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If all you want is the book go ahead and buy this, if you expect to play the CD on your computer you probably do not want to purchase this item. I'm an R. The CD that came with my book will play only on non-computer CD drives (home CD player and boom box worked for me) - this cd WILL NOT play on either of two Mac Books, an IBM NetVista, an IBM T30, an IBM T61. With the exception of old copy protected CDs I have never had a problem playing CDs on any of the previously mentioned computers. Crumb fan and a Blues fan but I recommend not purchasing what appears to be a copy protected offering. I have all my non copy protected CDs on a central server and will not knowingly purchase a CD that prevents reading by computer CD drives.
Not for all markets though the guys I got this for loved both the art and the music.
I love this book. I need to order more of Crumbs work. I bought this for a gift but would like one for myself
Lots of fun. The info lead me to explore the artitists I hadn't been familier with in other formats. I just pick it up and read a few randomly. I wish the Bio's were a bit more in depth but their length is understandable seeing as they derived from the original Tobacco Card Format. See youtube videos on Wingy Mannone, the one armed trumpet player for example.The book itself was worth the cost never mind an additional CD. I bought it with a few others to get free shipping.One caveat, this is a small book about the size of a Daytimer Journal, so don't expect coffee table size.
For a guy whose works almost always ended up in some underground collection that drew more from porn than art, Crumb has had some sort of epiphany, somewhere. Whether you like blues (yes) or hate country bluegrass or boogie, or melt at a rare jazz platter, here's a wonderful Mason jar full of preserves that are fading from this planet but still sound great but with the added haunt of all of them being long, long dead. There's more soul in these lines and paints than any history book could've done better.
Just enough biographical edit balances against Crumb's monoweight linework illustrations with a few superb variations of style thrown in. We get so intimidated by being politically correct and yet, a dirty old delta blues platter doesn't burst into flames and pretty much helps liberate what was, and ought to be classified as, out-of-use insider-slang used within one culture and not intended beyond those gates. This collection of portraits and brief info pages on early and obscure musicians of blues, swing and jazz is wonderful stuff.
Darn well done.The accompanying CD of rare recordings features what must be the first ever version of Canned Heat's rock classic ON THE ROAD AGAIN as a light-hearted "cheatin' man" set of lyrics that include the infamous N word. Best, the images are colorful and capture the feel of the musicians more than a standard photograph could have done. In his simple style, Crumb captures some of the spirit of the people in this tome.
not hanging up on that one note, the point is that these are rare, dated, regional gems that might've died had they not been placed inside this book. If Crumb's trying to turn his creepy kharma, he's doing it well.
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