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| 6th May 2017, 6:29 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | Ade Macrow Beware of darkness..err...'expressing an opinion'' Member since Aug 2011 3195 Points | Anybody know if, given the oil crisis with OPEC at the time, if any of the gatefold Mooncrest albums by the likes of Nazareth etc., were subsequently pressed with single sleeves? |
| 6th May 2017, 9:06 PM | #2 REPORT | |
 | TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points | Call me dumb, but why would the oil crisis impact on the supply of paper/card? |
| 6th May 2017, 10:22 PM | #3 REPORT | |
| Ade Macrow Beware of darkness..err...'expressing an opinion'' Member since Aug 2011 3195 Points | Call me dumb, but why would the oil crisis impact on the supply of paper/card? The answer is that it didn't but the oil crisis - which obviously did affect the vinyl - was also used by many record companies as an excuse not only to use lower-grade, thinner and often recycled vinyl (complete with minute carbon granules from melted-down unsold discs that hadn't had their labels removed before their appointment with the furnaces, resulting in that 'frying bacon' sound on so many 'new' releases) but also as an all-purpose excuse to further save money by cutting back on gatefolds, stickers and the like as well. No, it doesn't and never did make sense but it was what many major record companies, did. Epic Records were one such, reissuing Donovan's 'Cosmic Wheels' album - to cite just one example - with a single sleeve, no 'woodcut' printed paper inner or circular b/w poster-cum-lyric sheet. There are many other such instances. Hence my question. |
| 7th May 2017, 1:21 PM | #4 REPORT | |
 | KeithS SUBS Member since Dec 2009 12492 Points Moderator | Wasn't it just economics that eventually meant that reissues of an album that originally came out with fancy packaging went over to simpler, cheaper jackets? In the late 60's and early 70's , sleeve printing went over to board instead of paper which allowed embossing and much more fancy effects. Problem was that the cost of a jacket trebled and then a shortage of board in the mid 70's meant even higher prices. Record companies just tired of the escalating cost |
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