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John Mendelssohn's I, Caramba is the classic example of an album that's worth its price for the liner notes alone. The CD features the acerbic ex-Rolling Stone critic's sundry recordings, but the real attraction is the absorbing 126-page "autobiography" that accompanies the disc. In the booklet, Mendelssohn describes his descent in a few short years from being among the most celebrated early Rolling Stone contributors to word processing at a San Francisco law firm. It's raw, riveting, sad, and funny reading. --Steven Stolder