The one I have has been cleaned up. No horrid pops & clicks here Totally cr@ppy itunes bit rate though. Wish they'd release this as a proper physical item
but the original release from itunes have the little noises?
Yep. There was a lot of complaints about it too. But it's possible to clean them up with various audio tools. Audacity, Amadeus pro & Adobe audition all have click & noise removal tools.