I resleeve outside the jacket, which has an HDPE jacket cover similar to mylar. It’s stiff and clear, so the album doesn’t look like it is in a plastic bag. Opening on top. The advantages are that it is far less trouble to remove or return a sleeved album to its jacket and it reduces the amount of potential static in the process. (I use an additional "thing"-- often the original liner if it came with the record, had any artifact value, etc. as a final outside layer so the sleeved record is sandwiched between, giving it some protection as well). The obvious disadvantage is bulk-- more plastic and paper goods packed around each record and that does add up when shelving.
Record Jackets and sleeves
While trying to slip the Mo-Fi rice paper inner sleeve into it's jacket, a corner folded over. I straightened it out. Folded again. Wiggled it, out, in a few times. Got it. Halfway in, almost. Pull out an inch. Back in, fast. Got it. Looks a bit puffy. Flatten out the air. I'd been talking to my imaginary friend about how awesome vinyl is but now felt uncool after all that effort.
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All this hassle would have been saved if they had designed jackets to be 1/2 inch bigger.
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All this hassle would have been saved if they had designed jackets to be 1/2 inch bigger.
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