20th Anniversary Reissue Of The Raconteurs’ Broken Boy Soldiers Announced Featuring Nine Rare Demos & Previously Unreleased Recording Of Debut Performance

Third Man Records is celebrating the 20^th anniversary of The Raconteurs’ classic debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers, with the 70^th 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

1. 1. Level
   2. Intimate Secretary
   3. Hands
   4. Steady, As She Goes
   5. Together
   6. A House Is Not A Motel
   7. Store Bought Bones
   8. Call It A Day9. Yellow Sun
   9. Broken Boy Soldier
   10. Five On The Five
   11. Blue Veins
   12. Headin’ For The Texas Border

DEMOS / OUTTAKES

1. Steady, As She Goes (studio demo) (previously released as TMR-198)
2. Mech Royal (studio demo)
3. Level (studio demo)
4. Blue Veins (alternate studio take)
5. Steady, As She Goes (alternate studio take, no vocals)
6. Yellow Sun (alternate studio take, rough guide vocals)
7. Store Bought Bones (alternate studio take, no vocals)
8. Bedridden Blues aka The Bane Rendition (alternate studio take)]
9. Hands (partial studio fragment)

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat