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Post by Paul on Jan 1, 2019 22:43:50 GMT -5
Anyone remember CD longboxes? They were cardboard boxes they'd package CDs in and they did that so the CDs would fit into the existing shelves that had been used for records. Record companies phased them out sometime around 1992  |
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Post by Tiger Millionaire on Jan 1, 2019 22:53:34 GMT -5
I remember Dangerous by Michael Jackson being a longbox.
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Post by Ishmeal Loves Kaseyhausen on Jan 1, 2019 22:58:08 GMT -5
I forgot about those entirely. I was watching a Metallica bio (maybe A Year and a Half in the Life of...) and they were showing the release of the black album and these were all over the place. For the life of me I couldn't remember what they were, if they were some sort of box set or something.
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Post by Paul on Jan 1, 2019 23:41:26 GMT -5
I forgot about those entirely. I was watching a Metallica bio (maybe A Year and a Half in the Life of...) and they were showing the release of the black album and these were all over the place. For the life of me I couldn't remember what they were, if they were some sort of box set or something. Oh yeah, the footage of the people at the record store for (I think) the Midnight release of the album. Great stuff! |
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Post by Douglas on Jan 1, 2019 23:47:24 GMT -5
I love them. I have a few Elvis bootlegs from the '90s that used that packaging.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2019 5:49:53 GMT -5
I find the excuse that they were supposed to go where records go kind of dubious. Hadn't tape basically already usurped the record shelf space long before this?
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Post by Paul on Jan 2, 2019 7:13:48 GMT -5
I find the excuse that they were supposed to go where records go kind of dubious. Hadn't tape basically already usurped the record shelf space long before this? No. Records and cassettes co-existed. |
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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 2, 2019 7:56:10 GMT -5
If I recall correctly, the B-52s Good Stuff album was the first to be released without the longbox as it was better for the environment
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 2, 2019 8:08:53 GMT -5
I forgot about those entirely. I was watching a Metallica bio (maybe A Year and a Half in the Life of...) and they were showing the release of the black album and these were all over the place. For the life of me I couldn't remember what they were, if they were some sort of box set or something. Haha I think the same documentary is what made me remember them a while back. It’s something off the Live Shit: Binge and Purge set, right? |
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Post by willywonka666 on Jan 2, 2019 8:43:38 GMT -5
I forgot about those entirely. I was watching a Metallica bio (maybe A Year and a Half in the Life of...) and they were showing the release of the black album and these were all over the place. For the life of me I couldn't remember what they were, if they were some sort of box set or something. Haha I think the same documentary is what made me remember them a while back. It’s something off the Live Shit: Binge and Purge set, right? That didn't come out until 1994, so it was just a matter of the longboxes he was seeing |
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 2, 2019 9:10:02 GMT -5
Haha I think the same documentary is what made me remember them a while back. It’s something off the Live Shit: Binge and Purge set, right? That didn't come out until 1994, so it was just a matter of the longboxes he was seeing No, I mean a segment included on Live Shit: Binge and Purge included footage of the midnight release of the Black Album, which had long boxes of the Black Album. Live Shit would have had to have come out after to include that footage. Well, unless we get Marty McFly involved. |
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Post by Paul on Jan 2, 2019 13:07:04 GMT -5
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