Over the past 5 years, Third Man Records has brought to life many ideas that are new to the century-old vinyl format. So, when it came time for the creative hive to discuss the vision for the pressing of Jack White’s Lazaretto, we were keenly aware of what it would take to produce a piece of wax worthy of the music it would contain… No single innovation would suffice. We needed to go big. We needed to go bold. We needed to press an ULTRA LP.
- 180 gram vinyl
- 2 vinyl-only hidden tracks hidden beneath the center labels
- 1 hidden track plays at 78 RPM, one plays at 45 RPM, making this a 3-speed record
- Side A plays from the inside out
- Dual-groove technology: plays an electric or acoustic intro for “Just One Drink” depending on where needle is dropped. The grooves meet for the body of the song.
- Matte finish on Side B, giving the appearance of an un-played 78 RPM record
- Both sides end with locked grooves
- Vinyl pressed in seldom-used flat-edged format
- Dead wax area on Side A contains a hand-etched hologram by Tristan Duke of Infinity Light Science, the first of its kind on a vinyl record
- Zero compression used during mastering
- Different running order from the CD/digital version
- LP utilizes some mixes different from those used on CD and digital version
Vault members needn’t worry – the Vault version and the standard version of Lazaretto both contain all ULTRA LP features. The LP will come with an MP3 download card. Pre-order begins today. Lazaretto will be officially released June 10th.
@Catryn its in the downloads tab above
@Tony – where is the download?
Just noticed the download for Power of my Love. Awesome guitar, awesome track! Thanks TMR for making this available.
I’m assuming that the hidden track on side A is about weed based on the first few lines. Which means that because it is mastered at 78rpm when you play it at 45rpm it will sound all slow and trippy. Which seems to be the desired effect because the majority of people cannot play records at 78rpm!
What an amazing week: ULTRA LP, Got tickets to my third Jack White concert for this summer(Milwaukee) which means I will be seeing Jack White three times in four days (Thanks to the Vault pre-sales for being able to get tickets to BOTH Chicago shows), Perhaps I will be lucky enough to meet Jack when they travel on down to Chicago July 22??? Not to mention the cool White Stripes shirt that was re-released in Vault Novelties, and now a free digital download for the Vaulties, AND got my Vault 19 yesterday. Thank you to Jack White III and Third Man Records for being so awesome!! Keep up the great work!
Good Morning Vaulties and what a great morning it is!! The teaser of this song on RSD recap was amazing, yes Kali D, let’s hope this is a regular part of the tour!! Thanks for the download TMR- I love all the vinyl releases but fantastic to get it for my soulless black devices!!
Power of My LOVE for this new tune!!! Jack, this is absolutely stellar. Now I have another infectious song to drill into my head. I guess it’ll replace Lazaretto, which has been determined to haunt me for weeks…
Thanks Russ
Just got to work after listening on repeat the whole 25 miles in and I have two questions— Jack White, what on earth where you doing to that guitar during the second solo? And, did you clean up afterwards? I sure need to clean up now. Hoo-boy. Oh, and after repeated listening, I can hear the rest of the band swingin’ a bit more than it seemed on the first two listens. Love Corey’s harmonica. And, can’t help but think Elvis would get a huge kick out of this.
@Effect3Cause-
THANK YOU for the heads up! I didn’t notice the download at all until I saw your post!