New Wave Outpost Forum

Speaking of the sound quality, can anybody explain why on Earth they brickwall reissues? What kind of twisted logic is behind it? I've been asking this myself for years and I still can't understand it. This is not the music to compete with the modern hits on the radio, nor is it club music. Only fans will buy it, and they always beg the record companies 'please do not over-compress these albums!' But they do it stubbornly despite all the begging. Why?