White Stripes Announce Epic ‘Under Great White Northern Lights’ Box Set

I’m happy to have renewed my subscription to Jack White’s Third Man Vault just in time to get the heads-up about tomorrow’s big announcement, but perhaps I should’ve saved my 7 bucks for this epic box set instead. Jack White and company will begin taking pre-orders tomorrow on WhiteStripes.com for a limited edition release of their Canadian tour documentary, The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights.

Now here’s where it gets interesting: The box set’s (also epic) $179 asking price gets you a DVD of the feature-length film, a DVD of their 10th anniversary concert in Nova Scotia, the “first-ever official live album from The White Stripes” (a compilation of 16 tracks from the ‘07 Canadian tour) on 180 gram vinyl and CD, a 7” single, hardcover Autumn de Wilde-shot photo book of the tour with a foreword by Jim Jarmusch (!), and one of Rob Jones’ awesome silkscreens.

That $179 price point is only available until the end of this year (it will cost $229 afterward), but the documentary DVD and live album will be released individually on the same day that the box sets are shipped (Mar 16).

Unofficial pre-orders have popped up on a couple sketchy sites so far, but we suggest you go thataway first thing tomorrow morning if you’ve got the dough.