The White Stripes Have too Much to Think on “Party of Special Things To Do” Sub Pop Single

Beginning at the tail end of 1998, the famed, Seattle-based label, Sub Pop began releasing 7” singles through a mail order subscription service called the Sub Pop Singles Club - a springboard for a legion of up-and-coming acts kicking around the indie scene. Enter The White Stripes.

In 2000, the peppermint twistin' duo doused three Captain Beefheart tunes with their feedback-ridden, candy-colored blues. A trio of tracks that tickle our rock ‘n roll stethoscopes pink. Side-A, “A Party of Special Things to Do” is a second to none cover – a full scale air raid of over-driven guitars wrapped in chicken wire, partnered with the deep ringing velocity of White’s gutbucket vocals. Jack White recalls, “On Party of Special Things to Do we used different recording techniques, going straight into the board, with fuzz guitar and bass. That was the first time we've ever done that. When a song feels like it needs something, I just wanna have it there.”

On the flipside they deliver their therapeutic, fuzzed-out pyrotechnic power with a pair of gems: “China Pig” recalls the sounds of hellhounds with a dose of White’s heavy-handed special madness. “Ashtray Heart” is a staggering behemoth of twisted sound that finds the aristocratic horseman of rock barking out, "Someone's had too much to think!"

Take Up Thy Rock 'N Roll Stethoscope and Walk,



Sup Pop Records
December 5, 2000
Catalogue #: SP-527
Written By: Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Enjoy these 3cc of The White Stripes

MP3: A. The White Stripes – “Party of Special Things To Do”
MP3: B1. The White Stripes – “China Pig”
MP3: B2. The White Stripes – “Ashtray Heart”

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