Category: Sleeves, Jackets, and Physical Protection

For a long time, I treated sleeves as permanent. Once a record had an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve, I assumed the job was done unless something ripped or fell apart. If a sleeve looked intact, it...

For a long time, I assumed that jacket wear was just part of owning records. If an album looked a little rough around the edges, I chalked it up to age or normal use. After all, many of those records...

For a long time, I avoided plastic sleeves because of things I had heard rather than things I had experienced. Warnings about plastic fogging records, leaving residue, or slowly damaging vinyl tend...

For a long time, I treated record jackets as tougher than they really are. They felt solid, they held their shape on the shelf, and minor scuffs seemed like normal wear that came with owning and...

For a long time, I treated inner sleeves as a minor detail. Some records stayed in their original paper sleeves, others ended up in poly sleeves depending on what I had on hand at the time. I assumed...

For years, I left records in whatever inner sleeves they came with. Most were original paper sleeves, some were thin and glossy, and a few had already started to yellow or shed fibers. I assumed that...