Van Halen - Women And Children First Rare Longbox Hard To Find
CD included may not be the one that came with the box (most are), check out the photos closely.
About the LONGBOX
When compact discs first began to appear in the
retail stores, the longbox packaging served a transitional purpose, allowing
shops to file new compact discs in the same bins originally used for vinyl
records. Longboxes were 12 inches (30 cm) tall (the same length as the
standard 33? LP), and capable of containing two separate discs when
necessary. Most longboxes were full color, with details about the compact disc
on the back, and artwork that was frequently taken from the original square
album cover art, reworked for the new shape and size. There were generic white
longboxes with windows that would display the compact disc cover, as well as
clear plastic versions that were an inexpensive substitute for a printed
longbox.
Placing the jewel case within a cardboard
enclosure made for a larger and more cumbersome package that would be more
difficult to shoplift from retailers.
Longboxes began to fade from popularity as the
CDs themselves became more colorful, elaborate, and customized (labels
initially printed CDs with standardized, oftentimes black-on-silver labels
simply listing basic information about a release and its contents). Longboxes
were also considered environmentally wasteful and were expensive to produce. In
North America, the drive to eliminate longboxes took hold in Canada first.
Most original longboxes were discarded upon
purchase, and they have since become desirable amongst music
collectors.
A compact disc is worth more if it is
accompanied by its original longbox
Check out the photos closely, they are of the items for sale.
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