To get your hands on this - sign up for the Third Man Vault by 4/30. “This Protector” (previously unreleased alternate take)ĭISC TWO (LIVE AT HEADLINERS, LOUISVILLE, KY – 9/6/01)Ġ2 “Death Letter / Grinnin’ In Your Face”Ġ4 “You’re Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)” “Rated X” (previously unreleased alternate take live at the Hotel Yorba)ġ3. “Feel Like I’m Three Feet Tall” (previously unreleased boombox demo)ġ2. The first time through, it's hard to see past 'Fell in Love With a Girl'. White Blood Cells actually gets better when you listen to it over and over. Their forms are all traditional, and terms of style, they're seemingly much more varied than any of the competing brand bands. “Hey Mary” (previously unreleased demo)ġ1. Which makes the White Stripes the best of this revival-era.
“I Can’t Wait” (previously unreleased alternate mix)ġ0. “Ooh-Aah” (previously unreleased demo)Ġ9. “That’s Where It’s At” (previously unreleased outtake)Ġ8. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (LP) Catalog:: 19439842381 Format: 1 x Vinyl LP, Album, Reissue Country: Europe Released: 2021 Media Condition: Mint. “Offend In Every Way” (previously unreleased acoustic boombox demo)Ġ7. “The Union Forever” (previously unreleased working mix without interlude)Ġ6. “Fell In Love With A Girl” (previously unreleased alternate take)Ġ5. “Hotel Yorba” (previously unreleased alternate take live at the Hotel Yorba)Ġ4. “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground” (previously unreleased boombox demo take 2)Ġ3. “Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground” (previously unreleased boombox demo take 1)Ġ2. There's also a DVD of behind-the-scenes footage and a booklet with rare posters, flyers, and photos.ĭISC ONE (DEMOS, OUTTAKES, AND ALTERNATE MIXES)Ġ1. The second disc- a white LP, features a 2001 live show at Headliners in Louisville. The first disc of the release, which will be a red vinyl, features a collection of unreleased demos and alternate takes of album tracks (including an “alternate take” of “Fell In Love With A Girl,” which you can preview below) plus songs that never made it to any kind of completed/released form. The release will be part of the label's Vault Package. White Blood Cells doesn’t go back to the basics so much as remind you that the basics are always there.Jack White and Third Man Records aren't known for being conventional - so this summer, when the White Stripes’ third album White Blood Cells turns 20 - instead of a reissue - they will release White Blood Cells XX -an anniversary companion to the original album. And if they spare you their rare fabrics and excess embellishment, it’s because they know that a happy customer is a good customer, and, like any honest business, they want to pass the savings on to you. So it’s no coincidence that Jack White used to work as an upholsterer: They play like a band that honors craft. Listeners who dismiss them as retro miss the broader point: With White Blood Cells, The White Stripes organize the sprawling, bluesy sounds of ’70s rock into something clear, minimal, and modern-less a personal expression than than a simple, reliable chair. Of course White, who is as opinionated in interviews as he is enigmatic on record, knows: They were cutting through the noise and advancing the maxim that less might actually be more. Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee and produced by frontman and guitarist Jack White, it was the band’s final record released independently on Sympathy for the Record Industry. White Blood Cells is the third studio album by American duo The White Stripesoriginally released on July 3, 2001.
Jack White remembers hearing “Fell in Love With a Girl” on the radio next to the heavily produced hard rock of bands like Staind and Incubus, and wondering what The White Stripes were doing there. 29 October 2021 by Electric Recording Co. And as unpretentious as the sound is, there’s something mysterious about it, too: a tiny machine whose movements seem less obvious the more you watch it work (“The Union Forever”). Advanced: eBay Deals Find a Store Help Sell Watch List Expand Watch list. They democratize the process by making it sound easy (“Little Room”), but they also lay bare how deceptive “easy” can be (“Fell in Love With a Girl”). The songs have the universal quality of classic rock (“Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,” “Offend in Every Way”), but its delivery-Meg White’s primitive drumming, Jack White’s bare-bones arrangements-feels rooted in punk (“Hotel Yorba”). For listeners who harbor an elemental faith in rock ’n’ roll, 2001’s White Blood Cells might be a perfect album. To celebrate the 20th anniversary release of the bands critically acclaimed third album, White Blood Cells, Sony Music are re-issuing the x16 song.