gregk25
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Sounds of Time on English records PS?
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ontheroadsouth
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It's hard to tell from this photo, but the record did originally come with a picture sleeve and I had acquired a few from an ex band member some years back. They were stored extremely well so they looked very clean and sort of "new" looking, but they were from the same time period as the 45 pressing. It's likely your copy came from this same batch. I would be surprised if anyone went to the trouble of making a repro of the sleeve!
gregk25
Tennalaga Class
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Thanks for the reply Jason, good to hear you confirm the "new" look of the sleeves. Yet doubts remain. The sleeve-construction is hard to photograph. Front and back are one sheet, folded at the bottom, the front has two 1cm flaps left and right that were folded back and the back side glued onto them, the flaps reach right to the top of the sleeve. What's irritating:
* The construction is starting to come unglued in the lower half on both sides. It seems to be a recent process, which is weird if it really was done 55 yrs ago.
* The paper strength is heavier than the thin variety of ie the Trolls "Stupid Girl" or Bonniwell's "Bottom of the Soul" yet thinner than cardboard-sleeves like Dirty Filthy Mud or 1st Country Joe & Fish. Don't think I've seen similar paper used for sixties US sleeves.
* There's no trace of ageing at all on my sleeve, sharp corners as on day 1, no yellowing, no nothing. Did the band store them in a climate controlled environment? It's certainly hard to imagine that 5+ decades did not leave a single trace.
* The construction is starting to come unglued in the lower half on both sides. It seems to be a recent process, which is weird if it really was done 55 yrs ago.
* The paper strength is heavier than the thin variety of ie the Trolls "Stupid Girl" or Bonniwell's "Bottom of the Soul" yet thinner than cardboard-sleeves like Dirty Filthy Mud or 1st Country Joe & Fish. Don't think I've seen similar paper used for sixties US sleeves.
* There's no trace of ageing at all on my sleeve, sharp corners as on day 1, no yellowing, no nothing. Did the band store them in a climate controlled environment? It's certainly hard to imagine that 5+ decades did not leave a single trace.
Dave Baldwin
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A clever modern "scan-job" of an original pic sleeve, printed up on 21st Century card stock?
I used to work at a agency with a $60,000+ professional digital scanner that was capable of
producing convincing facsimiles of old manuscripts and vintage books and newspapers. The
technology is around now...finding "vintage" paper stock to print on is a trickier proposition.
I used to work at a agency with a $60,000+ professional digital scanner that was capable of
producing convincing facsimiles of old manuscripts and vintage books and newspapers. The
technology is around now...finding "vintage" paper stock to print on is a trickier proposition.
