This is a distinctly shoddy CD issue from Germany's ZYX. For a start all the tracks are mastered off vinyl, so hum and crackle are the order of the day. But worse, the tempo fault found on many UK vinyl pressings is carried onto here.

I suppose that ZYX cannot be blamed for the fact that the pressing they used is one where "Real Time Status" and "The 1st of May" are pressed 8% too slow, but given that "Real Time Status" was available in pristine quality at the correct tempo on the UK Network CD, one can only imagine that decent masters existed at the time for the other tracks, making this is altogether a disappointing disc for collectors.