The White Stripes Greatest Hits Collection Coming In December

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The White Stripes Greatest Hits, the first-ever official anthology of recordings from the iconic rock duo, Jack and Meg White, is set for release on Dec. 4 via Columbia and White’s Third Man Records. The new agreement covers the worldwide distribution for the majority of White’s recordings with The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, The Dead Weather and his solo work.

The collection highlights 26 previously released songs and is available for pre-order on CD, 2xLP 150-gram black vinyl, and digitally.

In true White Stripes fashion, the band has revealed only one of the twenty-six songs on the track list today, “Ball and Biscuit,” keeping the rest a mystery to be unveiled at a later date. Ensuring that this special celebration is started in full force, the band dug into the archives to share a never-before-seen live performance video of “Ball and Biscuit” from their October 22nd, 2003 Shibuya-AX show in Tokyo, Japan. Shot on four camcorders, this was the band’s third trip to Japan. All of The White Stripes’ groundbreaking official music videos will be upgraded and released in High Definition as part of the Greatest Hits release in December, and fans subscribing to The White Stripes YouTube channel can access more from the archives and watch the HD music videos when they debut.

Third Man Records is also releasing an expanded collection with an added bonus third LP of largely overlooked, previously scattered b-sides for Vault Package #46. For the Vault version, the first two LPs containing the original track list will be pressed on red and white discs. The bonus third LP is pressed on an exquisite red/white/black “detonation” colored vinyl. Taking it to another level, the Vault version of Greatest Hits features iconic artwork from longtime White Stripes collaborator Rob Jones. The package also comes with three Rob Jones silk-screen prints and a White Stripes-themed set of magnetic poetry.

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