Lazaretto is an Alt/Indie album by Jack White, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 28 pressings tracked, owned by 115 collectors.
About
When <i>Lazaretto</i> roars to action with the sweltering, Hammond-driven rocker “Three Women,” Jack White is on familiar terrain, unleashing a supercharged, garagey blues riff that’s as archetypal as the theme. But when the “red, blonde, and brunette” ladies in question appear in a “digital photograph,” the anachronism is a striking reminder of White’s gift for recasting classic musical elements in arrestingly modern contexts. There are plenty of such moments on <i>Lazaretto</i>, like when the title track’s heavy bass rumble is augmented with a squall of 8-bit Atari noise <i>and</i> a vaguely Appalachian fiddle solo. Throughout, White’s brand of heated, high-powered blues-rock dominates, but he mixes things up with breezy, country-inflected charmers (“Temporary Ground”, “Entitlement”) and eerie, would-be spaghetti western themes (“Would You Fight for My Love?” “I Think I Found the Culprit”). The album’s best tracks, like “Alone in My Home” and “Just One Drink,” combine all of the above in a heady, hot-blooded, hook-oriented package.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Three Women3:56
- A2Lazaretto3:40
- A3Temporary Ground3:13
- A4Would You Fight For My Love?4:10
- A5High Ball Stepper3:45
- A6Untitled
- A7Untitled0:56
Side BA
- BA1Just One Drink2:40
Side BB
- BB1Just One Drink2:37
Side B
- B2Alone In My Home3:30
- B3That Black Bat Licorice3:52
- B4Entitlement4:06
- B5I Think I Found The Culprit3:51
- B6Want And Able2:34
- B7Untitled
- B8Untitled0:44
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Alternative Rock
- gritty
- swaggering
- bluesy
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
The record was pressed in the U.S. and distributed worldwide. So some copies might have different hype stickers on shrink wrap (from the country of distribution).
"Ultra LP" release featuring several special features:
· Tracks A6 and B7 are locked grooves featuring elements from their respective previous tracks. "High Ball Stepper" doesn't end with a faded-out distortion as in the digital versions, it is locked instead.
· Tracks A7 and B8 are hidden tracks pressed on their sides' labels, and play at 78 RPM and 45 RPM respectively, thus making the LP a three speed record.
· Side A's groove is inverted and plays from the inside out.
· "Just One Drink" consists of two different intros, each in its own groove, with both connecting at the body of the song. BA1 is acoustic, BB1 is electric.
· Side B has a matte finish, giving the appearance of an un-played 78 RPM record.
· Vinyl is pressed in 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.
· Tracks B3 and B4 are swapped in comparison to the digital editions, and B2 features a slightly longer intro.
· The vinyl was mastered entirely from analog sources with no additional compression used.
Tracks A1 to A5 and BA1/BB1 to B6 are listed continuously from 1 to 11 and play at 33 ⅓ RPM.
Track A7 is an uncredited reworking of 'Pusherman', originally by Curtis Mayfield.
Durations unlisted, approximates obtained by digitizing the vinyl audio.
Jacket features Soft Touch aqueous coating. Record comes in die-cut black paper poly sleeve. Also included are an insert with lyrics and credits, and a digital download (opens in a new tab) card for the album in MP3 format, which also shows info about the hologram.
Some copies have the same label on both sides of record.
Recorded at Third Man Studio in Nashville, TN 2012-2014
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, ME
Additional Photography: Lewis Hine, Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration (photo no. 102-LH-1919)
Jack White is exclusively managed by Ian Montone at Monotone, Inc.
Lazaretto is dedicated: Florence Green (opens in a new tab), Voltairine de Cleyre (opens in a new tab), and Amazing Grace Hopper
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ben BlackwellDRUMS
- Brooke WaggonerCLAVINET, ELECTRIC ORGAN CLAVINET, ORGAN PIANO
- Bryn DaviesDOUBLE BASS ELECTRIC UPRIGHT BASS
- Carla AzarDRUMS DRUMS, TIMPANI
- Catherine PopperBASS
- Cory YountsBACKING VOCALS, SHAKER MANDOLIN, BACKING VOCALS MANDOLIN, HARMONICA, BACKING VOCALS
- Daru JonesDRUMS
- Dean FertitaELECTRIC GUITAR
- Dominic DavisBASS DOUBLE BASS ELECTRIC BASS
- Fats KaplinFIDDLE FIDDLE, MANDOLIN MANDOLIN
- Isaiah OwensBARREL ORGAN BARREL ORGAN, KEYBOARDS ELECTRIC ORGAN
- Jack WhiteACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Joshua V. SmithBACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Lillie Mae RischeBACKING VOCALS FIDDLE FIDDLE, BACKING VOCALS
- Margrethe BjörklundACOUSTIC GUITAR PEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Olivia JeanBACKING VOCALS DRUM DRUMS
- Patrick KeelerDRUMS
- Ruby AmanfuBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS , TAMBOURINE BACKING VOCALS, SHAKER
115 collectors on Gatefold own this · 28 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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