Last week we announced the latest offering of our Blue Series, which, to jog your memory, is the one where we pluck an artist passing through town off the road, and plunk them down in the Third Man Studio to record 2 tracks produced by our top dog, Jack White. Once recorded (which is completed in one single afternoon), and mixed, and mastered, and sent off to the pressing plant just down the road, and the photo of the artist is taken in our Blue Room, and, and, and, we release the tracks on 7" vinyl. This Summer, it was Melbourne-to-rock-n-roll songstress Courtney Barnett who was open to this tour detour. Barnett recorded "Boxing Day Blues Revisited" (the solemn reprise to "Boxing Day Blues" from her 2015 release Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit), which tugs at your heartstrings despite the singers' clear and apparent apathy. "Shivers," the Roland S. Howard-penned, Nick Cave-crooned nihilistic — and quintessentially Australian — ballad, makes for a perfect B-side antidote.
This 2-headed beast of a Blue Series is available TODAY, and your record collection is garbage without it. Fix that by picking up a copy of your own HERE.
Im headed over to see if this is in the roulette rotation yet… Lately I have left the blue series alone so that I could order a bundle all at once… Seems like Danny Kroha spotlight series should translate to a blue series right?
Man, I love this! It’s up there in my top 5 fav. blue series.
Just got mine today from pre-order, in Melbourne. Sounds great!
I was thinking about those grern series awhile back … Wondering why we never got any tap or buck dancing featured artists…. Speaking of green.. I was thinking the next blue series would great to see another folk fusion/new grass band like Greensky Bluegrass out of Kalamazoo get the nod from TMR .. Such a tight set those guys roll out and huge tempo changes make them the sound to catch… plus they do that audience participation stuff so well… Just a fresh though in the mix!! Glad to share…
Any info on tris for these? Me Wantz.
Is this in the store yet? I have another visit planned in the near future… Just love that city!
Rowland Howard would be proud… Like me … That our Jack is staying the course and capturing the sounds of real people making real music for real fans and friends… Thanks
And, and, and… please, sir, could we have some more? (said in my best poor sad orphan voice) Blue Series (and Green!) is and always will be one of the coolest things about TMR.