Third Man Record Rise And Fall Paramount Records Lp Box Set Mint

$

375

this is the incredible box set from jack white's third man records. THE RISE & FALL OF PARAMOUNT RECORDS 1917-1927 VOL. 1. SERIAL NUMBER 3515 OF 5000. i have the original shipping box which the box set will be shipped in. i opened the box to check contents and everything is in beautiful condition. the labels on the six vinyl lp's are applied properly. the records are unplayed. all contents are mint just as issued. here is info on the box.

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 sounds of legendary label PARAMOUNT (which grew out of a furniture company) are  archived in The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917-1932, a two volume set being co-released by Jack White's Third Man Records and John Fahey's Revenant Records. Volume 1 is a whopper of a package, containing:

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