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.
Quizze, I have!
im more interested in that turntable to be honest… anyone laid hands on anything like that before?
Wendy…. its an architectural design for a Lazaretto/Lazaret… i took some time and explored the image for the fun of it …
Wendy Tomlinson: I was trying to figure that out, too, but keep getting too caught up in what they’re talking about to pause the video and look closer. If you caught those terms, then maybe, possibly, perhaps… it’s a lazaretto?
@KristywithaK if it doesn’t, I will… ;)
wicked. so this is Vault #20 too?
Does anyone know what the blueprint is of in the video? Looks like a hospital or prison or something- “female ward”, “nurses room” etc. At first I thought maybe it was the TMR building but I can’t seem them sharing the details of the ‘bat cave’ like that!
SO so excited for Lazaretto!! In fact I feel bad for all the other bands that will release LP’s this summer- there is no chance I will be listening to anything other than JW. Kudos to everyone who worked on the Ultra LP- so freakin’ creative!
Perhaps TMR will be selling a new ULTRA turntable to support this wildly ULTRA LP?
The ultra features were all mentioned on both xfm and bbc radio 6 last night. The presenters were all really stoked by the amount of detail. This release is gonna be HUGE over here.
Mildly annoying for people whose turntables don’t play 78s (like me). But it’s still an awesome thing. Can’t wait!