The Dead Weather - LP3

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Summer is turning to fall. Days are getting shorter, nights are getting longer. The smell of burning leaves and car tires fills the air and Third Man proudly preps its final Vault package for the 2013 calendar.

The LP this coming quarter is a stunning live recording of the Raconteurs live at the Ryman Auditorium. Recorded from their most recent spell of shows in September 2011, the set is chock-full of all the unforgettable original tunes (no covers!) that make this band so essential. Of particular import are the barnstorming, bring-the-house down versions of "Blue Veins" and "Carolina Drama" both clocking in at over ten minutes in length. You like horn sections? Then dig the crack team on "The Switch and the Spur" and "Many Shades of Black." The band captured here hits the mark at full-throttle. Pressed on two LPs of 180-gram vinyl goodness, disc one on a rich rawhide and tobacco colored vinyl and disc two on luscious gold and oil colored vinyl.

The 7" this go-round is incredibly special. Two BRAND NEW studio recordings from the Dead Weather. "Open Up (That's Enough)" and "Rough Detective" are unlike anything else the band has ever done and are both ample reminders of the ferocity of this motley collection of low-lifes, grifters and ne'er-do-wells. These songs are not throw-aways. These songs are not demos. These songs are not outtakes. This 7" will ONLY be available via Vault subscription. No other 7" of these songs will be made. The whole thing is pressed on striking yellow jacket vinyl and coupled with a custom glue-pocket picture sleeve, a slight shift from the Vault's usual die-cut company sleeves.

Is there more to come from this? Yes there is. The Dead Weather's plan is to record and release two-song sets until 2015 at which time they will release a full album that contains these singles plus many more album-only tracks. It's a unique long-term plan for new music from this incendiary group. The songs WILL be released digitally, but not until Vault packages have been dispatched to subscribers. The goal is that physical copies are out there first.

[Harry Lime]

I wish I had a record player.

[Merc]

Oh fuck.

[VinylGuy]

Its not DW but it has Alison so...

[Fuzzcharger]

I always felt the Raconteurs were a much better band and wrote much better songs than the Dead Weather.

[Gods' Die]

I always felt the Raconteurs were a much better band and wrote much better songs than the Dead Weather.

The Rac's second record was fucking monstrous.

[Fuzzcharger]

I always felt the Raconteurs were a much better band and wrote much better songs than the Dead Weather.

The Rac's second record was fucking monstrous.

It really is. They gave some great shows on those tours too. I wonder why it's been put to rest for so long.

[Gods' Die]

I always felt the Raconteurs were a much better band and wrote much better songs than the Dead Weather.

The Rac's second record was fucking monstrous.

It really is. They gave some great shows on those tours too. I wonder why it's been put to rest for so long.

We saw em in STL that tour. They were great.

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One band I need to see live when they come around.

The Dead Weather show I saw was absolutely bad ass. Alison is a fucking showman.

[psychobain]

Sea of Cowards is the best Jack White album since Elephant

[VinylGuy]

One band I need to see live when they come around.

The Dead Weather show I saw was absolutely bad ass. Alison is a fucking showman.

Bad ass...exactly. I saw her both with TDW and with The Kills...she is everything.

[psychobain]

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I really like both of these songs. Got the package last week or so.

[Revelator]

Really digging both tunes, but do you have to have a Vault subscription to get them? This has me looking forward to the next album...

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Released digitally in January.