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Poorly put-together

03/14/2001

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Note that the song "Stark Raving Normal" by The Blood appears on both the first and the third of the CDs in this collection. They're not two different versions or anything like that. I point out this detail as a general indicator of the generally amateurish production values of this shoddily assembled collection."

Poor quality

08/16/2001

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Some good track selections and undeniably cheap price which is why it gets the second star. However, the recordings are poorly done and sound like they've been lifted from someone's old collection on vinyl."

Cheap, but you get what you pay for

01/04/2001

(1 out of 5 stars)

"This is a disappointing collection. It includes lots of stuff, and the price is right, but most of the stuff is unlistenably bad. Nearly all the songs by the better known bands, such as Sham 69, Blitz, The Business, etc. are crudely recorded live versions. Even some of the studio recordings seem to be demo versions, or in any case different versions than I remember from the original albums, and generally sound muddy and bad. Also, there seems to have been no effort made to digitally remaster the original sources, so the whole CD sounds muffled."