Third Man Records is celebrating the 20th anniversary of The Raconteurs’ classic debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers, with the 70th installment of its long-running archival audio series, The Vault. Broken Boy Soldiers XX serves as an indispensable companion volume to the Grammy Award-nominated rock ’n’ roll landmark, boasting 23 tracks, 22 of which are previously unreleased, including nine rare demos and outtakes as well as an electrifying recording of the Raconteurs’ first-ever live performance, captured on stage at Liverpool’s Carling Academy Liverpool on March 20, 2006.
Vault #70 is pressed across three 180-gram LPs on brilliant Metallic Copper, Grand Green, and Coke Bottle Clear vinyl, packed in two gatefold jackets and housed in a sumptuous slipcase alongside one of four collectible trading cards from Third Man’s recently launched Tripppl imprint as well as a “Steady, As She Goes” video shoot film strip printed onto color positive 35mm film and highlighting individual shots of each band member pulled from the original Jim Jarmusch-directed clip. Subscriptions to order Vault #70: The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldiers XX are available now through October 31 at midnight (CT), exclusively here
Broken Boy Soldiers XX Track List
LIVE IN LIVERPOOL MARCH 20TH, 2006
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- Level
- Intimate Secretary
- Hands
- Steady, As She Goes
- Together
- A House Is Not A Motel
- Store Bought Bones
- Call It A Day9. Yellow Sun
- Broken Boy Soldier
- Five On The Five
- Blue Veins
- Headin’ For The Texas Border
DEMOS / OUTTAKES
- Steady, As She Goes (studio demo) (previously released as TMR-198)
- Mech Royal (studio demo)
- Level (studio demo)
- Blue Veins (alternate studio take)
- Steady, As She Goes (alternate studio take, no vocals)
- Yellow Sun (alternate studio take, rough guide vocals)
- Store Bought Bones (alternate studio take, no vocals)
- Bedridden Blues aka The Bane Rendition (alternate studio take)]
- Hands (partial studio fragment)
Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat
