The album Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn is near and dear to us at Third Man Records. Not only did the album garner some of the best reviews of her fifty-plus years in the music business, but also her first-ever solo Grammy for Best Country Album in 2005. With Lynn having writing credit on all thirteen of the album’s songs, it stands as a high-water mark in her ability to crossover beyond “country” audiences and appeal to music fans of all ages and persuasions. Produced by Jack White, this landmark album is being given the deluxe treatment it so deserves as package #24 in our Vault subscription service.
Featuring songs like “Portland, Oregon” and “God Makes No Mistakes,” Van Lear Rose is a testament to Lynn’s enduring strength as one of the strongest songwriting voices of the past hundred years. The LP, produced exclusively for part of the Vault, is mastered directly from the original analog tapes and includes a previously unreleased song from the sessions titled “Just to Have You Back.” Housed in a sleeve that reinterprets the original artwork with embellishments of gold foil embossing, soft touch coating, spot UV varnish and pressed on “golden” vinyl, the fanciful re-imagination of the artwork is wholly vibrant and compelling.
The accompanying 7” single is the White Stripes covering two of Lynn’s classic songs. Recorded in Detroit in 2000, Jack and Meg White’s interpretation of “Rated X” is a studio recording originally intended as the flipside to the Stripes’ cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” Buried in the Vault since then, the electric version, complete with steel guitar accompaniment, is tantalizing and the kind of material that the Vault was specifically created to release. On the b-side is a live rendition of Lynn’s “Whispering Sea” recorded live at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA on August 6, 2005… just up the road from where Lynn wrote the song back in the early 1960s. Pressed on white vinyl and housed in the inimitable Third Man Vault sleeve, these White Stripes renditions are the prefect pairing to Lynn’s landmark album.
The album Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn is near and dear to us at Third Man Records. Not only did the album garner some of the best reviews of her fifty-plus years in the music business, but also her first-ever solo Grammy for Best Country Album in 2005. With Lynn having writing credit on all thirteen of the album’s songs, it stands as a high-water mark in her ability to crossover beyond “country” audiences and appeal to music fans of all ages and persuasions. Produced by Jack White, this landmark album is being given the deluxe treatment it so deserves as package #24 in our Vault subscription service.
Featuring songs like “Portland, Oregon” and “God Makes No Mistakes,” Van Lear Rose is a testament to Lynn’s enduring strength as one of the strongest songwriting voices of the past hundred years. The LP, produced exclusively for part of the Vault, is mastered directly from the original analog tapes and includes a previously unreleased song from the sessions titled “Just to Have You Back.” Housed in a sleeve that reinterprets the original artwork with embellishments of gold foil embossing, soft touch coating, spot UV varnish and pressed on “golden” vinyl, the fanciful re-imagination of the artwork is wholly vibrant and compelling.
The accompanying 7” single is the White Stripes covering two of Lynn’s classic songs. Recorded in Detroit in 2000, Jack and Meg White’s interpretation of “Rated X” is a studio recording originally intended as the flipside to the Stripes’ cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” Buried in the Vault since then, the electric version, complete with steel guitar accompaniment, is tantalizing and the kind of material that the Vault was specifically created to release. On the b-side is a live rendition of Lynn’s “Whispering Sea” recorded live at the Gorge Amphitheater in George, WA on August 6, 2005… just up the road from where Lynn wrote the song back in the early 1960s. Pressed on white vinyl and housed in the inimitable Third Man Vault sleeve, these White Stripes renditions are the prefect pairing to Lynn’s landmark album.
To top it all off and of supreme excitement is a new, exclusive DVD filmed in 2015 of both Lynn and White revisiting the time of Van Lear Rose to tell stories of its creation, its release and all the other subsequent hubbub and adoration. Shot by Third Man’s in-house video maestro Brad Holland, the entirety of the film is being created solely for Vault inclusion and enjoyment. Maybe Loretta and Jack will even grace us with a few stripped-down, acoustic versions of some of their favorite songs on the album. And don’t let our lawyer see this, but we’ll also be hiding some deep archival footage that we are actually legally prohibited from telling you about. Things you can’t even find on YouTube. The DVD will be jam-packed with goodness and good times.
And because we’re just crazy enough to load you down with tasty extras, we’re including a custom 5 x 7” foil-stamped and embossed postcard playing on the album lettering. This thing is suitable for framing. Also suitable for framing… stunning unused photos from the original album art session. On top of that is an exquisitely-designed enamel rose pin done up in the deep apricot color of the floribunda rose named “Loretta Lynn Van Lear” in 2011 in honor of Lynn’s 50th anniversary in the music business.
The total, unified package is something Third Man Records is quite humbled to be able to offer to the world. Subscriptions are available now, with the April 30th deadline to get in on this package swiftly approaching.
For more info about the Loretta Lynn Van Lear (including mail order options!) check out http://www.chambleeroses.com/order.php?id=468
Subscribe to Vault Package #24 HERE.
I absolutely loved blue orchids post rock on!!!!! Happy Easter!
I am glad that I love Loretta and appreciate her talent, effort and story. Otherwise it would be the most expensive enamel pin in my life :)
@Tim m. Bates no, thank you and Happy Easter! :)
BlueOrchid Thank You! The perfect post. For me this be my second Vault Package as a member and I want EVERYTHING That the Vault and TMR will and has put out so far. I’m back into vinyl solely because of this and couldn’t be more stoked to track down all the Vault Packages. Nobody else is putting together packages like this!
Ummmm…. Yeah. Ok. Hey TMR! Great package!!! Love me some Lo-retty! Cheers!!
Not everything that Third Man puts out and not every Vault package they release is going to appeal to everyone. They have to do a balancing act of pleasing members who have been here since beginning and offer things to new members as well as attracting more fans to become Vault members. I think they balance this dilemma pretty well over all the Vault packages they offer during the year. I think all the elements in this Vault package also balance out all these issues. While some people, like myself, may already own the Van Lear Rose album this Vault package is specially colored and packaged. Also there are exclusive elements to this package that were not available before to those who have been members for a while and the package as a whole could attract new members, especially Loretta Lynn fans to want to become Vault members and see what great things TMR does. It is no secret that Jack is very fond of Loretta and putting out a tribute package to her at this time is a wise marketing move as it is just following the great performance she did with Jack on his recent tour. It is totally ok if this package is not your thing or if it doesn’t appeal to you but as someone said below it seems to appeal to most members. But it just seems that there is a certain group who comes in and rains their negativity and gloom and doom down on everything Jack and TMR does. They don’t’ like Tidal, they don’t like this Vault package, etc., etc. It does make many of us wonder why they are Vault members when all they ever seem to do is complain about just about everything. I guess you can say that it is a subscription service and you are letting them know what you want. But people seem to be confusing the fact that just because it’s something they want doesn’t necessarily mean it’s what everyone else wants. The fact is Jack is going to put out what he wants and what he feels needs to be out there and I really don’t think he cares what anyone’s opinion is. He has said in many interviews that there are a lot of things that Third Man puts out that make very little money and somethings that they put out that make no money at all. But they put them out because he feels a project needs to be done or that artist or music should be out there or it needs to exist. He is one of the very few record company owners who does not decide on whether or not something will be put out there solely based on whether they will make a ton of money off of it. If money was Jack’s greatest issue he would not run a subscription/fan service and he would just mass market everything would not have to deal with people who flip TMR’s exclusive merchandise, not have to deal with all the negative comments and he would make a lot more money and be a richer man. If this Vault package appeals to you then get it. If it doesn’t then don’t get it. Everyone needs to lighten up. Here is a video of Maple the dog playing drums on Seven Nation Army. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqGsZ73nWh0 I am sure that one thing we will all agree on after watching this video is Maple the dog officially needs to become the Third Man Records mascot. Lighten up and have a laugh. Peace.
I’ll have to go sub par on this one. just disappointing
Although this looks like a beautiful vault package, I’m really in the vault more so for jack White and White Stripes.
I am just happy to be able to afford the money to receive these wonderful packages! My favorites are Jack and his bands, but any artist is great for me! Thank you so much for these packages. !
Hello TMR, I live in Belgium and had never listen to Loretta before knowing the vault will be this album. I heard the album on deezer and at first it seems ok to me. Thanks for making me discover this album.
a question tough: will there be French subtitles on the DVD ? I am not bad at english but I guess there will be a lot of discussions where I will not catch a single word so, … just wondering. Thanks for your reply.