Third Man Vault #58 White Stripes Live In Las Vegas UNOPENED MAILER

$

175

FIRST TIME ON VINYL SINCE 2003 ULTRA RARE WHITE STRIPES SHOW!

3LP, 7INCH, BUMPER STICKERS AND ROB JONES PRINTS VAULT PACKAGE WILL BE MAILED STILL SEALED IN THE THIRD MAN BOX

September 2003 was a moment of transition. Not two months prior, the entire existence of the White Stripes was nervously put on hold as Jack White recovered (quickly) from a car crash broken finger, the effects of which had the potential to be catastrophic. Ultimately it only briefly inhibited him from playing the D minor chord on guitar.

Once back into the swing of things, with the profile of the band continuing to rise in the wake of Elephant’s release, the shows started to take on a life of their own. Whereas the performances had always been compelling and engaging, this return to stage found the band measurably more ferocious. The unplanned respite, however fleeting, was just the right timing to give Jack and Meg perspective, catch their breaths, and hit back like a fucking rocket.

In the midst of the run of shows in September 2003, a promotional idea was cooked up by the team at V2 Records – 40 or so fans would be flown out to the White Stripes show at the Joint (at the Hard Rock Casino) in Las Vegas, get a meet-and-greet with the band, and then some time afterward be presented with a vinyl pressing of that evening’s show.

The original pressing is sparse to say the least. With no printed artwork, tracklisting or even credits “The White Stripes Live In Las Vegas” rubber-stamped on the labels is the only true identifier on this record. A dip through the original paperwork shows only 100 copies were ever pressed, all at United Record Pressing in Nashville.

In celebration of twenty years since the performance, the 58th Vault package from Third Man Records is the first-ever commercially available pressing of the White Stripes triple LP Live In Las Vegas.

The White Stripes

Live In Las Vegas

3 x 180-gram colored vinyl LPs

Tracklist:

1. Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground

2. When I Hear My Name

3. Not Fade Away (Buddy Holly)

4. St. James Infirmary Blues (traditional)

5. Black Math

6. The Big Three Killed My Baby

7. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother’s Heart

8. Death Letter (Son House)

9. Take A Whiff On Me (traditional)

10. In The Cold, Cold Night

11. Wasting My Time

12. I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself (Burt Bacharach / Hal David)

13. Offend In Every Way (incomplete)

14. The Union Forever

15. Seven Nation Army

16. You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket

17. I Think I Smell A Rat

18. Look Me Over Closely (Terry Gilkyson / Marelene Dietrich)

19. Cannon

20. Mary Had A Little Lamb (traditional)

21. Cannon (reprise)

22. Ball And Biscuit

23. The Hardest Button To Button

24. You’re Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)

25. Hello Operator

26. We’re Going To Be Friends

27. Hotel Yorba

28. Fell In Love With A Girl

29. Your Southern Can Is Mine (Blind Willie McTell)

30. Screwdriver

31. Boll Weevil (Leadbelly)

7-inch single:

1. Ball And Biscuit (live March 17th, 2004) - Bob Dylan & Jack White

2. Ball And Biscuit (live May 2nd, 2002) - The White Stripes