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.
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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.
