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I'm no audio expert - can't give you chapter and verse, but essentially the initial sound is in wave (analogue) format; to convert it to digital it has to be broken down and re-formatted (compressed?). In many cases, the digital form will sound better (or at least clearer) to the naked ear, but...

Was probably available as a bootleg cassette 20 odd years ago!

Actually quite a lot is lost when the original sound is broken down into a digital format. CDs don't have the scratches though, I'll grant you.