I wonder what he went to jail for…

It’s really great to have all of this material finally, especially the interviews. I think the box is a big bulky mess though. It’s aesthetically revolting, twice as big as it needs to be (literally half the box is empty), and I really think the PDF stuff should have been included as a book. But the worst thing is that the sound is really really bad. Rounder’s releases, as great as many of them are, have always had shaky “remastering,” as they place more emphasis on filtering out surface noise than on preserving the music. Of course, Lomax’s original acetates are of poor quality, but even Rounder’s previous releases of this material (sans interviews) was better than this. This is one of the worst-sounding reissues of pre-war music I’ve heard in many years (not including JSPs). They’ve really tried to clean up the imperfections, but the content itself pays the price. The sound is so flat and tinny that it’s piercing and shrill to listen to. I’ve honestly never heard these recordings sound so bad.
That said, essential for Morton and pre-war jazz fans.