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Subject: CD Longboxes
Who remembers the year these were done away with? Do you miss them?
Subject: Re: CD Longboxes
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Who remembers the year these were done away with? Do you miss them?
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:D :D :D :DHeck no I don't miss them!I like the jewel cases;they're easier to put on your Cd rack!The longboxes,i believe,were discontinued sometime in the early 90s---I remember footage of the LA riots in '92 where kids were stealing Cds in longboxes.Other than that,I'm not sure!Cheers!
Subject: Re: CD Longboxes
Maybe I'm just too young, or too dumb, but I have no idea what these are. Anyone care to enlighten me?
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Maybe I'm just too young, or too dumb, but I have no idea what these are. Anyone care to enlighten me?
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CDs used to come in longboxes instead of the current jewel cases.
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Long boxes were stupid. Wasted paper, space and greater shipping and storing costs. I remember the 1st time I bought a CD and was surprised at how small it was just because of the long box it came in. I believe the reason for it was to keep it from walking out the store w/o being payed for.
I don't care for the jewell cases either, too many break, I like the thin paper-cardboard types that Pearl Jam does there releases in, they don't break at the hinges.
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CDs used to come in longboxes instead of the current jewel cases.
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That's fine and dandy, but I still don't know what a longbox is. What are longboxes?? Anyone? Anyone?
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That's fine and dandy, but I still don't know what a longbox is. What are longboxes?? Anyone? Anyone?
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Basically CDs used to come (80s to probably 92-93 or so) in a long rectangular box made of card stock that was about 12 inches long. The box typically displayed the album cover on the front and the track listing on the back. Record companies figured this would be the best way to display the product in stores so that they would be be more visible in the racks and easier to sort. You would cut off the box to get to the CD after which you would tear the cellophane of the clear plastic CD box.
They dont do this anymore since its rather wasteful and there was a big environmental outcry about them. I remember seeing a TV probably on MTV or something ad saying that there were so many CDs packaged like this that they could wrap around the Earth 3 times at the equator or something like that.
Subject: Re: CD Longboxes
Thank you for the explanation! I am glad someone was willing to enlighten me.
Subject: Re: CD Longboxes
In Australia, I don't think that CD's ever came in longboxes. Maybe another Aussie on the board can remember.
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Basically CDs used to come (80s to probably 92-93 or so) in a long rectangular box made of card stock that was about 12 inches long. The box typically displayed the album cover on the front and the track listing on the back. Record companies figured this would be the best way to display the product in stores so that they would be be more visible in the racks and easier to sort. You would cut off the box to get to the CD after which you would tear the cellophane of the clear plastic CD box.
They dont do this anymore since its rather wasteful and there was a big environmental outcry about them. I remember seeing a TV probably on MTV or something ad saying that there were so many CDs packaged like this that they could wrap around the Earth 3 times at the equator or something like that.
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Yes. They were also meant to be a deterrent to retail theft, since they were more difficult to conceal. Someone figured out that electronic tags could be affixed to the jewel cases without "demagnetizing the discs," though. People used to worry about things like that.
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Interesting how different people remember things. Yes, the cardboard longboxes were pretty much an American thing. At the time, there was also a second, and less-popular, form of CD packaging known as the "blister pack", which was all-plastic. Both measured roughly 6" x 12", or half the size of a standard 12" x 12" LP jacket. Both forms of packaging were pretty much done away with in the Spring of '93, after a huge outcry from the buying public. (There was a well-publicized "Ban the Box" crusade in the early '90s.) Yes, their purpose was basically two-fold: As a theft-deterrent, and to make the CDs more visible in store bins. And contrary to what several others here have already said, they're not history - they do indeed still make 'em for current releases sold in certain store chains here in the U.S...
And BTW, the issue w/ electronic anti-theft tags and demagnetization had to do w/ cassettes, not CDs...
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And contrary to what several others here have already said, they're not history - they do indeed still make 'em for current releases sold in certain store chains here in the U.S...
And BTW, the issue w/ electronic anti-theft tags and demagnetization had to do w/ cassettes, not CDs...
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BJ's still does this, so does Walmart.. usually just a plain white box, but I have seen releases with print on the box.. they do similar things with DVDs too. I seriousily doubt they're a good deterent against theft though.