Ten years ago, before Jack White was Jack White, he was working as an upholsterer in the Detroit area. The rock star, along with his boss Brian Muldoon, also comprised a band that was called, fittingly, The Upholsterers. The duo recorded one single, “Your Furniture Was Always Dead… I Was Just Afraid To Tell You,” in 2004, and decided to hide 100 copies of the record in various bits of furniture that they were reupholstering, in celebration of Muldoon’s 25th year on the job.
Apparently, two of those 100 records were recently discovered. Here’s the statement from Third Man Records:
Recently Third Man Records has been made aware of the discovery of two different copies found by two separate individuals of the 2nd single by the Upholsterers. This duo, comprising of actual upholsterers Jack White and Brian Muldoon, pressed 100 copies of this single and proceeded to hide them in furniture being reupholstered by Muldoon in 2004, in celebration of his 25th year in the business. In celebration of these discoveries, Third Man would like to share with everyone the cover art for this single, done by noted Detroit artist Gordon Newton.