Tom Dunne: An attic discovery reminded of the glory of long-lost CD compilations 

Properly-curated compilation CDs really were a great way of discovering music in the late 1990s and early Noughties

Tom Dunne recently discovered a treasure trove of CDs in his attic. 

Okay, how do I put this: remember that advice I may have given you about your CD collection? The advice that included words like landfill, glorified WAV storage and worthless? Great. Now, the hard question: you didn’t listen to me, did you?

If you did, I can but hope you got some money for them and invested it wisely. Because — sit down, breathe — you may need it to buy some of them back. Turns out streaming services can’t do everything after all. They certainly can’t do compilations.