MINT, MINT. Complete Factory Sealed Vault #33 "Icky Thump X". Ships in original Third Man Records custom mailer.

Nigh on ten years ago, the White Stripes unveiled the most ambitious record of their career. Taking its name from the mis-appropriation of the British exhortation “Ecky thump” the Stripes’ Icky Thump would prove to be the final full-length studio album from the beloved Detroit duo. To celebrate not only the ten years since Icky Thump’s release, but also twenty years since Jack and Meg started the White Stripes AND the 500th release in the Third Man Records’ catalog, we are delighted to announce the release of our 33rd Vault package, Icky Thump X.

Deluxe Icky Thump 180-gram, colored vinyl

The cornerstone of the package is the deluxe, “contained explosion” colored vinyl repressing of Icky Thump. Previously only ever available on boring black vinyl, this double LP, 180-gram vinyl dream is housed in a glorious tip-on sleeve with slightly modified artwork and sealed with a Victorian update on the original red/white sticker that was begrudgingly slit open by fidgety record collectors overly concerned with "condition." Remastered from the original 1” analog tapes in Nashville, TN, Icky Thump will be the first-ever Vault title manufactured at Third Man Pressing in Detroit. You will not believe your ears.

E1 Icky Thump 4:00

E2You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You're Told)3:54

E3300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues5:28

Side Dwa

F4Conquest

Trumpet – Regulo Aldama

Written-By – Corky Robbins

2:48

F5Bone Broke3:14

F6 Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn

Bagpipes – Jim Drury

3:05

F7 St. Andrew (This Battle Is In The Air)

Bagpipes – Jim Drury

1:49

Side Three

G8Little Cream Soda3:45

G9Rag And Bone3:48

G10I'm Slowly Turning Into You4:34

Side Fower

H11 A Martyr For My Love For You4:19

H12Catch Hell Blues4:18

H13Effect And Cause3:00

12" Icky Thump Extras Vinyl

The logical companion piece to Icky Thump is the collection compiling all nine of the non-album b-sides recorded for (and during) the release and tour cycle. Icky Thump Extras joins live covers (Hank Williams’ “Tennessee Border”), alternate versions recorded in the middle of a horse-racing track in Canada (“You Don’t Know What Love Is…”) with Beck-produced exclusives (“It’s My Fault For Being Famous”) and couples them with newly reimagined artwork from Grammy Award-winning designer Rob Jones. Consider this the first and last time any of these songs will appear on 12-inch vinyl, pressed on luminescent lunar-colored vinyl. Extras will also be manufactured at Third Man Pressing in Detroit.

C1 Tennessee Border

Written-By – Jimmy Work 2:11

C2 Baby Brother

Written-By – Vern Orr 2:28

C3 You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told) (Frat Rock Version)3:48

C4A Martyr For My Love For You (Acoustic Version)4:23

Side B

D5It’s My Fault For Being Famous

Backing Vocals, Piano, Co-producer – Beck 2:56

D6Cash Grab Complications On The Matter

Co-producer – Beck 3:38

D7Honey, We Can’t Afford To Look This Cheap

Slide Guitar, Co-producer – Beck 3:56

D8Conquest (Acoustic Mariachi Version)

Co-producer – Beck

Guitarrón – Jorge Oliva

Instruments – Stewart Cole

Music By – Mariachi De United States

Trumpet – Jesus Zamora

Vihuela – Carlos Savage*

Violin – Fernando Navarro, Israel Moreno

Written-By – Corky Robbins 2:45

D9Conquista (Spanish Language Version)

Written-By – Corky Robbins 2:48

The Red Demos

Prior to entering Blackbird Studios for the tracking of Icky Thump, the White Stripes did a full run-through of the tracks in demo form to workshop ideas and get thoughts on tape at their Nashville rehearsal spot. This would prove to be the ONLY time the band would ever demo an album before recording. Forgotten by all involved in the intervening ten years, The Red Demos is a startling insight into the germination of the songs that would soon be blasted out at arenas and festivals the world over. Of particular interest is the first ever release of the instrumental “Monkeys Have It Easy”, a title previously teased via the original Icky Thump press release in 2007. Cover art depicts a working mock-up of the unedited image used on the original album and exists as the ideal compliment to both that original issue and the mono mix of Icky Thump from Vault Package #1. The Red Demos will also be pressed at Third Man Pressing in Detroit.

A1 You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)3:43

A2A Martyr For My Love For You5:14

A3Rag And Bone2:51

A4Catch Hell Blues4:12

A5Little Cream Soda3:42

A6Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn2:16

Side XX

B1Monkeys Have It Easy1:40

B2Bone Broke3:55

B3Icky Thump5:30

B4Catch Hell Blues (Reprise)4:13

B5Conquest

Written-By – Corky Robbins 2:49

B6300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues5:21

Exclusive Polaroid Photo Book

To further push this package into “I Cannot Believe They Did That" territory is an exclusive book comprised of Polaroid photos, tracking notes and insight from Icky Thump session photographer and White Stripes’ confidante David Swanson. Comprised 100% of previously unseen and unshared material, the of-the-moment documentation of the album and its recording process by Swanson’s intuitive and discerning eye is revelatory.

Mystery Art Prints By Rob Jones

To even further blow this thing out of the water is one of nine different 8x10 White Stripes images by Rob Jones. Randomly inserted so you have no idea which one you’ll get, these include classic updates on art and graphics from the original release era in addition to completely new ideas, all rendered in the highest quality silkscreen printing and suitable for immediate framing or burning.

"Rag and Bone" Enamel Pin Set

Not enough? Ok, take TWO enamel pins that when combined depict the horse skeleton imagery originally featured on the 7-inch artwork for “Rag and Bone” and understand full well that the addition of said pins will elevate any drab old potato sack to a best-dressed list ensemble.

Cross of St. Andrew Soft Touch Box

All of these components will be lovingly housed in a soft-touch coated telescoping box that reproduces the cross of St. Andrew used as an important graphic in Icky Thump’s issue ten years ago and rendered even more poignant now as the specific version of that cross (the Cross of Burgundy) forms the shape of an X.

Companies, etc.

Copyright (c) – The White Stripes

Phonographic Copyright (p) – The White Stripes

Copyright (c) – Third Man Records, LLC

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Third Man Records, LLC

Licensed To – Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Record Company – Warner Music Group

Published By – Peppermint Stripe Music

Published By – Lear Music Inc.

Recorded At – Blackbird Studio

Designed At – Animal Rummy

Remastered At – Nashville Record Productions

Pressed By – United Record Pressing – TMR 498, TMR 499

Pressed By – Third Man Pressing – TMR 500

Credits

Design, Layout – Rob Jones, The Third Man (5)

Drums, Maracas – Meg White

Guitar – Jack White (2)

Liner Notes – III*

Management – Ian Montone

Mastered By [Vinyl] – WG* (tracks: 1 to 10)

Mixed By – Jack White III*, Joe Chiccarelli

Photography By – Autumn de Wilde*

Producer – Jack White III*

Recorded By – Joe Chiccarelli

Recorded By [Assistant] – Lowell Reynolds

Vocals – Jack White (2) (tracks: E1-F6, G8-H13), Meg White (tracks: F7, G9-G10)

Written-By – Jack White III* (tracks: A1-B4, B6,C2-D3,E1-E3,F5-H13)

Notes

Tenth anniversary edition, housed in a soft touch telescoping box.

180-gram, colored splatter vinyl limited deluxe anniversary edition repress of Icky Thump. Housed in a tip-on sleeve with slightly modified artwork and sealed with a Victorian update on the original red/white sticker. Remastered from the original 1” analog tapes in Nashville, TN, Icky Thump is the first-ever Vault title manufactured at Third Man Pressing in Detroit. 

Package includes all the original B-sides, and previously unreleased demos from the Icky Thump release.

Box includes photobook, pin set, and one of nine 8" x 10" screen printed posters by Rob Jones.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (TMR 498 Runout Side X (A), Etched): TMR-498-A WG/NRP Hold Out For The Thermonuclear-Thrust

Matrix / Runout (TMR 498 Runout Side XX (B), Etched): TMR-498-B WG/NRP Over and Over Bay Rans

Matrix / Runout (TMR 499 Runout Side 2 (C), Etched): TMR-499-A WG/NRP Writing Credit Restored

Matrix / Runout (TMR 499 Runout Side B (D), Etched): TMR-499-B WG/NRP You Want Four Piece Or Five Piece?

Matrix / Runout (TMR 500 Runout Side Uno (E), Etched): TMR-500-A² WG/NRP TMP Clicky Bump

Matrix / Runout (TMR 500 Runout Side Dwa (F), Etched): TMR-500-B² WG/NRP TMP Monkeys Have It Easy

Matrix / Runout (TMR 500 Runout Side Three (G), Etched): TMR-500-C² WG/NRP TMP Faygo Creme Soda

Matrix / Runout (TMR 500 Runout Side Fower (H), Etched): TMR-500-D² WG/NRP TMP Catch Ya Later