Jack White Opens Up White Stripes Archives To Fans

Jack White is offering some strong incentives for fans to sign up for his new subscription service, The Vault.

In an interview with BBC Newsbeat, the ever-busy White said he will open up vast archives containing unheard and unseen White Stripes material for those who subscribe to the service. Moreover, the guitarist-songwriter intends to randomly send vinyl releases to lucky subscribers, in some instances perhaps even delivering the LPs himself, in-person.

"The White Stripes … have incredible amounts of footage and recordings of shows from the last decade," White said. "They [subscribers] will get vaulted footage from the past that no one has seen or ever posted on YouTube before."

White added that "some [members] might get rare records randomly sent to them via mail order (or handed to them by me even!). Some are getting records that they will resell on eBay if they want to."

The cost of a premium membership in the service is $7 per month, with platinum memberships going for $20 per month. Meanwhile, a White Stripes film documentary, titled Under Great White Northern Lights, is scheduled for release later this year.

Thanks for the report to Gibson.com.

Comments

[joshua029]

$20 a month? isn't this kid in 14938938h0 other bands? i'm sure he could have cut that cost a tad...

otherwise awesome!!!

[100%guitarmad]

Disappointed about the price.

[calebcc]

Well, Meg needs to eat too. Very awesome, can't wait.

[slypoonce]

cool.. but costly

[lukeserious]

sad, that he has such a capitalistic way of thinking....

[MushroomBomb]

Quoted from the site: "If you knew what we had lying here, you'd crap your pants"

I'm guessing that he needs money for Three Man Records, I doubt the prices would be that high otherwise. Sadly, I can't sign up until December, since I don't have a credit card or w/e

[Biggoofi36]

If he showed up to my house i just might have to change my pants.

[Mattylightning]

calebcc wrote:

Well, Meg needs to eat too.

she doesnt look like she eats too much to begin with...

[tsunami bomb]

i'd pay $20 a month if he came to my house

[FoxBox]

Mattylightning wrote:

calebcc wrote:

Well, Meg needs to eat too.

she doesnt look like she eats too much to begin with...

Then lets start a fund going!

MONEY FOR MEG FUND!

MONEY FOR MEG! MONEY FOR MEG!

[axlanian]

FoxBox wrote:

Mattylightning wrote:

calebcc wrote:

Well, Meg needs to eat too.

she doesnt look like she eats too much to begin with...

Then lets start a fund going!

MONEY FOR MEG FUND!

MONEY FOR MEG! MONEY FOR MEG!

Ah! Must donate!

[destijl]

i would if i had any money right now

[JackWhite333]

I want Jack to deliver vinyl to my house...

[TBezza]

Didn't Jack white say internet was the death of music, or something along the lines of that... was on UG few weeks ago.

[TBezza]

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jack_ white_blames_internet_for_quick_launch_of_dead_weather.html

[jaxtheaxe]

$20 Is a reasonable price i think, if it's as good as it sounds

[customisbetter]

their Q&A on the Vaults site is hilarious. It actually sounds like a good deal to me.

[xophrax]

TBezza wrote:

Didn't Jack white say internet was the death of music, or something along the lines of that... was on UG few weeks ago.

Do you believe everything you read on the internet?

[lefthandman9876]

Awsome, untill i saw the price, thats pretty insulting jack trying to make a quick buck off his fans, i wont be subscribing.

[Like I Is]

I had another browser open and ready to sign up, until I saw the price tag.

It sounds really cool, though. I don't see anything wrong with this. Maybe when I have a bit more cash...

[Froggy McHop]

Jack has now lost all cool points.

[turtlewax]

yeah, Jack White was bitching about the internet being affiliated with music only a few months ago... oh well I guess he realises that there's money to be made

[Ibanez2427]

This opened like a month ago, I already subscribed.

$7 a month isn't bad if you think about it, there's a lot of cool stuff on the site.

Plus it's not just White Stripes, it's Raconteurs, Dead Weather, and there's also a Third Man Records site. I recommend at least a Premium Membership to avid fans of his work.

[Andragon]

Oh noez, teh internets is harmful... however, due to my STRONG LOVE that I have for my fans, I'll use teh internets to make them listen to my music... and make a few millions on the way.
Give me a f'n break.

[Chuckleberry]

Yeah it sounds like a cool idea...yeah im a jack white fan....yeah he probably could've dropped prices a little so his fan's WITHOUT A SHIT-TON OF MONEY could enjoy his new website too. I almost feel like he's making this website like a rich person's country club. Only the people who have enough pennies can get in.

I'm pretty sure there are more die-hard jack white fans that dont have money to spend 60 bucks on a website than there are that do have that kind of money.

A little disappointing jack....but again im sure he doesnt mean for it to be that way but it is. Props for a cool idea tho.

[cornmancer]

Sounded great I'd be willing to pay $7 a month but $20 no. And it's probably only the people paying $20 a month who get to meet Jack White which is the main reason I would join so I will pass an just get bootlegs instead.

[crazy8rgood]

Mmmm, cool

[oncetaken]

GASP!!! this artist seeks to make money off his music! so if $20 is too much for you to pay... then dont pay it? do you bitch at car companies when you cant afford their luxury model?

[MCRkid22]

I do not like the white stripes :/

Checked

[Jamie_W]

Depends what sorta volume of material there is.

I'd have thought it would make more sense to have an option to pick and choose specific downloads and pay for them individually.

[Punk_Ninja]

Not cheap enough to constitute me joining.

[TheSilverBeatle]

joshua029 wrote:

$20 a month? isn't this kid in 14938938h0 other bands? i'm sure he could have cut that cost a tad...

otherwise awesome!!!

I like how everything thinks that 20 bucks just magically goes straight into his pocket. Have any of you ever gotten a paycheck before?

[silent caution]

this is gonna start something...watch next week metallica does the same for $45 a month

[Dragon Master]

Sweet!

[slypoonce]

silent caution wrote:

this is gonna start something...watch next week metallica does the same for $45 a month

hahaha

[aocrkid]

i'll wait for the torrents.

[Ryo_Sanada]

Didn't Jack white say internet was the death of music, or something along the lines of that... was on UG few weeks ago.

I think by this point, jack white dosent know what hes talking about. Infact i think hes just saying as much stuff as he can just to hear himself talk.
Hes a great artist and i enjoy his work, but i think hes working a little to hard.

[guitarskater11]

Yah can't people just use a screen recorder for the concerts show in the streams and then put the audio they get on the internet? Sorry Jack but if you really wanted money you could have just made an unreleased box set just like everyone else.

[iksero]

sounds almost exactly like what incubus did...however you got a code to access their vault with the purchase of the greatest hits/rarities cd. Personally i think that's the better way of going about it.

[Jamie_W]

Pauldapro wrote:

How is this about the internet? He's going to be HAND-DELIVERING vinyl records/selling them in subscriptions, not letting you download them, you twats.

Erm... I don't think that is exclusively how the system will operate. You think Jack is gonna be biking round the world with a pack of records for all his subscribers? Maybe a one-off here and there.

[mygibsonrocks]

tsunami bomb wrote:

i'd pay $20 a month if he came to my house

yeah i'm going to have to definitely agree with you on that one

[EnDZYm3]

I'm not a huge White Stripes fan, but they are very original. And Jack White is a phenomenal guitar player. I would sign up if I had money to blow.

[Notoriousdoc]

Alkaline Trio's Blood Pact is far better. Same access to exclusive material, meet and greet oportunities, t-shirt, membership card. For $20 A YEAR.

Are the records worth 12x that much?

[MTVget0FFtheAIR]

...and then all these vault videos will be on youtube next month. hm, no thanks.

[yaxow]

why pay $240 a year when you can just wait for a few months for a member to leak the content and then just download it all for free? lol

[korbhag]

Wow how old are you guys? 20$ a month? Quit World of Warcraft and there you go, 20$ in your pocket! That's like 3 hours of work in A MONTH! Come on...

[MAYNARD]

$20/month is a bargain, when you consider how much the vinyl is gonna be worth the instant they come in the mail.

[The_lizard_king]

MAYNARD wrote:

$20/month is a bargain, when you consider how much the vinyl is gonna be worth the instant they come in the mail.

or how much they are worth when Jack mother****ing white hand delivers them. Seriously that would be cool. I wonder what material would be on the vinyl.

[Baconfish]

It's not a bad price really considering you're paying for the vinyl etc to be pressed.

And anyone complaining about what Jack said about a month ago didn't understand his point. -_-

[kirkwannabe]

Hmmm.... hang onto my $20 and not meet Jack White and get unreleased White Stripes songs and live concerts, or just stop being a bloody idiot and pay the $20.

Sign me up!

[MAYNARD]

The_lizard_king wrote:

MAYNARD wrote:

$20/month is a bargain, when you consider how much the vinyl is gonna be worth the instant they come in the mail.

or how much they are worth when Jack mother****ing white hand delivers them. Seriously that would be cool. I wonder what material would be on the vinyl.

The first full album is Icky Thump mixed in mono and the 45 is a couple covers from Dead Weather.

[MAYNARD]

Notoriousdoc wrote:

Are the records worth 12x that much?

They will be.

[shawnyboyskater]

yaxow wrote:

why pay $240 a year when you can just wait for a few months for a member to leak the content and then just download it all for free? lol

+1

[GibsonRck12]

7 bucks really isn't that much, either is 20. Any body with a minimum wage job could pay that.

[tands]

xophrax wrote:

TBezza wrote:

Didn't Jack white say internet was the death of music, or something along the lines of that... was on UG few weeks ago.

Do you believe everything you read on the internet?

lololol, i must admit this is pretty awesome, but for the cost???? all these rare recordings will be on pirate bay in a month so...

[Myfirstpubes]

I dont know why you guys are complaining. I went to go see the prices for the Metallica fan club, and they were like $30 for the shitty membership.

[Blaster Bob]

Even $7 a month is a lot of money to pay for content from just one band.

[flame_mc]

well , you don't have to be a platinum user if you don't want to... but $20 it's pretty expensive all right, should be more accesible... The stripes rocks anyway !!

[J@Z~]

the irony in all of this is unbelievably immense

[BDJake]

J@Z~ :
the irony in all of this is unbelievably immense

My thoughts exactly

[marcelaguiar]

flame_mc wrote:

well , you don't have to be a platinum user if you don't want to... but $20 it's pretty expensive all right, should be more accesible... The stripes rocks anyway !!

I might be wrong, but i think the vault is a company not owned by the whitestripes... THe vault decides the price to subscribe to it, not the whitestripes.

[NewsoftheWorld]

I'll pay $20 for Meg...

[Baconfish]

As far as I can tell, the vault is owned by third man records. Which is owned by Jack. :P

[LedDaveZeppelin]

I love ya Jack... But you've got to be crazy. But then again I know some people would gladly pay that.

[spyder52]

overprised

Check.

[dunkinmike1]

[quote]lukeserious :
sad, that he has such a capitalistic way of thinking..../quote]

[tucksteel33]

cool.

[TK1]

disappointed w the price, but GOD I WANT ONE!

[huevos]

MTVget0FFtheAIR wrote:

...and then all these vault videos will be on youtube next month. hm, no thanks.

It took a while a for someone to mention that. That's exactly what I was thinking when I read that paragraph.

One thing that marketing has taught me is that the value of commericial goods is relative. These Arms Are Snakes (well, someone from TAAS) is selling a GIBSON (this how it [tangently] ties in with this article) scratch, Epi Special 2 for $150. Crap guitar, but with loads of sigs from Mastodon, Cursive, TAAS, and Against Me!.
I thinking of getting it.
Paying that much for a years worth of Whites Stripes?

Creating demand is all about bending and wrapping the perception of cash and the item you are buying.

Sorry, relapsing. Everyone says overpriced, I hand-out my rationale.
One thing I'll say is that you never talk about price until after you've demonstrated you're product.

$20 a month would be better spent on securing a spot in the REAL Vault. Preferably 101...

[vans1170]

giving things away is better

[GivingUp]

You guys act like $60 is a HUUUGE cost. It's not. I'd rather spend $60 every 3 months to get awesome White Stripes stuff than what half of you guys spend on guitars.

Get real.

[GivingUp]

MAYNARD wrote:

$20/month is a bargain, when you consider how much the vinyl is gonna be worth the instant they come in the mail.

Amen to that! I think this stuff is gonna be rare material within the next 15 years. I really do think so because not many people are gonna sign up. Folks already think that the membership is too high.

[HemlockCocktail]

huevos wrote:

MTVget0FFtheAIR wrote:

...and then all these vault videos will be on youtube next month. hm, no thanks.

It took a while a for someone to mention that. That's exactly what I was thinking when I read that paragraph.

One thing that marketing has taught me is that the value of commericial goods is relative. These Arms Are Snakes (well, someone from TAAS) is selling a GIBSON (this how it [tangently] ties in with this article) scratch, Epi Special 2 for $150. Crap guitar, but with loads of sigs from Mastodon, Cursive, TAAS, and Against Me!.
I thinking of getting it.
Paying that much for a years worth of Whites Stripes?

Creating demand is all about bending and wrapping the perception of cash and the item you are buying.

Sorry, relapsing. Everyone says overpriced, I hand-out my rationale.
One thing I'll say is that you never talk about price until after you've demonstrated you're product.

$20 a month would be better spent on securing a spot in the REAL Vault. Preferably 101...

I'm surprised it too THIS long to get a Fallout reference... Anywho, probably not something I'm going to do until I get surplus cash to blow on this venture, but considering the exorbitant prices you see on other bands' subscription sites, it's not too bad, honestly.

J@Z~ wrote:

the irony in all of this is unbelievably immense

+1000

[skull78]

axlanian wrote:

FoxBox wrote:

Mattylightning wrote:

calebcc wrote:

Well, Meg needs to eat too.

she doesnt look like she eats too much to begin with...

Then lets start a fund going!

MONEY FOR MEG FUND!

MONEY FOR MEG! MONEY FOR MEG!

Ah! Must donate!

Fuck giving money for food... How about drumming lessons?

[gratefulduck]

wow Jack White coming to your house to my house to give me cool things... and I probably wouldnt be home...

Jack white: Hi I have a record here for Pete!
My Dad: I'm Pete, who are you, is this a Frank Sinatra record?
Jack white: No this is my band the white stripes!
Dad: Your pale fagot. You should call your band the white fagots

-the end-

[Timothy O.]

I love Jack but there's a large amount of hypocracy here. I mean if this were a service where like, you get a new vinyl release every month, I'd think that would be something Jack could have done to keep to what he had said a couple of weeks back, and it would have been a cool idea (imo). Then again, he issued the "I hate guitar hero" statement after Blue Orchid was already in GH5 so whatever. He usually contradicts himself anyway, intentionally or not.

[ColdbringeR]

And the word of the day, kids, is "exploitation".

[opiate-]

lukeserious wrote:

sad, that he has such a capitalistic way of thinking....

For trying to get paid for the work he's done?

[TheBurningFish]

I doubt a single one will get hand delivered outside of Tennesse.

But that'd be pretty awesome, opening your door to see Mr White standing with a vinyl in hand.

[80sskatebetty]

Actually, I paid the 20.00 ( 60 total over three months) for Platinum membership and I have not been disappointed. Just the opposite. Saw two songs streaming live from backstage in Ontario before their show for Vault members only, plus many more exclusive perks since I joined. I am thenkful that this is available for the hard core fans.

[guitarLG2087]

dunkinmike1 :
sad, that he has such a capitalistic way of thinking...

huh

[haz_uk]

youtube anyone?