yet to have been appropriated by the White Stripes, this live show took place on White’s 24th birthday, July 9th, 1999, with the Bricks sharing a bill with the Greenhornes. The stage itself was situated on lanes 11-14–yes, the actual bowling lanes!–of the legendary Garden Bowl in Detroit. The longest continually-run bowling establishment in North America, the Garden Bowl, along with the Gold Dollar, was also the de facto home of the then-bustling Detroit garage rock scene. The final song of the night, a blistering cover of Michigan’s ’60s garage legends ? and the Mysterians’ “Ain’t It a Shame” is to “a girl who has to go get surgery soon”… a heartfelt dedication Jack sent out to band mate Meg White prior to her tonsillectomy.   The show was recorded to four-track reel-to-reel in lane ten by an engineer who, although forgotten to time, left his imprint on the recording with a few track cut-outs and slight audio imperfections. These mild flaws notwithstanding, the vocal performance is extremely fierce and the show captures all four musicians at the height of the Detroit garage rock scene playing with unbridled energy.

Tracklist:
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Isis (Bob Dylan)
Do
Same Boy You’ve Always Known
The Union Forever
Now Mary
Black Jack Davy (traditional)
I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan)
Ain’t It a Shame (? and the Mysterians)

Drawing from that same time period and the same collaboration-happy times this Vault package also features the pre-Raconteurs Jack White and Brendan Benson Demos 7”  (TMR198). Recorded at Benson’s East Grand Studios in his Detroit home in May of 2004, all the signifying parts of the classic “Steady, As She Goes” are existent and there, but it would take the incomparable touch of Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler to get the song to its classic state that fans know and love from the Raconteurs. On the flip side is a full-band orchestration of Jack and Brendan nailing “The Same Boy You’ve Always Known” in 1999 a full two years before it would appear on the White Stripes’ White Blood Cells album, and in a much different state. This single serves as a wonderful document of the germinations of what would become the fruitful songwriting partnership between White and Benson in the Raconteurs.

The bonus item this go-round is a behind-the-scenes tour travelog film entitled “White Heat.” Shot and edited by Brad Holland (Whirlwind Heat) the film follows the Heat and the White Stripes on their European tour during the winter of 2002. Backstage tomfoolery, onstage pranks, the Louvre, brief insight into the malaise that is life on the road… it all culminates in a previously unseen live performance by Whirlwind Heat of “The Big Three Killed My Baby” with Jack White as featured vocalist. Packaged in a splendid digital versatile disc, this is definitely a side of the White Stripes you have never seen before along with explosive and unseen footage of Whirlwind Heat in their prime.

Tracklist:
The White Stripes – Jimmy the Exploder
Whirlwind Heat – Black
The White Stripes – I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman
Whirlwind Heat – Tan
The White Stripes – Death Letter
Whirlwind Heat – Brown
The White Stripes – I Fought Piranhas
Whirlwind Heat with Jack White – The Big Three Killed My Baby

If you’re not already a Vault member, sign up by January 31st in order to qualify for this package at:

www.thirdmanrecords.com
http://thirdmanrecords.com/vault/

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THIRD MAN RECORDS NOVELTIES LOUNGE GRAND OPENING

SCOPTIONE AND MOLD-A-RAMA MACHINES & DIP N’ DUNK PHOTO BOOTH TO BE UNVEILED

BLACK FRIDAY RELEASES INCLUDING LIMITED RELEASES FROM JACK WHITE, THE WHITE STRIPES & TEMPEST STORM ZOETROPE FORMAT SINGLE

Third Man Records invites one and all to join them in Nashville the day after Thanksgiving a/k/a Black Friday for the Grand Opening of The Third Man Records Novelties Lounge: http://youtu.be/Y8YnmSbFoCs

What exactly is The Third Man Records Novelties Lounge, you ask? Well, Third Man has not only expanded its record shop space–it’s also styled it out with a dazzling array of coin-operated contraptions and attractions starting with the world’s ONLY Scopitone machine fully loaded with modern music! For the uninitiated, Scopitones were a type of jukebox that instead of playing records, played 16mm music videos! Visitors to the Third Man Novelties Lounge can choose from 36 different videos from theThird Man catalog, ALL on 16mm film with dynamic magnetic sound! Learn more about Scopitones and see some old films here: http://scopitones.blogs.com/

Third Man Records is also excited to unveil their very own custom Mold-a-Rama machine. Usually found at zoos or museums, these machines spit out brightly colored wax molds of everything from the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile, a tyrannosaurus or a bust of President Kennedy. TMR’s machine is currently outfitted to pump out a fire-engine red miniature of Jack White’s classic Airline guitar and there are already plans underway for additional molds. Visit www.moldamania.comfor all kinds of history and classic photos of the Mold-a-Rama world.

And last but most certainly not least, you can now take a strip of film photographs as a memento of your visit to Third Man in the all analog Dip n’ Dunk full color Third Man Records Photo Booth.

As far as the Third Man Records’ release schedule goes, in the spirit of Record Store Day’s annual Black Friday event, available at Third Man only will be 100 Tri Color 45s of Jack White’s I’m Shakin single. And for the first time anywhere, the world’s oldest burlesque dancer Tempest Storm will make her TMR debut with the Tempest Storm Green Series (TMR 129) single–released in an unprecedented new format: a picture disc when coupled with some household items (flashlight, drinking glass) and not-so-household items (magical Bolt-a-Trope disc… provided!) turns into a quick keyhole peek-a-boo glimpse at the wonderful Miss Storm performing her patented tease. The zoetrope effect truly needs to be seen to be believed.

And as if that’s not enough… a trio of singles from The White Stripes!  Along with the previously announced Limited Edition Opaque Red Vinyl re-issue singles from The White Stripes from the White Blood Cells album (listed below) some in-store Black Friday goodies will be made available in extremely limited quantities, including an authorized re-print of the first ever White Stripes silk-screened poster done by Von Munz (50 copies for sale on Friday), White Stripes Turntables… AND MORE.

Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground b/w Stop Breaking Down (TMR 170)
Hotel Yorba b/w Rated X (TMR 168)
Fell In Love With a Girl b/w I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (TMR 169)

So please join Third Man Records this brightest ever Black Friday for lots of fun, gizmos, records and a fantastic sale featuring Third Man, White Stripes and Raconteurs items and merchandise Bundle Deals going at a very NICE PRICE. You’ll surely give thanks for these awesome new toys.