Just to mention I had a typo in my first sentence, it should be this 😉
I probably would NOT do the periods exactly like that (…)
That said, I absolutely can relate to the interest in artist beginnings and developments. I did this kind of exporation with several artists (most recently or currently of course Doldinger) and it is fun to explore early and totally obscure stuff. Of course I would rather have some early JW scores releases than expansions of some more later ones.