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  1. I would love to hear those 800 - just llistening to the samples left me thrilled - there is just something about that era; it's all new and strange and beautiful, from country to gospel to blues. It's like going right to the source.

    There are a few JSP boxes with Paramount material; I have the one that has about 100 blues tracks.

    For the blues stuff I have a large number of Document complete works, and there's also a great deal on Spotify - but i'm a fan and not an 'expert', so knowing what was actually released on Paramount and what wasn't isn't my strong point.. but i would very much like to have this set at some point in the future (makes me nervous that this is 'volume 1'), though each time i mention it in passing at home i get very cold breeze from my other half :-o

  2. agree about the mp3 thing, which does appear to be guesswork.. also, although several respectable sources have mentioned the price, Third Man don't appear to be advertising it (oddly).. they made a bit of a cock-up with the announcement on this i think. BUT - i don't know why it's so unbelievable that there could be copyright infringements just because Jack White is involved - he has after all been doing a big project with Document Records, whose reputation isn't so great in these matters. Certainly John Tefteller or Richard Nevins have had no involvement in the Paramount box, so the quality in places is likely to be either less good than their own things, or else 'borrowed' from their things. Not a great big deal for me, i'm no audiophile - the real issue for me is how much of the stuff i have already in one form or another. Susan Archie's art direction on it looks superb, the books etc look v good

    edit - the official list price, from the label's distributor is indeed as quoted by J.A.W - $469.98.. no reason to doubt this, though some retailers will probably sell it cheaper

  3. I saw that article earlier. It's quite pertinent to me now as I've just become a father (six weeks ago).

    My son is being continuously exposed to all kinds of music, as he was in the womb. I've noticed that it makes no difference to him what's playing and that he prefers music to silence (probably because he was conditioned in the womb -- he kicked a lot during drum solos!). Music doesn't play any part getting him to go to sleep, unfortunately -- that secret remains a mystery!

    congratulations! in my experience, dub reggae keeps them quiet... (temporarily)

  4. ^ still an unknown quantity price-wise, as far as i know.. looks amazing, the complete art book and field manual were downloadable for free for a while - i suspect this was a mistake as there is a ton of info on there. Christmas 2014 if i'm lucky.

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