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

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

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.

Side One
1. Three Women
2. Lazaretto
3. Temporary Ground
4. Would You Fight For My Love?
5. High Ball Stepper

Side Two
6. Just One Drink
7. Alone in My Home
8. That Black Bat Licorice
9. Entitlement
10. I Think I Found the Culprit
11. Want and Able

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