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(If we're thinking in terms of the 20th Century...)petshopgrrl wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 4:18 am That's the stuff! Thanks for posting!
Was it just a UK thing, perhaps? Now I think about it, I don't think I ever bought a CD single in the UK. Once I got to the US, it was all jewel cases.
[/url]I never saw those CD singles with paper inner sleeves. must have been added by some previous owner..or even by the record store that sold them, if you bought them that way at the time.tottenhammattspurs wrote: Sun 13 Jul 2025, 11:00 am Heart. Rent. Domino dancing all had the soft paper inserts.
Those slim jewel cases are so flimsy. You could stare at them and they'd break.oakey wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 5:47 pm Cardboard sleeves were also very popular in continental Europe. The cardboard sleeves were usually used for the "single", ie the main track/single edit and maybe a B side, but often also just the single edit as a single track, especially later in the 1990s. Or for promos. The slim jewel cases were then used for the "maxi", ie the remixes, sometimes even as multiple CDs. I have several PSB CD singles where this is the case. And some US imports that indeed used standard jewel cases, but often containing all the remixes that in Europe would be spread over mutliple CD singles, probably also due to chart regulations.
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I am almost certain that the soft inserts came from the manufacturer, i bought mine on the day of release and they all had them.. Quick check on Discogs and i found this.Oznerol wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 7:27 pmI never saw those CD singles with paper inner sleeves. must have been added by some previous owner..or even by the record store that sold them, if you bought them that way at the time.tottenhammattspurs wrote: Sun 13 Jul 2025, 11:00 am Heart. Rent. Domino dancing all had the soft paper inserts.
They were quite common at the time with other cd single releases too so definitely a record company and not a record store thing.Oznerol wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 7:27 pmI never saw those CD singles with paper inner sleeves. must have been added by some previous owner..or even by the record store that sold them, if you bought them that way at the time.tottenhammattspurs wrote: Sun 13 Jul 2025, 11:00 am Heart. Rent. Domino dancing all had the soft paper inserts.
It makes complete sense to anyone looking to make a purchase for the first time. They are fast becoming the new industry standard. And it makes complete sense from a record company perspective. They are greener, and cheaper to produce and ship.euroboy wrote:Do you think this reissue makes sense? I think the only thing it adds is the cardboard cover.
Are you going to buy it?
I don't think it's for us fans who already own original CDs, reissues and vinyl.euroboy wrote: Thu 17 Jul 2025, 6:20 pm Do you think this reissue makes sense? I think the only thing it adds is the cardboard cover.
Are you going to buy it?
Harry wrote: Thu 17 Jul 2025, 6:46 pmI don't think it's for us fans who already own original CDs, reissues and vinyl.Euroboy wrote: Thu 17 Jul 2025, 6:20 pm Do you think this reissue makes sense? I think the only thing it adds is the cardboard cover.
Are you going to buy it?
It's for people who want to buy a classic Pet Shop Boys album on CD, without extra content, in 2025. They'll be the ones you see in record shops, where I haven't seen single disc Pet Shop Boys albums for ages. This is Parlophone keeping the albums in print in up to date editions on CD. People do still buy CDs, and PSB and Parlophone would miss out on sales if casual album buyers go into record shops and only see expensive Further Listening sets.
I´m really surprised by this!popfreak wrote: Wed 16 Jul 2025, 11:23 amI am almost certain that the soft inserts came from the manufacturer, i bought mine on the day of release and they all had them.. Quick check on Discogs and i found this.Oznerol wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 7:27 pmI never saw those CD singles with paper inner sleeves. must have been added by some previous owner..or even by the record store that sold them, if you bought them that way at the time.tottenhammattspurs wrote: Sun 13 Jul 2025, 11:00 am Heart. Rent. Domino dancing all had the soft paper inserts.
Issued in a slightly oversized (13 cm x 13 cm) card sleeve with square flaps and top opening; CD housed in a dust jacket.
A virtually identical 1993 reissue can be identified by round flaps on the sleeve.
I have some PSB '80 cd singles with inner jacket, too. I bought them in Dublin in summer 1989, if I remember correctly.Oznerol wrote: Thu 17 Jul 2025, 8:59 pmI´m really surprised by this!popfreak wrote: Wed 16 Jul 2025, 11:23 amI am almost certain that the soft inserts came from the manufacturer, i bought mine on the day of release and they all had them.. Quick check on Discogs and i found this.Oznerol wrote: Tue 15 Jul 2025, 7:27 pm
I never saw those CD singles with paper inner sleeves. must have been added by some previous owner..or even by the record store that sold them, if you bought them that way at the time.
Issued in a slightly oversized (13 cm x 13 cm) card sleeve with square flaps and top opening; CD housed in a dust jacket.
A virtually identical 1993 reissue can be identified by round flaps on the sleeve.
Altough I´m from the other side of the world and items always arrived later to this lands on those years, I saw (and owned) many copies of some of them during the years and I never found a copy (of any of the early cardboard singles) with that inner jacket!
I guess that maybe not ALL the copies came out this way??
From either Devices or Alright onwards, the discs came in standard sized square CD wallets with no inner, but some of the earlier card sleeves - certainly Heart, though weirdly I think certainly not It's A Sin - would have been too big for a disc on its own without any kind of inner. They'd have been rattling around!Oznerol wrote: Thu 17 Jul 2025, 8:59 pm I´m really surprised by this!
Altough I´m from the other side of the world and items always arrived later to this lands on those years, I saw (and owned) many copies of some of them during the years and I never found a copy (of any of the early cardboard singles) with that inner jacket!
I guess that maybe not ALL the copies came out this way??