Jack White To Release Stephen Hawking Track

In a somewhat bizarre move garage rock lynchpin turned label owner Jack White is to release a single featuring Stephen Hawking.

Jack White launched Third Man records to release material from The Raconteurs. Since then, the imprint has grown into an independent entity of its own releasing several one off singles from some of the Detroit guitarist's friends.

Now a studio and shop as well as a label, Third Man is rapidly evolving into a very singular entity. A recent Halloween themed pop up shop in London saw the imprint sell glow in the dark vinyl - very fetching!

Following on from this, Jack White has confirmed plans to release a very special single featuring British physicist, best selling author and Star Trek fan Stephen Hawking.

The track 'A Glorious Dawn' features author Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking in discussion about exploring outer space, opening with Sagan's line: "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch you must first invent the universe."

Third Man records are set to press only 150 copies of this curiosity, so fans had better act quick. 'A Glorious Dawn' will feature one side, with the flipside devoted to an etching from the Voyager Golden Record.

Blasted into outer space in 1977, the Voyager probe contained greetings in several different languages, alongside examples of humanity's art forms. Music was represented by a number of curious choices, including Blind Willie Johnson's haunting slide blues lament 'Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground'.

Of course, Carl Sagan was responsible for heading the project to produce the Voyager Golden Record.

Watch the video for 'A Glorious Dawn' below...