That last poll

[jbsegal]

... You see, my take on it is that the stickers/add-ons/etc. (at least when specific to the release in question) are part of the label/cover/zeitgeist and should thus be saved.

Comments

[bluesnapdragon.livejournal.com]

yeah, but only if you're buying the album for saving/sentimental purposes. like, generic compilations you buy at target around christmas are just for usefulness, in my worldview.

(then again, i save movie tickets.)

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I agree, and so do I. :)

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

"at least when specific to the release in question" is one hekkuva disclaimer. It allows us to toss those annoying "Give the Gift of Music!" stickers which adorn way too many jewel-boxes.

Have you got an example of something you've recently saved?

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Ozric Tentacles
The definitive collection from the legendary festival favourites - Tracklist selected by the band and featuring 6 track bonus disc & enhanced video
SMACD875

(From Ozric Tentacles: Eternal Wheel)

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I probably wouldn't have kept that (even as something to wedge into the liner notes) unless it had the band's logo on it or something.

[ceo]

Never mind the stickers; I'm not sure I would have kept the CDs from that one. :-)

Snarkiness aside, one of my few regrets about the death of vinyl is that it also meant the death of cover art, at least of any useful size. Could you do something like the original Thick As A Brick (a several-page mock newspaper) these days?

I suppose if you're a collector, and preserving/trading them.

[marmota.livejournal.com]

*shrug* I buy them for the music. The only reason I even care what the band name is, is so I can find more if I like it, and the track titles are somewhat useful in case someone asks me what that is, so I can direct them to it. Beyond that. I could care less how prettily it's wrapped. Do you save the wrapper when you eat a candy bar?

Re: I suppose if you're a collector, and preserving/trading them.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Nope. But cover art/design is part of the whole for me. It's not vital for enjoying the music, but it adds to things.

(I've only (relatively) recently been willing to buy advance promo copy cds (you know, in the plain sleeves, labeled with stickers.))

Re: I suppose if you're a collector, and preserving/trading them.

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

(The most classic examples are the original packaging of Jethro Tull's Thick As A Brick, or ELP's Brain Salad Surgery.)

[callyperry.livejournal.com]

I'm actually considering losing the cases and covers altogether with the idea of reclaiming some space in the house. Of course, there's a lot to be said for losing the vinyl first...

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

I might be willing to do that some day, except for the question of what to do with the verdammt digipacks and other non-compressable packagings (The U-card can be pulled out of a cd jewel case and put with the booklet, of course.)

*shrug*

[dbang.livejournal.com]

I buy music to listen to, games to play and videos to watch. Other than protection from the elements, the only purpose the cover serves is to help me quickly distinguish the media I'm looking for from its otherwise-similar-looking casemates.

[cme]

That was actually clear to me, but I still reserve the right to think you're a completist loon. :)

[foms.livejournal.com]

At the risk of opening a can of worms, in this age of digital format, the extras (that which is not the music) are most of what might be worth more than a very small number of cents per minute -- say, in the single digits. If we are to pay the higher price, then we ought to get some of that value-added stuff. More collectible garbage, I say.

A choice would be better.