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Posted: 10.02.2013 - 10:18  ·  #1
Here's a question about CD packaging

Currently I'm using half-height DVD cases but the problem is quality.
I get them in boxes of 100 and I have to throw into recycling around half of them, which basically doubles the price.
I have tried to get better quality ones but they don't seen to exist, but what I get is "it's a low end product so what you get is it".

So I need to change.
I'm tempted to go to full size DVD cases - that's "normal" ones not the "slimline" - all the JS Longform stuff is already in this format so not hard for me to do
And you can get top quality Amaray cases quite cheaply since it is a volume "commodity" product. I would also pop one or two artwork inserts in these (like the Longforms are)

Any ideas ?

Please try not to suggest jewel cases (easily broken in post) or digipacks (how to print on these)
Or any other failed attempt e.g. super-cd or clamshell

Also PVC sleeves are ok but I'd probably launch a "budget" line of older recordings in that format <-- just had that idea

I suppose what I'm asking is whether normal DVD cases are an option e.g. Glimmer Room albums are nearly all in that format

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Posted: 10.02.2013 - 10:36  ·  #2
I really like the cardbord gatefold covers Steve Jolliffe prints, and they shouldn't cost a fortune to produce and pack.

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Posted: 10.02.2013 - 11:28  ·  #3
Sorry I should have said the suggestion must be capable of being printed "at home"

I like the Steve Joliffe sleves, especially if I pop a 11 cm square artwork inside each side as well
(i.e. in front of the cd)
But how to rpint these sleeves .... hmmm ?

If they come flat then no problem (as long as they are not so thick that they won't feed in the printer)
I also notice SJ has cleverly faded the artwork to white at the edges to avoid the "edge" effect :)

Also - where to get them in the UK / EU
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Posted: 10.02.2013 - 12:11  ·  #4
They look homemade to me, but what do I know. :)
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Posted: 10.02.2013 - 12:39  ·  #5
The Amaray boxes are really good they also do a biodegradable box as well now which you can sometimes get, not always though. One thing with good boxes is they really grip the disks so if folks don't push the release button properly the disks can split the inside of the disk.
I have had a few negative comments not complaints as such about using the boxes a lot of people just like to keep all their music together. But the options for larger artwork and the space to include other things in the box for me at least is preferable. You can't please everybody can you?
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Posted: 10.02.2013 - 12:40  ·  #6
I'd say downloads are the way to go. Why bother with all these (often half-baked) home-made solutions, when there's a viable alternative available? It seems to me that cd-r 'releases; are really a thing from the past. Either release factory pressed cd's - which I understand is not a good solution for small numbers - or go the digital way.
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Posted: 10.02.2013 - 12:56  ·  #7
Thanks VCO1, but I'm still wondering how this helps the question.
Perhaps, just perhaps, in addition we already have everything available on download.
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Posted: 10.02.2013 - 13:07  ·  #8
I am running a poll on this very subject over on beyond-em as I was thinking exactly the same thing yesterday as for me my digital sales are now much grater than the physical ones, are disks still worth the time that goes into producing them? So far cd-cdr are coming out on top with 50% downloads 33% and very limited disk releases then downloads only are at 16%. Only 6 people have voted so far so it can't be considered conclusive. I don't think I would go totally digital but i really like the idea of say 40 disks that are something a bit special as a limited run then download only.
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