bosstrabs so when you said “went through a sustained spell of being quite brilliant from about 1997 to 2000.” you actually meant “2000 to 2001”.
There do seem a few decent mixes in there tbf. I’ve def listened to that Timo Maas one before somewhere, now that you mention it.
Either I just didn’t notice the decent ones on the shelves at the time - pretty sure I had a DJ Mag subscription around then - or the mag was so shite I still couldn’t bring myself to buy it even with a decent CD. Can’t remember now.