If the sound recording is lousy the performance better be amazing or the record/CD etc. will be relegated to the back of my mind.
An example of studio wizardry rescuing a lost cause is the 2011 release of Robert Johnson: The Centennial Recordings. Steve Lasker and Seth Winner accessed the finest available original and test pressings and, after using the most advanced transfer techniques to capture the source material, removed all the sonic noise (clicks, pops, stripped grooves, etc.) knowing some loss of high-range frequencies was inevitable, resurrecting the clarity of those 1930’s recordings to an astonishing degree. I can listen now without flinching.
my point is that poor recordings can, at great expense, be overcome if the performance warrants the effort.