Paramount's Rise and Fall: A History of the Wisconsin Chair Company and Its Recording Activities
- ISBN-10
- 0967181941
- ISBN-13
- 9780967181943
- Category
- Music / Genres & Styles / Blues
- Pages
- 242
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Mainspring Press
- Author
- Alex van der Tuuk
Description
The first complete examamination of Paramount Records - the label that introduced Ma Rainey, Charley Patton, Skip James, and other blues greats to the world - and the company that produced it.
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