The White Stripes: "Nine Miles From The White City" 2 x 180-LPs, Single & Elephant Book

INCLUDED COMPLIMENTARY WITH ALL WOLFSKILLCA RECORD LISTINGS:

1. Mobile Fidelity custom, audiophile grade, anti-static vinyl liners for LPs
2. Custom, anti-static vinyl liners for Singles
3. Acid-free paper inner sleeves for Singles
4. 3MM poly record jackets for LPs and Singles
5. Elephant Book wrapped in 3MM Poly
6. Ships with USPS priority mail in resealable poly wrap.

(Copied from Third Man Records website)

VAULT PACKAGE 16: THE WHITE STRIPES "NINE MILES FROM THE WHITE CITY"

04/08/2013 

In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of The White Stripes album "Elephant", Third Man has gone searching underneath couch cushions and in shady back alleys for the perfect Vault package to accompany the label's reissue of the album. We think we've nailed it.

Of utmost excitement is a 2 x LP blistering live set by The White Stripes recorded July 2nd, 2003 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Titled "Nine Miles From the White City", this 26-song, 79-minute, tour-de-force performance is indicative of the absolute explosiveness Jack and Meg embodied at the height of their 2003 touring.

Highlights include a rare live performance of Captain Beefheart's "Party of Special Things to Do", an especially frenetic "The Hardest Button to Button" as well as the Stripes Christmas tune "Candy Cane Children." Hearing "Seven Nation Army" in the middle of a set (and not as a closer or encore where it would soon find itself for the remainder of the band’s career) is a quaint reminder of the inauspicious beginnings of the future stadium anthem.

The crystalline soundboard recording is best experienced through the impromptu, off-the-cuff performance of a song written on-the-spot that would be come to called "Little Cream Soda". The song would be re-discovered (via an audience recording) by Jack and Meg during the recording of their album "Icky Thump", dusted off and recorded for what would become The White Stripes final studio album.

Providing rare insight into the demo process, the 7" in this Vault package features Jack White's solo demos of the songs "I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart" and "Little Acorns."

Accompanied only by his trusty piano (salvaged from a Catholic school in Detroit as it was being shuttered), Jack's double-tracked vocals lend an otherworldly air to "...Heart."

"Little Acorns," in the most happy of accidents, pairs a parable spoken by legendary Detroit-area news anchor Mort Crim with White's germination of a song idea, all through the magic of recycled 1/4" analog tape.

Of special note are White's previously unheard guide vocals...edited out of the final mix once it would appear on Elephant.

Finally, tying all previous components back to the actual making of Elephant, the "bonus" item for this package is a 56-page collection of photos taken by David Swanson during the recording of the album. With the wonderful Toe-Rag Studio in London as the setting, this peek into the White Stripes' recording process is both revelatory and intimate.

With only three of the fifty-plus images having ever been published before, such a cache of striking images only furthers to cement the depth and breadth of Third Man's Vault. The live show, the demos and the photos all help to contextualize Elephant, the surroundings it sprung from, the resultant whirlwind it created and all the chaos in-between. Ten years later, it's a time that still resonates very deeply with us at Third Man and we hope you feel so too.

CONCERT SETLIST:
-When I Hear My Name
-Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
-Love Sick (Bob Dylan)
-Hotel Yorba
-Aluminum
-Cool Drink of Water Blues (Tommy Johnson)
-The Hardest Button to Button
-I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart
-Stones in My Passway (Robert Johnson)
-Stop Breakin' Down (Robert Johnson)
-Do
-In the Cold, Cold Night
-Seven Nation Army
-The Same Boy You've Always Known
-Black Jack Davey (traditional)
-We Are Going to Be Friends
-Offend in Every Way
-Little Cream Soda
-Cannon/Party of Special Things to Do (Captain Beefheart)
-Candy Cane Children
-The Air Near My Fingers
-Screwdriver (tease)
-Ball and Biscuit
-Screwdriver (reprise)
-Let's Build a Home
-Goin' Back to Memphis (Henry & June)

33 RPM:
The White Stripes
"Nine Miles From the White City"
2 x LP (LP one on red vinyl, LP two on white)

45 RPM:
The White Stripes
"I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart" (demo) b/w "Little Acorns" (demo)
Opaque red vinyl with black whisps
Enclosed in a red/white/black die-cut sleeve

 ‎– Nine Miles From The White City

Label:  ‎– TMR211 Series:  – Package 16 Format: , LP, Red
, LP, White
, Limited Edition
Country: Released: Genre: ,  Style: Tracklist A1When I Hear My Name3:01A2Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground3:02A3Love Sick Written-By –  3:50A4Hotel Yorba2:04A5Aluminum1:03A6Cool Drink Of Water Blues Written-By –  2:13A7The Hardest Button To Button4:05B1I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother's Heart3:37B2Stones In My Passway Written-By –  2:41B3Stop Breakin' Down Written-By –  3:54B4Do3:46B5In The Cold, Cold Night3:53B6Seven Nation Army3:58C1The Same Boy You've Always Known4:07C2Black Jack Davey Written-By –  3:03C3We Are Going To Be Friends2:52C4Offend In Every Way2:16C5Little Cream Soda4:01C6Cannon/Party Of Special Things To Do Written-By [Party Of Special Things To Do] – *, *, * 2:50C7Candy Cane Children1:48C8The Air Near My Fingers2:53D1Screwdriver (Tease)2:32D2Ball And Biscuit7:02D3Screwdriver (Reprise)5:18D4Let's Build A Home2:04D5Goin' Back To Memphis Written-By – *, *, * 5:40 Companies, etc. Recorded At –  Phonographic Copyright (p) –  Copyright (c) –  Manufactured By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Published By –  Lacquer Cut At –  Pressed By –  Credits Engineer [Live Sound By] –  Lacquer Cut By – * Layout, Design –  Mixed By –  Mixed By [Assisted By] –  Written-By –  (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, A7 to B1, B4 to C1, C3 to D4) Notes "He Who Has Not Been At Aragon Knows Not What A Paradise Is!"

Live Recording from July 2nd, 2003 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.

℗ & © 2013 Third Man Records, LLC.
Manufactured at United Record Pressing in Nashville, TN

All songs (Peppermint Stripe Music, BMI) except:
A3: Special Rider Music, SESAC
D5: BMI
A6: APRS, BMI
B2 & B3: MPCA King Of Spades, SESAC
B2 (Traditional)
C6 [Party Of Special Things To Do]: Honeysuckle Music Company Inc. BMI

D1 starts off with 'This Protector' though not mentioned on cover or label of release.

Third Man Records Vault Package #16 also included this  and the 56 page book Pictures from Elephant by David Swanson. Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched): TMR-211-A GOT A PHONE CALL ⓤ WG/NRP Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): TMR-211-B- ̶▭̶ FROM A GIRL DOWN THE STREET ⓤ WG/NRP Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, etched): TMR-211-C SAID "I SAW SOMEONE YOU KNOW" ⓤ WG/NRP Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched): TMR-211-D MADE ME LOOK LIKE A PSYCHIC ⓤ WG/NRP Rights Society (A1, A2, A4 to B1, B4 to C1, C3 to D5): BMI Rights Society (A3, B2, B3): SESAC