Third Man Records and Revenant Records to co release Paramount box set

I'm new here and haven't seen a thread about this yet...
"The collection features 800 songs (the imminent volume two, slated for a November 2014 release, will include the same number), 200 restored original ads and images, two books – one a history of Paramount, the other a field guide to the artists and recordings – and six 180-gram vinyl LPs, all of which come in a hand-crafted oak case modeled after those that caried phonographs in the 1920s. With so much music to explore, The Rise and Fall will also include a special USB drive containing a unique music and image app with myriad indexes that will let you easily explore the humongous collection."
I for one can't wait.
Micky
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/n...-paramount-records-set-20130924#ixzz2fw2nEKVh

 

Lots of controversy in blues circles about this box.

1: the pricetag: $469!!!

2: there are indications the USB will contain mp3s, rather than lossless tracks

3: there are concerns that Third Man/Revenant have sought to avoid licensing these tracks from the owners. They are not public domain.

At $469, this isn't some loss-leader labor of love. Let's hope someone at Third Man or Revenant will address forthrightly the issues in points 2 and 3. I hope they aren't true, but if they are, the potential buyer should be forewarned.

 

edit ... us sound recording copyright is 70 years after death. who knows how that works if the label owns it.

 

I don't know much about U.S. copyright laws, but it seems that some very old recordings are still copyrighted.

 

Here is what TMR had to say when I asked them about the price of this...

We do not have a price point for the paramount set yet - everything we know now is in the press release, and we'll be sure to update soon.

 

interesting...

 

Other music vendors have reported that $469 is the suggested list.

 

I saw this on their facebook page last night , no way will I be able to afford this , That much I do know .. looks way cool though.

 

If recordings from 1927 aren't Public Domain by now, it just serves to demonstrate the absurdity of the current copyright laws.

 

I want it,but looks like it's gonna be EXPENSIVE....

 

I don't understand... are the majority of the 800 songs only available on the USB?

 

Correct.

There are six vinyl albums , but no CD or DVD physical media, just USB

 

if physically it's only the books and 6 vinyl albums i't cant be that expensive!(i hope)

 

You can hope, but the expensive price tag is very real. This is intended to appeal at least in part to the collectors market.

 

I've been waiting for this project since last year news of the revamped revenant. i own all of their releases but 400 in a month's notice is way too much
for my pockets,let's keep dreaming....

 

Let's hope those records get a slighly less expensive release. I've been really enjoying the TMR's Document Records blues reissues, particuarly the Mississippi Sheiks.

 

No CDs, I am out.

USB my ***

 

~$450 for a USB? I'm out . . .

 

I don't know much about the quality of third man records,but i know for sure that Revenant delivers.
Let's not make rushed judgements...

 

6LPs for $450 better be delivered with gold.

 

number two worries me BECAUSE I HATE MP3.
number three doesn't because being Dean Blackwood a lawyer i guess he knows how to deal with this issue.

 

Are you referring to the John Fahey box as the revamp? I didn't know it was going to continue past that release, but glad it has new life.

I own almost all the Revenant releases, and would love another one. Yes, price is a factor, but they make the best boxed sets of all time, so you know it'll be special. As for the mp3s, those sound like a bonus, how else do you put out 800 songs in one set? I know some people prefer lossless, but I can't see them selling something that most consumers wouldn't know how to play.

 

Do you know for sure they are mp3's?

Their website (revenantrecords.com)doesn't say nothing new,but they have been issuing little nuggets of info in facebook.
Price is a MAJOR factor to me now,but i'm really biased towards them in my judgement and i want this release.they started talking about it in august of 2012,since then i've been checking the net about it.

 

I don't know, was just repeating what was stated here. But reading the FB page (didn't realize there was one until now), it does says newly digitally remastered, so if they put money into restoring the tracks, maybe they will be lossless. It says app, so maybe it's a program for your PC, tablet, what have you, to listen to the music. I think the price might be high due to the packaging and two books included.

 

I'm a blues fan and can afford this, but I'm not going any where near it after hearing a digital skip on my Revenant Doc Boggs vinyl.

It is a pretty set - too precious for me