Sorry to hear your story Richard C. I don’t know about you but I would welcome the opportunity to speak to someone at TMR to at least express our concerns? I don’t have a God given right to anything in life, but shouldn’t I be finding out about a new Jack White album here first?

Third Man punishes true fans.
Having followed Jack since 1998, catching WS at the 100 club. Seeing Jack 18 times across 4 bands in the last 25 years. Signing up to the Vault from day one so that I could get a heads up on tickets and new releases. I find that my loyalty and dedication is worth nothing.
I am lucky enough to live just outside London and yet had no idea about the white label drop of ‘no name’. Third Man in London is mostly visited by tourists not fans. So a bunch of random tourists got access to the first drop with several copies finding their way to Discogs for £2000.00. Now I am aware of the eagerly awaited new album and drop in Third Man London to be told nothing. Nothing on vault news and nothing on Jacks website. And then a day later an announcement from Rough Trade East for a limited preorder. I was on it, straight to the site, album in my basket and while I am checking out the site glitched and I lost the purchase. I rang RT East and they told me that the site had been hacked and the hackers were buying multiple copies. So much so the RT shut the site down temporarily. Minutes later eBay was flooded with copies of No Name. Then I hear that Third Man had a physical drop on Wednesday and RT on Thursday. Work commitments meant I was unable to get to these stores and they sold out in hours. Once again our good friend eBay benefits. How do you think this makes me feel. It’s not about the physical copy it’s the absolute betrayal by TM. Yes, I have heard the ripped version, and yes as I would expect it’s is an astonishing album. But very sadly and as a dedicated fan I have been missed out.
Ben you want a name, it’s not a no name. It is Richard Collins a long serving fan who had been abandoned.

nuns love (les “nones aiment” in french ^^)

can’t find the blue LP in france!
hope to find the white ^^

I’m with Jonathan M. For a long time now (especially on the UK/Europe site) we have been paying £££ for very little. The vault store is stagnant. We are losing Tidal. 10% off a bar bill 3000 miles away is not much use to me. Travelling 250 miles on a day when I work to get to TMR London just isn’t possible. Seeing that more people in London have purchased the ‘indie store’ exclusive and are hawking them on ebay for £100 shows why that strategy was so wrong. It costs me 3%of what I earn every year just to be a vault member. Not even an announcement on the site to give us a chance to get a copy before they sold out? Pre sale access to gigs next week in America? Stuck with TMR for many years but presumed there was a surprise coming for those of us vaulters with the new album. There was, the utter contempt shown

I once had a dog with no name. I let him off the leash the first time I took him out for a walk in my local park and woods and, as he ran off, I realised I couldn’t call him back as he had no name to shout. I never did manage to find him. I hope someone came across him wandering alone, gave him a good home and had enough sense to call him Biscuit or Derek or something.

I’ll always remember where I was(nt) when this release was announced for sale ….

Not being in any way local, (5hrs by train) I sacked off a work meeting last Tuesday afternoon to visit Third Man London for the first time specifically to see if I could get any intel on the general release of this album. The guy working there played a straight hand – no idea he said, we get told nothing. Fair enough.

My work trip ended a day early so I head home on Wednesday rather than the planned Thursday. And what happens when I’m on the train home ? Only an announcement that this album would indeed be released and available the very next day, and only obtainable from the very spot that I had enquired about it.

So, after a 10+ hour round trip, I went away none-the-wiser and empty handed (well, except for picking up a beer glass, some plectrums and a TM t-shirt for my 9 year old JW obsessed boy). Still, there’s always this chance, right?

Wow, I’m reduced to entering a competition to get a rare version of Jack White’s new album. I thought that was what joining the Vault was for, remind me to cancel my subscription

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A no name product is normally a generic unbranded item.
This is both a groundbreaking campaign and product that shows how ironic this ‘no name’ is.
It’s anything but.
One thing is true though, No Name has an anagram- ‘One Man’ and Jack is the ‘One Man’ who I rely on to break new ground.