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INTRODUCING... VAULT PACKAGE #31

INTRODUCING... VAULT PACKAGE #31

The official announcement won't be released to the public until tomorrow, but we wanted to get you the news as quickly as possible that VAULT #31 will be...(drumroll please)... the MARGO PRICE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PACKAGE!

SIGN-UP DEADLINE JANUARY 31

This time last year we were gearing up for the release of Margo Price's debut album Midwest Farmer's Daughter. This was a straight-out-of-Nashville record we loved from first listen, and we are beyond thrilled that the release has led to many others discovering this singular and enigmatic artist and coming to love her as much as we do. Margo Price and her band The Pricetags had a banner year full of accolades, television appearances, incendiary live shows, and tons of good times. We'd like to celebrate the success of this cherished member of the Third Man family with the announcement of our latest Vault Package, all in honor of Margo Price, with the package in all its glory arriving on your doorstep right around the one year anniversary of the Midwest Farmer's Daughter release.

Margo Price Live at The Hamilton, Washington DC 11-9-2016

Margo and her band rolled into our nation’s capital after seven hours on the road on November 8 — election day — and spent the night in the up-for-grabs city as the results came in and anxieties rose across the country. The very next evening they played one of the most poignant and significant shows of the tour and quite possibly of their careers. As luck would have it, the tape was rolling. The set is a great mix of album tracks, live, road-tested favorites, and a batch of classic country covers from Rodney Crowell, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, and Billy Joe Shaver. Third Man Records is beyond proud to present this serendipitous landmark live show with a vellum optical sleeve on double 180-gram vinyl — one green and one white.


Set List:

Hands of Time

Black Rose (Billy Joe Shaver cover)

Tennessee Song

Paper Cowboy

Yeah You’re Right

Desperate and Depressed

Weekender

Red Bandana (Merle Haggard cover)

Me And Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson cover)

Four Years of Chances

Ain’t Living Long Like This (Rodney Crowell)

Margo Price - Blue Room Sessions 7"

When we first asked Margo to come by Third Man Records to say hello and talk about her music and the album she had just recorded at Sun Studios in Memphis, we happened to be hosting open-to-the-public recording sessions on our 1955 Scully Lathe all day in the Blue Room for direct-to-acetate recordings (Third Man Recording Service). No record label in their right mind with an engineer behind the glass and a voice like Margo’s in front of it would let an opportunity like this pass them by, so we asked if she wanted to cut a tune. What she delivered was a tear-inducing solo version of “Desperate & Depressed” which was later re-recorded as the B Side for her first single from last year, “Hurtin’ on the Bottle.” It was powerful and it was fearless and this was the pivotal moment we knew we were hooked on Margo for good.

In a nod to that first meeting with her (a truly legendary day for us, for anyone interested in Third Man lore), we invited Margo down to play two new songs live in the Blue Room, cut direct-to-acetate on our fabled lathe. Here we present the third in our series of Blue Room Sessions (previous entries include Cat Stevens and Coupler) and the first as a Vault-exclusive. The A-side features a new, never-before-recorded, original composition titled "You Told Me With Your Eyes," followed by another never-previously-recorded (by Margo that is...) cover of Billy Grammer's classic leaving tune "Gotta Travel On" on blue vinyl.

Margo Price Live at Austin City Limits DVD

Another landmark moment for Margo this year was her Austin City Limits taping, which will air January 21 on PBS. The good people from ACL have been kind enough to allow us to release this DVD of her performance featuring the entire broadcast version, and perhaps a few surprises... stay tuned.

Skull Collar Pin

For our first bonus item, perhaps the the most outlaw piece of wearable art we’ve ever created: a ¾” white and gold enamel collar pin with a gold-tone chain for wear across your top button or on your lapel. The skull image is inspired by a tattoo Margo sports on her left leg and guarantees its wearer instant cowboy credibility.

2017 Challenge Coin

Bonus item part two of two in Vault #31 is our second annual issuing of the Third Man Records Challenge Coin. Usually used as totems to signify membership in a military organization, challenge coins are slowly making their way into other realms of culture. The Third Man Records 2017 Challenge Coin will entitle its bearer (like the 2016 version) to 10% off purchases in our Detroit or Nashville storefronts for the duration of this year. It will also double as a large hole 45 adaptor. (And, if you want to “challenge” your Vault member friends to see who’s holding theirs with any empty-handed folks buying the next round of drinks… well that’s just the kind of camaraderie we hope to continue to foster amongst our most loyal and die-hard fans.) Vault package #31 is the ONLY way to get this coin… it will not be issued individually or in future packages.

Sign up for Vault Package #31 NOW. Subscription deadline = January 31 at midnight CST


Comments

Marco_CGN

Disappointed about that package. Stripes again please!

Apple_Blossom

wow…. this is a seriously nasty bit of interaction…. Pokey is my friend and these artists deserve respect for putting their creativity out there as opposed to that tripe on clear channel and other repeater stations… disgusting

DonTazeMeBro

@Scarletamiee76 totally, what the fuck I want JW to personally deliver a vault package to my door with Meg, and then play a private set of unreleased never before heard songs that they will sing once and then destroy all evidence of said show. This vault sucks, I like the good ol’ days where JW clipped his toe nails and put them in with the vault packages, or when we got that Meg Dandruff splattered vinyl that was the shit! Margo Price, Pokey La Douche what is this garbage! Vault Chat, who needs you, I hate you AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh

Paul Smith

Sitting this one out. I’m happy for others that like it. Looking forward to #32

WarpedVinyl

I think this is one of the few I will pass on. Looks like it will be a great release, but just not my cup of tea and I’d likely only listen to it once and then it’d sit on the shelf forever.

Scarletamiee76

Meh. I have been a vault member since Mono Icky Thump… First, I gotta say I feel duped…. Jack STILL hasn’t delivered a vault package personally as originally stated when this whole thing started over at Modlife…. Now 8 years later and numerous vault packages later…. not 1 single piece of this vault package has anything to do with any of Jack’s bands……. There has to be more in the “vault” than this i.e. Margo Price…. seriously trying to decide if this is worth it…. I miss the “old” vault
…. when the releases were good and the vault chat was fun!

DonTazeMeBro

@KaliDurga I would be happy to, I use bounty which is a tremendous quicker picker upper, I know Bounty amazing beautifully absorbent

chudd13

I keep wanting to cancel my subscription, because I can only store so many box sets in my already tiny, cluttered apt. But then each quarter you announce a vault I just can’t resist. If TMR could just start sucking one of these days, I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

Kali Durga

@DMTB: Could you please come to my house and clean up the orange juice that you made me spit all over my monitor? Thanks so much.

Dirk Benker

That is indeed great news! Really looking forward to that one!!!

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