Yeh I did a few of those cdr comps myself way way back and even went as far as sending them all out by snail mail,not cheap!!I did it because I got a great buzz out of sharing the stuff!!Also I thoroughly enjoyed putting them together with help from my then girlfriend,chopping and changing tracks,listening to literally loads of songs,i personally didn't even have a computer then!!!!Designed the artwork which really was pretty basic,and secretly printed them at the office I worked in.But I loved it and it was the time of the ezine Sweet Floral Albion where a few who frequent on here did articles for!!I found those times pretty exciting,things just seem to be more accessable and easy to do(not for me as im way way behind in technological things)now,but not as exciting,hence I still buy cds when I have the money,the sound of cds have improved massively in the last 10 or so years.Plus packaging has vastly improved in most cases.Theres always been a big vinyl only collector thing going on,but I find some folk can be pretty snooty concerning cds,i agree particularly with the psychedelic period,coversleeves artwork does not transfer well to cd size,At least with a lot of cds you get fab liners and great period photos etc in booklets.as I have already said,the sound has improved massively!!!!
I have lots of privately made cdr comps,and they still play fine,no degradation sound etc.One of the best from around that time were the Jagged Time Lapse comps,particularly volume 5 with its booklet and liners!!!!I still love the 60s and 70s sounds as much,but I have found im going back to the music I listened to as a youngster trojan reggae,2 tone and ska with some punk more and more in recent times.