>artists aren't in control of their birth or the state of the
>musical landscape when they are actively recording.

Agreed, but it's also reality that every genre has a "peak time" where the most influential and revered recordings happened.

>Let me ask you this then...
>
>Are those albums really better than his? You could argue that
>TPAB is a better piece of art than all of them.

I wouldn't be mad at that argument.....I wouldn't agree. But I could see the argument.