The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records Volume 2 (1928-1932) Numbered Limited Edition 180g 6LP Box Set (White Vinyl)

180g Alabaster White Label-less Vinyl 6LP Box Set! Numbered, Limited Edition!
Hand-Etched Numeral & Holographic Image On Each Side!
Housed In Polished Aluminum Stainless Steel Cabinet!

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br> The first volume in this collection was called "spectacular" (New York Times), "unprecedented" (Rolling Stone), "breathtaking" (Boing Boing), and "a cabinet of wonder, indeed" (Pitchfork). Now Third Man and Revenant proudly bring you The Rise & Fall of Paramount, Volume Two - already being hailed by Wired as "the ultimate box set of iconic American music."

Volume One (1917-27) chronicled Paramount's improbable rise from also-ran to jazz-blues juggernaut, launching the recording careers of giants like King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Alberta Hunter, Blind Blake, Ethel Waters, Ma Rainey, Papa Charlie Jackson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Fats Waller. But just as it seemed Paramount might be losing steam, it began a second act that threatened to dwarf its first. This astonishing second act is the subject of The Rise & Fall of Paramount, Volume Two (1928-32), the final chapter in their commemoration of America's greatest record label.

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.

Volume Two contains six LPs, a sculpted metal USB drive with 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.



Features:
• 6 x 180g LPs pressed on alabaster-white label-less vinyl, each side with its own hand-etched numeral and holographic image
• Polished aluminum and stainless steel cabinet, evoking 1930s high art deco stylings and America's own Machine Age modernism
• 800 newly-remastered digital tracks, representing 175 artists
• 90+ fully-restored original 1920s-30s Paramount ads from Chicago Defender
• 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 sculpted metal USB drive
• Dimensions: 19" x 19" x 11"

Selections:
LP Tracklist
LP 1 - Side 1:
1. I'm So Glad - Skip James
2. Knocking Down Casey Jones - Wilmer Watts and The Lonely Eagles
3. Please Baby - Mississippi Sheiks
4. Clanka A Lanka (Sleep On Mother) - Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham
5. I'm Goin' Home - Charley Patton
6. Five O' Clock Stomp - Dixie Four
7. Tired Of Being Mistreated Part I - Clifford Gibson
LP 1 - Side 2:
1. Tim Brook - Carver Boys
2. Jab Blues - Jabo Williams
3. Motherless Child Blues - Elvie Thomas
4. Tear It Down - Bob Coleman
5. Easy Rider Blues - Soileau and Robin
6. San - Tub Jug Washboard Band
7. St. Louis Daddy - Bessie Mae Smith and Wesley Wallace

LP 2 - Side 3:
1. Rolling Log Blues - Lottie Kimbrough
2. Chimes Blues - George Hamilton (Cow Cow Davenport)
3. West Virginia Blues - Edward Thompson
4. Wasn't That A Mighty Day - Biddleville Quintette
5. Hastings St. - Blind Bake / Charlie Spand
6. Reuben Oh Reuben - Emry Arthur
7. Special Rider Blues - Skip James
LP 2 - Side 4:
1. Mammy's Lullaby - Ollie Hess
2. The Gone Dead Train - King Solomon Hill
3. Take Your Burdens To The Lord - Blind Arthur Groom and Bro. (Blind Roosevelt Graves)
4. Louisiana Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett
5. Rounders Lament - Winston Holmes and Charlie Turner
6. M&O Blues - Willie Brown
7. Oh What Is The Matter Now - Norfolk Jazz Quartette

LP 3 - Side 5:
1. Gamblers Blues (St. James Infirmary Blues) - The Hokum Boys
2. High Water Everywhere - Part I - Charley Patton
3. South African Blues - Windy Rhythm Kings
4. A Railroad Lover For Me - Emry Arthur and Della Hatfield
5. Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake - Jaydee Short
6. Frisco Bound - James Wiggins
7. Big Bed Bug - Tommy Settlers and His Blues Moaner
8. Down On My Bended Knee - King Solomon Hill
LP 3 - Side 6:
1. Adam And Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
2. Walkin' Blues - Son House
3. Fire Detective Blues - Dobby Bragg (Roosevelt Sykes)
4. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - Skip James
5. Wasn't It Sad About Lemon - Walter and Byrd
6. Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
7. Sleepy Desert - Wilmer Watts and The Lonely Eagles
8. Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley

LP 4 - Side 7:
1. Fare Thee Well - Part II - Johnnie Head
2. Wicked Treatin' Blues - Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp
3. Stone Mountain Wobble - B.L. Pritchard
4. Black Eye Blues - Ma Rainey
5. Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues - Teddy Darby
6. Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
7. Jim Lee Blues - Part I - Charley Patton
LP 4 - Side 8:
1. When The Saints Go Marching In - Blind Willie Davis
2. Long, Deep And Wide - Clarence Williams & His Orchestra
3. Mississippi Jail House Groan - Rube Lacy
4. Keep A Knockin' An You Can't Get In - "Boodle-It" Wiggins
5. Dry Spell Blues - Part I - Son House
6. If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James
7. Tell Me To Do Right - The Mississippi Sheiks
8. Prayer Of Death - Part 2 - Elder J.J. Hadley

LP 5 - Side 9:
1. I Declare My Mother Ought To Live Right - Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham
2. Woman Woman Blues - Ishman Bracey
3. 'Cause I Feel Low Down - Clarence Black and His Savoy Trio
4. Diddle Wa Diddle - Blind Blake
5. Troubled 'Bout My Soul - Frank Palmes
6. Rattlesnake Blues - Charley Patton
7. Only The Blues - The Hokum Boys
8. He Done What The World Couldn't Do - Blind Joe Taggart
LP 5 - Side 10:
1. The New Stop And Listen - The Mississippi Sheiks
2. A Sermon On A Silver Dollar - Brother Fullbosom
3. Nehi Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
4. One Way Gal - Bill Moore
5. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
6. By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson
7. Tom Cat Blues - "Mr. Freddie" Spruell

LP 6 - Side 11:
1. My Black Mama Part II - Son House
2. God's Getting Worried - Virginia Dandies
3. I Wish I Had Died In Egyptland Pt. I - Jesse Johnson and His Singers
4. Pick Poor Robin Clean - Geeshie WIley
5. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
6. The Escaped Convict - George "Bullet" Williams
7. Lonesome Home Blues - Tommy Johnson
LP 6 - Side 12:
1. Black And Tan Fantasy - Mandel Terry and Orchestra
2. Good Cocaine (Mama Don't Allow It) - Kentucky Ramblers
3. In That Pearly White City Above - Blind Joe Taggart
4. A Rag Blues - Walter Hawkins
5. Farewell Baby Blues - Bessie Mae Smith
6. I Believe I'll Go Back Home - Blind Willie Davis
7. Going Away Blues - Lottie Kimbrough