Earlier this week, Neil Young confirmed that the rumors of Jack White being featured on his album were true. Now, in an interview with SPIN, he speaks about the recording process, specifically that the album was recorded in White's infamous 1940s-era Voice-o-Graph recording booth.
He described the booth as "A phone booth. It's all acoustic with a harmonica inside a closed space, with one mic to vinyl."
The result is a "lo-fi analog record" that Young called "retro-tech" but will feature high-resolution sound. "You can make a lo-fi, analog record, direct to vinyl, transfer it to 192, and you have a high res copy of a lo-fi vinyl record."
The album was inspired by a version of Bert Jansch's "The Needle of Death," which Young recorded for Record Store Day last year and will feature cover songs by songwriters including Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, Phil Ochs and more.
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