Third Man RecordsOver the last two years, Jack White‘s Third Man Records has marked the 20th anniversary of the first two White Stripes albums — 1999’s self-titled and 2000’s De Stijl — with special expanded packages. As TMR co-founder Ben Blackwell tells ABC Audio, you can expect that trend to continue in 2021 for 2001’s White Blood Cells.
“I don’t think it’ll be any surprise to anyone,” Blackwell says of a 20th anniversary White Blood Cells release. “We did the first album, the 20th anniversary, in 2019, we did De Stijl in 2020. So 2021, we’ve telegraphed this one a long ways ago.”
That yearly streak, however, will end in 2022, since the next White Stripes record, 2003’s “Seven Nation Army”-boasting Elephant, won’t turn 20 until 2023. But TMR still has plans for 2022.






