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Only if you care about resale value but if you do want to keep them then the Nagaoka liners make a decent alternative to the complete inner sleeves of MoFi and Goldring and will fit inside the sort of original liners that have lyrics or pictures on them.
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Old record sleeves can have dirt and debris that can scratch vinyl when you slide them in and out. Many new releases have those hard, almost cardboard sleeves that can also cause rub marks against the record.
Unless a plain white paper inner sleeve, don't throw away the original. If there's room in the jacket - and there usually is - just put the unused sleeve back in and don't use it. Put the open end of the sleeve facing up in the jacket so it doesn't get in the way when inserting the record back in the cover with its new plastic sleeve
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what @slaw said and historic value.
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If they are beat up plain white sleeves, I throw them away. If they have lyrics, photos, or even ads from back in the day, I keep them. I may sell some or all of them and some collectors assign more value to them if they have the original inner sleeve.
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What @djspinner said.
If you are concerned about resale DO NOT OPEN.
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Unless they're the plain generic white ones, I always keep mine along with the Mobile Fidelity sleeves.... I toss the white ones.
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I clean all new-to-me records before putting them in MoFi or Nagaoka sleeves. So new sleeves tell me that they've been cleaned and safe (for the stylus) to use.
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After cleaning an album with my record cleaning machine, I always replace plain paper sleeves with Mobile Fidelity sleeves. Some of my album sleeves come with white paper outer material and Mobile Fidelity like inner material. Those I keep. The plain paper ones I throw away.
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+1 terry9
I am dumping the plain paper sleeves but keeping anything that has printing, etc. like big_greg.
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Every new or used record I acquire a clean well and play so I can grade them when I log them! Then most times I discard the stock paper sleeve and replace with a Mofi sleeve! If it has any writing on it I retain it and slip it into the jacket! I have lots of OG's and not risking any (anymore) damage to them by this horrible old crisp sleeves! Just clean well before putting into a nice clean sleeve!
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I have gone away from using MO Fi plastic sleeves and now I just use a New white paper sleeve. Plastic overtime can stick to vinyl.
Matt M
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I've seen that too, @mattmiller . But it takes years and years, IME.
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mixed bag on retention of old sleeve, MoFi for sure.
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Thank you all for your thoughts. It seems like I’m on the right track. I know that when I buy a used record and find it is wrapped in something other than just a plain white inner sleeve I feel like it has been taken care of by it’s previous owner.
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Records a commodity ? With everything you’ve to buy, set up, and put up with ticks, noise, static, if you buy um use um lol.
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I have some records that have been in discwasher plastic sleeves for over 30 years! No sticking to vinyl....pristine as the day I bought them. Paper sleeves suck.
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I just keep the original sleeve. If it's paper that's fine. If it's cardboard, I clean the record and put a Nagaoka sleeve inside. There are few of these; they were popular on 1970s rock.
When I clean a record I put it inside a Nagaoka sleeve, inside the original sleeve. Nagaoka sleeves are too thin to properly protect the disc. They are sold for their disc-friendly inside surface in long-term storage - some of our vinyl is 70 years old now. Incidentally, many early CDs now no longer work. Perfect sound forever only on LPs.
These practices identify the discs I have cleaned. I have never cleaned any disc more than once and probably less than 10% of my collection. I clean them only when I can hear noise, on a Nitty-Gritty.
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If I believe the inner sleeve to be original, I keep it and place the LP in a new quality inner sleeve. Both usually fit inside the outer sleeve.
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@kenrus , I only keep them if there is important information about the recording on them. Otherwise, they are tossed.
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I use Vinyl Storage Solution products - who are running a sale on their products. I find them top quality, excellent pricing, and great service.
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I do. after they are cleaned ultrasonically, vacuumed and they are then placed in a MoFi anti static sleeve.
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Non ordinary original sleeves are totally good for keeping, specially if containing some art or printed info. Usually I keep them inside of the hard sleeves next to the records stored in new inner sleeve.
I do dispose basic regular paper sleeves due to dirt and dust contamination. After the washing of newly purchased old record I put new plastic anti static sleeve on and old one goes to the trash.
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I usually do keep them for future value purposes if they have something on them that applies to the recording. If they are just plain, I pitch them.
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Yes you should and along with double albums make sure you check for marijuana remnants. Can usually find enough for one hit!
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Every record I buy whether it’s used or new I clean and then place them in new sleeves. I’m a little annal about this.
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