“[Gang of Four 77–81]
is the first such
anniversary/
commemoration/
milestone production
I’ve actually taken
pleasure in, as something
to hold, open, look at,
read, play, listen to.
I don’t think that’s
because” —
Real Life Rock Top 10, March 2021 edition /
Los Angeles Review of Books
GreilMarcus.net 
Looking forward to hearing this set, even though I already have everything except for the demos and the live album. (Infinite Zero reissued those two LP’s on CD in 1995 with the single/EP tracks as bonus tracks.) But I have to side with Greil’s buddy Robert Christgau – vinyl is too damn cumbersome. I prefer CD’s. I don’t doubt Charles Taylor engages in the music more with vinyl, but when you have a lot of albums and live in the city, they take up too much damn space and I’m more likely to hear something if I don’t have to worry about cleaning and maintenance and constantly flipping and changing the discs (one CD vs. two vinyl discs). That’s especially true if I have to do something like exercise or clean the house – and surprisingly, it’s easier to maintain complete and razor sharp focus on the music over a long period of time if I’m also doing any of those things, probably because they don’t require much cognitive activity, just repetitive motion.
(by “cleaning and maintenance,” I mean cleaning and maintaining vinyl – with CD’s, just don’t touch the surface and handle it by the edges, and you’re fine)