[78-L] inner sleeves on LPs

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Chris is right on with this problem about plastic and plastic-lined 
> sleeves.
> I've transferred a few hundred 50s LPs over the past year and have had to
> re-sleeve most of them. Many early LPs were issued in jackets that didn't 
> have
> printed spines and are thus thinner (and pop apart frequently if they 
> consist
> of two pieces of cardboard held together by the slick
>
Also, I remember buying many German-pressed LP's in the PX during my
USAF years (all of which were eventually stolen over ensuing years!). All
of these had a sleeve of heavier, glossy paper...NOT cardboard, such as
used for LP jackets in North America!

...stevenc