Inner Sleeves

[RickB]

Miles Astor has an article about inner sleeves on the Positive Feedback site

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The only difference I have with that article is in reference to the VRP's made in Taiwan vs. those made in Japan...with the Japanese ones I never saw the slight mottling that I have seen several times with the Taiwanese ones....no, it's not caused by putting the record in the sleeve wet as I usually clean, then play, the LP's before sleeving them....still, it's enough to make me worry about using them....but I bought a bunch of them years ago from Audio Advisor....

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[myopia]

Disckeeper 2's are good, I've been using the poly-lined paper sleeves for a while and like them, but a recent batch I got were done in a way that the paper buckled and so they don't lay flat very well, very irritating. If this happens in any other packs I get I won't be using them anymore. I've also noticed they are sometimes cut just a tad too large and will stick out the side of a jacket by 1/16th or so.
These are the ones from Sleeve City BTW...

 

[Mopic5]

I have classical LPs from the 70s and 80s that have left streaks on the edge of my vinyl. I still have not figured out how to clean that off.

I've experienced this to a greater extent with Musical Heritage Society inner poly liners. The ghosted poly transfer onto the vinyl mimics the folds and creases of the MHS liner across the LP surfaces. Environmentally, I haven't a clue what the set-up for this leeching had been. This came from one estate collection and seems that, at least, two decades of undisturbed storage is the only variable that's pretty self-evident.
The good thing, is that the ghosting has left no sonic footprint and I suspect the leeching sits on top of the groove walls. A VPI cleaning did not remove the transfer and I have yet to try and see if wood glue will.
- Mario

 

[iLUVanalog]

i would say roughly 98% of my 2000+ lp's are in DiscWasher sleeves. of course, any cool inner sleeves that came with the lp i keep in the record jacket as well, especially if the sleeve has lyrics, liner notes, cool artwork, etc.

 

[operaman]

I've experienced this to a greater extent with Musical Heritage Society inner poly liners. The ghosted poly transfer onto the vinyl mimics the folds and creases of the MHS liner across the LP surfaces. Environmentally, I haven't a clue what the set-up for this leeching had been. This came from one estate collection and seems that, at least, two decades of undisturbed storage is the only variable that's pretty self-evident.
The good thing, is that the ghosting has left no sonic footprint and I suspect the leeching sits on top of the groove walls. A VPI cleaning did not remove the transfer and I have yet to try and see if wood glue will.
- Mario

Interesting - I have a handful where the poly transfer DID leave a sonic footprint, and left otherwise mint LPs noisy in spots. Mine were not MHS, they were DG and Philips mostly. But all labels. I too have not tried wood glue. maybe I'll give it a shot and report back...

sucks!