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Title: Historically Important and Interesting Music...
Review: Unlike other reviewers, I have no problem with the fact that many of the tracks feature Charlie Poole's contemporaries. Arguably, these serve to highlight his stylistic innovations.However, the non-standard packaging is truly annoying. Unless they have very narrow musical interests, most people purchasing these CDs will have fairly large music collections. Although wonderfully written and informative, the way oversized booklet is doomed to be lost on a back shelf or perhaps in the dustbin of history. The oversized cardboard cigar box that replaces the standard jewel case is a cheesy gimmick that must either be enshrined or, more probably, thrown out. What you're left with is 3 CDs in paper sleeves that will become lost among your other CDs once they're no longer in the immediate rotation on your CD player. For these reasons, minus three stars from the five this compilation deserves.
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