Sleeve Strut.
4YearGraduate
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Thanks all with the advice on the record sales, I've started putting up alot of mid-priced joints on the IG.
In the meantime, lets talk sleeves.
I need to now start the catalogue and archive process of what im keeping, and i'm looking for a certain sleeve. In my whole collection, I probably have 4 or 5 records with this certain sleeve.
The only way i can describe it is its clear as shit and heavy duty as hell. In fact, all three sides have seams where the plastic comes together. This might sound like a pain in the ass, but the seems actually inadvertently protect the lp seems from getting bashed on filing.
anyone know what im talking about? Only sleeve i own with seems, at least 4 or 6 mil, very clear, not hazy at all.
what are you guys rocking for archive filing? lmk!!
In the meantime, lets talk sleeves.
I need to now start the catalogue and archive process of what im keeping, and i'm looking for a certain sleeve. In my whole collection, I probably have 4 or 5 records with this certain sleeve.
The only way i can describe it is its clear as shit and heavy duty as hell. In fact, all three sides have seams where the plastic comes together. This might sound like a pain in the ass, but the seems actually inadvertently protect the lp seems from getting bashed on filing.
anyone know what im talking about? Only sleeve i own with seems, at least 4 or 6 mil, very clear, not hazy at all.
what are you guys rocking for archive filing? lmk!!
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I'm a fan of durable and glassy. For that, the Big Fudge brand is amazing. For the inner sleeve, I prefer Taguchi Rounds. I haven't been able to get them in the states for a while, though. The "Invest in Vinyl" are a good substitute.
inside are fine too but it’s the plastic sleeves that are my favorite.
Thanks Frank, these are exactly the sleeves i was talking about. Good call!
I am not surprised that Frank commented and posted a .de link. These sleeve were very common in Germany when I lived there in the 80s and 90s. I can not say whether they come in different plastics, but I remember them as a big pain, at least in retail where they get handled a lot and records get put in and taken out repeatedly. The edges or seams the record stand on at the bottom and the one which customers would touch at the top when flipping through the racks would break or rip as far as I remember. Maybe there are different materials and some are sturdier or maybe it’s the extreme conditions in retail with lots of greasy fingers accelerating the deterioration.
maybe if collectros would take a damn bath once in a while, knowatimsayin?
Ugh... I remember flicking through a rack and encountering a bloody bogey (Dunno what 'Meriman slang is, booger? - i.e. someone had picked their nose and wiped it) on a sleeve. Even in the best places, common to notice dirty finger tips after 30 mins of rapid flicking, no? Thank God for digital.
Those opaque sleeves were also the ones our local library used for their vinyl. Yeah, they frequently cracked along the hardened seams but I guess public copies were seeing a lot more use than some collectro archive copy. I've noticed some of my PVC sleeves have gone a bit "Sweaty" where they have been stored for years so I think the Frank ones are better for this.