The White Stripes - Icky Thump X (2007/2017) [Vinyl]

This month is the 10-year anniversary of The White Stripes’ final album, Icky Thump. Jack White’s Third Man Records is marking the milestone with a deluxe vinyl reissue.

Icky Thump X comprises a “contained explosion” colored vinyl repressing of Icky Thump, as well as b-sides and outtakes from the album’s recording sessions, a polaroid photo book, art prints, and more, all packed housed in a soft-touch coated telescoping box that reproduces the cross of St. Andrew Cross used in the original album’s artwork.
The vinyl repressing of Icky Thump marks the first time the album is available in a color other than black. It also marks the first-ever Vault title manufactured at Third Man’s new Detroit vinyl pressing plant, after it was remastered from the original 1-inch analog tapes in Nashville, Tennessee.

A second 12-inch vinyl collects all nine of the non-album B-sides, including Beck-produced tracks like “It’s My Fault For Being Famous”, “Cash Grab Complications On The Matter”, and “Honey, We Can’t Afford To Look This Cheap”.

Even more exciting is a third LP dubbed, The Red Demos, a tape of 11 demos recorded before The White Stripes began tracking Icky Thump. As a press release explains, “this would prove to be the ONLY time the band would ever demo an album before recording.” It includes a previously unreleased instrumental called “Monkeys Have It Easy”, which you can preview here. The artwork for The Red Demos depicts a working mock up of the unedited image used on the original album.