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White Stripes’ First Gold Dollar Shows Released on Vinyl

July 15, 2012July 9, 2012

White Stripes First Show While many bootlegs from the humble, Detroit dive bar era of the White Stripes (e.g. 4th Street Fair videos) have been circulating for years, their earliest 1997 shows have been harder to come by. 15 years ago this Saturday, however, someone thought to hit record on the soundboard of their Bastille Day live debut at the Gold Dollar’s open mic night. With only a dozen or so attendees, Jack and Meg White launched what would become one of the biggest duos in the next decade with a pair of covers, plus one original: “St. James Infirmary,” “Love Potion #9″ and ““Jimmy the Exploder.” A month later they returned for a full set, more covers and originals in tow. Now Third Man Records are releasing these inaugural gigs for their latest The Vault subscription package.

What’s more, Jack’s hand-painted peppermint from 1998 will be included in tote bag from — a sort of minor nostalgia piece, perhaps, but more interesting when considering a favorite story from the Gold Dollar years:

Beck & Jack White Collaborate Again

July 15, 2012May 24, 2012

Beck Jack White Great news, especially given Beck’s run of impressive one-off cuts of late: he and Jack White’s first studio collaboration since 2007 arrives next week as a digital/vinyl single. Last time these former touring partners teamed up was under the White Stripes banner, when Beck produced three B-sides — “It’s My Fault for Being Famous”, “Honey, We Can’t Afford to Look This Cheap” and “Cash Grab Complications on the Matter” — for Jack and Meg’s “Conquest” single. Now they’ve switched places, with White producing “I Just Started Hating Some People Today” b/w “Blue Randy,” Beck’s debut for the Third Man Records Blue Series.

By the way, there’s a lede buried in TMR’s announcement: “Both tracks were recorded in 2011 while Beck was in Nashville working on new material for his long awaited next album.” Emphasis mine! Perhaps that explains the (Music City-recorded) “Heart of Gold” vibe in his recent original tune, “Looking For A Sign.”

While we wait for the follow-up to 2008’s Modern Guilt, hear snippets of these new White-produced Beck tunes thataway and revisit the pair sharing the mic in ’07 below:

Video: Jack White, Live in New York

May 1, 2012April 28, 2012

Great news for those who missed out on Jack White’s high-profile solo performances this week just hit the web, as the best way to see the Third Man leader live (aside from actually going to a show, of course) arrives in the form of video replay from last night’s full Unstaged webcast, directed by Gary Oldman. Live from New York City’s Webster Hall, White tore through a massive, two-part set spanning much of his back catalog up to his new LP, Blunderbuss. White Stripes cuts abound, in addition to his Danger Mouse collaboration, “Two Against One,” a pair of Raconteurs tunes, and Leadbelly/Hank Williams covers.

Revisit both sets — the first with Jack’s all-female backing group, the Peacocks, and the second with his all-male crew, Los Buzzardos — below. Update: White’s team switched the video to private and uploaded individual songs in exchange. All clips are now here. Below are “Seven Nation Army” and “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground.”