On Thanksgiving evening, after bellies were stuffed, a couple hundred folks gathered Thanksgiving night at Jack White’s Third Man Records shop at 441 Canfield St.in Midtown for a pre-opening party.
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The store is larger than its Nashville cousin, and features a host of special editions from the vinyl-loving label, and its sister imprints Sun and Paramount Records.
On Thursday, White threw a soirée to preview his new Third Man Records Cass Corridor location.
Everything about this neighborhood to me seems like the ideal place for the renaissance, the rebirth, the growth from the ashes that Detroits gonna rise from.
Also showcased on Thursday was a 10,000-square-foot space behind the store that will be home to a vinyl record pressing plant.
The staff at Third Man Records in Detroit.
Alongside pressing records from White’s own projects, including his solo material, the White Stripes, Dead Weather and the Raconteurs, Third Man has also released music from Beck, Tom Jones, Insane Clown Posse, Seasick Steve, Alabama Shakes, The Shins.
Officially launching on Record Store Black Friday, early bird fans got the chance to pick up rare seven-inch vinyl prints of early singles by Motown acts Marvin Gaye, Barrett Strong and the Supremes.
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Fans began ready in line Thursday morning for Friday’s official opening. Eight machines have been purchased from Germany and are expected to be delivered in January, according to Swank, with the plant operational by spring – although he added that Third Man will also maintain its current relationship with United Record Pressing in Nashville.
