Tag Archives: Paramount Records

2013 blues calendar boasts audio rarities, never-before-seen artist photos

September 10, 2012 | Bruce Sylvester | 0

Blues Images’ 2013 wall calendar offers vintage illustrated ads for 1920s-30s blues recordings plus as CD of the songs whose ads on the calendar. ►

Dealer, collector John Tefteller shares 10 blues records he’d love to find

December 21, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 1

Unicorns. Honest politicians. Jaydee Short’s missing Paramount records. There are no guarantees that any of these exist, but John Tefteller is holding out hope. Well, for the records, anyway. (And maybe the unicorns.) ►

Go down to the ‘Crossroads’ with bluesman Robert Johnson

September 13, 2011 | Susan Sliwicki | 1

Discover the legendary bluesman who played hard, died young and left behind a myth and a mystery almost as big as his musical legacy. ►

Paramount issues the real treasure of Mississippi Sheiks

May 31, 2011 | princep | 0

The blues group hit its peak with a release on Okeh. But in 1932, The Sheiks produced a six-pack of records with Paramount that are very hard to find today. ►