I have to agree with Piobair, the older copy's of a lot of pipe band music sometimes digitized/ remastered on CD have a straight forward not overproduced quality about them.
The lack of production quality is often made up by straight forward classics played they way you would hear them in the field at a festival.
I just picked up the "Amazing Grace" bagpipe and drums of the 48th highlanders of Canada,
recorded in 1989. Straight forward and very good.

Kilted Stuart