Jack White/ThirdMan/THE VAULT

PJ_Soul

It's a big surprise to me personally because in didn't know that TMR or JW are huge into country, since I totally hate country music, so why would I know, right? Lol.
D'ems the breaks. Now I know.

Sarava

So I asked for Jack White advice a month or two ago in this thread. I did buy a few albums, and I'm slowly beginning to love it. Only have his two latest solo albums. One problem though. I found out about the Vault and subscribed in the last week. I mistakingly thought they were all Jack White or his side projects.....doh. And now I see I paid $60 for Loretta Lynn. I actually like country, but only the newish country from the last 25 years. Now that old time hillbilly stuff, which her music is. Oh well. Hopefully the one in 3 months is exceedingly super to make up for it

tempo_n_groove

Sarava said:

So I asked for Jack White advice a month or two ago in this thread. I did buy a few albums, and I'm slowly beginning to love it. Only have his two latest solo albums. One problem though. I found out about the Vault and subscribed in the last week. I mistakingly thought they were all Jack White or his side projects.....doh. And now I see I paid $60 for Loretta Lynn. I actually like country, but only the newish country from the last 25 years. Now that old time hillbilly stuff, which her music is. Oh well. Hopefully the one in 3 months is exceedingly super to make up for it

Hah! I prefer the old hillbilly stuff!

TMR stuff is an experience NOT an investment.

Give it a try, you might just like it!

HughFreakingDillon

I am shocked that jw fans are not aware jw is a country fan. THat reason alone is why I find his solo music to be unlistenable. Too much of that suthern twang creepin in. Cant stand it.

jervin007

I am still on the fence with this one. I don't really hate country, but don't love it either. The completist in me is inclined to stick with it though. Would have much rather preferred Sturgil Simpson!

lolobugg

tempo_n_groove said:

Sarava said:

So I asked for Jack White advice a month or two ago in this thread. I did buy a few albums, and I'm slowly beginning to love it. Only have his two latest solo albums. One problem though. I found out about the Vault and subscribed in the last week. I mistakingly thought they were all Jack White or his side projects.....doh. And now I see I paid $60 for Loretta Lynn. I actually like country, but only the newish country from the last 25 years. Now that old time hillbilly stuff, which her music is. Oh well. Hopefully the one in 3 months is exceedingly super to make up for it

Hah! I prefer the old hillbilly stuff!

TMR stuff is an experience NOT an investment.

Give it a try, you might just like it!

the hillbilly stuff is the best, Chris!!!!

I am surprised that you other guys don't know Jack's history.....
did you just start listening to him when his solo album came out?
He produced this Loretta Lynn record in the early 2000's.
He dedicated a record to her.
The WS used to cover Dolly Parton's "Jolene" on a regular basis.
I find this funny.

jjflash

I may be in the minority that I'm excited about this one. Not as excited as some of the past releases but excited nonetheless. As previous posters alluded to, there's only so much White Stripes, DW, Racs that can be sold. VLR is a solid album that will nicely fill a void in my collection.

JW is a musicologist w/ impeccable taste in sound IMO. I mean, who else plays Eric B. & Rakim as post-concert music at a venue attended predominantly by white people? I've come to trust the music he stands behind, whether that be his own, produced by him, or TMR whatnot. There's a whole lot of good stuff out there beyond rock 'n roll, a lot of which informed rock, and Jack does a terrific job of giving some of these sounds second and third lives (good example: see TMR's Paramount Records releases).

Also, he doesn't thump us over the head w/ his offerings. Very convenient how you can board or get off the Vault train based on whether the bundle is your cup of tea or not.

scurtis

lolobugg said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Sarava said:

So I asked for Jack White advice a month or two ago in this thread. I did buy a few albums, and I'm slowly beginning to love it. Only have his two latest solo albums. One problem though. I found out about the Vault and subscribed in the last week. I mistakingly thought they were all Jack White or his side projects.....doh. And now I see I paid $60 for Loretta Lynn. I actually like country, but only the newish country from the last 25 years. Now that old time hillbilly stuff, which her music is. Oh well. Hopefully the one in 3 months is exceedingly super to make up for it

Hah! I prefer the old hillbilly stuff!

TMR stuff is an experience NOT an investment.

Give it a try, you might just like it!

the hillbilly stuff is the best, Chris!!!!

I am surprised that you other guys don't know Jack's history.....
did you just start listening to him when his solo album came out?
He produced this Loretta Lynn record in the early 2000's.
He dedicated a record to her.
The WS used to cover Dolly Parton's "Jolene" on a regular basis.
I find this funny.

yup knew the history, he's also a big Wanda Jackson and Willie Nelson fan (Willie had a Vault dedicated to him too) still think the new Vault is a joke.

Regardless of Jack's tastes in music, I'm guessing most Vault members are members because of the music Jack (and others he plays with) produces not the music he likes.

TMR has the freedom to put out any Vault they want, but you have to admit, there's no consistency in this release, it's not even original music.

MedozK

jjflash said:

I may be in the minority that I'm excited about this one. Not as excited as some of the past releases but excited nonetheless. As previous posters alluded to, there's only so much White Stripes, DW, Racs that can be sold. VLR is a solid album that will nicely fill a void in my collection.

JW is a musicologist w/ impeccable taste in sound IMO. I mean, who else plays Eric B. & Rakim as post-concert music at a venue attended predominantly by white people? I've come to trust the music he stands behind, whether that be his own, produced by him, or TMR whatnot. There's a whole lot of good stuff out there beyond rock 'n roll, a lot of which informed rock, and Jack does a terrific job of giving some of these sounds second and third lives (good example: see TMR's Paramount Records releases).

Also, he doesn't thump us over the head w/ his offerings. Very convenient how you can board or get off the Vault train based on whether the bundle is your cup of tea or not.

All you really need to do is check out Third Man's Blue and Green singles series and you will get an idea of what they are truly about....Diversity.

I love the diverse packages. i was getting bored of the WS live.

PJ_Soul

lolobugg said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Sarava said:

So I asked for Jack White advice a month or two ago in this thread. I did buy a few albums, and I'm slowly beginning to love it. Only have his two latest solo albums. One problem though. I found out about the Vault and subscribed in the last week. I mistakingly thought they were all Jack White or his side projects.....doh. And now I see I paid $60 for Loretta Lynn. I actually like country, but only the newish country from the last 25 years. Now that old time hillbilly stuff, which her music is. Oh well. Hopefully the one in 3 months is exceedingly super to make up for it

Hah! I prefer the old hillbilly stuff!

TMR stuff is an experience NOT an investment.

Give it a try, you might just like it!

the hillbilly stuff is the best, Chris!!!!

I am surprised that you other guys don't know Jack's history.....
did you just start listening to him when his solo album came out?
He produced this Loretta Lynn record in the early 2000's.
He dedicated a record to her.
The WS used to cover Dolly Parton's "Jolene" on a regular basis.
I find this funny.

Jolene doesn't sound country to me at all IMO. I didn't even know that was a Dolly Parton song. Just because someone is a fan (and i consider myself a pretty big fan), it doesn't mean we automatically know every fine detail of everything the guy does or track every album dedication. I don't have time for that. There are a lot of artists who I'm a huge fan of. I wish I could know everything about all of them, but I just can't. My memory isn't even good enough to manage that even if i did have the time!

I have listened to JW for years. I've always been a fan ever since the first White Stripes album. But seriously, unless I was pouring through the entire TMR catalogue and tracking every little thing that JW does, why would I know he worked with Loretta Lynn or did anything with country 12 years ago or whatever? As a fan for many years, this is the first time it's ever come to my attention, so it couldn't have been THAT obvious.

But as I said, now I finally do know to be wary of hardcore country when it comes to Jack White, lol.

lolobugg

PJ_Soul said:

lolobugg said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Sarava said:

So I asked for Jack White advice a month or two ago in this thread. I did buy a few albums, and I'm slowly beginning to love it. Only have his two latest solo albums. One problem though. I found out about the Vault and subscribed in the last week. I mistakingly thought they were all Jack White or his side projects.....doh. And now I see I paid $60 for Loretta Lynn. I actually like country, but only the newish country from the last 25 years. Now that old time hillbilly stuff, which her music is. Oh well. Hopefully the one in 3 months is exceedingly super to make up for it

Hah! I prefer the old hillbilly stuff!

TMR stuff is an experience NOT an investment.

Give it a try, you might just like it!

the hillbilly stuff is the best, Chris!!!!

I am surprised that you other guys don't know Jack's history.....
did you just start listening to him when his solo album came out?
He produced this Loretta Lynn record in the early 2000's.
He dedicated a record to her.
The WS used to cover Dolly Parton's "Jolene" on a regular basis.
I find this funny.

Jolene doesn't sound country to me at all IMO. I didn't even know that was a Dolly Parton song. Just because someone is a fan (and i consider myself a pretty big fan), it doesn't mean we automatically know every fine detail of everything the guy does or track every album dedication. I don't have time for that. There are a lot of artists who I'm a huge fan of. I wish I could know everything about all of them, but I just can't. My memory isn't even good enough to manage that even if i did have the time!

I have listened to JW for years. I've always been a fan ever since the first White Stripes album. But seriously, unless I was pouring through the entire TMR catalogue and tracking every little thing that JW does, why would I know he worked with Loretta Lynn or did anything with country 12 years ago or whatever? As a fan for many years, this is the first time it's ever come to my attention, so it couldn't have been THAT obvious.

But as I said, now I finally do know to be wary of hardcore country when it comes to Jack White, lol.

Just figured Vault members knew that it was a TMR Vault and not just Jack White stuff....
there is a reason he moved to Nashville. He is a huge rockabilly and country fan.
I actually quit because I got tired of all the low quality WS releases they were putting out.
The only other non-Jack related release I didn't care for was the one from his ex-wife.

the best were probably the Greenhornes "lost" EP and the Raconteur's live from the Grand Ole Opry. I might be partial though because I was at the show.

PS: PJ_Soul- he won't be putting out any David Allan Coe (hardcore country) releases anytime soon.

PJ_Soul

Of course I know it's not just JW for the Vault stuff. I know what every single vault release has been. Earlier in this thread I posted that I was hoping for a non-JW vault this time. I don't want them to always be JW, and agree that too much of it is JW related lately. I like variety. I simply didn't know TMR went so incredibly fucking country (no idea who David Allen Coe is!). Of course I am aware of that hint of country/Nashville twang - you couldn't listen to his music and not be aware of that. But this Loretta Lynn shit is a whole new level that I wasn't aware of. Stop being so surprised lolobugg, lol.

lolobugg

PJ_Soul said:

Of course I know it's not just JW for the Vault stuff. I know what every single vault release has been. Earlier in this thread I posted that I was hoping for a non-JW vault this time. I don't want them to always be JW, and agree that too much of it is JW related lately. I like variety. I simply didn't know TMR went so incredibly fucking country (no idea who David Allen Coe is!). Of course I am aware of that hint of country/Nashville twang - you couldn't listen to his music and not be aware of that. But this Loretta Lynn shit is a whole new level that I wasn't aware of. Stop being so surprised lolobugg, lol.

PJ_Soul- check out this bastard- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Allan_Coe

"if that ain't country, I'll kiss your ass"

now we will return to our regularly scheduled Jack White programming....



Actually Nashville now is a great city to visit. lot's of different music venues with great bands and great record stores.

jjflash

Heads-up. A couple of goodies are currently up in Vault Novelties. 7" from Vault #15 and picture book from Vault #16.

PJ_Soul

Oh my god. I got about 30 seconds into his "Take This Job and Shove It" and couldn't stand it anymore, lol! Great song title though.

I would love to visit Nashville and check out the ROCK scene. Same with Austin.

lolobugg

PJ_Soul said:

Oh my god. I got about 30 seconds into his "Take This Job and Shove It" and couldn't stand it anymore, lol! Great song title though.

I would love to visit Nashville and check out the ROCK scene. Same with Austin.

You should. there are some GREAT local rock bands in both cities!!!!

lolobugg

jjflash said:

Heads-up. A couple of goodies are currently up in Vault Novelties. 7" from Vault #15 and picture book from Vault #16.

too late.... everyone cancelled their subscriptions...


it would be fucked up if they put some of the Mono "Icky Thumps" up for sale.
I could see Jack doing that just to piss off people.

jjflash

lolobugg said:

jjflash said:

Heads-up. A couple of goodies are currently up in Vault Novelties. 7" from Vault #15 and picture book from Vault #16.

too late.... everyone cancelled their subscriptions...


it would be fucked up if they put some of the Mono "Icky Thumps" up for sale.
I could see Jack doing that just to piss off people.

Ha

There's gotta be some extra mono Ickys sitting around somewhere That'd be a helluva Monday to score one for $30!

lolobugg

jjflash said:

lolobugg said:

jjflash said:

Heads-up. A couple of goodies are currently up in Vault Novelties. 7" from Vault #15 and picture book from Vault #16.

too late.... everyone cancelled their subscriptions...


it would be fucked up if they put some of the Mono "Icky Thumps" up for sale.
I could see Jack doing that just to piss off people.

Ha

There's gotta be some extra mono Ickys sitting around somewhere That'd be a helluva Monday to score one for $30!

my ex-wife got my Vault collection in the divorce....
I would love to come upon an affordable IT mono....
not gonna happen.

scurtis

lolobugg said:

jjflash said:

Heads-up. A couple of goodies are currently up in Vault Novelties. 7" from Vault #15 and picture book from Vault #16.

too late.... everyone cancelled their subscriptions...


it would be fucked up if they put some of the Mono "Icky Thumps" up for sale.
I could see Jack doing that just to piss off people.

haha for sure.