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Why Do Pearl Jam CDs Only Come in Cardboard Cases?

Ernie VedderErnie Vedder Posts: 2,256
edited December 2009 in The Porch
I mean, I know they care about the Enviroment and stuff, but what's the REAL reason that they make their CDs in Cardboard sleeves???
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  • satansbedsatansbed Posts: 2,139
    i heard somewere stone has shares in a cardboard company
  • marinebionerdmarinebionerd Posts: 48
    I've always figured it was just so it had more of a vinyl album look to it. But does it even matter? As long as they keep putting them out, I'll buy them. They could be wrapped in leaves for all I care.
    :)
  • pjtradekingpjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    you have answered your own question...the answer you seek is in your post! You are trying to reach for something else that isnt there....:-)
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  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    It is a mix between being enviornmentaly friendly and having a vinyl look to them. I like the cardboard cases so much better than plastic anyway so keep em coming.
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    pjtradeking wrote:
    you have answered your own question...the answer you seek is in your post! You are trying to reach for something else that isnt there....:-)
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 92,636
    I kinda wished they went back to CD/Jewel Cases, then cardboard. Cause cardboard does tend to scratch up your cds. Yes, cardboard is cheaper, enviromently friendly etc.. but the safest way to store you cd's is jewel casing.
  • Ernie VedderErnie Vedder Posts: 2,256
    demetrios wrote:
    I kinda wished they went back to CD/Jewel Cases, then cardboard. Cause cardboard does tend to scratch up your cds. Yes, cardboard is cheaper, enviromently friendly etc.. but the safest way to store you cd's is jewel casing.

    I agree, or at least those half cardboard/plastic cases that hold the cd, like Binural case, i hate when CDs skip
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    I prefer plastic.
    CD's scratch in the cardboard.
    And they easily fall out.
    Happened to my Backspacer cd.
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  • Ernie VedderErnie Vedder Posts: 2,256
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I prefer plastic.
    CD's scratch in the cardboard.
    And they easily fall out.
    Happened to my Backspacer cd.

    True. I think TEN was the only Pearl Jam CD that came in Plastic case, other than the singles "ALIVE, JEREMY, EVEN FLOW" Etc..
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  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Posts: 15,165
    HM3Hernandez wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I prefer plastic.
    CD's scratch in the cardboard.
    And they easily fall out.
    Happened to my Backspacer cd.

    True. I think TEN was the only Pearl Jam CD that came in Plastic case, other than the singles "ALIVE, JEREMY, EVEN FLOW" Etc..

    Vs was in plastic.
    And Yield/Avocado are cardboard but the CD sat in the plastic.
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  • Ernie VedderErnie Vedder Posts: 2,256
    VS had a couple of cardboard cases when it first came out. But you're right, i have it on a Plastic case.

    Yield and Avocado have the cases that i prefer...oh , and RIOT ACT too
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  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    I actually prefer the cases that the 10C Avocado and Backspacer came in. As well as Into the Wild. Come to think of it, didn't Binaural and Riot Act had plastic holders for the CD in the cardboard case?
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  • givn2fly26givn2fly26 Posts: 395
    HM3Hernandez wrote:
    demetrios wrote:
    I kinda wished they went back to CD/Jewel Cases, then cardboard. Cause cardboard does tend to scratch up your cds. Yes, cardboard is cheaper, enviromently friendly etc.. but the safest way to store you cd's is jewel casing.

    I agree, or at least those half cardboard/plastic cases that hold the cd, like Binural case, i hate when CDs skip

    Do people still listen to CDs...? I thought it was only the Amish? :D
  • Ernie VedderErnie Vedder Posts: 2,256
    givn2fly26 wrote:
    HM3Hernandez wrote:
    demetrios wrote:
    I kinda wished they went back to CD/Jewel Cases, then cardboard. Cause cardboard does tend to scratch up your cds. Yes, cardboard is cheaper, enviromently friendly etc.. but the safest way to store you cd's is jewel casing.

    I agree, or at least those half cardboard/plastic cases that hold the cd, like Binural case, i hate when CDs skip

    Do people still listen to CDs...? I thought it was only the Amish? :D

    yeah, I still do, My Ipod is being held hostage , haven't seen it since.... :roll:
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  • dpmaydpmay Posts: 643
    i'd say cardboard sleeves are cheaper to produce.

    and i'm not completely convinced that cardboard sleeves are tons and tons more environmentally friendly than plastic: the cardboard hasta come from somewhere.
  • Ernie VedderErnie Vedder Posts: 2,256
    dpmay wrote:
    i'd say cardboard sleeves are cheaper to produce.

    and i'm not completely convinced that cardboard sleeves are tons and tons more environmentally friendly than plastic: the cardboard hasta come from somewhere.

    Yeah, And who would wanna recycle cd cases anyway
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  • dpmaydpmay Posts: 643
    HM3Hernandez wrote:
    dpmay wrote:
    i'd say cardboard sleeves are cheaper to produce.

    and i'm not completely convinced that cardboard sleeves are tons and tons more environmentally friendly than plastic: the cardboard hasta come from somewhere.

    Yeah, And who would wanna recycle cd cases anyway

    OK, fair enough. do we know that carboard comes from recycled sources? (not picking nit, just wonderin...)
  • mudhoney_253mudhoney_253 Posts: 135
    cardboard is cooler than the plastic



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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
    Same here. Once i bought a cd and as soon as i took the wrap/sticker off it broke in 2! :evil:
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  • aNiMaLaNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    PJ_kidd_9-21-22 wrote:
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
    Same here. Once i bought a cd and as soon as i took the wrap/sticker off it broke in 2! :evil:
    Doesn't that just piss you off? Or, how about when a few tabs that hold the CD in place break and your cd is always falling out and getting caught between the lid and the base. Or when the hinge tab for the lid breaks completely so it never stays closed, and then your cd's fall out because those tabs broke.
  • PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    aNiMaL wrote:
    PJ_kidd_9-21-22 wrote:
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
    Same here. Once i bought a cd and as soon as i took the wrap/sticker off it broke in 2! :evil:
    Doesn't that just piss you off? Or, how about when a few tabs that hold the CD in place break and your cd is always falling out and getting caught between the lid and the base. Or when the hinge tab for the lid breaks completely so it never stays closed, and then your cd's fall out because those tabs broke.
    Definitly
    Pj definitely should stick with cardboard cases :)
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  • drummerboy_73drummerboy_73 Posts: 2,011
    aNiMaL wrote:
    PJ_kidd_9-21-22 wrote:
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
    Same here. Once i bought a cd and as soon as i took the wrap/sticker off it broke in 2! :evil:
    Doesn't that just piss you off? Or, how about when a few tabs that hold the CD in place break and your cd is always falling out and getting caught between the lid and the base. Or when the hinge tab for the lid breaks completely so it never stays closed, and then your cd's fall out because those tabs broke.

    Oh man - I HATE when the little tabs break off in the center of the tray! I'm O.K. with cardboard, but maybe we can go to a styrofoam clamshell type case like Big Macs used to come in!
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  • mudhoney_253mudhoney_253 Posts: 135
    aNiMaL wrote:
    Because plastic jewel cases suck! All mine break and crack.
    yep . . . plastic sucks!



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  • Ernie VedderErnie Vedder Posts: 2,256
    IDK, plastic cases are a pain in the butt too, but I THINK that plastic cases keep CDs in better condition than the cardboard sleeves. Well, at least my cds.
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  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Posts: 3,376
    demetrios wrote:
    I kinda wished they went back to CD/Jewel Cases, then cardboard. Cause cardboard does tend to scratch up your cds. Yes, cardboard is cheaper, enviromently friendly etc.. but the safest way to store you cd's is jewel casing.

    its actually more expensive to have digipack cds made in most cases. Unless it is simply a non folding sleeve with no book or tray. I found this out earlier this year when my band had our first EP duplicated.
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  • igotid88igotid88 Posts: 27,996
    the cardboard ones are more easier to open.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    marinebionerd wrote:
    I've always figured it was just so it had more of a vinyl album look to it. But does it even matter? As long as they keep putting them out, I'll buy them. They could be wrapped in leaves for all I care.
    :)

    it doesn't matter when it's a sleeve live yield or binaural, but the vitalogy, no code, and backspacer artwork, nice as it all is, is awful for getting the cd in and out of the case without having it be scratched to hell in no time. i hate these flimsy cardboard cases that is like a glorified container for the startup disc you get with your computer.
  • i_lov_iti_lov_it Posts: 4,007
    satansbed wrote:
    i heard somewere stone has shares in a cardboard company

    haha..;)
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    My VS CD is a traditional plastic CD holder ,
    the only PJ CD i own in the non-cardboard caseholder.
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