Classic Episodes (Remastered)
The earliest episodes, cleaned up and back in circulation.
The classic collection holds the earliest episodes of the show, remastered so that they sit comfortably next to the later ones. They were recorded while the format was still being worked out, and that is audible in them — the pacing is a little different, and the two-minute discipline is looser in places.
They are kept, and kept together, because the idea underneath them has not changed at all. A small thing is noticed, it is described properly, and then the episode gets out of the way. Hearing that being figured out in real time is part of what makes the early run worth returning to.
Why remaster them
The remastering is a matter of levels and cleanup rather than re-recording. Nothing was rewritten and nothing was cut; the episodes are the same episodes, made easier to listen to on the kind of speaker people actually use.