Leave Wrapped or UnWrap?

Every older record I've ever bought sealed, like Superchunk's 1991 "No Pocky For Kitty", has been pretty warped. Still playable, but warped. I'd much rather buy a lightly used opened record than one sealed.

In light of Sinisterporpoises68's & Casey 33's experiences, looks like the manufacturer and their particular brand of shrinkwrap is a big factor. All the older sealed lp's I mentioned buying have been 80's European classical or jazz lp's, mostly ECM, Deutsche Grammophon, Phillips, etc. All their shrinkwrap was a bit loose as I recall.

Photon46 I think you're on to something there.Let's bring back the loose shrink!It's possible that the art of shrinkwrapping an LP has been lost.Maybe with smaller quantities pressed workers do more than one job at a pressing plant.Perhaps when a person shrinkwrapped all day they knew how to do it right.Also Sinister I'm with you on preferring lightly used opened,but I don't feel this is a majority stance.