Jack White - What The ....
Posted by: FangfossFlyer on 08 May 2014
| What the .... is this?????
Jack White - Lazaretto THIS ULTRA LP IS THE STANDARD VERSION OF THE VINYL FORMAT OF LAZARETTO.
ULTRA LP 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 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 - 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
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That's taking things just a bit too far. 
That's taking things just a bit too far.
Too True. How would your Monk RCM cope with the inside to out groove. 
Or, possibly, he's just trying to have some fun, in a "science experiment" kind of way.
This lp's going to be free of charge then?
Don't think so.
That's the Yorkshire man coming out of me.
Or, possibly, he's just trying to have some fun, in a "science experiment" kind of way.
This lp's going to be free of charge then?
Don't think so.
That's the Yorkshire man coming out of me.
Ha! I hear you Graham. I just think the positives outweigh the silliness. White's production company has undertaken some pretty interesting projects in the past, and they don't appear to be high volume, high profit oriented. Seems much more about music preservation and boutique sales. Note his mammoth, 1917-1932 Paramount box set (the one that comes in a couple of brief cases). Yes, super expensive, but also super high quality and very expensive to produce.
White's own music is a matter of taste I suppose. i dug a lot of the old White Stripes stuff, but much of newer solo work leaves me cold. But a number of his production projects are interesting, and the list of artists now recording at Third Man is getting pretty impressive. White reminds me a bit of Steven Wilson in the breadth and scope of his talent. In fact, I think there is much to admire in how he has developed and grown his recording business.
And besides, as a guy who enjoys vinyl, I figure any gimmick that helps keep interest levels up has got to be a good thing! 
ATB.
Hook
Or, possibly, he's just trying to have some fun, in a "science experiment" kind of way.
This lp's going to be free of charge then?
Don't think so.
That's the Yorkshire man coming out of me.
Ha! I hear you Graham. I just think the positives outweigh the silliness. White's production company has undertaken some pretty interesting projects in the past, and they don't appear to be high volume, high profit oriented. Seems much more about music preservation and boutique sales. Note his mammoth, 1917-1932 Paramount box set (the one that comes in a couple of brief cases). Yes, super expensive, but also super high quality and very expensive to produce.
White's own music is a matter of taste I suppose. i dug a lot of the old White Stripes stuff, but much of newer solo work leaves me cold. But a number of his production projects are interesting, and the list of artists now recording at Third Man is getting pretty impressive. White reminds me a bit of Steven Wilson in the breadth and scope of his talent. In fact, I think there is much to admire in how he has developed and grown his recording business.
And besides, as a guy who enjoys vinyl, I figure any gimmick that helps keep interest levels up has got to be a good thing!
ATB.
Hook
Fair point Hook.
I personally preferred his Raconteurs phase to the White Stripes. Each to their own though.
Fair point Hook.
I personally preferred his Raconteurs phase to the White Stripes. Each to their own though.
Same here. I do enjoy the WS, too, but Meg's "drumming" is hard to take. I'd like to see the whole set of albums re-mixed with an actual drummer.
Fair point Hook.
I personally preferred his Raconteurs phase to the White Stripes. Each to their own though.
Same here. I do enjoy the WS, too, but Meg's "drumming" is hard to take. I'd like to see the whole set of albums re-mixed with an actual drummer.
Fair point Hook.
I personally preferred his Raconteurs phase to the White Stripes. Each to their own though.
Same here. I do enjoy the WS, too, but Meg's "drumming" is hard to take. I'd like to see the whole set of albums re-mixed with an actual drummer.
Just watching Jack in "Inside Lewellyn Davis" - a folk jam inspired by the GV scene that inpsired the (excellent) film.
Not many TTs these days come with 78rpm and the LP12 needs an adapter for the 45rpm.
I know Jack is very passionate about vinyl but I just wish he'd spend some of his time also making better music.
Round my way that is fighting talk... 
Jack's music - from the WS, Raconteurs, Dead Weather and his own material - has always been vastly better than the vast majority of his contemporaries.
I actually like the idea of a hidden track you can't play [xcept with a 78rpm t/t]. It's art, innit?
I have the "Ultra" version on pre-order and personally I can't wait for it to come out (and the Hammersmith gig).
Keep up the good work Jack.
Fair point Hook.
I personally preferred his Raconteurs phase to the White Stripes. Each to their own though.
Same here. I do enjoy the WS, too, but Meg's "drumming" is hard to take. I'd like to see the whole set of albums re-mixed with an actual drummer.
But Meg is an "actual drummer". She is in a long line of "primitive" drummers stretching all the way back to Mo Tucker.
Musically, visually and conceptually, she was the best drummer the White Stripes could ever have had.The WS were by some very large measure the best live band of their time - they made a noise like Led Zep but there were only two of them - and Meg could easily hold her own with Jack.
Next you'll be suggesting the Velvet Underground rre-ecord all their albums with Steve Gadd, The Fall with Jeff Porcaro or Pink Floyd with Billy Cobham... 