Looking at a stack from a collectro who's got both older issues and recent re's... am I right in assuming that plastic inner sleeves were not used until relatively recently there?
no that's not correct. You really have to go by the label variations and jacket printing...
I've found original coxsone shit with plastic inners and it's the result of sleeves and LPs being separated, reunited, exchanged, repackaged, recycled, etc etc etc.
Looking at a stack from a collectro who's got both older issues and recent re's... am I right in assuming that plastic inner sleeves were not used until relatively recently there?
it's not a gospel, but i would say it's a decent rule of thumb, b/c dudes will stuff 30 year old sleeves with new pressings and the plastic sleeve is a decent tip off... yes, every once in a while, you get the switch up, but as a basic yardstick, the beat up cover with the plastic sleeve is a repress red flag....
Lots of UK stuff from the late 70's early 80's have plastic inner sleeves ie. Greensleeves Lps. At least that's been my experience. JA=Jenky Super old glued back sleeves with brand new vinyl WTF!?
Yeah - the ONLY way to tell a repress is the label. Even sometimes they slap an old label on a new record! But that is rare. DO NOT use the plastic inner or heavy card rule of thumb... label label label label. Learn your label variations if you are gonna look at a lot of reggae!
Well the ones I'm talkin bout are exact repros, at least thats what I think after close inspection... so label diffs (or plastic sleeves) aren't really the issue here - the appearance/weight of the vinyl and the look of the label are what tipped me off. It was a Freedom Sounds comp I was really curious about and I see it is reish'ed. Still a great listen...
Well the ones I'm talkin bout are exact repros, at least thats what I think after close inspection... so label diffs (or plastic sleeves) aren't really the issue here - the appearance/weight of the vinyl and the look of the label are what tipped me off. It was a Freedom Sounds comp I was really curious about and I see it is reish'ed. Still a great listen...
Yeah a cheap label job will tip you off every time.
They repopped all that Freedom Sounds stuff a year or so ago.
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I've found original coxsone shit with plastic inners and it's the result of sleeves and LPs being separated, reunited, exchanged, repackaged, recycled, etc etc etc.
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Let me know what you find!
it's not a gospel, but i would say it's a decent rule of thumb, b/c dudes will stuff 30 year old sleeves with new pressings and the plastic sleeve is a decent tip off... yes, every once in a while, you get the switch up, but as a basic yardstick, the beat up cover with the plastic sleeve is a repress red flag....
Lps. At least that's been my experience.
JA=Jenky
Super old glued back sleeves with brand new vinyl WTF!?
alot of times that means the sleeves have been sitting around for 20 year and they stuffed a fresh pressing in....
Yeah a cheap label job will tip you off every time.
They repopped all that Freedom Sounds stuff a year or so ago.