What is an Obi?

Is it limited to Japan, or is there an OBI on this record?:

Miles Davis - Ascenseur Pour L'Échafaud

 

An obi is a paper sash placed around the outer cover (seen on the left in the link pic), common for many Japanese releases. The term refers to similar sashes or belts found in traditional Japanese clothing.

 

It's what comes before the Wan Kenobi

 

A loop around your new CD/LP that you rip off, throw away and then play yer tunes.

 

I'm not sure if that's an Obi or printed on the jacket, but I do have European and even US records that have an Obi. So it's not limited to Japan.

Edit: it looks like the notes on that Discogs entry state that there IS and Obi

 

Throw away? Never!

 

It's a piece of paper that increases that price of the cd/lp you wish to buy.

 

Wurd!

 

Obi (publishing) - Wikipedia

 

I think of this as one.

 

Me too

 

May the tracking force be with you.

jeff

 

Urbi et Obi

 

A ripoff*!!!

Just Joking

The reason you see "OBI" mentioned so much on audio sites is for:
Identification.
Pricing [MSRP/reflective of release date].
Collectabillity.
Art [Marketing].
Cool Factor.
Snob Factor.



* literally & figuratively!!

 

Rip off, throw away, and then realize that you shouldn't have done it.

 

It's not printed on the cover - it's like a Japanese obi. It goes around the cover and is removable.

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That's what I'm questioning - is that really an obi?

 

@marmil Yeah I think it is. Obi would be the most standard term. Especially on a record

 

For me an OBI is a waste of time; people pay more for Japanese LP's and CD's with the original OBI strip intact, but who can read Japanese anyway? The OBI could say (in Japanese) 'You're a fool for paying extra for this CD just because of this card sash." Who knows? So it should be more about the sound on the record or CD than the OBI. I find them a nuisance anyway, so I just throw them away.

 

An OBI has value as it's part of the original authentic packaging. For some collectors, not having the OBI makes the package incomplete--as would a missing poster, lyric sheet, etc. Ephemera might be a good word.

 

One day international or odi is a 50 overs cricket match....

That's what my brain saw at least since I've been on a cricket tangent lately after finally growing bored of baseball.

 

The Japanese, for which market the Japanese OBI was intended for.

 

OBI comes with the packaging; Geisha is extra.


Cat

 

Some American albums I've seen that have an obi are "Ryko Analogue" LPs from the late 1980s and early 1990s (Bowie, Badfinger, Hendrix, et al.) and original U.S. Epic pressings of Cheap Trick at Budokan.

 

An Eli era obi :

Laura Nyro ~ Eli and the Thirteenth Confession Vinyl LP Columbia 2 Eye | eBay