I could understand the motivation to share these recordings if it were an artistic reinterpretation of the original material... but it's not.
The only creative differences in these recordings are primarily two factors...
- The cover band's inability to reproduce the original musical elements correctly
- Dave's inability to replicate his singing of the songs due to his aging body
I find no improvement in the product over the originals. Quite the opposite. Plus I get the nice sentiment of... at least he's doing something. But it falls flat. The irony is, as fans, we're even exploring the technicalities of what these are not... That's an indicator of having to work too hard to understand something or justify it's existence.