I have their first two CDs. I bought them because they remind me of a time and place, and truth be told, I quite like them.
Since I intially heard them on the car radio, the fact that the recordings are compressed doesn't matter to me; I liked what I heard.
Don't really care whether or not they are up there in the 'Pantheon of the Greats', there is room for them in my 'Skeletons in the Cupboard'.
Regards