Like bands such as The Fall and The Smiths before them, the White Stripes became a favourite pet of the much missed BBC DJ John Peel after first arriving in the UK at the start of the last decade.
And like those bands and many others, the results were some celebrated Peel Sessions performances which have now been collected together for a first official release on Record Store Day 2016.
Over two discs, Jack White and Third Man Records will take fans down memory lane via live cuts of favourites such as ‘Death Letter‘, ‘Hotel Yorba‘, ‘You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)‘, ‘Well It’s True That We Love One Another‘ and ‘The Same Boy You’ve Always Known‘.
Tracklists:
Peel Session 1
‘Let’s Shake Hands’
‘When I Hear My Name’
‘Jolene’
‘Death Letter’
‘Cannon’
‘Astro’
‘Jack the Ripper’
‘Hotel Yorba’
‘I’m Finding It Harder to Be a Gentleman’
‘Screwdriver’
‘We’re Going to Be Friends’
‘You’re Pretty Good Looking (For a Girl)’
‘Boll Weevil’
‘Hello Operator’
‘Baby Blue (Gene Vincent cover)’
Peel Session 2
‘Lord, Send Me an Angel’ (Blind Willie McTell cover)
‘Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground’
‘I Think I Smell a Rat’
‘Well It’s True That We Love One Another’
‘Let’s Build a Home’
‘Little Room’
‘The Union Forever’
‘The Same Boy You’ve Always Known’
‘Look Me Over Closely’ (Terry Gilkyson cover)
‘Looking At You’ (MC5 cover)
‘St. James Infirmary’
‘Apple Blossom’
‘Do’
‘Rated X’ (Loretta Lynn cover)
‘Jumble, Jumble’