I don't have anything to compare the speed issue to, but I've heard the first disc of this set and the sound is not really bad. Just bad. If you are used to listening to bootlegs, this one sounds like a decent bootleg from the 'fifties, a so so one from the 'sixties, if that makes sense. Speed seems possibly a bit slow to me in a few spots, but again, I've not heard the material before.