"I have more issue with incomplete, inaccurate or poorly proof-read sleeve notes."
I could not agree more and would extend that to the distinct deterioration of sleeve notes in general (I should say I'm refering to those of traditional material rather than singer-songwriter stuff)
As an early and prolific record buyer I quite often enjoyed the notes as much as I dis the albums themselves - those of the Folk Songs of Britain Series of the Tangers, School of Scottish Studies set or the well researched notes to Mike Yates's field recordings.... not only carriers of information but enhancements to the enjoyment of the songs.
The Earliest recorded Collection of Ballads, the Riverside, MacColl and Lloyd, 'The English and Scottish Popular Ballads' are a small book in themselves.
I'm digitising all our albums at present in order to give copies of them to archives, (and anybody else who wants them) and have made a point of including sleeve notes with them all
The project has been slowed down somewhat because I find myself re-reading the notes again and still finding many of them absorbing and informative.
Some of our International sets come with dual-language booklets, particularly our Greek and Eastern European ones - fascinating
Jim Carroll