Jack White details "Ultra LP" edition of new album Lazaretto

06 May 2014, 20:15 | Written by Robby Ritacco

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Jack White and Third Man Records have bigger plans for the forthcoming Lazaretto than any so-called “conventional” LP release. Instead, they’ve put together an elaborate “Ultra LP,” which hosts some outlandish bonus specs, including hidden tracks and a hand-etched hologram on the A-side.

According to Third Man’s website, Lazaretto‘s Ultra LP release will include the following features:

- 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 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
- LP utilizes some mixes different from those used on CD and digital version

Lazaretto is out via Third Man on 10 June. You can watch a video of White and Third Man Records’ Ben Blackwell presenting the LP’s features below, and see the full tracklist beneath that.