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As we previously reported, Jack White’s record label Third Man Records set out to be the first to play a vinyl record in outer space. The attempt already happened and appears to have been a success, as the label is hosting a live-stream of the pre-recorded launch right now.
The stunt is in celebration of Third Man’s seventh anniversary and their three millionth record pressed, so they sent their “space-proof” ICARUS turntable into space and it played a gold-plated 12” master of Carl Sagan’s “A Glorious Dawn,” “a moving arrangement of Sagan’s sagacious words culled from his magnificent Cosmos series, previously pressed and distributed as a 7” in [Third Man Records’] first year of operation, 2009.”
The label is hosting launch parties at its Cass Corridor Detroit and Nashville locations today, and you can watch the live broadcast below or here.
