Do you like the White Stripes? Do you like experiments? Do you like the Vault? Do you like combining all three? We do. For our 19th installment of the Vault, we're doing something we've never done before. Something that Vault members have been clamoring for…the exclusive, limited, colored vinyl edition of a record. As you probably know, TMR tries to release a limited version of every record we do. That limited edition is usually available only at certain locations or stores, while the black vinyl version is kept in print forever.
This package will consist of limited colored vinyl pressings of all of the White Stripes singles from their album Elephant. These include…
"Seven Nation Army"
"I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself"
"The Hardest Button to Button"
"There's No Home For You Here"
The b-sides consist of covers of some of Detroit's most pre-eminent artists in 2003…
"Good to Me" written by Brendan Benson and Jason Falkner and originally released on Benson's 2002 album Lapalco.
"Who's to Say…" written by Dan Miller and released by his outfit Blanche in 2003 on their album If We Can't Trust the Doctors…
"St. Ides of March" written by the Soledad Brothers and released on their self-titled album of 2000.
As well as a White Stripes live medley of "I Fought Piranhas / Let's Build a Home" recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York.
Each of these tracks has been remastered from the original analog sources, and in the case of "…March" and "Piranhas" where there were no analog masters, we used only the finest digital files that could withstand sitting unused on a hard drive for over ten years.
The artwork on all the singles has been tidied up, spell-checked and given that special Third Man "je ne sais quoi"
"There's No Home For You Here", which was originally coupled with a generic company sleeve, now has stunning new artwork. It looks electrifying!
And these sleeves FEEL amazing. Employing a process called (we're not making this up) "soft touch aqueous coating" each of these glue-pocket sleeves feels like a hybrid between rubber and lambskin. It's difficult to describe, but immediately noticeable and amazing in person. Each record will be pressed on clear vinyl with with an added vinyl highlight color insertion of either red, black or white. For "There's No Home…" all three of those colors will be added to clear vinyl, to make something truly exciting. All of this will be housed in a custom-made telescoping box, so that these singles can forever live together with distinction in your record collection. Later in 2014 each of the singles will be available individually, on black vinyl, with no box, to the general public.
SIGN UP HERE. Deadline to sign-up for this package is January 31st at 7pm CST.
I agree with those posters who say that this is a weak set. While the upcoming Vault package seems to be a high, this one is a low. No splattered vinyl, thin pressings, bad sound and really, not much new material at all. Two of my discs had so much distortion I’ll probably not play them again. A missed opportunity, but that is part of the subscription deal. Let’s wait for some good news with Vault 20!
Justin Maser could not have put it better – am thinking of playing the box itself as it’s thicker! These are almost flexi-discs they are that thin. Everybody enjoys the TMR stuff that looks nice but first and foremost it’s about the SOUND! Why remaster songs from Elephant in the first place – surely it was recorded at Toe Rag here in London to sound as raw as possible?
Wow, gotta change my ID!
Good things are worth waiting for. People need to relax.
I just signed up for the vault package and seeing most of these comments kinda worry me. I hope this isnt a constant problem. other than that im pretty happy with the other things offered here.
sill no confirmation at all! “N”
Honestly, this is not a good package. I mean I am not sure if this is worth $60 dollars in the retail market. It’s about $18 worth of 45’s and a box…. Also, the vinyl is the thinnest I have ever seen. The is becoming a huge issue for me as I really love heavy vinyl, it sound so much better and does not warp. Almost all the colored vault vinyl comes warped. You all really need to press these releases on 180 gram for full length. But these are so thin it’s really a shame. I think the reason these sound so bat is because the grooves on the flip sides have effected the side you are playing. For a guy who loves vinyl so much he sure is content with putting out crappy wax.
Also, I have all these already. If you don’t have the 7" records you likely have the widely available songs anyway. This is becoming a regular thing to use the vault to sell us something we already have or offer it later (non colored) in the store. I for one want music that is not available elsewhere. Live, Demo’s and Alternate Takes and all that. That is what the vault was intended for, we pay a premium for stuff that no one else can get. But nearly 3/4 for the stuff is available in other formats or some kind.
Are people having the same issue as me – heavily distorted noise on the right side channel of the vinyl? Contacted customer service and they weren’t aware of any faults?
I got mine Thursday. Mine had swirls in it but the only ones that had clear areas where Seven Nation Army and There’s No Home For You Here, that’s not a big deal though. I love the box and the sleeves too. They all sound great. I really liked this package. Thank you, TMR.
Great set and packaging, a bit disappointed in the lack of visible splatter in the vinyl versus what was advertised (same with Lafayette Blues, Let’s Shake Hands, Karen Elson and Dead Weather 7"s… only decent one was Hand Springs) URP does a fine job with other labels that release splatter vinyl, so not sure what the issue is.