Once every couple of months I seem to trip over a thread like this one. I think we all have mixed emotions about collectors.
I have my heros to thank for the songs they collected and to blame for adding "Arranged & Adapted by..." to each and every song.
Sure, we're singing the songs that they saved but countless others have surely been lost because the more scrupulous collectors had less of a business head on their shoulders.
Are we any better off for their contributions? Probably not but they are.