White Stripes, deluxe vinyl for the 20th anniversary of Get Behind Me Satan
THE White Stripes celebrate twenty years since the publication of their penultimate album, released in 2005, “Get Behind Me Satan” (read the review here) with a deluxe package available only through their vinyl subscription service, Vault. The gift includes two vinyl LPs, a 7-inch vinyl single and a Blu-ray with footage shot during the 2005 tour of Jack and Meg White in Central America and South America. Registrations are open until January 31st.
Side one of the matte red LP features demos of ten songs, among them radically different versions of what they would become
“I’m Slowly Turning Into You” And “Over and Over and Over”. This disc also includes “SeminolesBlues”which was never recorded or performed.
Side two collects six previously unreleased takes, including a version of “City Lights” which later appeared on the album by Jack White of 2016 “Acoustic Recordings” (read the review here) and a gospel version of “I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet)”.
The second LP, pressed on white vinyl, offers thirteen previously unreleased live recordings from the tour in support of “Get Behind Me Satan”one of which, “Blue Orchid”can be listened to below.
The vinyl single includes an early version of
“Forever For Her (Is Over For Me)”
with electric guitar, electric piano and organ, unlike the version later released with acoustic guitar and marimba. Side B is
“Spitting Tracks”
which Third Man Records calls “one of the great white whales in Stripes history.” It is reported: “Originating from a time when Jack was still a full-time upholsterer and revisited many times over the course of the band’s existence, this hypnotic, repetitive riff structure has never really found a place. We have yet to discover other attempts even halfway decent through the song.”
The Blu-ray collects footage shot on tour by
David James Swanson
less like an actual film and more like a surprising and complementary statement of the unique and chaotic period that i
White Stripes
they lived in that era.
Tracklist:
SIDE A: Songwriting Demos
1 Instinct Blues – previously unreleased demo
2 Red Rain – previously unreleased demo
3 City Lights – previously unreleased demo
4 I’m Slowly Turning Into You – previously unreleased demo
5 Seminole Blues – previously unreleased demo
6 The Denial Twist – previously unreleased demo
7 My Doorbell – previously unreleased demo
8 The Nurse – previously unreleased demo
9 Over and Over and Over – previously unreleased demo
10 White Moon – previously unreleased demo
SIDE B : Alternate Studio Takes
1 The Denial Twist – previously unreleased alternate take
2 White Moon – previously unreleased alternate take
3 City Lights – previously unreleased alternate take
4 Over and Over and Over – previously unreleased alternate take
5 As Ugly As I Seem – previously unreleased alternate take
6 I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet) – previously unreleased alternate take
SIDE C: Get Behind Me Satan Live
1 Blue Orchid – Buenos Aires 5-28-05 – previously unreleased live version
2 The Nurse – Guatemala City 5-18-05 – previously unreleased live version
3 My Doorbell – Glasgow 11-15-05 – previously unreleased live version
4 Forever For Her (Is Over For Me) – Boston 9-20-05 – previously unreleased live version
5 Little Ghost – Louisville 9-13-05 – previously unreleased live version
6 The Denial Twist – Tallinn 6-29-05 – previously unreleased live version
7 White Moon – Chicago 8-29-05 – previously unreleased live version
SIDE D: Get Behind Me Satan Live
1 Instinct Blues – Vancouver 8-8-05 – previously unreleased live version
2 Passive Manipulation – Rio de Janeiro 6-3-05 – previously unreleased live version
3 Take Take Take – St. Louis 8-24-05 – previously unreleased live version
4 As Ugly As I Seem – Amsterdam 10-31-05 – previously unreleased live version
5 Red Rain – Barcelona 10-19-05 – previously unreleased live version
6 I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet) – Gdynia 7-9-05 – previously unreleased live version
