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.
David Hatfield and Terje, here ! here! Well said.
Boy, getting’ the last word means a LOT in this chatroom.
After reading all the comments about this release, it appears that approval is running about 10-1 in favor, with a few ’meh’s’ thrown in for good measure. While I respect LL, her style isn’t to my taste. That being said, I would rather listen to her than 90% of what passes as country music nowadays. I haven’t decided if I’ll pass on this effort or not . Who knows – I may choose to spend the money on RSD releases. It’s no reflection on LL, Jack, or TMR.
It will not be my top package, but I will have it for my TMR Collection :-)
Oh Tubby, so sensitive.
A business for the owners, a fan club for the subscribers.
Lots of bitchin’ between the lovely Vaulters. Fact is that it is a release that has already been available for a few years via TMR – minus 1 song. The picture shows a fancy metallic GOLD vinyl, it won’t be (see the disclaimer next to the picture). It’ll look like baby poo in reality. Feels like an after thought of a Vault package to me. “Shit, the next ones due…what shall we do?” “Re-release something we already do and put an extra track on it, they’ll be fine”. I can’t help but think of Morrissey’s lyric in Paint A Vulgar Picture – “Extra track (and a tacky badge)”
Just for the record—the Vault is not a fan club, and never has been. It’s a business—a subscription service.
Having just recently re-watched “Coal Miner’s Daughter” I am kind of anxious to receive this package… I’ve never been a big country fan, but I do love Loretta Lynn’s story and she has had some awesome songs over her career… It will be a treat to hear some of her stuff that I haven’t heard before… and REALLY looking forward to seeing her and Jack interact on the dvd… Thanks Jack and TMR!
ChicagoCINDYmae please do me the courtesy of either using my full name or don’t bother contacting me. I am a fan of TMR and would hazard a guess have been a vault member for longer than you. I don’t like this vault package and that is my opinion. I won’t cancel because then I can’t access the vault novelty store where I recently spent $140 inc postage buying another album I already have (albeit not on 8x 7 inches). Funnily enough I also don’t like every record TMR have ever put out. Stop being so rude to people who don’t happen to share your views
I did not reed all posts, but to me Get Behind Me Satan colored had to be the vault such as Lazaretto was and Loretta Lynn a RSD2015 release and not the opposite as it is. that is what i mean. Vault is about TMR and not Jack White that is true but 90% of the people who made the subscription is cause the music story of Jack and the stripes, I am quiet sure of that. I stay in Europe and Vault is quiet expencive and I cannot use most of the offers of the vault for example on tour tickets or gadgets in store. A lot of cool things TMR does are not available for vault members If I can suggest, to me would be cool for a vault member to have the possibility to buy colored versions of “live at third man records” or colored versions of normal TMR releases in advance. it is just my point of view. take care everybody.