Glowing gem or missed opportunity?

Many Bodine-fans will have noticed the release of the CD-box Anthology by Pseudonym records in November 2019, including the three original Bodine albums and an extra disc with demos and studio-outtakes. Several months have passed to digest this release. For those of you who have time to read in the middle of the corona pandemic, here’s a review.
Prefer to jump to conclusions? Go ahead!
The wrapping
What can the fans expect? The box contains 4 discs, including the 3 original albums and a bonus disc. The albums are shelled in cardboard sleeves, in the same layout as the original LPs. Each album contains the original track list, all extras are included on the bonus disc. The box also contains a 40-page booklet including a biography with some previously unpublished anecdotes and photographs. It is printed on glossy black paper with white fonts and makes a stylish impression.
Leafing through the pages, though, one has to notice that there is a little coherence between the images and the text. Most photos could have been embedded in the text with references to why they are picked and in which context they were made. I attribute this to lack of communication between the editor and the publisher.
The music
According to the sleeve notes, the recordings of all three albums have been remastered. To compare the outcome, I have played back several tracks with the Wavepad audio editor app on my Mac over a Sony WH-H900N headset connected via bluetooth, switching back and forth between original and remastered tracks. Also, I’ve listened to the remasters on my home stereo system (set up around a 1969 Sony STR-6040 receiver).
Bodine (disc 1)
The debut album in the box sounds just as good as I was used to. My hearing is too limited to perceive any difference between the original and the remastered recording. If I’d have to guess, I’d say that the bass guitar has become a bit more prominent, but it’s rather subtle and I could be completely off the mark. It’s a good thing that this disc only contains the original track list, it saves trouble of having to turn off your CD-player before it starts playing the tedious 1981 studio outtakes and radio jingles. They have only one-time fun value, though I wouldn’t have minded having Rock Doctor and Regular Rocker with Jay van Feggelen to be included on this disc (even if they are from another recording session). Luckily, these tracks can be found on the fourth disc (keep reading!).