Jack White “That Black Bat Licorice/Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There)”

Jack White “That Black Bat Licorice/Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There)” 45 rpm single, Third Man Records, 2014/2015. Another pick from Third Man Records Rolling Record Store. We nabbed two copies, one for the Vault and the other for our 10 year old son, who really liked “That Black Bat Licorice” off of Jack White’s 2014 LP “Lazaretto.” Side B features “Blue Light, Red Light (Someone’s There)” by Harry Connick Jr., all jazzy filtered through Jack White’s garage blues lenses.

Ever the creative mind, White released a collaborative video for “That Black Bat Licorice,” which features three visual accompaniments for the single. The first is black and blue bat-spitting, tongue cutting animation from James Blagden. The second, if the viewer holds down the computer’s B key, is a Brand Holland directed slo-mo head-banging, air punching version. If you hold down 3, you get army-jacket clad, George Washington-masked hallucinations and Jack White on air violin.

Run-off groove etchings: Side A – “Banilhead or Banquette” Side B – “Bad Hectare”