Jack White is set to Release Live Albums From His ’90s Detroit Bands
Live performances recorded in 1998 and 1999 from Two Star Tabernacle, the Go, and Jack White and the Bricks
Its all in the latest installment of Third Man’s Vault subscription series is centered around live performances from three of Jack White’s early bands: Two Star Tabernacle, The Go, and Jack White and the Bricks. The performances, which are contained on three LPs, were recorded at Detroit’s Gold Dollar venue in 1998 and 1999.
Above, you can listen to three snippets taken from the release.
All of the performances feature songs written by White. The Two Star Tabernacle LP includes early versions of the White Stripes’ “Hotel Yorba” and “Now Mary,” while the Jack White and the Bricks LP includes versions of the White Stripes’ “Dead Leaves & The Dirty Ground,” “Candy Cane Children,” and “You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket.” The LPs also come with reproductions of flyers, setlists, and more.
The Vault package will also include the Dead Weather’s “Let Me Through” b/w “Be Still” 7″, as well as a “Third Man Records Challenge Coin,” which gives its bearer 10% off any purchase made at the label’s Nashville or Detroit stores in 2016. It also works as a large hole 45 adaptor for a record player.
It’s never a dull day at the Jack White news desk, even as the musician himself appears to be on hiatus following his lengthy Lazaretto world tour and the release of The Dead Weather’s Dodge and Burn. Today, Third Man Records has detailed the latest package for members of its Vault subscription service, and included is music from two of White’s very early bands.
Two Star Tabernacle was White’s short-lived punk rock band with Dan John Miller, who later formed the band Blanche. Several of the songs White originally wrote for Two Star were later altered and recorded for The White Stripes’ third album White Blood Cells, specifically “Hotel Yorba” and “Now Mary”. The Vault package offers a live recording of Two Star from January 16th, 1998, featuring “twangier older siblings” of these two songs, as well as an unreleased track called “Itchy”.
Less than a year later, White played a handful of shows fronting a band called The Bricks, which featured his future Raconteurs bandmate Brendan Benson. This recording, which has been enchased from the original multitrack masters, features early versions of White Stripes songs like “Candy Cane Children” and “You Got Her in Your Pocket” along with an unreleased track called “One and Two”.
Each of these gold LPs come in their own custom stylized jacket and are housed in a soft touch telescoping box highlighting the Gold Dollar, the Detroit music venue where all three performances took place. The box is filled with facsimile reproductions of setlists, flyers, band ephemera, and more.
Additionally, the forthcoming Vault package includes a yellow and black 7-inch of The Dead Weather’s Dodge and Burn tracks, “Let Me Through” and “Be Still”.
Those interested in obtaining this package can sign up for Third Man’s Vault here.
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