VAULT 27: Jack White/Go Live at the Gold Dollar Third Man Records TMR COMPLETE

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Third Man Records Vault 27 - Jack White and the Bricks, The Go and Two Star Tabernacle Live at 

the Gold Dollar - Includes: 3xLPs, facsimile reproductions of setlists, flyers and band ephemera, third man challenge coin,

7" single of The Dead Weather "Let Me Through" b/w "Be Still" and 7" single of The Dead Weather "Impossible Winner"

b/w "Cop and Go".

First off is Two Star Tabernacle. While the band only released two songs (both covers) while they were together, the group was a jumping-off point for the critically-regarded band Blanche, which Dan John Miller and Tracee Mae Miller would later go on to found. With the addition of Damian Lang (Detroit Cobras) on drums and Two Star Tabernacle was quite the confluence of varied influences. Two Star is also where Jack White debuted some songs that would later become known the world over through the White Stripes. This particular set by Two Star Tabernacle, recorded at the Gold Dollar on January 16th, 1998, features spirited takes of “So Long Cruel World” and “Garbage Picker” which would find more-refined lives on Blanche’s If We Can’t Trust the Doctors… album. White’s “Hotel Yorba” and “Now Mary” renditions aretwangier older siblings to how they exist on “White Blood Cells.” Of supremeinterest to audio archeologists is the White-penned song “Itchy” all spirit androckabilly rhythm that has yet to find a place in any of his subsequent musicalendeavors. A splendid cover of Merle Travis’ “Sixteen Tons” help round out theset of a band, while mentioned often, is infrequently heard. The equal partscountry and punk are in full effect here. Take heed.

Recorded at the Gold Dollar on November 25th, 1998, theferocious set by the Go highlights the momentary period before the band hadsigned to Sub Pop and was still honing material for its Whatcha Doin album.Opening with a blistering take on their anthemic “Meet Me at the Movies” andclosing with powerful version of the Sonics’ classic “Psycho”, the smell ofsweat and Stroh’s permeates this recording. Aside from a radio session and anunderwater audience recording, this is the only live document of how intensethis line-up of the Go was. With band mainstays Bobby Harlow, John Krautner andMarc Fellis helming their usual positions, Dave Buick (Italy Records, Third ManCass Corridor) is on bass and Jack White is on lead guitar. Included here is alive take on White’s “Turn Your Little Light Bulb On” a song penned for the Gothat has remained relatively unheard in the intervening eighteen years. The Goare essential in understanding Detroit rock history and this, their first liverelease, cements their place in the pantheon.

Opening for Royal Trux on September 16th, 1999, Jack Whiteand the Bricks were actually never called that name during their briefexistence across a half-dozen (or so) shows. We’ve reproduced the flyerproclaiming “Jack White Band” to prove it. While Vault Package #15 showcased alive recording of the Bricks that left a lot to be desired in regards tofidelity, the multitrack masters from the Gold Dollar were available to createa truly stellar mix here. From Brendan Benson’s harmonic accents (on bothvocals and guitar) to Kevin Peyok’s even-keeled bass runs, through BenBlackwell’s competent drum work…the performance here is sublime. If you’ve everdaydreamed about hearing Jack tackle White Stripes songs with the attack of twoguitars behind them…this show will delight. Divergent interpretations ofStripes’ catalog staples “Candy Cane Children” and “You’ve Got Her in YourPocket” do not disappoint. The otherwise unreleased Jack White song “One and Two”is particularly fascinating. Rounded out with a cover of Little Richard’s “Ooh!My Soul” (which may be an inspiration for “Fell in Love With a Girl”) and whatexists here is the definitive document of this outfit.

Each LP comes in it’s own custom stylized jacket and will behoused in a soft touch telescoping box highlighting the Gold Dollar building.Keep ‘em in the box or file ‘em away in your individual band sections in yourrecord collection…whatever you want! Vinyl pressed on our non-metallic approximationof gold vinyl.

The box will be filled up with all sorts of facsimilereproductions of setlists, flyers, band ephemera and material the likes ofwhich fans have come accustomed to expecting in the unrivaled Vault packages.

For our 7” offering in this package…we continue along thepath of Dead Weather Dodge and Burn with the electrifying “Let Me Through”backed with the frightening “Be Still.” Housed in a tasty glue-pocket sleeveand pressed on the hazy mix of yellow and black vinyl, this further solidifiesthe idea that the Dead Weather are as equally as deadly on single as they areon LP. If you’ve got the first four of these, you can’t tap out now. Collectthe whole series.

The bonus item in Vault #27 is a custom Third Man RecordsChallenge Coin. Usually used as totems to signify membership in a militaryorganization, challenge coins are slowly making their way into other realms ofculture. The Third Man Records 2016 Challenge Coin will entitle its bearer to10% off any purchases in our Detroit or Nashville store fronts for the durationof this year. It will also double as a large hole 45 adaptor. If you want towear it on a chain around your neck, hell, we won’t stop you. And if you wantto “challenge” your Vault member friends to see who’s holding theirs with anyempty-handed folks buying the next round of drinks…well that’s just the kind ofcamaraderie we hope to foster amongst our most loyal and die-hard fans. We’rehoping to make this a continuing feature of each year’s first Vault package, soget in now on the ground floor. These coins will not be made available at alater date, so if you want to be able to prove inclusion (and not be on thehook for any drinks) you absolutely need to sign up for Vault Package #27. Andif you want to sign up for more than one…we won’t mind.