The Blue Series Book: The Story Behind the Color, Volume One SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION of 500 will be available only at TMR's Nashville and Detroit storefronts plus select record stores on RECORD STORE DAY, Saturday, April 22. The Special Edition is 282 pages of behind-the-scenes stories, information, and interviews about the Blue Series singles. A 7" of unreleased Blue Series session songs by First Aid Kit and Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers) on exclusive blue vinyl is also included in the Special Edition, and every Special Edition will be signed by the book’s editor — and TMR's own — Ben Blackwell. Please enjoy a never-heard-before excerpt of an interview by Third Man Books’ Chet Weise and Blue Series Book editor Ben Blackwell plus a gallery of photos featuring many that are outtakes from the book.
About the Special Edition:
*Special Limited Special Edition of 500 will feature a 7” single of unreleasedBlue Session songs by First Aid Kit and Gibby Haynes on exclusive blue vinyl pressed at TMR’s very own pressing plant in Detroit! The Special Edition will also be signed by the book’s editor, Ben Blackwell.
* Includes extensive interview with Jack White covering the span of the Series, musicians involved, recording techniques, and the direct influence of the Series on his own career.
* Interviewees include Stephen Colbert, Dwight Yoakam, Courtney Barnett, Kate Pierson, Wanda Jackson, Insane Clown Posse, First Aid Kit, Mildred and the Mice, Dex Romweber, Lillie Mae, Ruby Amanfu and more Blue Series artists.
* In these exclusive interviews, artists describe their Blue Series recording experience in a behind-the-scenes look at their own creative process and the creative process of producer Jack White. The immediacy of the recordings and unusual circumstances create stories rife with insight and interesting moments.
* Features unseen photos of the artists, including Jack White, plus an interview with principle photographer Jo McCaughey.
* A sample playlist of Blue Series songs curated by editor Ben Blackwell will be included via download card.
* Foreword written by David Fricke, who is one of the most recognizable names in music journalism. Mr. Fricke witnessed the Dungen Blue Series session and is the only journalist who has been in the studio during one of the recordings.
* Preface by TMR Psychedelic Stooge Ben Blackwell. The book also features contributions from TMR co-founder, Consigliere Ben Swank, long-time TMR Queen of Hearts Bonnie Bowden, and TMB editor Chet Weise.
Well…… its official… a legacy has been established…. imagine one day when the blue series book is more accessible than the actual vinyls themselves and more curious is the idea that some person might stuble upon a book which still contains the vinyl insert and might by chance or brilliance deside to reverse engineer a method of amplification which included a sacred groove reader!!!!! Oh the places this book might just go!!!! .. odd but that is the idiosyncratic truth of diverse media and their intrinsic nature in this real time passtime paradise…. a wonderful and quirky gift to pay forward to humanity!!! Another wonderfully inspired adventure care of the Third Man Universe….sigh….
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Dear Ben, Chet, and Jack— My two cats are pissed off because I came home from work, opened the big white pizza box from TMR that was on my doorstep, and then stood in my kitchen for an hour and a half completely engrossed in this book, flipping back and forth reading interviews at random while totally ignoring their increasingly frantic yowls of hunger. They’ve eaten now and will be fine, and this book is every goddamn thing I hoped it would be. After starting out the day crying over Chris Cornell’s death, I’m so grateful to you all for the exhilarating boost this evening. Off to eat my own cold dinner and listen to Gibby and First Aid Kit.
$60!? That’s a shame…..
Amazon price just went up. It’s $60 now.
Or this fancy version is in the TMR store now!
For those of you asking…you can preorder the standard version on Amazon now, it’s like $40.
So very excited for this book! Wonderful idea! Thanks for taking the time to put it all together. Great interview too! Appreciate sharing it was us.
Stupid question, will a standard version of this be released? I live nowhere near your stores, and would love to read all of the info you guys took the time to compile.
This is the singularly most special item I hope to get on RSD!
Loved the interview, Ben & Chet! The book sounds absolutely brilliant. Since Wanda didn’t bite, you can give Jack a hug & a kiss from me.