I still have to properly clean the records (yes, I know, that is an all night conversation too).
We have a different issue in the HUMID Gulf southern US: are we sort of forced to use sleeves that have a paper surface in contact with the vinyl/plastic record in order to avoid moldy nasties from occurring? We have an audio group in New Orleans (BBATS) and some of the members have told me not to use plastic sleeves due to our climate. Have gotten lots of advice on other forums and from others in person. (SF bay area, LA, and Chicago had great stores, Austin too, as did Berlin flea markets.) Mostly bought at used vinyl stores, flea markets, etc. Records may have been pressed as early as the late 50s as best as I can tell. Lots of Jazz, mostly tracks laid down from mid 50s Stan Getz, etc, to early 80s. Almost all used and in fair-great condition. Silly me didn't think to order any.įound this thread by accident, but glad I did.Īfter Horor-cane Katrina I had to replace lots of stuff. Sleeve City also offers up to 2 samples for $.01 with order or says to contact customer service about getting samples. I'm sure some of the serious vinyl people will chime in soon. I'd think anything that's antistatic would do fine. That said, I suppose the Mo Fi's or other higher quality would be good for any higher quality or rare LPs if I ever get any. My albums are all pretty much standard issue run of the mill except for maybe the heavyweight copy of Steely Dan's Aja I bought a few months ago.
Sleeve City also has the Diskeeper Ultimate Audiophile inner sleeves which they claim to be the same design as the Discwasher VRP only higher quality for $33.80 per hundred, $147.50 per 500. They're quite a bit more expensive, but still not too terrible, $36.95 per hundred at Sleeve City The more serious vinyl guys recommend Mobile Fidelity sleeves. I wonder if I should've gotten the rounded bottom ones for albums with a printed inner sleeve? Maybe I still should when I get around to cleaning my LPs. I hope this compares well to the Discwasher VRP I used many years ago - maybe have 70 or so of those when I only had 70 albums. They're made of high density anti-static polyethylene. I got 100 of the Diskeeper 2.0 record sleeves from Sleeve City at for less than $20 with shipping though $14.50 per hundred now and were $13.95 when I bought them, $67.50 per 500, and $119.
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