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Jack White: Entering Heaven Alive

On July 22, 2022, “Third Man Records” label released “Entering Heaven Alive”, the fifth Jack White studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Third Man Studio” in Nashville, and was produced by Jack White.

Personnel:

  • Jack White – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond organ, bass guitar, ukele bass, drums, percussion, vibraphone, Wurlitzer piano, Chamberlin drum machine, Mellotron M4000D, Hammond Solovox, analog Mellotron, Septavox synthesizer, engineer, mixing
  • Pokey LaFarge – acoustic guitar
  • Dan Mancini – acoustic guitar
  • Mark Watrous – piano, additional keys, Wurlitzer piano
  • Dean Fertita – Wurlitzer piano solo
  • Cory Younts – live piano, piano
  • Quincy McCrary – piano
  • Jack Lawrence – bass guitar
  • Dominic Davis – bass guitar, upright bass
  • Olivia Jean – Tic-Tac bass guitar, electric guitar, live percussion, shakers
  • Ben Swank – drums
  • Patrick Keeler – drums
  • Daru Jones – drums
  • Fats Kaplin – violin, viola, strings
  • Joshua V. Smith – engineer, mixing
  • Bill Skibbe – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • The Third Man – packaging design
  • Rob Jones (at Animal Rummy) – packaging design
  • Sara Deck – photo restoration and touch-up
  • Nikolai Matorin – front cover photograph (Rhythm of Labor, 1960)
  • Ed Westcott – back cover and inner sleeve photographs (Civil Defense air raid drill, Highland View School, 1953)

Track listing:

All tracks are written by Jack White.

  1. A Tip from You to Me
  2. All Along the Way
  3. Help Me Along
  4. Life Is Selfish
  5. I’ve Got You Surrounded (With My Love)
  6. Queen of the Bees
  7. A Tree on Fire from Within
  8. If I Die Tomorrow
  9. Please God, Don’t Tell Anyone
  10. A Madman from Manhattan
  11. Taking Me back (Gently)

Jack White: Blunderbuss

On April 23, 2012, “Third Man Records” label released “Blunderbuss”, the debut Jack White album. It was recorded in 2011, at “Third Man Studios” in Nashville, Tennessee, and was produced by Jack White.

Personnel:

  • Jack White– lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, piano, bass guitar, drums, Rhodes, guitar case, clapping
  • Adam Hoskins – acoustic guitar
  • Jake Orrall – electric guitar
  • Olivia Jean – acoustic and electric guitar, clapping, drums
  • Fats Kaplin- fiddle, mandolin, pedal steel
  • Pokey LaFarge- mandolin, backing vocals
  • Brooke Waggoner- Fender Rhodes, Hammond B3, piano, Wurlitzer piano
  • Joey Glynn – upright bass
  • Bryn Davies- upright bass, clapping
  • Jack Lawrence- bass guitar
  • Daru Jones – drums, tambourine
  • Carla Azar- drums, maracas, percussion, shaker, clapping
  • Patrick Keeler- drums
  • Emily Bowland – clarinet, bass clarinet
  • Lillie Mae Rische – fiddle
  • Karen Elson- backing vocals
  • Ruby Amanfu- backing vocals
  • Ryan Koenig – backing vocals
  • Laura Matula – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Jack White, except where noted.

  1. Missing Pieces
  2. Sixteen Saltines
  3. Freedom at 21
  4. Love Interruption
  5. Blunderbuss
  6. Hypocritical Kiss
  7. Weep Themselves to Sleep
  8. I’m Shakin’- Ruddy Toombs
  9. Trash Tongue Talker
  10. Hip (Eponymous) Poor Boy
  11. I Guess I Should Go to Sleep
  12. On and On and On
  13. Take Me with You When You G