I like unique insert plastic bits, anyone else? My Radiohead Kid A has a thick smooth one that is different. The 32DP series has white inserts, Yeezus has a clear one, etc. I'm trying to think of others in my collection...
There was an Alice In Chains CD with a colored jewel case, yellow I think. Can you think of others? -s1m0n-
Yes! Their self titled album. Bjork's Vespertine was opaque white, front and back. I think one of my Factory New Orders is opaque white in back.
Found an interesting case in a stack on a shelf I hadn't looked through in a bit. Looks like the "HIGHTECH" text is somehow printed on the ridged spine area vs. the plastic being colored or heat embossed. Not sure if this is the original case, nothing else on the CD or papers says HIGHTECH. FYI, disc inside is a West Germany PDO pressing. -s1m0n-
I got a second hand 80s CD today. It has a clear plastic jewel case which I think is a replacement as they were mainly black trays in those days. Does it matter? Could replace it myself I guess. How common was it for stores to replace cases? I personally like to keep the original cases.
This one came with a big-ass disc attached, smooth sided, Capitol stamp, lower right, where the 'Compact Disc Digital Audio' should be
Kinks Greatest Hits - "ugly pink". The first copy I ordered had a torn cover, and came in a black tray. This is where my OCD kicks in. The music is the important thing of course, but the clear case on this new one did make me wonder. It does actually seem to be a slightly different pressing to the first one I ordered. (MPO FRANCE O3 COMPACT DISC is in the spindle ring, absent from the other copy.) The sleeve and disc are NM.
Nice find! I didn't realize a 03 existed, looks like the 01,02 were from the mid 80's does the 03 have a 'IFPI' stamp? It may have been a later run, or like you said, a new tray may have been used
I'm pretty sure some targets have 04 or even 06, so the number doesn't necessarily reflect the age (just as some Warner golden greats CDs have different digits in the hub). I don't have any post IFPI MPO releases to verify hub stamps at such a late date.
Agree Dave, MPO's are hard to date, I think the 02 on this particular MPO was to designate a fix, I think the 01 had indexing issues, I used to have this title back in the 90's ,I can't remember for sure
I think there's some confusion. Hotdog appears to be talking about the text printed on the plastic hub. Often there is no text, but sometimes COMPACT DISC MPO FRANCE 02 etc. The original MPO matrix font was unsurprisingly similar to Polygram's. The matrix font used by MPO in the late 80s or early 90s was wider.
Looking at this case, I wonder if there is a potential market for a variation on this case. The variation is that the cover is large enough to hold the original album cover (like the cover of the CD holds the CD booklet). It looks like that would be a great case that would offer far better protection for the record, which might justify the cost of this case.