The reintroduction of Candid Records
As an aspiring teenage illustrator, I was fascinated by the work of outlaw cartoonist Robert Crumb. His beautifully drawn images offered escape from the redneck southern city where I grew up. I was especially enchanted by Crumb’s caricatures of blues and jazz musicians, which were assembled in his “Heroes of the Blues” and “Early Jazz Greats” trading-card collections.
Crumb is an avid record collector. I envision him as a purist and completist who would’ve jumped at the original releases of short-lived label Candid Records, which was founded in New
