Race Records: Paramount, Patton and the First 78s

1920: a talent scout in a New Orleans hotel changes music history. Paramount's lost label, H.C. Speir, Charley Patton, Blind Lemon and the first records made for Black America.

Playlist by @birth_of_the_blues

12 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Paramount Records: Beyond the Blues | University Place — PBS Wisconsin
2. History Detectives - Lost Musical Treasure, Part 1 — Radish2323
3. Bessie Smith, the Blues, and Race Records — GBCbrad
4. race records — GBCbrad
5. The Day Charley Patton Changed the Blues — Indiana University Press
6. Scouting the Delta: Charley Patton and H. C. Speir — MSBluesTrail
7. Talkin' Patton — thefringthing
8. Blind Willie's Blues — Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections
9. 1940s MUSIC SHORTS BLUES AND BOOGIE MILLS BROS. NAT KING COLE & IDA JAMES COUNT BASIE XD81795 — PeriscopeFilm
10. The Story of Blind Lemon Jefferson — videoWORK CLASSwork
11. Short Documentary on Blind Lemon Jefferson — Johnny Guitar
12. Bills Records - Short Documentary Film — Most Visual