Have the quality control crew up above stopped to think how contradictory their views are.?

Considering their desire to hear polished performances of traditional songs in folk clubs, is it not true that the source singers for these very same songs often gave, to my ears at least, very rough and ready performances of those songs when they were collected? In fact if many of them performed in a folk club today I suspect that they would be subject to the same level of criticism that has been directed at "substandard" floor singers in this thread. Many were miles away from the standards of excellence that have been advocated here.