{"product_id":"booker-james-lost-paramount-tapes-lp-75283093604","title":"James Booker - The Lost Paramount Tapes [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJames Booker was one of America’s most stunning piano players. He was born, and died, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Orleans, and in his 43 short years created an approach to the piano that has not been \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ematched before or since. His music defies classification. It’s not exactly th\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ee blues, it’s not \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexactly jazz, it’s not R\u0026amp;B, it’s not classical; it’s a synthesis of all those. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Lost Paramount Tapes is one of the finest examples of this. In a rare alignment of some \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eforces that could never possibly be replicated, this album featur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ees James Booker leading a band \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecomprised of New Orleans’ greatest underground monster musicians recording overnight in a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estudio after playing a gig. In Los Angeles. In 1973. And just to make this scenario even more \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebizarre, Booker is playing tack piano, wh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eich used metal tacks to strike the piano strings instead \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof the usual hammers. Imagine the sound of a piano in a honky tonk in the Wild West and you’ll \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eget a pretty close approximation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen after recording what could and probably should go down in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehistory as one of New \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrleans’ finest albums, Booker take the masters, disappears for a while, show up later in New \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrleans minus both the master tapes and his right eye. Welcome to the wild world of James \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBooker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"4","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50557444882728,"sku":"75283093604","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/3833\/7576\/files\/3583000-2618422.jpg?v=1763982273","url":"https:\/\/waterloorecords.com\/products\/booker-james-lost-paramount-tapes-lp-75283093604","provider":"Waterloo Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}