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.
I’m curious how well that angel hologram will show up on the vault blue and white version of the LP
too bad I can’t listen to side A on my main turntable. Still seems like it will be a cool release.
James Webster: This was posted on the News page of Jack’s site— “Both the Lazaretto ULTRA LP and the Vault version of the Lazaretto LP contain all ULTRA LP features. Both will also come with an MP3 download card.”
So all these features are on the vault package version of Lazaretto too?
Roja: … final hours… you dont need angels so much as EMT… lemme get them on the phone for you… Hello Operator…………… Arewhyehen: Look at you man…. whew imm have to get the Ultraman Tech crew on this Godzilla issue before any other Titans are awakened…. talk about are you experienced… im sure jimi hendrix skull is grinnin in some ones face as we speak over all this analogue digital perfectionism… rest easy jimi babe… rest easy
This is the kind of stuff I was hoping for from Jack. He gives reason other than higher sound quality and bigger art to get the LP.
Nerdy question, is the 78rpm track cut in microgroove? I would assume so, but just curious. Not many new 78s coming out these days.
brad haswell: This was posted on the News page of Jack’s site— “Both the Lazaretto ULTRA LP and the Vault version of the Lazaretto LP contain all ULTRA LP features. Both will also come with an MP3 download card.”
ahhh I cannot wait to receive this!!! :)
This instantly makes the vault version the most awesome vinyl in my collection. And i’ll get to listen to one of my favorite artists’ new songs, too! :D