The White Stripes – Live at the Detroit Institute of the Arts will be available in audio and video formats

Third Man Records has unveiled Vault Package #50 as The White Stripes – Live At The Detroit Institute of Arts. The package, centered around the band’s monumental November 2, 2001 performance in the museum’s iconic Diego Rivera Court, features a 2 LP set on red and white vinyl taken directly from soundboard audio, a pro-shot DVD of the complete performance, previously unseen images by Detroit photographer Steve Shaw, and a custom gatefold jacket. Aside from being a defining document of the band’s global ascendancy 20 years ago, the performance is noteworthy for breaking the museum’s all-time single-day attendance record. Fans have through October 31st at midnight CT to sign up and receive this package.

Knowing full well the gravity and importance of the 50th installment of Third Man Records’ Vault subscription series, here in its entirety is the White Stripes legendary night at the Detroit Institute of Arts complete with 33 songs. With striking soundboard audio that wonderfully captures the energy radiating off the band that evening while subtly balancing the cavernous boom of tube amplifiers in a room with only bodies to deaden the sound, the two LPs are lovingly pressed on red and white vinyl. All sounds were painstakingly mastered, cut, and pressed at the Third Man Cass Corridor premises, less than a mile down the road from the marble fortress of the DIA.

Utilizing said audio as its bedrock, the package also features a pro-shot DVD of the complete White Stripes performance, sourced directly from the previously untapped video archives of the Detroit Institute of Arts. Vibrant and captivating, the footage manages to bring the viewer into the room, transported to the time and place where such magnetism unfurled.

The artwork utilizes a cache of previously unseen images shot that day by noted Detroit photographer Steve Shaw. Capturing the band at delightfully opposing tableaus, the strikingly empty soundcheck where skylights find the sun dappled mise en scene of Rivera’s murals as a humbling backdrop to the hauntingly dark and imposing mid-set overhead spotlit vignette of Jack and Meg, the imagery is among the best Third Man has ever had the luxury of using for such an important moment in the White Stripes’ history. Gracing both the LP and DVD covers, the choicest Shaw images are reproduced in a collection of four stunning photographic prints.

1. Little Room
2. The Big Three Killed My Baby
3. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
4. Hotel Yorba
5. Lord, Send Me An Angel (Blind Willie McTell cover)
6. Astro
7. Jack the Ripper (Screaming Lord Sutch cover)
8. Death Letter (Son House cover)
9. One More Cup Of Coffee (Bob Dylan cover)
10. I’m Bored (Iggy Pop cover)
11. Omologato (The Gories cover)
12. Looking At You (MC5 cover)
13. We’re Going To Be Friends
14. Baby Blue (Gene Vincent cover)
15. Cannon / Grinnin’ In Your Face (Son House cover)
16. Boll Weevil (traditional)
17. Let’s Shake Hands
18. When I Hear My Name
19. Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)
20. You’re Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)
21. Hello Operator
22. Stop Breaking Down (Robert Johnson cover)
23. Apple Blossom
24. Fell In Love With A Girl
25. I Fought Pirhanas
26. Let’s Build A Home
27. Goin’ Back To Memphis (Henry and June cover)
28. Do
29. Rated X (Loretta Lynn cover)
30. Expecting
31. I’m Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman
32. Your Southern Can Is Mine (Blind Willie McTell cover)
33. Screwdriver