Strange Times (Promo UK)

Format:   CD, Card sleeve

Label:   V2 Co-Op

Released:   2008

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   VVR5050533P

Info:   Single-track promotional CD; from the Attack & Release album.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Strange Times

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Strange Times (Promo UK)

 Format:   CDr, Clear PVC sleeve with inlay card and hype stickers

Label:   V2 Co-Op

Released:   2008

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   None

Info:   Single-track promotional CD; from the Attack & Release album.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Strange Times

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Brothers (Watermarked Promo)

Format:   CD, Slimline jewel case with inlay card

Label:   Nonesuch

Released:   2010

Region:   US

Catalog Number:   PRO 400122

Info:   Rare official 15-track advance promotional CD-R acetate of the full album.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Everlasting Light
02. Next Girl
03. Tighten Up
04. Howlin' For You
05. She's Long Gone
06. Black Mud
07. The Only One
08. Too Afraid To Love You
09. Ten Cent Pistol
10. Sinister Kid
11. The Go Getter
12. I'm Not The One
13. Unknown Brother
14. Never Gonna Give You Up
15. These Days

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Tighten Up - Mike Crossey radio mix (Promo UK)

 Format:   CDr, Clear PVC sleeve with inlay card and hype stickers

Label:   V2 Co-Op

Released:   2011

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   None

Info:   Single-track promotional CD; recorded live in studio.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Tighten Up - Mike Crossey radio mix

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Lonely Boy (Promo)

Format:   CDr, Card sleeve with hype sticker

Label:   Nonesuch

Released:   2011

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   None

Info:   Two-track promotional CD; from the El Camino album.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Lonely Boy
02. Lonely Boy (Instrumental)

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The Big Come Up (Demo)

Format:   CD (cloned from an original demo CD created by Dan & Pat)

Label:   None

Year:   2001

Catalog Number:   None

Info:   This is the first recording of The Black Keys; only a dozen or so of these CDs were produced to send to record labels in the hopes of getting signed.  Contains raw versions of tracks that would be re-recorded for the commerically released album. A notable example is Cryin’ Won’t Make Me Stay, which would re-emerge as Busted.  Musically based on the song Skinny Woman by RL Burnside and lyrically on Cryin’ Wont Make Me Stay by RL Burnside and Catfish Blues. It also has a 240 Years Before Your Time-esque outro.

Extras:

Track Listing:
01. The Moan
02. Run Me Down
03. Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay
04. Brooklyn Bound
05. Do The Rump
06. RC Cola Can Filled With Gas (Outro...)

A big thank you to CJ for this!!!!!!

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Oceans And Streams (Promo)

Format:   CD, Card sleeve

Label:   V2 Co-Op

Released:   2008

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   VVR5051473P

Info:   Single-track promotional CD; from the Attack & Release album.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Oceans And Streams

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I Got Mine (Promo UK)

 Format:   CD Single, Clear PVC sleeve with inlay card and hype stickers

Label:   Co-Op

Released:   2008

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   None

Info:   Single-track promotional CD; from the Attack & Release album.

Extras:   Single and Attack & Release album info and reviews, and May 2008 UK tour dates on back sticker.

Track Listing:
01. I Got Mine (Radio Edit)

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Run Right Back (Promo)

Format:   CDr, Card sleeve with hype sticker

Label:   Nonesuch

Released:   2012

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   None

Info:   Single-track promotional CD; from the El Camino album; this is a UK release.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Run Right Back

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Dead and Gone (Promo)

Format:   CDr, Card sleeve with hype sticker

Label:   Nonesuch

Released:   2012

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   None

Info:   Single-track promotional CD; from the El Camino album.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Dead and Gone

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Strange Times (UK)

Format:   Vinyl, Picture sleeve

Label:   V2 Co-Op

Released:   March 24, 2008

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   VVR5050537

Info:   7" single from the Attack & Release album.

Extras:   Previously unreleased cover of 'Something On Your Mind'.

Track Listing:
A. Strange Times
B. Something On Your Mind (previously unreleased)

Strange Times

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Just Got To Be / Black Door (Promo 2)

Format:   CD, Card sleeve with release date sticker

Label:   V2

Released:   2007

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   VVR5048343P

Info:   Two-track promotional CD; from the Magic Potion album.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Just Got To Be
02. Black Door

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Have Love Will Travel

Format:   Vinyl, Picture sleeve

Label:   Epitaph

Released:   September 15, 2003

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   1130-7

Info:    7" single with 'Have Love Will Travel' from the Thickfreakness album, and "No Trust" and "The Moan" recorded live on April 20, 2003 at BBC Radio 1's Maida Vale studio for the John Peel show.

Extras:   Colored (yellow) vinyl.

Track Listing:
A1. Have Love Will Travel (Radio Edit)
B1. No Trust (John Peel Session)
B2. The Moan (John Peel Session)

John Peel and The Black Keys

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10 A.M. Automatic (Promo)

Format:   CD, Cardsleeve with hype stickers

Label:   Epitaph

Released:   August 23, 2004

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   1173-2A

Info:     Two track promotional CD; tracks 1 and 2 from the Rubber Factory album.

Extras:   Previously unreleased cover of 'Summertime Blues'.

Track Listing:
01. 10 A.M. Automatic
02. Stack Shot Billy
03. Summertime Blues (previously unreleased)

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Live in Austin, Texas

Format:   DVD, Cardsleeve

Label:   Fat Possum/Epitaph

Released:   2004

Region:   US

Catalog Number:   80379-9p

Info:   Promotional item given away in some independent records stores and included in some pre-order copies of Rubber Factory.  Recorded live at Emo's in Austin, Texas on October 24, 2003 as part of the Thickfreakness US tour.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Hard Row
02. Thickfreakness
03. Busted
04. The Breaks
05. Set You Free
06. Have Love Will Travel

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The Big Come Up (180 Gram)

Format:   180 gram Vinyl

Label:   Alive Naturalsound Records

Released:   September 13, 2010

Region:   US

Catalog Number:   0044-1

Pressed By:   Rainbo Records

Info:   See the The Big Come Up entry.

Extras:   Promo DVD

Track Listing:
A1. Busted
A2. Do The Rump
A3. I'll Be Your Man
A4. Countdown
A5. The Breaks
A6. Run Me Down
A7. She Said, She Said (Alternate)
B1. Heavy Soul (Alternate)
B2. Yearnin' (Alternate)
B3. No Fun (Vinyl Only)
B4. Them Eyes
B5. Leavin' Trunk
B6. Brooklyn Bound
B7. 240 Years Before Your Time

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10 A.M Automatic (Aus)

 Format:   CD, Slim Jewel case

Label:   Shock

Released:   2004

Region:   Australia

Catalog Number:   E80380-2

Pressed By:   AAV Regency

Info:   Four-track CD with '10 A.M. Automatic' from the Rubber Factory album, plus three live tracks recorded at the Prince of Wales in Melbourne on September 17, 2003.

Extras:   "The Breaks", "I Cry Alone", "No Fun" performed live.

Track Listing:
01. 10 A.M. Automatic
02. The Breaks (Live)
03. I Cry Alone (Live)
04. No Fun (Live)

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Thickfreakness

Format:   130 gram Vinyl, Standard LP jacket

Label:   Fat Possum

Released:   April 8, 2003

Region:   US

Catalog Number:   80371-1

Pressed By:   United Record Pressing

Info:   See the Thickfreakness entry. Early pressing.  See below for the inspiration for the cover art.

Extras:    None

Track Listing:
A1. Thickfreakness
A2. Hard Row
A3. Set You Free
A4. Midnight In Her Eyes
A5. Have Love Will Travel
B1. Hurt Like Mine
B2. Everywhere I Go
B3. No Trust
B4. If You See Me
B5. Hold Me In Your Arms
B6. I Cry Alone

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Rubber Factory

Format:   LP, Standard LP jacket

Label:   Fat Possum Records

Released:   September 7, 2004

Region:   US

Catalog Number:  80379-1SLE

Pressed By:   United Record Pressing

Info:   See the Rubber Factory entry. Second pressing on standard weight (129 gram) vinyl. Track numbering on this release is sequential 1 through 13; "The Lengths" appears on the center label as the last song on side 1, but is actually the first song on side 2.  No catalog number printed on the grey-colored smokestack on this variety.  The inner sleeve is the glossy paper type.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
  A1. When The Lights Go Out
  A2. 10 A.M. Automatic
  A3. Just Couldn't Tie Me Down
  A4. All Hands Against His Own
  A5. The Desperate Man
  A6. Girl Is On My Mind
  B7. The Lengths
  B8. Grown So Ugly
  B9. Stack Shot Billy
B10. Act Nice And Gentle
B11. Aeroplane Blues
B12. Keep Me
B13. Till I Get My Way

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Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough

Format:   12" Vinyl, Standard LP jacket

Label:   Fat Possum

Released:   May 2, 2006

Region:   US

Catalog Number:   FP1032-1

Info:   See the Chulahoma CD entry. First pressing on 120 gram vinyl.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
A1. Keep Your Hands Off Her
A2. Have Mercy On Me
A3. Work Me
B1. Meet Me In The City
B2. Nobody But You
B3. My Mind Is Ramblin'

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The Big Come Up (Black)

Format:   LP, Standard LP jacket

Label:   Alive Naturalsound Records

Released:   2002

Region:   US

Catalog Number:   0044-1

Pressed By:   Rainbo Records

Info:   See the The Big Come Up entry. Second pressing.

Extras:   Track B3 on vinyl only.

Track Listing:
A1. Busted
A2. Do The Rump
A3. I'll Be Your Man
A4. Countdown
A5. The Breaks
A6. Run Me Down
A7. She Said, She Said (Alternate)
B1. Heavy Soul (Alternate)
B2. Yearnin' (Alternate)
B3. No Fun (Vinyl Only)
B4. Them Eyes
B5. Leavin' Trunk
B6. Brooklyn Bound
B7. 240 Years Before Your Time.

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Gold On The Ceiling (Promo)

Format:   CD

Label:   Nonesuch

Released:   February 25, 2012

Region:   UK

Catalog Number:   None

Info:   Single-track promotional CD; from the El Camino album.

Extras:   None

Track Listing:
01. Gold On The Ceiling

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