Three weeks? Try four hours. On the morning of Record Store Day, he and his band recorded two new songs live in Third Man's Blue Room in front of an audience, immediately transported the direct-to-acetate recording to Nashville's United Record Pressing plant, printed vinyl singles and returned them to Third Man Records for immediate sale to fans.
They did it all in three hours, 55 minutes. In , Third Man took the food truck concept to the record business with the "Rolling Record Store. And the booth isn't just for amateurs: Neil Young made a whole album out of booth recordings in Weezer, Weird Al and Richard Thompson have cut tunes in it, too.
In , 1, flexi-disc records of White's song "Freedom at 21" were attached to bright blue helium balloons and released from Third Man's downtown Nashville headquarters. Finn Jain, 22, dropped in a token and then took a step back as the device whirred and chimed. Out popped a small paperback from a collection of Third Man poems and short stories. It is a true lucky dip.
Small, 52, says he might make additional Literariums, but he considers them more of an art installation than a serious commercial venture. His own background is primarily in advertising — his claim to fame was the Joe Canada ad for Molson Canadian — but he has also dabbled in filmmaking, computer games, animation and fiddling with almost anything mechanical. In his spare time, he plays competitive pinball with his autistic son.
He grew up in Strathroy, Ont. Small spent many weekends running around factory floors and figuring out how things worked. He briefly tried university and community college but ended up at the CBC in the early s developing promotional videos for The Beachcombers , Mr.
Dressup and other shows the network sold internationally. Hopefully TMR will up its game in the quality department. How can a business that prides itself on promoting vinyl sell this Come on Jack, go speak to someone like u-Turn turntables and get them to make you a decent entry level turntable to go with your new pressing plant?
Best of luck to TMR. They'll need it. Between being in the dumpy city of Detroit and running a business in one of the crappiest economies in the US, it'll be an uphill battle the whole way.
Good way to stack the deck against success. There are so many other good manufacturing areas that would welcome a pressing plant And before I'm bitched at--I'm a lifer here; luckily in another two years I can finally move somewhere with a stable economy, roads that aren't crumbling, and people without constant racist chips on their shoulders when we go into "their" downtown area.
Hopefully "they" won't bother you as much wherever you end up. Sounds a lot like all those naysayers when CDS were introduced. I would think this is also an effort to bring business to a depressed area. Maybe there are govt grants? I lived in the Detroit area for 36 years and was born in Detroit, worked in the Eastern Market, graduated from Wayne State and yes I did run in to racism but the racism I encountered did not even approach what I saw in the burbs and, as I can see clearly, is still alive and well.
Happy to see Jack White is making an investment in Detroit as well as promoting the medium of vinyl. Search form Search. Analog Corner. News News Analog Gear News. Michael Fremer Nov 20, Jack White's Third Man Records just announced it will open a Detroit headquarters that will include a record pressing plant.
Log in or register to post comments. Just had lunch next door at the Jolly Pumpkin last Saturday.
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