Leave cellophane wrap on or off the jacket?

I take plastic off of almost all of my records with just a few exceptions for specific reasons (fragile album covers and such.). But I always recycle the shrink wrap. I prefer to be able to see the album spines and don't want excess plastic aging on my shelves for no reason.

 

Yep. Incredibly stupid company policy. This was also back in like 1990.

 

I chipped in, but still amazed we all can fill up 4 pages (and counting) about cellophane.

 

Off and straight in the garbage along with the hype sticker.

 

I always leave it on unless it's a gatefold. Why remove it? I have never in my 30+ years of collecting, run into the so called -shrinking shrink wrap that could warp a record.

I have bought albums from all decades, with no issues of the shrinkwrap warping the LP... bending the corners? Maybe, but I don't know how it was stored... Those thick US 60s / 70s pressings aren't going to have that problem at all. I just stumbled upon NOS of Herman's Hermits LPs sealed from the 1960s, bought one for $3... good as new. I think it's overhype...

 

I always take it off.

 

Funny… I’m completely opposite. I happily pay a premium for records with shrink, and all my eBay search filters include “hype sticker” and “price sticker” etc.

 

I'll soon be starting a thread over in Off Topic ...Which end do you peel a banana from?...Most people peel their bananas from the stem down, but the correct way to peel a banana is actually from the bottom up.

 

that's how monkeys do it

 

on, especially if there are stickers
then I add a plastic cover