From: Spooch1212@aol.com
Subject: Re: 12" format
Date: 2/2/2002 1:02:02 PM
To: youamwho@yahoo.com
seance@lists.no-fi.com


In a message dated 2/2/02 11:28:55 AM, youamwho@yahoo.com writes:

<< I miss full size 12" sleeves.  Ceedees are just so freakin' miniscule. 
Even the grandest of packaging, box sets included pales in comparison
to a simple gatefold album cover with nice photos and FULL SIZE great
art.  ... >>

Yeah, 12" has other great features- Try to do these  with cd's!
  
?Split Enz's laser etched LP  "True Colors" (one of it's singles was etched 
too) 
?"Destination Zululand" by King Kurt plays out from the label.
?"Pretty in Pink" by the Furs came with a free T-shirt.
?"Eve's Volcano" by Julian Cope was sealed with a subway sized poster.
?The Mary Chain did a single w/ the Sugarcubes and there are TWO grooves on 
one side.
  Two versions and you didn't know which one you'd get when you drop the 
needle.
?If I had GAF on LP, I'd be able to find (finally) Marty in his background 
picture.

There seemed to be more attention paid to details with the bigger covers.  
Lyrics were legible too.  There was also colored vinyl and shaped discs were 
mainly  7".  Every once in a while though, someone tries to do the right 
thing and issues a poster booklet for the cd, but when you open it up, it's 
marred by the sharp fold marks needed to fit the bloody thing in the case in 
the first place.

But the ONLY praise I have for the cd booklet is that they can be scanned 
easier
and I can make desktop pictures for my computer.  Currently I have P=A minus 
the black borders.

If anyone wants a jpeg of it, just email me.


Brian


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