‘The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932, Volume One

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How did a Wisconsin chair company, producing records on the cheap and run by men with little knowledge of their audience or the music business, build one of the greatest musical rosters ever assembled under one roof? The answer lies in ‘The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932,’ this epic, two-volume omnibus of art, words and music housed in a limited-edition, hand-sculpted cabinet-of-wonder, to be jointly released by Jack White’s Third Man Records and John Fahey’s Revenant Records. ‘Volume One,’ covers the label’s improbable rise from 1917-1927.

Paramount Records was founded on a modest proposition: produce records as cheaply as possible, recording whatever talent was available. Over its lifetime, the label would become a “race records” powerhouse, its sound and fortunes directly linked to the Great Migration.

By the time Paramount ceased operations in 1932, it had compiled a dizzying array of performers still unrivaled to this day, spanning early jazz titans (Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller), blues masters (Charley Patton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Son House, Skip James), American divas (Ma Rainey, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters), gospel (Norfolk Jubilee Quartette), vaudeville (Papa Charlie Jackson), and the indefinable “other” (Geeshie Wiley, Elvie Thomas). Paramount would also directly influence the style of Robert Crumb and countless other 20th century artists and illustrators, through a series of hand-drawn ads promoting its releases in the pages of the Chicago Defender.

The ‘Rise and Fall’ wonder-cabinet gives equal status to page-turning narrative and new scholarship; original and newly created graphic art; industrial design; and compelling analog and digital music experiences. ‘Volume One’ contains the following:

* 800 newly-remastered digital tracks, representing 172 artists?

* 200+ fully-restored original 1920s ads and images?* 6x 180g vinyl LPs pressed on burled chestnut colored vinyl w/ hand-engraved, blind-embossed gold-leaf labels, housed in a laser-etched white birch LP folio?

* 250 page deluxe large-format clothbound hardcover art book ?

* 360 page encyclopedia-style softcover field guide containing artist portraits and full Paramount discography

?* Handcrafted quarter-sawn oak cabinet with lush sage velvet upholstery and custom-forged metal hardware ?

* First-of-its-kind music and image player app, allowing user mgmt of all tracks and ads, housed on custom-designed USB drive?*Dimensions: Length 18.5"/ Width 16"/ Height 5.75"


Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Sign of Judgment - Sister Cunningham and T.C.I. Sacred Singers
2. Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake
3. My Man Rocks Me - Jimmie O'Bryant's Famous Original Washboard Band
4. Sweet Georgia Brown - Danny Small/Ukulele Mays
5. St. Louis Blues - W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band
6. Pistol Blues - Bo Weavil Jackson
7. Old Joe Clark - Harkreader and Moore
8. Coffee Pot Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
9. Old Steady Roll - Jones' Paramount Charleston Four
10. Wait Till I Put on My Robe - Famous Jubilee Singers
11. Messin Around - Jimmy Blythe & His Ragamuffins
12. Madison Street Rag - Banjo Joe
13. Mama Can't Lose - Lottie Beaman
14. Barnum's Steam Calliope - Sunset Four

DISC 2:
1. Skoodlum Blues - O'Bryant's Washboard Band
2. Jelly Roll's First Cousin - Norfolk Jazz Quartette
3. Come on Home - Alberta Hunter
4. Drunk Man's Blues - Lone Star Fiddlers
5. Rainy Nights - The Washingtonians
6. How Long - Ida Cox How Long Daddy
7. Mr. Jelly Lord - Jelly Roll Morton's Steamboat Four
8. Anna Mina Forty and St. Louis Shorty - Viola Bartlette
9. Coffin Blues - Ida Cox
10. Pump Tillie - Blythe's Sinful Five
11. You Shall - The Beale Street Sheiks
12. Well of Salvation - Rev. H.C. Gatewood
13. Goose Grease - John Williams' Synco Jazzers
14. Brown Baby - Ethel Waters & Her Jazz Masters

DISC 3:
1. Dying Blues - Leola B. Wilson
2. Charleston Mad - Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders
3. Certainly Lord - Pace Jubilee Singers
4. 216 Blues - 216 Blues
5. Chicago Buzz - Junie Cobb's Hometown Band
6. Mamlish Blues - Ed Bell
7. I'm Glad I'm Married - Roy Harvey/North Carolina Ramblers
8. Steady Roll - Jelly Roll Morton's Stomp Kings
9. Nelson Blues - Nelson's Paramount Serenaders
10. Track Linin - T.C.I. Section Crew
11. Bessemer Bound Blues - Ma Rainey
12. Everybody Help the Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith
13. Crazy Quilt - Dixon's Jazz Maniacs
14. Shaggy Dog Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
15. My Man Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) - Trixie Smith
16. Jazzbo Jenkins - Ollie Powers

DISC 4:
1. Sleep Baby Sleep - J. Churchill
2. Salty Dog - Freddie Keppard & His Jazz Cardinals
3. Memory of Departed Friends - Rev. James Beard
4. House Rent Stomp - Big Bill and Thomps
5. West Indies Blues - Ukulele Bob Williams
6. Nobody Knows - Sodarisa Miller
7. Steppin' on the Blues - Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders
8. Walk Right in Belmont - Watts & Wilson
9. When I Was a Moaner - Norfolk Jubilee Quartette
10. Steady Roll - Wilson's T.O.B.A. Band
11. Satan at Church - Rev. W.M. Clark and Sisters
12. Pacific Coast Blues - Ethel Waters & Her Jazz Masters
13. Look Out Papa Don't Tear Your Pants - Papa Charlie Jackson
14. Baby Can't You Understand - Marion Harrison
15. Seek and Ye Shall Find - Wood's Famous Blind Jubilee Singers

DISC 5:
1. Will My Mother Know Me There - Blind Connie Rosemond
2. Hot Hot Hottentot - O'Bryant's Washboard Band
3. Ain't It a Shame - Four Harmony Kings
4. The - Lena Wilson Wicked Fives' Blues
5. Armour Ave. Struggle - James Blythe
6. Houston Bound - Elzadie Robinson
7. Coo Coo Stomp - D.C. Nelson's Serenaders
8. You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weavil Jackson
9. Stomp Time Blues - Jasper Taylor & His State Street Boys
10. I've Got a Hiding Place - Rev. T.T. Rose
11. Cacklin' Hen - Osey Helton
12. Fade Away Blues - Perry Bradford's Jazz Phools
13. Mama's Angel Child - Sweet Papa Stovepipe
14. Black Man Blues - Edmonia Henderson

DISC 6:
1. Hen House Blues - Jack Penewell
2. Mojo Strut - Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopators
3. Sympathetic Christ - M.L. (Reverend) Gipson & His Sanctified Congregation
4. That Da Da Strain - Ethel Waters & Her Jazz Masters
5. Wartime Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
6. There'll Come a Day - Dixie-Land Thumpers
7. On Calvary - Wiseman Sextette
8. St. Louis Blues - Chicago De Lux Orchestra
9. On This Rock I Will Build My Church - Rev. Johnnie Blakey/Son Of Thunder
10. Don't Pan Me - Alberta Hunter
11. Play That Thing - Ollie Powers' Orchestra
12. I Want Jesus to Talk with Me - Homer Quincy Smith
13. Peepin' Blues - Lovie Austin & Her Blues Serenaders
14. Cecilia - Danny Small/Ukulele Mays

DISC 7:
1. [USB Drive with 800+ Songs]

Details Distributor: URP Music Distribution Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a