Newest White Stripes album, "Get Behind Me Stan," to be recorded and released on wax cylinder. Buys will receive free wax cylinder player with purchase.

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On July 27, the White Stripes will turn in another thrilling new album, "Get Behind Me Stan" (Third Man/V2/BMG). Completing the job of dismantling the band's goofy mythology, it will create a new replacement mythology of reverence for the retro by being cut on a wax cylinder. It's such an unexpected development that it may change the way people hear all its predecessors. And that's just a start. The album might just change the way people hear lots of other bands, too, inspiring a clamor for wax cylinder-recorded analog product.

In an interview from Srebinica, Jack White revealed the moment when the idea for recording "Get Behind Me Stan" on wax cylinder hit him.

"I was driving along in my supercharged antique car, the one that sounds like a jet roaring down the highway, with a picture of Rita Hayworth sitting on the dashboard," he said.

"And it came to me, a 'Eureka' moment! Rita Hayworth was everything to me, the crystallization of all my conceptual work, and she probably listened to her favorite music on wax cylinders."

― Harry Klam, Sunday, 5 June 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

Will Stan himself provide me with a copy?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 5 June 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

It's my impression there will be special promotional tour featuring Stan. There will be surprises like Stan signing the cardboard box containing the wax cylinder player. Economies in nation's reduced to penury and slave labor make it cheap to make the players, 25 cents a pop in Indonesia, for instance.

Stan will also raffle off a large number of the cylinders, each one containing a ticket to an invitation only concert for which the Stripes will play the album live once and only once. The mobile facility will be out back to burn on demand CDs for those lucky to be in attendance.

― Harry Klam, Sunday, 5 June 2005 22:42 (twenty years ago)

he probably stole the idea from warren defever.

― keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 6 June 2005 01:09 (twenty years ago)

how do you listen top a wax cylinder? it's with gramophone, yeah? who the fuck has a gramophone?

― Nic de Teardrop (Nicholas), Monday, 6 June 2005 01:48 (twenty years ago)

you get one for free with purchase

― keith m (keithmcl), Monday, 6 June 2005 01:54 (twenty years ago)

If Wonderama were still going, Jack could win a prize on the "What The Heck Is It?" segment.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 6 June 2005 01:58 (twenty years ago)

i was listening to some last year. maria's great aunt still plays her edison cylinders. it's like listening to people on mars. if mars were a freaky ghost planet transmitting the unearthly sounds of turn of the century america.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 6 June 2005 02:00 (twenty years ago)

Will Stan himself provide me with a copy?

We waited in the blistering cold for you, four hours and you just said, "No digital."

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 6 June 2005 02:00 (twenty years ago)

I was waiting for that.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 June 2005 02:01 (twenty years ago)

(Of course these days Eminem would be all, "Um, do you still like me? Please?")

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 6 June 2005 02:01 (twenty years ago)

I went to see Ray Price at the Bottom Line a few years back, his first NY appearance since 1962, and it was like a time machine because he had this weird Frank-and-Sammy race-baiting relationship with his Mexican bandleader. There was one point, scripted no doubt, when the bandleader got back his own, when he said "Do you remember when we recorded our first single? [Agreement is voiced.] And do you remember the name of the engineer on that session? Thomas Edison."

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 6 June 2005 02:04 (twenty years ago)

I cram to understand you, Stan.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 6 June 2005 02:04 (twenty years ago)

BTE.

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Monday, 6 June 2005 03:03 (twenty years ago)

I am already behind all of you, but I missed this thread because your previous request: "Don't Stan So Close To Me"

― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2005 05:47 (twenty years ago)

Stan, by your man

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 6 June 2005 05:57 (twenty years ago)

(Stan in the place where you live)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 6 June 2005 05:58 (twenty years ago)

I can't Stan up for falling down.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 6 June 2005 09:58 (twenty years ago)

You people may joke, but remember:
Stan Is Real

― Karlie Louvin (Ken L), Monday, 6 June 2005 09:59 (twenty years ago)

Under Stan, your man.

― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 6 June 2005 10:02 (twenty years ago)

"I was driving along in my supercharged antique car, the one that sounds like a jet roaring down the highway, with a picture of Rita Hayworth sitting on the dashboard," he said.

Well well well, Karen Elson will surely want to know more about his Rita obsession.

― nathalie's baby (stevie nixed), Monday, 6 June 2005 10:57 (twenty years ago)

Hey!!!! People will finally be able to set the "Media Type" ID3v2 tag on their MP3s to Wax Cylinder!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's another great day for XML-based metadata embedded in digital media!!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Monday, 6 June 2005 11:51 (twenty years ago)

Well well well, Karen Elson will surely want to know more about his Rita obsession.

Stan would be happy to get behind her if things fall to pieces.

― Harry Klam, Monday, 6 June 2005 14:54 (twenty years ago)

Man, that's so stale. If they were cool like me, they'd only release their music on a Phonautograph recording, making the soundwaves visble only. Who needs to hear music anyway?!

Love,
Leon Scot(t)

― PappaWheelie (PappaWheelie), Monday, 6 June 2005 15:05 (twenty years ago)

Pansies.

REAL vintage snobs only listen to player piano rolls.

― The Mad Puffin, Monday, 6 June 2005 15:37 (twenty years ago)

fifteen years pass...

Interesting wax cylinder article: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-11-12/wax-cylinder-dentist

― Tim Simms (morrisp), Friday, 13 November 2020 02:26 (four years ago)

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