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RECORD STORE DAY AT THIRD MAN RECORDS: JACK WHITE & THIRD MAN RECORDS PRESENT…
T H E W O R L D ’ S F A S T E S T R E L E A S E D R E C O R D
LIMITED EDITION “LAZARETTO” SINGLE TO BE RECORDED LIVE, PRESSED & RELEASED APRIL 19 FOR RECORD STORE DAY
On April 19th, Record Store Day, Third Man Records will present Jack White recording the World’s Fastest Released Record, studio-to-store, in the history of mankind.
You heard correctly. First thing in the morning, Jack White will take the stage in Third Man's blue room and record direct-to-acetate what will serve as the limited edition version of his next single, a live rendition of the title track from his upcoming LP Lazaretto. The masters will be rushed over to United Record Pressing who will immediately begin pressing 45s. The sleeves will be printed from pictures taken at the show. The finished records will be whisked back to Third Man to sell to awaiting fans. All in the same day. All in a matter of mere hours. As long as there are fans in line waiting to buy the single, United will continue to press and deliver them to Third Man to sell. Even if it takes all day.
In addition, Whirlwind Heat will appear at Third Man to play their first live show since 2006 (and likely their last ever), as their TMR classic Do Rabbits Wonder? LP is reissued on a variety of colored vinyl for Record Store Day.
Plus a great selection of local vendors will be on hand to keep everyone well-fed and refreshed… and there will, as always, be some surprises.
Tickets for this whole day —“Ultra Tickets” — are extremely limited and will be available exclusively through The Third Man Records Vault to Platinum Members. Ultra Ticket holders will get to watch Jack White live recording his World’s Fastest Record, Whirlwind Heat’s afternoon performance, and will receive copies of both The World’s Fastest Record 7” and the Whirlwind Heat Record Store Day LP release — all without having to wait in line! Vault Platinum members who are ticket holders need only show up, see Jack White play, hang out for a bit and eat, watch Whirlwind Heat (last show EVER??) and then, as they leave, pick up their bag with both RSD releases. No lines. No stress.
For those who can’t score tickets, The World’s Fastest Record will be made available for sale from the front of Third Man Records as soon as copies are pressed. Anybody who shows up that day during business hours wanting to purchase a copy will get one. Third Man promises to deliver until all customers are satisfied (one per customer, obviously!). The World’s Fastest Record will only be available at Third Man Records on Record Store Day. One time only!
Ultra Tickets for Record Store Day will be available via The Vault Pre-Sale ticket store at 3pm CT today, Thursday, April 3rd. JUST A GOLD SUBSCRIBER? SIGN UP FOR A PLATINUM MEMBERSHIP HERE.
10am - Jack White recording World’s Fastest Record (limited edition “Lazaretto” 7”) and short concert
2pm - Whirlwind Heat Live
4pm - Collect your RSD exclusives on your way out of the venue and enjoy your evening!
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@Cathryn I’m seeing him at Bonnaroo, and since that’s the same week of Lazaretto’s release maybe I’ll get lucky and they’ll do something in-shop for it. It’s all good. The 19th is still gonna be great and I still get the vinyl regardless.
Hey man I’m just happy to be here. I mean really who wants to be apart of The World’s Fastest Record? Please sounds like a BIG waste of time…wait I have an idea not a good one but an idea none the less. Now people of TMR hear me out, if we have something from the past vault releases to show that we are loyal vault members we should be able to get in…. Yeah buddy now that sounds good to me.
@Plaidtude – I know it sucks – don’t be sad – Jack has his solo album coming out plus he is recording with the Dead Weather – you will have plenty of opportunities to see him play.
@adnamay Agreed, although I am thankfully a Facebook junkie and saw the post on TMR’s Facebook page at like noon today. I called the shop earlier and talked to Cam about pricing and ticket purchase limits, guess I should have tried to inquire on how many were being sold. Ugh. Who told you to buy from a flipper?!
@adnamay – who told you you should buy from a flipper?
They actually told me I should buy from a flipper because I couldn’t buy something recently due to a site error. Good luck to those emailing about it though.
I do wish there had been a little more notice about the tickets. Or even an option for us to get emailed when new posts are put up. I didn’t see it till 3:30, so I was obviously too late.
@Cathryn I know, I’m not buying. I am actually reporting them as a flipper. No one should be allowed to sell a ticket for 4x its face value when those of us who wanted to go couldn’t get anything.
Overseas members lost quite a lot opportunities to use our right as a Vault member. Don’t rule us out. Please sell some of there 7’’ online.
@Platitude – just be very wary of people selling tickets on ebay and Craiglist. When I went to the Davis a couple of months ago I met two girls who brought tickets – both paid around $500 for the ticket and when they got to the door they were not able to get in to the show because the tickets were fake. Both girls were in tears – not only because they didn’t get to see the show but because of the hundreds of dollars they lost and will never get back. It’s a new scam. It not only happened with the Davis concert but it was on the news that happened at Laga Gaga’s shows and several other groups. So just be careful with people advertising concert tickets on those sites.
I can’t wait to hear the song ‘Entitlement’. I bet that’s going to be good.