Jack White/ThirdMan/THE VAULT

theserialthrilla wrote:

waiting for the next vinyll.


cant be long now...its so worth it ...

Didn't they start showin up the week of xmas last year?

You guys did see that the 1st 3 WS reissues are on their way, right? And they're gonna be as good as you can get these days. Full on analog mastering.

Patiently waiting for Get Behind Me Satan.



Out-of-print in North America since 2005, the utmost care was taken in presenting these records in the best way possible.
We started by mastering each LP from the original analog master tapes, the first time this process had been used for any of these titles. While extremely labor-intensive, this method ensured that the material was never converted into a digital signal. The result is an audio quality that stiffens the hairs on the back of your neck.
We pressed each record on 180-gram vinyl, again, the first time any of these three albums have been afforded this superior vinyl weight.
For artwork, we started from scratch and went back and tracked down all the source material, working from the original photographic prints to provide the crispest versions possible of these album covers.
From there, we printed the artwork on the deluxe old-style, tip-on sleeves from the wonderful folks at Stoughton Printing in California. This process involves printing the artwork on on sheet of paper (a slick) which is then folded over and hand-glued to a heavy board blank jacket. The difference in the final product of a tip-on sleeve as opposed to a regular, direct-to-board sleeve is akin to the difference between hardcover and paperback books.

Also, for the first time ever, each record comes with a coupon for MP3 downloads of the entire album.

All these factors together makes these versions of The White Stripes, De Stijl and White Blood Cells the DEFINITIVE editions of these albums. These are the versions The White Stripes want people to have for posterity.

And to tickle the collectors, we pressed limited numbers of each title on split-color red and white vinyl. All three albums will be available on black vinyl for purchase from our online store starting on November 30th. The split-color and black vinyl of The White Stripes S/T LP will be available for purchase on November 30th in our Third Man Records store front, with the split-color and black vinyl of De Stijl and White Blood Cells to follow on December 7th and December 14th, respectively.


***We will do 250 copies of each split color vinyl in our Third Man store, 100 in random mailorders, and 100 of each release in a remote location related to each album the S/T LP in Detroit, De Stijl in the Netherlands, and White Blood Cells in Memphis. More details of those locations TBA... So stay tuned!!

Paul David wrote:

DewieCox wrote:

You guys did see that the 1st 3 WS reissues are on their way, right? And they're gonna be as good as you can get these days. Full on analog mastering.

I am not all that knowledgeable on mastering or vinyl, so what gives with going back to analog recording? why is that better?

It keeps the full dynamic range. The music is as close as possible to the original source of the music, not converted back and forth analog>to digital>back to analog. I dunno all the ins and outs, just what my ears like.