Third Man Records - Discography

Discography

Third Man releases some music on compact disc and via electronic release on iTunes, but vinyl records are its primary format.

In addition to pressing titles on regular black vinyl, some releases have been issued on colored and multicolor vinyl. Beginning with TMR-003, a limited edition handmade batch of 100 tri-colored 7" vinyl, in equal parts black, yellow, and white, were produced for exclusive distribution at Third Man's Nashville location. Beginning with TMR-009, an additional 50 tri-colored vinyl have been pressed for random distribution in Third Man mail orders. Certain single releases have been sold on tri-colored vinyl available at record stores in the artist's hometown instead of at the Nashville store. An additional 50 are still randomly distributed in mail orders. The first double LP issued in the Third Man catalog, The Dead Weather's Horehound (TMR-008), consisted of one regular black vinyl and one half white/half yellow vinyl. A portion of these were sold at the Nashville location, but the majority were sold at Third Man Records and Novelties East, a temporary store in New York City.

In conjunction with The Dead Weather's August 25–26, 2009, concerts in Los Angeles, "Bizarro" versions of previously-released Third Man material (up to TMR-013; excluding TMR-008) were made available at Third Man Records and Novelties West, a temporary store in Los Angeles. The picture sleeves featured reversed or alternate images, and the vinyl had backwards labels without center holes. A temporary store was open in London on October 30–31, 2009, which sold glow-in-the-dark copies of every regular 7" record up to TMR-016; each was limited to 100 copies.

On February 4, 2010, Third Man hosted the first in a series of live concerts at the Nashville location. The concerts are recorded directly to analog reel to reel tape and pressed on vinyl for purchase through Third Man. Approximately three hundred half black/half blue LP's are pressed and made available only for purchase by concert attendees. Beginning with TMR-039 (The Racontwoers), each LP jacket is sealed with a concert-specific label on which the purchaser's name is written. A pop-up store, Third Man Records at SXSW, which was open from March 17–20, 2010, during the SXSW festival, featured limited edition "Texas-Sized" 8-inch singles and 13-inch albums.