Definitive Audiophile pressings

NathanRicaud said:
What I will do is I won’t put outer sleeves my Tone Poet, MoFi, VMP Classics and other tip-on/high quality jackets! Everything else will likely have outer sleeves! Like half of my Analogue Productions pressings will have outer sleeves!

It is inconvenient though taking the outer sleeve off though and then when you spin your record, you have to put the outer sleeve back on the jacket and then display it! Like it’s just so inconvenient!
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I have never, in my life, put the sleeve back on the jacket while the record spinning.

This is not a requirement.
 
JonnyH said:
Oh yah, an audiophile boyfriend would take one look at your sleeveless mofis and turn around and leave.

Or he'll have a brain aneurysm and then you'll have a dead body on your hands. And trust me! Thats not a fun problem!
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Both of these things are super not sexxxy Nathan, not in the least.

What has happened to you Nathan... you're slowly sinking into a tar pit of unsexxxiness...

Like a very unsexxxy dinosaur, or a stupid non audiophile caveman...
 
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NathanRicaud said:
What I will do is I won’t put outer sleeves my Tone Poet, MoFi, VMP Classics and other tip-on/high quality jackets! Everything else will likely have outer sleeves! Like half of my Analogue Productions pressings will have outer sleeves!

It is inconvenient though taking the outer sleeve off though and then when you spin your record, you have to put the outer sleeve back on the jacket and then display it! Like it’s just so inconvenient!
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I think that description of something really straightforward and simple as complicated has my utter respect for being all new levels of lazy!
 
NathanRicaud said:
But outer sleeves are ugly! 😭😭😭

It also makes the jacket spine harder to see, therefore making it more inconvenient to find which record you want to spin! 🤷‍♂️
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I hated outer sleeves too. Main issue for me was that I couldn't see the spine very well and I always had to pull records in and out of the shelf to find them.

But I found some excellent crystal clear CPP sleeves and have most of my stuff sleeved again. Maybe look into crystal clear sleeves? The records actually look pretty good in them too.
 
NathanRicaud said:
What I will do is I won’t put outer sleeves my Tone Poet, MoFi, VMP Classics and other tip-on/high quality jackets! Everything else will likely have outer sleeves! Like half of my Analogue Productions pressings will have outer sleeves!

It is inconvenient though taking the outer sleeve off though and then when you spin your record, you have to put the outer sleeve back on the jacket and then display it! Like it’s just so inconvenient!
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My thinking is this. Think about how much you've invested in vinyl over the years, don't you want to protect your investment as best you can? When I look at my Discogs collection value, I know that due to the condition of all my babies, I'm at least rocking at the median value. You without outer sleeves and those scraped up little jackets, you're slipping towards that low end baby.

Not very sexy Nathan. Do what Justin Timberlake would do, buy some outersleeves, bring sexy back.
 
Turbo said:
I hated outer sleeves too. Main issue for me was that I couldn't see the spine very well and I always had to pull records in and out of the shelf to find them.

But I found some excellent crystal clear CPP sleeves and have most of my stuff sleeved again. Maybe look into crystal clear sleeves? The records actually look pretty good in them too.
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What you don't have a map of your entire collection based on your Discogs list showing which kallax cube is holding which record? Just me?
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
What you don't have a map of your entire collection based on your Discogs list showing which kallax cube is holding which record? Just me?
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Haha... I kind of know where each is approximately. It's sorted in genres then alphabetically. Boxes and large packages I have separated.

I mostly do this so I can move genre sections around every now and then when I'm scavenging for space. I did make labeled tabs for my genres to make things easier to find though.

The stuff that's boxed in the closet, that's another story though...
 
jamieanderson1968 said:
I love how Factory used to try to say FU! to everyone originally. Sandpaper sleeves, sleeves that cost more than they sold them for. I think Tony Wilson always regretted not coming up with the idea of burning a million pounds before KLF did.
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The sandpaper ones were actually really cheap because they literally went into a DIY store in Stockport and bought all their sandpaper, wallpaper paste and a can of black spray paint for the stencil. Joy Division made them to pay off some sudio time costs. Well Ian Curtis made them while the other three watched hardcore porn videos in the background...

The Die Cut Blue Monday cover on the other hand? Cost 50p more per copy than it retailed for. And it was the highest selling 12” single of all time...
 
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