Why do folkies accept such shit audio quality CDs..???

I just settled in for late night music session.
Good CD system, and high quality headphones..

Been looking forward to listening to Lal & Norma Waterson "A True Hearted Girl" which I treated myself to for xmas..


Carefully tore off the shrinkwrap, settled back on the sofa..
..and the sound quality is terrible, it's riddled throughout with harsh distracting distortion.

Serious disappointment..!!!


This is Topic TSCD507 dated 1999.

A recent 2017 David Bowie boxset had a few seconds of volume fluctuation on one CD, which caused so much fan anger and protest
that Warners were forced to mail out thousands of remastered and corrected replacement discs.

Topic have had nearly 20 years to address the major issues on this CD...

We moaned so much about Bulmer's rip off dodgy CDRs,
But this official Topic release is much worse... WHY...!!!???