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.
Sorry… cant be arsed to spell check at 2am… give it up and turn it loose!
Different running orders for CD & LP w/downloads to match… variations galore… its a collectors dream…. this release is by far and away head and shoulders screaming at competitors “Tun and Run …. fast as you cab….Cant catch me……..I’m the Ginger Bread Man……” but its a different tale this time around because th fox and the croc and the gingerbread man are all in on the plan together …. guinness book of world records might as well hang it up…. We got you like that maaaan!!! Cheers to Roja and jimmy jimi
Really interesting about music !!! Thanks & LOVE
New music released as an all analog LP is really rare!!! I give props to Jack White for making that decision with this vinyl. And to get that for 20 bucks ain’t bad! Now what I think would be awesome is for Third Man Records to offer a High Res download with their albums (24bit/192KHZ), but that’s just me. Either way keep up the good work TMR!!!
*swiss
There’s so much going on here it’s like the swiaa army knife of sound.
When Jack was on chat he said that he would be releasing Power of My Love mp3 to the vault prior to the album release. Do we know when that’s happening?
This will be awesome. I can see that like everyone else, my first question was will the Vault get all these features.
@Ben will the MP3 download code be the differently mixed digital / CD version, or will it represent the vinyl audio?
@Quizze: Just bringing some drama here. To tell you the truth I’m very very anxious by now. June 10th seems to be so far. Let rest in peace Jimmy