The news about Nashville Cats, Jack White and Neil Young is captivating the music of our heart. It made perfect sense when Neil Young validated this week that his new album, A Letter Home will be released on Jack White’s Third Man Records. Jack White and Neil Young share a vital bond for achieving audio excellence and sound preservation. Their music partnership builds upon their mutual respect for quality in sound recording.
Neil Young has been focused on a dedicated mission to deliver us the PONO music system. He wages heavy peace with PONO to provide 100% high-resolution audio for listeners. Neil Young informed us that the SXSW 2014 Music Festival (March 11-16) will serve as the PONO product announcement platform for PONO. SXSW is the ideal spot to hold this historic announcement with its pivotal role in music technology. I am grateful that Neil Young has stayed on target to bring this appealing technology to market. We stand to benefit significantly hearing the totality of sound instead of having it scrunched into a 5% music output form (MP3).
Third Man Records made the decision on Record Store Day (as you may recall Jack White was the 2013 Record Store Day Ambassador) to use the highest quality aluminum substrate lacquers in The Third Man Recording Booth. These blanks offer the best fidelity for cold needle record cutting and can be played dozens and dozens of times without any noticeable audio degradation. They switched to clear vinyl several months ago.
Neil Young recorded in the Third Man Recording Booth that day which started him on the path towards A Letter Home. Here’s a picture of Neil holding his prized record in the sleeve afterwards.
Jack White later recorded “Coal Miner’s Daughter” on Record Store Day. He did the song “so you can hear the warm analog fidelity that radiates out of this booth”.
What transpired during Record Store Day in the Recording Booth probably fueled speculation about Neil and Jack recording “duets” together. 😉
Third Man Recording Booth is a refurbished 1947 Voice-o-Graph machine that records up to 2 minutes of audio and dispenses a one-of-a-kind 6″ phonograph disc to the user. An arcade staple through the middle of the 20th century and famously used by Martin Sheen’s character in the film Badlands, these “make your own record” booths were popular audio peculiarities that fell out of vogue in the 1960s and 70s. Like the records of old, users of the Third Man Recording Booth are encouraged to mail their recording to a loved one. Third Man even offers custom-printed envelopes and postage stamps to make that happen.
The Third Man Recording Booth is the only machine of its kind in the world that is both working and open to the public. The booth will run on custom Third Man tokens already in use in the Third Man Novelties Lounge.
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Third Man is no longer using aluminum lacquer discs in the record booth. They switched to clear vinyl several months ago.
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Thanks. I’ll correct my post accordingly. Have you been to Third Man Records and if so how cool a place is it?
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I’ve been several times and it’s just as cool a place as you’d imagine it to be. The one thing I recommend to people going for the first time is to take your time while you’re in there. There’s much to see and absorb and it can be a bit overwhelming, especially if there are a lot of other people there when you are. The staff is great, too, don’t hesitate to strike up a conversation with whoever’s working.
Another note regarding the record booth– It’s not always working! If you go there planning to record, it’s a good idea to call ahead and ask them if it’s functional.
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Thanks for your reply. We hope to visit Third Man Records some day. Great advice about the record booth.
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