An honest apparaisal of Mosaic sets

[DrJ]

Hee hee hee hee....

[David Ayers]

I used to wonder when/if CD collecting would become like vinyl collecting. My question has been answered.

I don't agree there. CD reissues of vinyl will eventually lose their value as the material they contain becomes cheaply available in streaming media, perhaps with downloadable artwork and notes.

LPs on the other hand will still be original artefacts and will not lose value, at least where the condition is good and the artist is collectable.

Ok a bit off topic I know.

As far as Moscaic goes, the real benefit of these sets always was to be able to hear material from several original vinyl issues without having to pay the likely cost of even one of those issues if bought in auction. The music is not always good because the emphasis is on completeness. These are aimed at collectors who want to own it all but access selectively. Few of the sets are in that sense indispensable. All that is fine and as it should be, but there is no point in expecting hours of gems from lesser artists (often in their lesser periods).