Sealed Vinyl

Hey Stew, aside from the obvious, which is to listen to the record, is there any way to figure out if a re-issue is from a digital source or the original analog master tapes?

I heard Simply Vinyl out of the UK did the same thing. I bought Nirvana's MTV Unplugged, and it doesn't sound as good as I imagined it would... bastards...hahaha.

Not to rain on your parade...again...but there are a variety of machines that can shrink-wrap an open album.

Also, it's interesting that British LP's were never sealed, and people could actually go into booths to listen to the albums before purchase. And cheers to the British for recognizing, developing, and releasing waves of talent [the 1st British invasion in the early '60's, and again in the early '80's] when American corporations were too dense to recognize new talent.

More rain here,
I would be very cautious of these as others are, then after all that if they are original and that old the next issue is if they have sat in wrap that long the may have be warped.....sealed Vinyl is a double edged sword.

Elf73
I simply follow the old adage, if it looks to good to be true, it probably is. Also, if the record is from the 50-70s and has a barcode, thats a pretty good tipoff that your looking at a reissue. Frankly, I rather buy a used record which is in mint or near mint condition than a sealed original.