maybe it wasn't necessary to "release" it, and have collections of the most interesting/different versions of her known repertoire and mix them with unreleased demos from each era instead.

I can see your point, but I guess the label/PJ decided to follow the same template as the original Dry Demos - the whole album in its demo version and that's that.

no, I agree with you and in fact I'm a complestist and an insane archivist as well so I shouldn't complain about having it all I understand that following this template is what gives the collection cohesiveness. I think I was just speaking from a place of slight disappointment after finding out that 'Electric Light', and 'Catherine' are virtually the same as the released versions; 'Joy' is missing percussion and has a different vocal take but it's also the same, and 'No Girl So Sweet' or 'My Beautiful Leah' are like raw mixes of the released versions minus drums and small arrangements. Like I say, that is an *excellent problem* cause it confirms her vision, her skill and her amazing artistry, but from the point of view of a listener who's hoping to hear something alternate that tells a story about the origins of a project, if the origins were so close to the final work I feel it lacks something as a stand-alone collection.

I'm also really hoping for a B-sides compilation to cap the whole reissue series off* - so many of her singles are nowhere to be found, and the streaming services seem to lack a huge number of them (e.g. Spotify is missing everything from 1993 to 2001), I'd be awesome to have all of them collected on a single release.

* I'm not holding my breath for any unreleased material but who knows!