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This charming disc, a total joy for Carter aficionados, was compiled from one-of-a-kind 16-inch transcription acetates recorded for broadcast in 1939 on the high-powered border radio station XET, "down Mexico way". The Carter Family performed on this and similar stations at the time--the stations' signals, unrestricted by signal strength regulations, reached throughout the US. The act had expanded to include several offspring--June, Anita, Helen and Jeanette, along with core members AP Carter, wife Sara and her cousin Maybelle. As Border Radio clearly demonstrates, the radio-show format clearly allowed the Carters to stretch out beyond the constraints of their 78-rpm recordings. There is a wide variety of material here; of particular note are the lovely instrumentals ("Waves of the Sea", "Cumberland Gap") and the plangent tunes that AP performs solo ("No Telephone in Heaven", "My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl"). The songs that the little ones sing themselves are interesting documents, but they come a bit too close to Disneyish sentimentality; thankfully there are but a few on this collection. The sound is naturally funky considering its origins, but relatively hiss free. Most importantly, the performances brim with the close-hewn, reserved Appalachian harmonies and clever guitar playing one expects from the Carters. --Mike McGonigal