From Patrick Wolf to Def Leppard, why do artists keep re-recording their old hits?

In the music industry discreet revisionism is rife. But out-foxing your old label doesn't explain the need for a bassoonPerfectionism can be an unbecoming trait. One thinks of the prospective job candidate, smugly asserting his or her unstinting excellence to the interviewer in the hope they come over as a can-do sort with a hawk's eye for detail, while actually marking themselves out as the sort of workplace Hitler who insists on colour-coding the stationery cupboard. Nor is perfectionism terri...

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