Over the past five years, Jack White & Third Man Records have brought to life many ideas that were 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's Lazaretto, Third Man 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 and 1 plays at 45 RPM, making this a 3-speed record
- Side A plays from the outside in
- 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
- Absolutely zero compression used during recording, mixing and mastering
- Different running order from the CD/digital version
- Utilizes some mixes different from those used on CD/digital versions
Watch masterminds Jack White and Ben Blackwell discuss and demonstrate the ULTRA LP features:
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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. Pre-orders for the Lazaretto ULTRA LP begin today. Lazaretto will be officially released June 10 on Third Man Records/Columbia.
Pre-Order Lazaretto now:
- ULTRA LP
- iTunes
- Amazon
Jack White will also be hitting the road this summer for a slew of tour dates across North America and Europe. See a full list of tour dates below and go to www.jackwhiteiii.com for further information.
JACK WHITE 2014 WORLD TOUR
05/29/14 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom * (SOLD OUT)
05/30/14 - Lubbock, TX - Wild West * (SOLD OUT)
05/31-06/01/14 - Houston, TX - Free Press Summer Festival
06/02/14 - Shreveport, LA - Municipal Auditorium * (SOLD OUT)
06/03/14 - New Orleans, LA - Saenger Theatre * (SOLD OUT)
06/05/14 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore Charlotte * (SOLD OUT)
06/07/14 - New York, NY - Governors Ball Music Festival
06/12-15/14 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
06/25-29/14 - Somerset, UK - Glastonbury Festival
06/26/14 - Dublin, Ireland - Royal Hospital Kilmainham
06/29/14 - Paris, France - L'Olympia (SOLD OUT)
06/30/14 - Paris, France - L'Olympia (SOLD OUT)
07/03/14 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Heineken Music Hall
07/04/14 - Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival
07/05/14 - London, England - Eventim Apollo (SOLD OUT)
07/19/14 - Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival
07/20/14 - St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre +
07/21/14 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom + (SOLD OUT)
07/23/14 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre + (SOLD OUT)
07/24/14 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre + (SOLD OUT)
07/27/14 - Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE Outdoors + (SOLD OUT)
07/28/14 - Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre + (SOLD OUT)
07/30/14 - Detroit, MI - Masonic Temple Theatre + (SOLD OUT)
07/31/14 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre +
08/01-03/14 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Music Festival
08/29-31/14 - Edmonton, AB - Sonic Boom
08/30-31/14 - Calgary, AB - X-Fest
* with Kelley Stoltz
+ with Benjamin Booker
Jack White's LAZARETTO Ultra LP
Moderators: Jake, D. Phillips