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29th Jun 2014, 1:37 PM
	YankeeDisc SUBS When in doubt.......accelerate........ Member since Dec 2010 733 Points	wordnwot wrote: Well done YankeeDisc. I found one from 1976, Vangelis - Albedo 0.39. RS 1080 I only raised this because the non laminated sleeves seemed to deteriorate quicker, and wondered when record companies started to cut back on the expense of lamination. Come to think of it, weren't those Tamla Motown albums covered in textured foil so they needed laminate surface to protect the patterns in the foil? I deliberately chose the ones that were not silver foil over light card, like Motown Chartbusters Vol. 3 STML 11121, which was also in mono TML 11121, but that was 1969, anyway. They were actually not laminated with clear Clarafoil, the foil finish was a laminate in itself, and required no further lamination. Motown Chartbusters Vol.3, STML 11121 (1969) Motown Chartbusters Volume 4, STML11162 (1970) was also a laminate foil. United Artists brought out some of those silver laminate foil editions, most I cannot recall, but they included Bobby Womack, "Understanding" (1972) and I have both US (UAS 5577 ) and UK (UAS 29365) editions of the album, with the US copy being foil over thick card, and the UK edition being foil over light card, achieved by a laminating process of foil over card. War "Platinum Jazz" on MCA Records (MCSP 305), and of course, not laminated with clear Clarafoil. All of the budget Pickwick labels were laminated, and the Top Pop series, plus MFP (Music for Pleasure) EMI's budget label, all well into the 1970's, not forgetting Decca's "World of ......." series PA/SPA prefix, all laminated with clear Clarafoil, or an industrial equivalent. Edited by YankeeDisc on 29th Jun 2014, 4:32 PM