ECM titles without cardboard slipcase anymore?

[Alfred]

I received the new Enrico Rava - Tati today and was suprised that it came without this nice ECM slipcase. It is sealed like any other CD. Will ECM no longer use these cardboard slipcases?

[Rooster_Ties]

Fine with me. I always toss mine in the recycling bin. Just unnecessary extra packaging. Always a duplicate of the images on the front of the booklet and back of the tray-card (at least in every case I've seen - minus the UPC barcode).

I say – good riddance!!

Question for those who like 'em –– whatever for??

Edited November 11, 2005 by Rooster_Ties

[sal]

Question for those who like 'em –– whatever for?? 

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Yeah, the Marc Johnson CD didn't have one either.

I like them because they keep the jewel case from getting scratched or cracked.

[DukeCity]

Question for those who like 'em –– whatever for?? 

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Yeah, the Marc Johnson CD didn't have one either.

I like them because they keep the jewel case from getting scratched or cracked.

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Yeah, but what do you use to keep the slipcover from getting scratched?

[Ron S]

I like them because they keep the jewel case from getting scratched or cracked.

You should do like I do and just keep on hand a supply of different kinds of jewel cases ordered from here. That way your CD cases will always look nice and purdy and brand-spankin'-new.

[Alfred]

Fine with me.  I always toss mine in the recycling bin.  Just unnecessary extra packaging.  Always a duplicate of the images on the front of the booklet and back of the tray-card (at least in every case I've seen - minus the UPC barcode).

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargghhhh?! (... my heart ...)

What would I give for all the missing original LP inner sleeves .....

[Ron S]

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargghhhh?! (... my heart ...)

What would I give for all the missing original LP inner sleeves ..... 

But at least those served a purpose--protecting the LP from getting scratched. The cardboard jewel case sleeves are just a marketing gimmick (although I confess that I keep them when the CD comes with one).

[PHILLYQ]

They're very good for shipping discs- they help prevent damage to the jewel box.

[rostasi]

I think the worst are those very hard, see-thru plastic ones

that accompanied the Brian Eno CD re-releases. They were so tightly fitted

that you had to cut them just to get access to the jewel box!

[GregK]

Fine with me.  I always toss mine in the recycling bin.  Just unnecessary extra packaging.  Always a duplicate of the images on the front of the booklet and back of the tray-card (at least in every case I've seen - minus the UPC barcode).

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Not always- the Charles Lloyd/Billy Higgins double disc had a different image on the booklet than on the slipcase. Same thing with the back image on the latest Lloyd

[7/4]

I think the worst are those very hard, see-thru plastic ones

that accompanied the Brian Eno CD re-releases. They were so tightly fitted

that you had to cut them just to get access to the jewel box! 

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Me too.

[CJ Shearn]

I like the cardboard slipcases. do you mean the plastic see thru ones like Miles "Round About Midnight" Legacy edition, and Trane's ALS deluxe?

[Green Dolphin]

The cardboard slips are a pain in the ass but still found on the UK issues,at least with the aforementioned Rava and Johnson.