--- description: He's gonna fight 'em off, the previous Guinness World Record Holder couldn't hold him back. title: Jack White Sets Guinness World Record at Record Store Day image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45b56f087434a31c/69868b7ce8524bb5c6602793/457804083.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jack White Sets World Record for Fastest-Released Record  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2014 5:23 PM CUT  Jack White performs during Brendan Benson and Friends at the Ryman Auditorium on Dec. 18, 2013 in Nashville. Jack White performs during Brendan Benson and Friends at the Ryman Auditorium on Dec. 18, 2013 in Nashville.Terry Wyatt—Getty Images  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 20, 2014 5:23 PM CUT It took Jack White three hours, 55 minutes, and 21 seconds to [set a new world record](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/jack-white-breaks-record-worlds-697734 "undefined") Saturday for the fastest-released album. As a part of Record Store Day festivities, White performed the title track of his upcoming album, _Lazaretto_, due June 10, for a small crowd in Nashville, according to _The Hollywood Reporter_. Immediately after White’s performance, master recordings of the show were delivered to United Record Pressing, which began pressing vinyl 45s using pictures of the show as sleeves. Fans who stuck around were able to buy recordings of the concert they had just heard hours before. Swiss polka group Vollgas Kompanie held the previous record for releasing a live album one day after they recorded it, [_Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jack-white-plans-worlds-fastest-released-record-20140403 "undefined") reports. \[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/jack-white-breaks-record-worlds-697734 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/69527/jack-white-record/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/69527/jack-white-record/"},"headline":"Jack White Sets World Record for Fastest-Released Record","datePublished":"2014-04-20T17:23:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:23:59.978Z","description":"The singer performed a song from his upcoming album live, whose recording was then immediately pressed for customers -- all of which took 3 hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds. It broke a world record for the fastest recording released","url":"https://time.com/69527/jack-white-record/","keywords":["Music","Jack White"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45b56f087434a31c/69868b7ce8524bb5c6602793/457804083.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45b56f087434a31c/69868b7ce8524bb5c6602793/457804083.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Brendan Benson And Friends In Concert","caption":"Brendan Benson And Friends In Concert","creditText":"Terry Wyatt—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/69527/jack-white-record/","name":"Jack White Sets World Record for Fastest-Released Record"}}]}] ```