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Press Releases, Third Man Records

THIRD MAN RECORDS VAULT PACKAGE #15

Featuring

JACK WHITE & THE BRICKS: LIVE ON THE GARDEN BOWL LANES 1999 Live LP

JACK WHITE & BRENDAN BENSON Pre-Raconteurs Demos 7″

WHITE HEAT Whirlwind Heat/White Stripes 2002 Tour DVD

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Third Man Records rings in 2013 with a trifecta of uber-rare exclusive vinyl and video delights:

The LP for this round of the Vault is Jack White and The Bricks: Live On The Garden Bowl Lanes (TMR199). Pressed on Bowling-Pin-White vinyl (of course), Live On The Garden Bowl Lanes documents the first-ever live show by the short-lived Jack White and the Bricks. Featuring Jack White on vocals and guitar, his future fellow Raconteur Brendan Benson on guitar, Kevin Peyok (the Waxwings, the See-See) on bass and Ben Blackwell (the Dirtbombs) on drums, the band gigged for only a few short months in 1999. Focusing mainly on covers and White-penned tracks that had yet to have been appropriated by the White Stripes, this live show took place on White’s 24th birthday, July 9th, 1999, with the Bricks sharing a bill with the Greenhornes. The stage itself was situated on lanes 11-14–yes, the actual bowling lanes!–of the legendary Garden Bowl in Detroit. The longest continually-run bowling establishment in North America, the Garden Bowl, along with the Gold Dollar, was also the de facto home of the then-bustling Detroit garage rock scene. The final song of the night, a blistering cover of Michigan’s ’60s garage legends ? and the Mysterians’ “Ain’t It a Shame” is to “a girl who has to go get surgery soon”… a heartfelt dedication Jack sent out to band mate Meg White prior to her tonsillectomy.   The show was recorded to four-track reel-to-reel in lane ten by an engineer who, although forgotten to time, left his imprint on the recording with a few track cut-outs and slight audio imperfections. These mild flaws notwithstanding, the vocal performance is extremely fierce and the show captures all four musicians at the height of the Detroit garage rock scene playing with unbridled energy.

Tracklist:
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Isis (Bob Dylan)
Do
Same Boy You’ve Always Known
The Union Forever
Now Mary
Black Jack Davy (traditional)
I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan)
Ain’t It a Shame (? and the Mysterians)

Drawing from that same time period and the same collaboration-happy times this Vault package also features the pre-Raconteurs Jack White and Brendan Benson Demos 7”  (TMR198). Recorded at Benson’s East Grand Studios in his Detroit home in May of 2004, all the signifying parts of the classic “Steady, As She Goes” are existent and there, but it would take the incomparable touch of Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler to get the song to its classic state that fans know and love from the Raconteurs. On the flip side is a full-band orchestration of Jack and Brendan nailing “The Same Boy You’ve Always Known” in 1999 a full two years before it would appear on the White Stripes’ White Blood Cells album, and in a much different state. This single serves as a wonderful document of the germinations of what would become the fruitful songwriting partnership between White and Benson in the Raconteurs.

The bonus item this go-round is a behind-the-scenes tour travelog film entitled “White Heat.” Shot and edited by Brad Holland (Whirlwind Heat) the film follows the Heat and the White Stripes on their European tour during the winter of 2002. Backstage tomfoolery, onstage pranks, the Louvre, brief insight into the malaise that is life on the road… it all culminates in a previously unseen live performance by Whirlwind Heat of “The Big Three Killed My Baby” with Jack White as featured vocalist. Packaged in a splendid digital versatile disc, this is definitely a side of the White Stripes you have never seen before along with explosive and unseen footage of Whirlwind Heat in their prime.

Tracklist:
The White Stripes – Jimmy the Exploder
Whirlwind Heat – Black
The White Stripes – I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman
Whirlwind Heat – Tan
The White Stripes – Death Letter
Whirlwind Heat – Brown
The White Stripes – I Fought Piranhas
Whirlwind Heat with Jack White – The Big Three Killed My Baby

If you’re not already a Vault member, sign up by January 31st in order to qualify for this package at:

www.thirdmanrecords.com
http://thirdmanrecords.com/vault/

Press Releases, Sound City

Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players to Make Live Debut January 18 at Park City Live

Performance in Conjunction with Grohl’s 2013 Sundance Film Festival® Selected Film SOUND CITY

Park City, UT – January 2, 2013 – Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) and Park City Live today confirmed the live debut of Grohl’s Sound City Players January 18 during the city’s world famous film festival. The concert will feature core musicians and special guests from Grohl’s Sundance Film Festival® selected film SOUND CITY.

Ticketing information as well as a complete list of performers will be announced shortly.

“The film SOUND CITY showcases the most talented group of musicians in the world and we are thrilled they chose to celebrate the documentary at Park City Live,” said Kathryn Burns, CEO of Park City Live. “The evening will be spectacular and we look forward to seeing who will join Dave Grohl and the Sound City Players onstage.”

SOUND CITY, the film, was conceived by Grohl after purchasing the legendary custom-built Neve 8028 recording console from Sound City Studios last year. The board, built in 1972, is considered by many to be the crown jewel of analog recording equipment, having recorded such artists as Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Cheap Trick, Guns and Roses, Fear, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, and countless other musical legends over the past 40 years. SOUND CITY will make its world premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival®. The official trailer can be seen now at http://soundcitymovie.com.

The film’s soundtrack, SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL, is a collection of original music created specifically for the film and this companion record. Preceded by currently available first single “Cut Me Some Slack”–performed by Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear–the film and album also features contributions from such legendary artists as Stevie Nicks, Trent Reznor, Rick Springfield, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk of Rage Against The Machine, Joshua Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Lee Ving of Fear, Corey Taylor of Slipknot and Stone Sour, Robert Levon Been and Peter Hayes of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Grohl’s bandmates from both Foo Fighters (Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel) and Nirvana (Krist Novoselic), Jim Keltner, Rami Jaffee, Alain Johannes, Chris Goss, Jessy Greene, and more.

During the largest film festival in the country, Park City Live (formerly Harry O’s) is traditionally the most sought after venue for parties and live events.   The space, situated directly on Main Street in Park City, annually plays host to the most prestigious musical performances.  Park City Live is located at 427 Main Street, Park City, Utah. For more information, visit www.parkcitylive.net.

Jack White, Press Releases

JACK WHITE’S BLUNDERBUSS TOP SELLING VINYL ALBUM OF 2012

Third Man Records in conjunction with Columbia Records is proud to announce that Jack White’s Blunderbuss is the biggest selling vinyl album of 2012 according to Nielsen Soundscan’s vinyl charts with over 33,000 copies sold.

Knocking The Beatles’ Abbey Road” off the top spot (a position it had held the previous three years), Blunderbuss sales are the highest for a new album (not a catalog album) since Soundscan began specifically tracking vinyl in 2008.

White is currently nominated for three Grammys from Blunderbuss, including Album of the Year.

Press Releases, Sound City

SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL: ALL-NEW ORIGINAL ALBUM OF MUSIC CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DAVE GROHL’S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

FILM AND ALBUM BOTH AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ON iTUNES http://bit.ly/SoundCityiTunes

First Single “Cut Me Some Slack” By Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear Available As Instant Grat Download With All Pre-Orders

http://www.soundcitymovie.com/

SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL, the companion album to the Dave Grohl-directed SOUND CITY feature length documentary premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, is now available for pre-order along with SOUND CITY the film at iTunes at http://bit.ly/SoundCityiTunes . All pre-orders for the album, due out March 12, 2013 on Roswell Records, will immediately receive first single “Cut Me Some Slack”–the original studio recording of the track performed by Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear at the historical 12-12-12 benefit as well as on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live holiday episode.

SOUND CITY, the film, was conceived by Grohl after purchasing the legendary custom-built Neve 8028 recording console from Sound City Studios last year. The board, built in 1972, is considered by many to be the crown jewel of analog recording equipment, having recorded such artists as Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Guns and Roses, Metallica, NIN, Rage Against The Machine and countless other musical legends over the past 40 years.

SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL is a brand new collection of all-new all-original songs, each one composed and recorded exclusively for the film within its own 24-hour session on that console after it was reinstalled in Grohl and his Foo Fighters’ own 606 Studios. The new tracks–featuring an amazing and idiosyncratic cast of collaborators including Paul McCartney, Grohl’s former Nirvana and current Foo Fighters bandmates, Stevie Nicks, Rick Springfield, Trent Reznor, Joshua Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick, Lee Ving of Fear, Corey Taylor of Slipknot, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford of Rage Against The Machine and more–passionately exemplify SOUND CITY’s celebration of the human element of musicianship and recording in an increasingly digital world.

Following its Sundance 2013 premiere, SOUND CITY will also be released as an HD digital download and stream February 1 via www.soundcitymovie.com. Fans who pre-order the film now will receive instant exclusive rewards followed by a stream and download of the entire film on February 1. The film will also be released theatrically, in association with Variance Films, on February 1.  A list of cities and theaters will be announced shortly.

Grohl’s personal connection to Sound City began with the 1991 recording of Nirvana’s breakthrough album, Nevermind. Selling over 30 million copies worldwide, Nevermind changed the entire musical landscape and forever altered the course of Dave Grohl’s life.

Roswell Films, a division of the Roswell Records label that releases Foo Fighters music, will distribute the film. Key personnel involved with the film include Producer/Director Dave Grohl; Editor Paul Crowder (Dogtown & Z Boys, Once In a Lifetime, Riding Giants); and Writer Mark Monroe (The Cove, Once In a Lifetime, The Tillman Story). The film is also being produced in conjunction with Jim Rota, John Ramsay, and Therapy studios.

SOUND CITY–REAL TO REAL

TRACK LISTING AND CREDITS

1. Heaven And All – Robert Levon Been, Dave Grohl, Peter Hayes

2.      Time Slowing Down – Chris Goss, Tim Commerford, Dave Grohl, Brad Wilk

3.      You Can’t Fix This – Stevie Nicks, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee

4.      The Man That Never Was – Rick Springfield, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear

5.      Your Wife Is Calling – Lee Ving, Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Alain Johannes, Pat Smear

6.      From Can To Can’t – Corey Taylor, Dave Grohl, Rick Nielsen, Scott Reeder

7.      Centipede – Joshua Homme, Chris Goss, Dave Grohl, , Alain Johannes

8.      A Trick With No Sleeve – Alain Johannes, Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme

9.      Cut Me Some Slack – Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear

10.  If I Were Me – Dave Grohl, Jessy Greene, Rami Jaffee, Jim Keltner

11.  Mantra –  Dave Grohl, Joshua Homme, Trent Reznor

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Bob Mould, Press Releases

BOB MOULD: 2013 DATES IN NYC, DETROIT, TORONTO ADDED BY POPULAR DEMAND

KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN FUNDING FILM OF LEGENDARY 2011 TRIBUTE SHOW AT 80% FUNDED AT http://kck.st/RPPY19

Reddit.com ASK ME ANYTHING WITH BOB CONFIRMED FOR MON. DEC. 17  at 1:00 p.m. EST

“Silver Age, is evidence of the man’s continuing greatness… a delightfully catchy and accomplished power pop record that manages to wed the tuneful bombast of late Sugar with the upbeat introspection of Workbook… the beginning of another run of Bob Mould classics.”–STEREOGUM

“’The Descent,’ which was quintessential Mould, juxtaposing deep self-loathing with searing, soaring pop hooks. He could always make his misery sound glorious… and his wry tale of emotional collapse turned into one of the most incessant and rich rock singles of the year”–POPMATTERS Best of 2012

As he winds down a banner year featuring some of the most enthusiastic critical notices of his career for the incredible Silver Age (Merge),  a debut appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman, a Conan performance, and a first ever Austin City Limits TV taping, Bob Mould has confirmed that his widely sold out tour will add four more North American stops and an Australian run in early 2013. The new dates are as follows:

February 26 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
February  27 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
March 1 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe
March 2 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick

March 8 – Brisbane – The Zoo
March 9 – Sydney – Factory Theatre
March 10 – Sydney – Factory Theatre
March 12 – Adelaide – Fowlers Live
March 13 – Melbourne – Corner Hotel
March 15 – Melbourne – Corner Hotel
March 16 – Perth – Rosemount

Bob will once again be backed on the new dates by drummer Jon Wurster (Superchunk, The Mountain Goats) and bassist Jason Narducy (Spl:t S:ngle, Verbow), both of whom appeared on the Silver Age album.

Fans can ask Bob about future dates, Silver Age, the  See A Little Light film/Kickstarter campaign and pretty much anything else in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit.com Monday the 17th at 1:00 p.m. EST.

Speaking of  See A Little Light, the Kickstarter campaign started with the goal of bringing the now legendary See A Little Light: A Celebration of the Music and Legacy of Bob Mould all-star tribute concert to an audience beyond the lucky 2300 attendees who made it into Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall on November 21, 2011 continues apace at http://kck.st/RPPY19. Currently at 80%, the campaign has been financing the film–from editing and production to bandwidth, packaging, shipping and more–while offering Bob Mould fans exclusive collectibles including a limited edition 7-inch single, a commemorative T-Shirt, a set of prints, and more (our top level package of fender guitars is sold out). Once completed, the film by Justin Mitchell will document in high quality audio and video once in a lifetime interpretations of Bob’s decades-spanning catalogue of  Hüsker Dü, Sugar, and solo classics by the likes of Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Britt Daniel (Spoon), Ryan Adams, No Age, Craig Finn and Tad Kubler (The Hold Steady), Margaret Cho with Grant Lee Phillips, and Jessica Dobson (The Shins, Deep Sea Diver)–as well as the rehearsals, preparations, interactions and lead-up to this unforgettable night. Excerpts can be seen in the film’s trailer at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6UX57vjbDw).

Press Releases, Sound City

SOUND CITY OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED

FEBRUARY 1 DAY AND DATE THEATRICAL AND DIRECT DOWNLOAD RELEASE

BUY IT FROM THE FILM’S DIRECTOR, DAVE GROHL AT WWW.SOUNDCITYMOVIE.COM OR SEE IT ON THE BIG SCREEN IN A THEATER NEAR YOU ON OPENING NIGHT

http://www.soundcitymovie.com/

Celebrating the confirmation of its premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters, Nirvana) announced today that SOUND CITY will be released as an HD digital download (DRM-free) and stream February 1 via www.soundcitymovie.com. Fans who pre-order the film now will receive instant exclusive rewards followed by a stream and download of the entire film on February 1. The pre-order price of the DRM-free film is $10 and is also available to send as a gift. A pre-order date from iTunes and other digital partners will be announced shortly. The film will also be released theatrically, in association with Variance Films, on February 1.  A list of cities and theaters will be announced shortly.

SOUND CITY, the film, was conceived by Grohl after purchasing the legendary custom-built Neve 8028 recording console from Sound City Studios last year. The board, built in 1972, is considered by many to be the crown jewel of analog recording equipment, having recorded such artists as Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Petty, Cheap Trick, Guns and Roses, Fear, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, and countless other musical legends over the past 40 years.

Through interviews with the artists and producers that created decades of musical history at Sound City, the film showcases the amazing history of the studio, focuses on the albums recorded there that went on to change the world, then explores the human element of music in an age of technology, and features performances of new music created exclusively for the film.

Grohl’s personal connection to Sound City began with the 1991 recording of Nirvana’s breakthrough album, “Nevermind”. Selling over 30 million copies worldwide, “Nevermind” changed the entire musical landscape and forever altered the course of Dave Grohl’s life.

Roswell Films, a division of the Roswell Records label that releases Foo Fighters music, will distribute the film. Key personnel involved with the film include Producer/Director Dave Grohl; Editor Paul Crowder (Dogtown & Z Boys, Once In a Lifetime, Riding Giants); and Writer Mark Monroe (The Cove, Once In a Lifetime, The Tillman Story). The film is also being produced in conjunction with Jim Rota, John Ramsay, and Therapy studios.

http://soundcitymovie.com
www.facebook.com/soundcitymovie
@soundcitymovie
www.youtube.com/soundcitymovie

Paul McCartney, Press Releases

PAUL McCARTNEY’S KISSES ON THE BOTTOM NOMINATED FOR BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM GRAMMY

PAUL McCARTNEY’S KISSES ON THE BOTTOM NOMINATED FOR BEST TRADITIONAL POP VOCAL ALBUM GRAMMY

PAUL & LINDA McCARTNEY’s RAM DELUXE EDITION RECEIVES TWO NOMINATIONS

Paul McCartney’s Kisses On The Bottom (Concord/Hear Music) has been nominated for this year’s Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album Grammy.

In addition, Paul and Linda McCartney’s RAM Paul McCartney Archive Collection Deluxe Edition (Concord/Hear Music) has been nominated for for Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package and Best Historical Album.

The nominations for Kisses On The Bottom and RAM stand to bring McCartney’s career Grammy tally to 18 when the 55th Annual Grammy Awards are broadcast live on CBS at 8 pm ET/PT on February 10th, 2013.. McCartney & Wings’ Band On The Run reissue took home last year’s Grammy for Best Historical Album–McCartney’s 15th Grammy and the second for Band On The Run, which had previously won Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus in 1974.

Jack White, Press Releases

JACK WHITE NOMINATED FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMY

Three Nominations Total As Blunderbuss Nabs Album of the Year and Best Rock Album Noms, and “Freedom at 21” Receives Best Rock Song Nod

Six-time Grammy winner Jack White has been nominated in three categories in the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards, including the evening’s highest honor, the Album of the Year.

In addition to Album of the Year,  Blunderbuss is also nominated for Best Rock Album, while “Freedom at 21” has been nominated for Best Rock Song.

The three new Grammy nominations, in addition to White’s previous 15 nominations, bring his career total to 18. White has previously earned six Grammys for his work with the White Stripes and the Raconteurs. This is his second Album of the Year nomination, the first having been the White Stripes’ Elephant in 2003.

The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast live on CBS at 8 pm ET/PT on February 10th, 2013.

The three new Grammy nominations round off an exceptional year for Jack White, beginning with the first U.S. #1 album of his distinguished career, as Blunderbuss debuted at the top of the charts in the U.S., UK, Canada and Switzerland.  Blunderbuss was also supported by a rapturously received world tour featuring all-male backing band The Buzzards and all-female backing band The Peacocks. At press time, the album has just begun to tear up Best of 2012 lists, including being named MOJO’s #1 album of the year.

Jack White, Press Releases

JACK WHITE ISSUES STATEMENT CORRECTING NME MIS-QUOTE: “I NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT HER MUSIC OR QUESTIONED THE AUTHENTICITY OF HER SONGS IN ANY WAY.”

Jack White has issued the following statement to correct an excerpt from his upcoming cover story in British Esquire that was taken completely out of context–and actually edited to change its original meaning–in an NME.com news post.

The original quote referred to the state of image-based celebrity in general was twisted by the NME who changed the original quote, tacking the words “Lady Gaga’s music” on to the original quote–words Jack never actually said.

White commented in full:

I’d like to address the recent tabloidesque drama baiting by the press in regards to Lady Gaga. I never said anything about her music, or questioned the authenticity of her songs in any way. I was in a conversation about the drawbacks of image for the sake of image, and that it is popular nowadays to not question an image in front of you, but only to label it as “cool” or “weird” quickly and dispose of it.  I don’t like my comments about Lady Gaga’s presentation being changed into some sort of negative critique of her music.  If you’re going to try to cause drama, at least get the quotes right.  I think journalists should also be held accountable for what they say.  Especially publications like the NME who put whatever words they feel like between two quotation marks and play it off as a quote.  maybe somebody with more lawyers can take them to task, but I’ll just use the internet and twitter instead.   I also think that kind of tabloid drama encourages artists to not express their opinions in the press, and instead give polite soundbites that don’t stimulate thought about creativity and the consumption of art in its many guises. Peace to lady gaga and I fully congratulate and compliment her on her championing of gay rights issues and the momentum it’s given to help create change.

Thank you.

Jack White III