V/A RISE & FALL OF PARAMOUNT RECORDS VOL 2: 1928-32 6xLP BOX SET NEW 180-G VINYL
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Description
ARTIST: Various Artists
TITLE: The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records Volume 2: 1928-1932
FORMAT: 6xLP box set; 800 track custom USB drive; 2 books; steel case
LABEL: Third Man
CATALOG #: TMR-204
RECORD CONDITION: NEW
JACKET CONDITION: NEW
DESCRIPTION: This incredible 6xLP box set chronicles the short but illustrious life of early blues/jazz giant Paramount Records. Includes 800 remastered digital tracks on a custom USB drive, 250-page hardbound book, and 400-page softcover booklet - w/in a steel case,
In its final 5 year push from 1928-32, Paramount embarked on a furious run for the ages, birthing the entire genre of Mississippi Delta blues recordings and issuing some of the most coveted records in the history of wax - a staggering playlist including Skip James, Charley Patton, Son House, Tommy Johnson, Willie Brown, King Solomon Hill, Tampa Red, Lottie Kimbrough, Rube Lacy, Meade Lux Lewis, Buddy Boy Hawkins, Jaydee Short, George "Bullet" Williams, Cow Cow Davenport, Clifford Gibson, Ishman Bracey, Louise Johnson, Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas, The Mississippi Sheiks. and hundreds of other artists.
Paramount simply killed. But more than that, it changed how this country thought of itself. It was the first enterprise of any kind to capture what America really sounded like in the 1920s and '30s - on its street corners, at its fish fries and country suppers, in its nightclubs and dance halls and showtents. In the process, it was profit-minded Paramount - not a preservationist body like the Library of Congress - that inadvertently created the most significant repository of this young nation's greatest art form.
Six LPs, 800 digital tracks, two definitive large-format books. All housed in a polished aluminum case evoking the era's high art deco stylings and America's own Machine Age take on modernist design.
A joint release by Third Man and Revenant, co-produced by leading Paramount scholar Alex van der Tuuk, with all Paramount masters issued under license agreement with GHB Jazz Foundation.
Contents:
* 800 newly-remastered digital tracks, representing 175 artists. View digital track list.
* 90+ fully-restored original 1920s-30s Paramount ads from The Chicago Defender
* 6 x 180g LPs pressed on label-less alabaster-white vinyl, each side with its own hand-etched numeral and holographic image. View complete LP track list.
* 250 pg. large-format clothbound hardcover book featuring original Paramount art and the label's curious tale
* 400 pg. encyclopedia-style softcover field guide containing artist bios & portraits and full Paramount discography
* First-of-its-kind music and image player app containing all tracks and ads, housed on custom metal USB drive
* Polished aluminum and stainless steel "Machine Age" cabinet, upholstered in sapphire blue velvet
"Notice: Unlike the brushed aluminum chassis used by modern product manufacturers - a process which dulls the finish so as to hide the slight irregularities naturally occurring in the process of molded aluminum forms - we have elected to treat the aluminum finish in a manner appropriate to the Machine Age era. All aluminum surfaces have undergone several polishing stages to maintain a mirror-like finish, and then been anodized for durability and high gloss. This anodization process can reveal subtle surface irregularities in the aluminum form which would be absent in a more muted finish, but we think the payoff in overall character is worth it. WE DO NOT REGARD THESE AS DEFECTS, SO IF THIS FREAKS YOU OUT THEN THIS MAY NOT BE THE PRODUCT FOR YOU." - Third Man Records
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