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Searching For Sunken Musical Treasure in the Milwaukee River

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Published April 6, 2015 at 9:02 AM EDT

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The 2014 reissue of The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2

The boxed set, The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2, recorded from 1928 to 1932, documents American music at its most basic. The original vinyl records from which the set is derived are so sought after that the Philadelphia Inquirer's David Patrick Stearns found a collector who had been skin diving in the Milwaukee River in search of the elusive discs.