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Icky Thump: Third Man, Columbia Release The White Stripes' "Greatest Hits" in December

October 12, 2020 By Joe Marchese 5 Comments

White Stripes Greatest Hits

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The White Stripes, a.k.a. Jack and Meg White, were among the leading proponents of the garage rock revival of the late 1990s and early 2000s with their lo-fi brand of riff-rock.  They shot three LPs into the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and more than ten singles into the upper regions of the Alternative Rock chart in addition to picking up multiple Grammy Awards. On December 4, the duo will team with Columbia Records and Jack White's Third Man Records to release the first U.S. commercial collection of their hits.  Simply entitled Greatest Hits, the anthology will be available on single CD, double 150-gram vinyl LP, and digitally.  A limited vinyl edition containing the release's only color variant is available exclusively through Third Man's Vault subscription series.  That package will also contain a bonus LP of "scattered B-sides" and other goodies (prints and lyric magnets).

Part of The White Stripes' mystique came from their self-invented back story which has been recounted in the press release for this title:

Twentysome years ago, a brother and sister climbed into the third floor attic of their Southwest Detroit family homestead and bashed out a primitive cover of David Bowie's "Moonage Daydream," sparking something in both of them and leading them to take their simple guitar-drums-voice approach to a local open mic night on Bastille Day. In what feels like a whirlwind, they record and release two 7-inch singles for a local indie label. A not-so-local indie offers to put out a full-length album. They start touring. Another album. More touring. Another album. Folks REALLY start to pay attention. Crazy touring, more albums, accolades, wildest dream after wildest dream coming true. "World-renowned" becomes an appropriate descriptor, as does "long-building overnight sensation."

The brother-and-sister relationship earned them some recognitions as "The Carpenters of rock" as Meg - like Karen Carpenter - played the drums and Jack handled the songwriting and multiple instruments.  But in the grand tradition of such rock icons as Bob Dylan, the mythology wasn't quite true.  Jack Gillis met Meg White in their senior year of high school, and they married in 1996 - less than one year before they debuted onstage locally in Detroit as The White Stripes.  The marriage didn't last, and the couple divorced in 2000.  But they continued to work together through late 2007, releasing a total of six studio albums.  (A live series on Third Man Records has seen the release of a dozen concerts to date.)  They gave a final live performance on television in 2009, and in early 2011 announced that they had officially split. Jack to this day retains Meg's surname.

The collection is said to include 26 songs, but the band and labels haven't confirmed the track listing beyond "Ball and Biscuit," which they have shared in a live video from their October 22, 2003 Tokyo show.  That video is now streaming and can be viewed either below or at this link.  The Vault Package, # 46 in the series, will press the two discs on red and white platters with the bonus LP on "detonation" splatter vinyl.  The White Stripes' frequent collaborator Rob Jones will also provide unique artwork for the Vault edition.  Target will carry an exclusive edition with a bonus slip mat.

Greatest Hits is the first release under an agreement between Third Man Records, Jack White, and Sony Music Entertainment.  It covers the majority of White's discography - not only with The White Stripes but also with The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather as well as his solo recordings.  Greatest Hits is due on December 4, and you can find pre-order links below!

The White Stripes, Greatest Hits (Third Man/Legacy)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
Vinyl: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Third Man Vault Package / Target Exclusive Edition

Track Listing TBA, includes "Ball and Biscuit"

Categories: News Formats: CD, Vinyl Genre: Rock Tags: Jack White, Meg White, The White Stripes

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. gootsy says

    October 12, 2020 at 2:36 pm

    The bonus disc on the Vault package has the following tracklist :
    1. Look Me Over Closely
    2. Lafayette Blues
    3. Red Bowling Ball Ruth
    4. You’re Pretty Good Looking (Trendy American Remix)
    5. Rated X (Live at Hotel Yorba)
    6. Who’s to Say…
    7. Good To Me
    8. Black Jack Davey
    9. St. Ides of March
    10. Who’s A Big Baby?
    11.Though I Hear You Calling, I Will Not Answer
    12. Shelter Of Your Arms
    13. Walking With A Ghost

    Reply
  2. Bill B says

    October 12, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    Speaking of track listings, does anyone know why Amazon doesn't provide track listings for cds and albums anymore?

    Reply
    • Avatar photoJoe Marchese says

      October 12, 2020 at 3:15 pm

      I find that frustrating, too, Bill, and I've noticed it more and more often recently. In this particular instance, the label has deliberately chosen not to release the track listing yet.

      Reply
      • Bill B says

        October 12, 2020 at 6:30 pm

        Yes, but it also classic catalog albums (Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Beatles, etc.) so they've went out of their way to take that information away from us.
        Just an FYI if there is an "mp3" button as an option (in addition to "CD" and/or "Vinyl", etc,) you can see the tracks when you click on it. Most likely so people can cherry pick the songs they want. I tried emailing Amazon but, surprise, they never replied. Whatever changed it was recent (in the last few months). Very annoying and doubly so if there isn't a good reason for it.

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    • Rob M says

      October 12, 2020 at 4:42 pm

      At this point, we almost have to be thankful that Amazon carries CDs at all, I'm afraid.

      Reply

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