Added on 11/29/08
There are basically two ways to compile obscure old music: one is to focus on a story, say that of a single performer or a record label, and the other is to do an overview with sensible, if ultimately arbitrary parameters. It's possible to make a...
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There are basically two ways to compile obscure old music: one is to focus on a story, say that of a single performer or a record label, and the other is to do an overview with sensible, if ultimately arbitrary parameters. It's possible to make a satisfying collection using either method, but you have to do it right regardless: When diligent research, good sound and good music collide on the same disc, you have the best of all worlds, and something truly worth owning. Jazzman has made something of an art form out of the latter approach with its recent geographically organized survey of impossibly rare funk. Carolina Funk follows on the fine heels of the label's Midwest, Texas, and Florida Funk overviews, dishing out 22 killer sides from late 1960s and early-to-mid-70s North and South Carolina, accompanied by 22 pages of extensive, tiny-type liners that offer more background than most people will know what to do with. The compilation covers a broad spectrum: There are hard psychedelic... See less 
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