We recently ditched our CD rack (as part of a living room redesign) and stashed away most our CDs in storage bags like these. We kept a small batch out for quick access & "display" purposes.
The bags are obv. inconvenient if you dip deep into your CD collection a lot, but... well, we don't.
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Monday, 15 March 2021 18:01 (three years ago) link
I'd settle for the plastic wallets like you get in 2nd hand record shops
― candyman, Monday, 15 March 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
CDs aren’t ugly
― brimstead, Monday, 15 March 2021 18:56 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
This ^. Really annoys me when articles make this lazy claim.
― Duke, Monday, 15 March 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
haha, yeah, what is ugly about them?
― tylerw, Monday, 15 March 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
Jewel cases use to be nicer, I’ll admit that
― brimstead, Monday, 15 March 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
ive gotta admit that i've always disliked how a shelf full of vinyl usually looks like a nondescript row of brownish paper files with some thin shards of color here & there. at least CDs have artwork and color on the spines that you can actually see and which is inviting to scan with your eyes.
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 15 March 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
Updated design on the CD shelves: just going down one wall w/ 7 units for a total , added a toekick, total capacity around 5,500 and will see how that goes, and get more later (the rest stay in boxes)... pic.twitter.com/UaBBS3w2m7— Musicophilia (@musicophiliamix) March 15, 2021
― Soundslike, Monday, 15 March 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
I seen a few people upthread saying CDs are ugly and I never understood that
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 15 March 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
I agree that shelves of vinyl can look messy - especially as the spines get worn & torn. At least CDs tend to be clean and neat, and the CD-size box sets tend to have interesting details on the outward-facing edge, etc.
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Monday, 15 March 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
(Oddly sized box sets are more problematic... I've never found a great way of storing/displaying my One Kiss Can Lead to Another "shoebox," as cool as that packaging is.)
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Monday, 15 March 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
(Those specially sized "just a little too tall" digipaks also drive me nuts!)
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Monday, 15 March 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
Whenever I see an article about music formats that includes "CDs are ugly" as a given "fact" in the first paragraph, I immediately stop reading.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 March 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
I'm a CD fan and defender but CD packaging can be really ugly. You ever look at a pile of broken, discarded, possibly cracked jewel cases?
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 15 March 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
In photographs of people's collections, it's always easy to spot someone's Impulse records section.
― Maresn3st, Monday, 15 March 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
Or anything on Island records.
Well, of course, but by that metric any packaging would look awful if you're abusing it to the point of cracking/damaging it.
Not saying I'm not annoyed by Amazon's recent insistence on doing virtually nothing to protect CDs shipped in jewel cases, but that isn't the fault of the format. I'm also a digipak guy, I think they look better and take up less shelf space, but I know a lot of people dislike them.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 15 March 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
I like digipaks b/c they're cool & unique, but appreciate how worn jewel cases can be swapped for new ones.
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Monday, 15 March 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
i wish someone would fuse jewel cases with whatever nanotechnology they use in digipaks to prevent the tiny teeth of the cd spindle holder thing from shattering and rattling around inside like tiny reminders of your negligence and disrespect
― adam, Monday, 15 March 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
I had an idea for a product years ago that would be a stick-on teeth ring. When some of the original broke off you'd break the rest off then press on one of my products.
― nickn, Monday, 15 March 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
I'd buy a case of those
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 15 March 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
that's a great idea!
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Monday, 15 March 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
Dead now. Ah, lost opportunities.
― nickn, Monday, 15 March 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
that's too bad. These are pretty pricey. https://www.amazon.com/Adhesive-Silicone-Attachable-Reusable-Crossdressers/dp/B00H2S83N4
― maf you one two (maffew12), Monday, 15 March 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
I think I had noticed that even with a tooth broken off there still could be some plastic sticking up, which would make the press on ring a little higher, possibly enough to prevent the case from closing.
― nickn, Monday, 15 March 2021 22:38 (three years ago) link
I was gonna ask about that...
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Monday, 15 March 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
I think I considered including a little grinding disk to make the area flush before putting the new ring on, but figured at that point people would rather just get a new case.
― nickn, Monday, 15 March 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
Never liked digipaks with the plastic disc holder inside, but vinyl replica CD gatefolds a la Fushitsusha Live 2 are pretty nice. I wish that had been the standard format from the beginning of the CD era. Also you can usually get 30 of them into a 25-count CD shipping box.
― fuck this for a game of soldiers (Matt #2), Monday, 15 March 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link
sorry to digress but Live 2 rules so hard, and yeah the packaging is great.
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Monday, 15 March 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
xp, yeah those are sweet, esp when they come with nice soft inner sleeves
― brimstead, Monday, 15 March 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
don't like the vinyl replica CD sleeves, they're basically invisible on your shelf and prone to damage
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Monday, 15 March 2021 23:51 (three years ago) link
agreed
they tend to scuff up the discs over time too
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 15 March 2021 23:53 (three years ago) link
You do need rice paper inners for them yes
― fuck this for a game of soldiers (Matt #2), Monday, 15 March 2021 23:55 (three years ago) link
the very worst are the vinyl-replica sleeves that are like 3/4" taller than a jewel case and won't fit in like 99% of CD shelves, just fuck off with that nonsense
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
that's what I'm talkin' about!
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
I have a copy of Robbie Basho's The Voice of the Eagle like that, it's on the 'special shelf'.
― fuck this for a game of soldiers (Matt #2), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:18 (three years ago) link
yep, I actually have multiple "weird format" CD shelves/boxes:
1. cardboard-sleeve discs, like promos (in a box)2. the aforementioned "taller" digipacks plus box sets etc (on a shelf)3. longbox style box sets, a variety of shapes and sizes (on a shelf)
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
oh and:
4. "regular" CD box sets, an entire standalone shelf
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
and I had room for three outliers as well, displayed on the top of various shelves:
1. complete "20' to 2000" Raster-Noton set w/magnets2. the aforementioned "One Kiss Leads To Another" hatbox3. Uz Jsme Doma's popup book/CD set
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
lol exactly, fucking Vanguard with their oversized CD sleeves
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
see also:
Beta-Lactam RingThrill JockeyAlice Coltrane "Universal Consciousness"
etc
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
Back in the mid 2000s, every Rhino box set seemed to come in some unwieldy size and shape — those Genesis catalog boxes, the Talking Heads white plastic brick, tons of others. That was back when I was still in a position to get physical promos of things and I never had anyplace to put them.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
of course the real LPD heads have a treasure chest for all their LPD curios anyway
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 00:59 (three years ago) link
I love CDs even though I have all music at the tip of my fingertips with Spotify. However, I feel as if I personally connect more with what I'm hearing through personally owning it and it makes me appreciate it in its entirety.
― JimCarrey, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 03:54 (three years ago) link
I despise Spotify and will put up with pretty much any level of inconvenience in order not to use it. Fortunately Bandcamp lossless has saved me, at a time when postage hikes priced me out of buying physical media from overseas.
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 04:28 (three years ago) link
my CD love is really suffering from not being able to browse the used bins
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 04:33 (three years ago) link
How It Started:
How It's Going:
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 04:52 (three years ago) link
also from upthread, soundslike I dig the updated design... toekicks, I feel seen
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 04:54 (three years ago) link
This is the most inconveniently packaged CD that I own – it’s almost comical:http://www.teenbeatrecords.com/images/items/075bx.jpg(I also have a Red Krayola live CD that came attached to the inside rear cover of a magazine-sized booklet written in French, IIRC)
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 06:10 (three years ago) link
I think I had a chance to cop one of those Weird Al box sets shaped like an accordion for free once. Obviously, I love Weird Al, but honestly where would I keep an accordion shaped box?
― bruce spr!ngisH3r3 (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 07:43 (three years ago) link
on a shelf
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 09:41 (three years ago) link