Third Man Records has revealed the contents of ‘Vault #60: THIRD MAN LIVE’, a limited-edition vinyl package highlighting live recordings from Third Man venues in Nashville, Detroit, and London by a diverse span of artists including Jack White, W.I.T.C.H., Dinosaur Jr., and Mudhoney. Subscriptions to receive ‘Vault #60: THIRD MAN LIVE’are available now through April 30 at midnight (CT), exclusively at thirdmanrecords.com/vault.
The Vault has long served as a prime outlet for Third Man Records to share otherwise overlooked live performances. To celebrate the 60th Vault package, Third Man is highlighting live recordings drawn from three Third Man venues – the Blue Room in Nashville, the Blue Stage in Detroit, and the Blue Basement in London – showcasing the energy, verve, and spirit that is imbued in everything Third Man has done for more than two decades.
All discs included in Vault #60: THIRD MAN LIVE will be pressed on 180-gram vinyl in a unique, blue and white mix dubbed “skycloud,” recalling the specific hue of paint that graces the walls of all three Third Man venues. Collected in a sharp slipcase, the three LPs and bonus 7-inch will be housed in psychedelic, marbleized inner sleeves in their own custom jackets inspired by their original show posters, with Sophy Hollington’s Dinosaur Jr. imagery being of particular delight. As an extra treat, ‘Vault #60: THIRD MAN LIVE’ includes a fresh new Third Man bumper sticker exhorting all to “Support Live Music.” What’s more, ten lucky Vault packages will include a copy of Jack White’s coveted “The World’s Fastest Record” 7-inch, stashed long ago in the Third Man warehouse and promptly forgotten about, randomly inserted inside.
As the first show of his Lazaretto tour of 2014, Jack White’s appearance at the Blue Room in Nashville on April 19, 2014 is best remembered for the recording and release of a 7-inch single in the span of three hours heretofore known as “The World’s Fastest Record.” Beyond that, the entire gig features live debuts of such fan favourites as High Ball Stepper, Lazaretto, and Would You Fight For My Love? alongside reimagined White Stripes classics like Hotel Yorba and Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground.
W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend To Cause Havoc) has enraptured fans since their beginnings in the early 1970s. With influences as wide as Black Sabbath, James Brown, and the Rolling Stones, all infused with African rhythms and bush village songs, the band’s revolutionary sound would be the foundation for a genre named “Zamrock,” but despite being praised as “The Beatles of Zambia,” the W.I.T.C.H. records were all but impossible to find outside of Africa. Thanks to the efforts of dedicated, gospel-spreading fans, W.I.T.C.H. has recently enjoyed worldwide recognition of their work, and on October 5, 2022, the band eviscerated a standing-room-only crowd on the Blue Stage in Detroit – a vibrant celebration of life through music, all joyous and electric and teeming with the excitement of art connecting with its audience.
On October 17, 2022, Dinosaur Jr. blew the roof off the tiny, 60-person capacity Blue Basement in London with an iconic, inimitable set heavy on classics like Freak Scene and Feel The Pain, pinned alongside certified gems like Does It Float and No Bones. With a distortion pedal set to “stun,” J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph are stronger than ever on this recording, firing on all cylinders and laying claim that decades into their career, they easily lay waste to bands half their age. Furthermore, this record marks the first official recording released from the Blue Basement.
To push it all over the top, ‘Vault #60: THIRD MAN LIVE’ includes a bonus 7-inch from Mudhoney and their barn-burning night in the Nashville Blue Room on September 26, 2013. The three-song assault of punk classics – affectionately dubbed “the hardcore encore” – sees the band laying waste to the sold-out house with typically ferocious takes on Fang’s The Money Will Roll Right In, The Dicks’ Hate The Police, and Black Flag’s Fix Me.
‘VAULT #60: THIRD MAN LIVE’ TRACK LIST
JACK WHITE
LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS BLUE ROOM, NASHVILLE
APRIL 19TH, 2014
High Ball Stepper
Lazaretto
Power Of My Love (Elvis Presley)
Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground
Freedom At 21
Three Women
Weep Themselves To Sleep
Love Interruption
Hello Operator
Just One Drink
Hotel Yorba
Would You Fight For My Love?
W.I.T.C.H.
LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS BLUE STAGE, DETROIT
OCTOBER 5TH, 2022
Introduction
Toloka
Waile
Living In The Past
Black Tears
Mashed Potatoe
Lazy Bones
Evil Woman
DINOSAUR JR.
LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS BLUE BASEMENT, LONDON
OCTOBER 17TH, 2022
Little Fury ThIngs
Out There
Does It Float
Been There All The Time
Feel The Pain
Start Choppin
Freak Scene
Kracked
No Bones
MUDHONEY
LIVE AT THIRD MAN RECORDS BLUE ROOM, NASHVILLE
SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2013
The Money Will Roll Right In (Fang)
Hate The Police (The Dicks)
Fix Me (Black Flag)
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