The Carter Family - In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain

It seems simple enough: Find every single recording by the first family of American country music and put 'em in a big box with a killer hardcover book full of essays and pictures and intricate track notation, rightNULL Wrong. While it's true that Germany's Bear Family label produces box sets that virtually put every other company -- especially those in America -- to shame, it's the fanatical attention to detail and aesthetics that makes these sets so necessary. In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain is a case in point, for it contains virtually every recording done by The Carter Family for every label they recorded for. Read More