Jack White and Third Man Records have set a record for the highest record ever played. Along with Students and Teachers in Near Space, the former White Stripes rocker and his label sent a specially-pressed recording of the Carl Sagan-sampling "A Glorious Dawn" nearly 100,000 feet into the stratosphere via a weather balloon. A bespoke turntable on the Icarus Craft kept the record spinning the whole time, allowing White and his collaborators to claim the title for high altitude listening sessions.
White and Third Man Records are notable proponents of good old vinyl, and have staged record-related stunts before, but their latest endeavor really reached for the, well, stars. It wasn't easy though — to realize their goal of almost three years they would have to construct a super-durable record and turntable to deal with the temperature extremes, airlessness and general jostling that accompany a stratospheric balloon ride. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5D2x6JiClo[/embed] They ...
