The Raconteurs
“(embargoed from sharing the title)” one-sided single
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Hard to believe I’m even doing one this week, but the collectibility has me all keyed up. Multiple covers? Multiple paper colors? Only given out to Ultra Ticket purchasers? SIGN ME UP.
Everybody is gonna want one, so let me just pre-emptively tell you…I don’t have any to spare!
You wanna place bets on the high price these reach on Discogs? Will anyone be able to collect ALL four?
Good luck to those trying, as you will need it.
You know, this song originally wasn’t going to be on the album. But Swank and I had to explain to the band how DAMN GOOD it was. It makes multiple statements that need to be made. The performance is tight…who even knew Brendan could DO that?
People who won't play the game the hard way, let’s do easy. Let’s give away a test pressing for commenters. You’ve got a week to get it in there. Tell me your favorite Third Man moment of the past ten years. I may use discretion or I may just pick a comment at random, so everyone has a chance.
my favorite third man moment (for me) was getting tickets to see Jack at the Warsaw in Brooklyn, without vault membership I would not have been able to get tickets as they sold out in five seconds.
my best moment is when I play my new vinyl. thx
best moment for me was the opening of the Pressing plant in Detroit! my first TMR event and boy was it memorable. got the meet all my collector “pen pals” from over the years and hear some great tunes. looking forward to getting out to some more in the future once my daughters are a little older to join me.
My favorite moment comes every three months when we get a new Vault package.
I don’t know where to start, but I suppose I’ll start at the beginning. It was one short year ago. In April 2018, things were tough. In a particularly low moment, I heard Jack White for the first time (you can read about that moment on page 27 of the Winter 2018 issue of Metafore Magazine). I’d never known Jack White’s music, and the only “Third Man” I was familiar with was Orson Welles. Although I’ve intentionally avoided learning much about Jack White himself, I have grown intimately close to the things he has created in a very short time. I had the pleasure of seeing him perform in San Diego, but was unsatisfied with the evening (no fault of his own), so I drove myself out to Vegas and had the best night of my life ten feet in front of him. Imagine my delight when I joined this here Vault and was invited to see the concert film on the big screen at the Ace, one of my favorite spaces in Los Angeles. I have been so delighted to find that he cares enough about the music that I love (outsider blues, gospel, jug band, whimsical oddities…) to reprint amazing albums that I can cherish and experience on my own. The world that Third Man represents is the world I’d like to live in, where awesome people like Ben and Todd are ready to laugh or chew the fat, and where no one has to explain themselves. There is a nook and a niche for everyone in the Third Man universe, and no one has to play pretend. I’m sorry I missed out on the first nine years, but I’ve experienced enough connection and love in the last year to feel like Third Man has been my family all along. I only hope I’ll get to Nashville and Detroit to say thank you to everyone who has had a hand in reminding me to be alive. You make my heart full. ???
Taking the family down to the store to pick up some records and the ladies working being so kind to my little girl. The staff is top notch. Not really a single moment. But it happens every time and I’m grateful. Thank you
just keep doing that voodoo that y’all do oh so well
The positive impact on the city of Detroit! Advancing from the original storefront to a simply amazing pressing plant. This not only is a great place to shop and tour but also provides jobs. Additionally the care taken in promoting the deep legacy of Detroit music from Iggy and Seger to A Band Called Death! I love the variety! My highlight was getting to see Wayne Kramer and the MC5, 50th anniversary recording of Kick Out the Jams at the Detroit store.
2011 when TMR single-handedly saved MI-Fest. Raconteurs put on an unforgettable show!
Hell yeah!