Paramount, 1930
Today some releases of the Paramount label, starting with their catalog number 13000 - that just simply came after 999 releases of their legendary 12000 series, the series dedicated to African American music. It was this race series that kept Paramound alive, as it was the only department that made profit. But by 1930, hard times were coming up with the Great Depression, and record sales fell.
By 1927 J. Mayo Williams, who from an independent company actually ran the Paramount race department for many years, had quit and left the business in the hands of his secretary, Aletha Dickerson. She did a good job, and you may wonder, hadn't she left the company in 1931, if she'd been able to postpone the demise of this great label.
Playlist
- Tommy Johnson - Black Mare Blues (Paramount 13000)
- Oliver Cobb - Cornet Pleading Blues (13002)
- Roosevelt Sykes - Three, Six & Nine (13004)
- Charlie Spand - Big Fat Mama Blues (13005)
- Little Brother Montgomery - No Special Rider Blues (13006)
- Frances Wallace & Clara Burston - Frankie And Clara (13010)
- Son House - Preachin' The Blues (13013)
- Charley Patton - Going To Move To Alabama (13014)
- Blind Leroy Garnett & Marie Griffin - Blue and Disgusted (13015)
- Blind Blake - Ain't Gonna Do That No More (13016)
- Roosevelt Sykes with Bee Turner - Jivin' Jelly Roll Blues (13017)
- Edward Thompson - Showers of rain (13018)
- Charlie Spand - Soon This Morning No. 2 (13022)
- Irene Scruggs - Must Get Mine in Front (13023)
Outtro:
- Wild Bill Moore Sextette - Bongo Bounce
- Kirk Kirkland - The Saxaphone Rag
- Barrelhouse Five - Endurance Stomp
- Clarence Williams - Steamboat Days
- Oliver Cobb - Hot Stuff