When it becomes evident that some sources are of questionable reliability, the cartographer explains this in the margin of his compilation.
For the first time after Imamura passed away, Musha got the fund to publish the last volume of his compilation in letterpress printing (Musha 1951c).
For the 44-year old DJ and producer revered for hit tracks like "You Don't Know Me," The Loft was the first true place where he could spread his wings as a selector, and where he saw the true potential of dance music culture as a unifying force it's not surprising he devoted a whole third of his compilation to the venue.
But it was only after a record label in Spain heard of his compilations and contacted him that he realized he could make the jump from record company executive to musician.
In the same interview, explaining the apolitical eccentricity of his compilations ("The Making of the American Essay" marks the completion of a triptych, together comprising what he calls a "New History" of the form), D'Agata speaks of his desire to "divorce the essay from being read exclusively as a form that's tied to its subject matter, or that is propelled by its subject matter".
Ms. Baca was 51 and working in relative obscurity when David Byrne discovered her in the mid-1990s and put her stirring rendition of "Maria Lando" on his compilation "Soul of Black Peru".
In 1993, Van Morrison included Them's cover of the song on his compilation album The Best of Van Morrison Volume Two.
He is remembered chiefly for his compilation of population registers in 1376, which inscribed the names of 300,000 able-bodied men available for military conscription.
However, Bowie had Mario McNulty remix the track "Time Will Crawl" in 2008 for his compilation of self-selected favourite songs, iSelect, and later included the same mix on his career-spanning 50th anniversary compilation, Nothing Has Changed.
David Filipi, director of film and video at the Wexner Center for the Arts, who has been compiling the annual collections, said he is here presenting an encore of his first compilation, from 2004.
For enthusiasts of archival treasures featuring the great tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins, who were put off by the variable quality of his recent compilation "Road Shows, Vol. 1," relief is here.
