Gallery: Jack White Just Curated the Ultimate Box Set of Iconic American Music

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    From the outside, *The Rise & Fall Of Paramount Records Volume 2, 1928-1932* looks like a vintage portable phonograph—and that's the point. (Expand the gallery for more details.)
  • Opened the set exposes a main cabinet for the two books—one hardcover one softcover—and a record sleeve that stores the...
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    Opened, the set exposes a main cabinet for the two books—one hardcover, one softcover—and a record sleeve that stores the six LPs.
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    The grille and detailing evokes RCA Victor's Special Model K portable electric phonograph, which John Vassos designed.
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    The books: a hardcover volume containing original art and a history of the label, and a softcover "field manual" housing artist biographies and portraits.
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    All 800 tracks and companion newspaper ads live on a sculpted metal USB drive.
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    Some Paramount ads from the *Chicago Defender*.
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    Some of the archival art included with the box set.
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    Stamping on the lid is homage to the Wisconsin Chair Company, the furniture design concern that launched Paramount Records in the 1910s.
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    The bio entry on Delta blues musician Son House, whose "Walking Blues" was lost for decades until it was recovered in 1985.
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    An advertisement featuring Charley Patton, the father of the Delta blues.
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