Jack White (2) – No Name

Saw him at the Pinnacle in Nashville and they were selling these for $25 fyi.

pressings are gorgeous and all look quite a bit different, but beware of imperfections... i have raised bumps in my copy that thankfully don't cause skipping, but i also have a chunk missing on the outside of my record that would wreck a needle if someone wasn't paying attention. poor QC from TMR. sonically, sounds as good as my black/blue copy, if not oddly slightly cleaner on side A. side B is a little crackly at points even after an antistatic cleaning.

Finally got a "Bombed Out" No Name this past weekend! They were available 4/12 and 4/13 at the Rolling Record Store outside of his Masonic Temple shows. Both days sold out after about 50- people in line. Unknown how many were pressed for these events but I told these copies were pressed specifically for the Detroit shows along with the exclusive Get Behind Me Satan and Consolers of the Lonely pressings available at the same time. No Name seemed to go the fastest out of both days.

Pressing looks great! They have really nailed this style of splatter! Love the blue.

As others have said, pleasantly surprised with how quiet this LP right out of the sleeve. Thew it on without a wet clean, and it is easily the best TMR pressing I own. Dead quiet, and it sounds great. Dynamic, punchy, and a fun listen. Like the other Jack solo albums I own, it is cut a bit on the quiet side, and you do have to turn it up, but I have absolutely no complaints. I know TMR quality control can be dicey, and I originally was trying to track down one of the blue variants, but given how dead quiet this black vinyl is, I'm glad I went with this one.

Awesome record and definitely his best in a while. But the quality of the pressing itself could be better. It came a little warped and the first track had a skip 30 seconds in. It’s sounds good, but I find that boosting the treble a little helps. Overall I’m still happy I bought this one.

Let me tell you something, you don't play a Jack White record and complain about noise floor or distortion. If you do, you're not getting it and this music isn't for you. Jack runs everything he does through compressors and distortion pedals, and even his mic runs through vocal effect boxes and he intentionally overdrives his mic tube preamp.

If the record plays without skipping it does everything it needs to. Everything else rocks Jack White Style.

Gotta say I was pleasantly surprised by this one after reading a lot of the comments. I have absolutely no love for TMRs vinyl pressing abilities but I must have lucked out, flat and dead quiet. I know some people have commented on this having poor sound quality in of the mix or the mastering but honestly this is clearly what Jack wanted it to sound like, it's mastered by Bernie G for vinyl and it's punchy and grimy but it's not soft or muffled. It's the usual Jack White routine where tracks range from fuzzy almost mono sounding garage rock to big wide staged studio recordings. Some tracks you can draw a line right down the center of your room and the music doesn't extend more than a few feet on either side, others the stage is quite big and you've got good extension on the guitars and a lot of punch on the low end. As always your mileage may vary depending on your system and cleaning regimen but if you can manage to avoid the TMR pressing pitfalls, then I think this is a really fun one on vinyl. Sounds better than the high res stream on my rig. Just for reference it was cleaned with a Degritter and played on a VPI Classic Signature and a Soundsmith Paua MKII cart.

Ya know, Blunderbuss and Entering Heaven Alive don't sound much better than this album strictly from a recording quality perspective. But at least those two albums have some bass. I enjoy this album most in my vehicle or cranked when I'm in another room, cooking or something. For the life of me, I can't understand why anyone would want their album to sound like the bass and treble have been rolled off completely. Oh well, just another brilliant album taken down a notch or two by a questionable recording or mastering.

Lordy does this record rock hard. Probably a bit limited at the frequency extremes to shoehorn so much into two sides of wax. You all have 3 knobs at your disposal: volume, bass, and treble. Guess what? It's all there. Don't be afraid to "decode" this LP if needed.

If that sounds like an apology or an excuse, it is not.

Great mastering and pressing of what would have to be inherently a very compressed recording. Buy the $11 24/192 -- you read that right -- from Bandcamp if you need to compare!

A bit quiet compared to most of the records I own, but god damn it rocks. One of the Jack White's best albums.