Sleep announce remastered ‘Dopesmoker’ vinyl with actual cannabis pressed into it
nme.comJack White’s Third Man Records for a new mix and vinyl release that features actual cannabis pressed into it.Third Man’s new version of ‘Dopesmoker’ – the first to be mastered from Sleep’s original studio tapes – will feature a new mix of the long-lost deep cut ‘Hot Lava Man’.
This version of the album will be released digitally this Friday (August 26), making it available to fans on streaming platforms for the first time ever.
The vinyl release is yet to be dated, however pre-orders for that will start on Friday.In announcing the release, Third Man dropped ‘Hot Lava Man’ on SoundCloud.
Check it out below: The new vinyl edition of ‘Dopesmoker’ will be issued in two pressings. A standard black version will be available in-store and online (pre-order it here), while the “Weedian High-Fi” edition – for which Third Man says “pure, unadulterated, authentic cannabis leaves are encapsulated in PVC” – will only be available to order from Third Man’s brick-and-mortar store in Cass Corridor, Detroit.The “Weedian High-Fi” edition of ‘Dopesmoker’ was created in partnership with Michigan-based cannabis company Doghouse Farms.
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