SEALED JACK WHITE STRIPES BLUNDERBUSS LP LIGHTNING BOLT TMR THIRD MAN RECORDS

$

183

PLEASE NOTE: I WILL ONLY GRADE AN OPENED LP NEAR MINT (NM) IF I CAN GUARANTEE IT HAS NEVER BEEN PLAYED (i.e. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER).  OTHERWISE, NEAR MINT MINUS (NM-) IS THE ABSOLUTE HIGHEST GRADE I WILL ASSIGN AN OPENED LP.


ULTRA RARE original first lightning bolt pressing on Third Man Records with BLACK vinyl and a blue bolt!!!  These were ONLY available from the Third Man Rolling Record Store in 2012 and it's widely believed that less than 300 exist.  I bought this on the Sunday of Lollapallooza weekend in August of 2012 when Jack headlined the festival.  I was eating breakfast in the Wicker Park neighborhood and out of the corner of my eye I thought I caught a glimpse of a big, unusually bright yellow vending truck headed in the direction of Reckless Records around the corner.  Following a hunch I hurried around the corner and there it was.  Only one person was hip to the fact that the first ten customers were usually rewarded with something exclusive.  Eventually more folks started to line up but I was number two in line and snagged a copy of this LP.  I even kept a Third Man Rolling Record Store menu from that day dated 2012 for provenance.  I worked at a bar around the corner from Reckless and knew the staff there as they drank at my bar often.  I was a trusted enough ally to be let in on the super secret show Jack was doing there in the afternoon that day.  I went home and returned later to a mostly empty store and watched in the front row (around 12 feet away) as Jack came out with one band and switched to another band halfway through the show to tear through some White Stripes and Raconteurs songs.  It was the experience of a lifetime to see one of my idols (and I don't have many) in that tiny little store in the front row.  I didn't need no stinkin Lollapallooza.  This is a 100% guaranteed original pressing of this Third Man ultra-rarity in stunning condition with four sharp corners.  It's been a year and a half since one of these has come up for auction and it will be a lot longer before a sealed one surfaces.  A nicer copy does not exist.  You will not be disappointed.  Don't sleep Jack White Stripes/Third Man collectors.  These are massive future collectibles (particularly in this absolute mint condition WITH the original RRS menu) so invest now or be very sorry.


I USE GOLDMINE GRADING: MINT (SEALED)
NEAR MINT: LOOKS UNPLAYED VG++:  VERY VERY MINIMAL SIGNS OF USE
VG+:  AVERAGE SIGNS OF USE, NOTHING DEEP, SUPERFICIAL VG:  STILL AN OK RECORD, NOISE BETWEEN SONGS
GOOD: WORN BUT PLAYS FINE WITH DISTRACTING NOISE POOR:  FILLER COPY ONLY.  LOTS OF SCRATCHES