dgt@myrias.UUCP (David Tang) (12/04/85)
ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder) writes: > I just bought my first CD in alternative packaging, the Christmas > Album by Mannheim Steamroller. This title, released by American > Gramaphone Records, is particularly sneaky, because there is no way to > tell that it doesn't have a jewel box until you get it home. Like the > two previous albums released without a jewel box, this CD comes in a > cardboard outerbox, but unlike the others, the outer box is the same > thickness as a standard CD. I am assuming that the last line should read "...the outer box is the same thickness as a standard jewel box." (or something like that). In which case I have encountered a couple of CDs packaged in this manner, namely Sting's The Dream of the Blue Turtles, and Howard Jone's Dream into Action. In both cases I was able to determine if they contained a jewel box by squeezing. The jewel box offers a little more resistance to the pressure. And in other related news, the Dec. issue of Digital Audio has the following News Flash - Warner Bros. and Elektra Records back off plans for all-cardboard CD packaging. Apparently the two manufacturers that produced the cardboard packaging used with Prince's 'Around the World in a Day' and Motley Crue's 'Theatre of Pain', report no pending orders for similar types of packaging.