The first time Elvis Presley walked into a recording studio was on July 18th, 1953. It was at the Memphis Recording Service at 706 Union Avenue, the home of Sam Phillips' legendary Sun Records. It was on that day the legend of Elvis was born. During the session he recording the songs "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartache Begin." From there RCA signed Presley to a $40,000 record deal. Those songs will now be surfacing once more as Jack White paid more than $300,000 at an auction to own them. Now that the songs are digitally reissued, he'll be selling them on through his Third Man Records label. Read More »
Weezer certainly seem to be in a 1994 sort of mood. We've already told you about their Blue Album-esque track "Back To The Shack" and their decision to bring in The Cars' Ric Ocasek to produce their latest. Now, we can show you the band themselves killing a 20-year-old track. Read More »
Jack White is one of the biggest fans of historical music in the world, and it's a cause he's not afraid to put his money behind. His newest, and biggest, donation was a $200,000 gift to the National Recording Preservation Foundation. White is the first to donate to the cause and he hopes more will follow suit. Read More »
Fans of Jack White's Third Man records will have three new 12" LPs so snatch up next week. Yesterday (June 20), the label announced that it will release three live albums from some of indie rock's biggest names. Read More »
Easily one of the coolest things to come out of Record Store Day 2013 was the vinyl-recording booth at RSD Ambassador Jack White's own Third Man Records store in Nashville. Proving that the only person who can one-up Jack White is Jack White, the rocker hopped in the booth to record a special cover of Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter." Read More »