Why Do Pearl Jam CDs Only Come in Cardboard Cases?

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  • Random_Wookie
    Random_Wookie Posts: 1,099
    i love and hate the carboard cases. I love them because they are easier to post and tend not to break like plastic cases. Whereas i hate the carboard cases as it is hard to get the cd/dvds out of them.
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Well pj are the only cds I buy now. For the artwork. I just grin and bare it taking the cd out the first and only time to put it on itunes. (yeah, cardboard sleeves srcatch) Then it goes with all my other pj cds in my closet....never to be touched again. :lol: just kidding on the never again part.

    Plastic does not biodegrade, cardboard does.
    And pj doesn’t know who is going to buy their cds….not everybody is a megafan who’s going to keep the case FOREVER. ;)

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    oh yeah............what did the Vs cardboard look like?
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    The Backspacer cover is the worst.
    It won't close for me.
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  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    Well pj are the only cds I buy now. For the artwork. I just grin and bare it taking the cd out the first and only time to put it on itunes. (yeah, cardboard sleeves srcatch) Then it goes with all my other pj cds in my closet....never to be touched again. :lol: just kidding on the never again part.

    Plastic does not biodegrade, cardboard does.
    And pj doesn’t know who is going to buy their cds….not everybody is a megafan who’s going to keep the case FOREVER. ;)

    http://www.greatgarbagepatch.org/

    oh yeah............what did the Vs cardboard look like?

    I don't have it, but there is a picture of it on the PLACE/DATE Book
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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    HM3Hernandez wrote:

    I don't have it, but there is a picture of it on the PLACE/DATE Book

    hehehe.....i feel dumb. what's the place/date book?
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  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    HM3Hernandez wrote:

    I don't have it, but there is a picture of it on the PLACE/DATE Book

    hehehe.....i feel dumb. what's the place/date book?

    Oh, it's a Photo Book PJ came out with back in 1999- 2000 i think its in the goods section, it has alot of really cool pictures. Anyways, there's a pic of the old Drummer, Dave, signing a copy of the VS. CD, it's a cardboard case. i heard they only made a few like that, then they switched to the plastic case
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,591
    HM3Hernandez wrote:
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    HM3Hernandez wrote:

    I don't have it, but there is a picture of it on the PLACE/DATE Book

    hehehe.....i feel dumb. what's the place/date book?

    Oh, it's a Photo Book PJ came out with back in 1999- 2000 i think its in the goods section, it has alot of really cool pictures. Anyways, there's a pic of the old Drummer, Dave, signing a copy of the VS. CD, it's a cardboard case. i heard they only made a few like that, then they switched to the plastic case

    ya mean this one?

    http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp31 ... s/36-1.jpg

    36.jpg

    http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=319

    Never seen this in the stores! Just now did a search for it!
  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,397
    Before I got an iPod, you could tell my favorite CD's by which jewel cases were broken. Example - Kid A by Radiohead. On the other hand, the case for Yield stayed in fine shape. Plastic cases are pieces of shit. Cardboard rules!

    Someone mentioned how the Avocado booklet always falls out - so true.

    The packaging for the Backspacer LP is spectacular. I guess that's off-topic - oh well.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I prefer plastic.
    CD's scratch in the cardboard.
    And they easily fall out.
    Happened to my Backspacer cd.

    my Vitalogy is DESTROYED because of that very reason. :x
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Cardboard cases are much more stylistic. They give you more artistic freedom. The jewel cases are just cheap and generic.

    Besides, who plays the actual CD anymore anyways? All of my cases past Yield are in mint condition. CD's get downloaded to my PC and burned for my car, or just played through iTunes.

    why do you buy the cd then? why not just download it entirely and burn a copy for your car? what do you do with the original, actual cd if you only ever play a copy of it elsewhere?
  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    soulsinging wrote:
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Cardboard cases are much more stylistic. They give you more artistic freedom. The jewel cases are just cheap and generic.

    Besides, who plays the actual CD anymore anyways? All of my cases past Yield are in mint condition. CD's get downloaded to my PC and burned for my car, or just played through iTunes.

    why do you buy the cd then? why not just download it entirely and burn a copy for your car? what do you do with the original, actual cd if you only ever play a copy of it elsewhere?

    No Sh*t....... :lol:
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  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    ya mean this one?

    http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp31 ... s/36-1.jpg

    36.jpg

    Yup, That's the one, dave has the same tattoo i have, lol
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  • dbodner
    dbodner Posts: 60
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    I prefer plastic.
    CD's scratch in the cardboard.
    And they easily fall out.
    Happened to my Backspacer cd.

    I do as well.

    In the end, I don't actually listen to the CD's much. Ripped straight to my computer and thrown on my ipod/palm pre, and if I do listen to the "CD" then I copy the CD so I don't scratch the original. But I've still scratched a CD getting it out of cardboard. I much prefer plastic.
  • mirrorboxer
    mirrorboxer Posts: 115
    http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/feature/q-a-pearl-jam-s-jeff-ament-1003954760.story#/featured%20artist/q-a-pearl-jam-s-jeff-ament-1003954760.story?page=2

    Except for that first record, for me, I feel like on every record, we overextended ourselves with the sorts of packages we put out. With "Vitalogy," that package cut into about 30 to 40% of our royalties, because the manufacturing wasn't set up to do what we wanted. On "Vs.," we did an ecopack, which they don't do anymore. It preceded the digipak. It was us trying to take plastic out of the package and make it more like a record; to make it feel like you were opening something up and something inside would reveal itself. It would be big enough to be a substantial piece of art, and it wouldn't be in a jewel case. We hated those from the very beginning, because they were breakable. The spines would break, the cases would crack and you couldn't close them.

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  • blondieblue227
    blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    Cool quote.

    For all bitching about it ruining the cd…why don’t you keep it in it’s own separate jewel case?


    Thanks HM3 and demetrios.
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,591
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    Thanks HM3 and demetrios.

    np! :)

    You should have that show in the mail any day now! ;)
  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    Cool quote.

    For all bitching about it ruining the cd…why don’t you keep it in it’s own separate jewel case?


    Thanks HM3 and demetrios.

    You're Welcome
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  • Dr Emmett Brown
    Dr Emmett Brown Posts: 617
    demetrios wrote:
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    My VS CD is a traditional plastic CD holder ,
    the only PJ CD i own in the non-cardboard caseholder.

    What about Pearl Jam's Ten? :shock:

    Mine's in a yellow digipack
  • Ernie Vedder
    Ernie Vedder Redlands, CA Posts: 2,269
    Dr Emmett Brown wrote:
    demetrios wrote:
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    My VS CD is a traditional plastic CD holder ,
    the only PJ CD i own in the non-cardboard caseholder.

    What about Pearl Jam's Ten? :shock:

    Mine's in a yellow digipack

    Really?
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    blondieblue227 wrote:
    Cool quote.

    For all bitching about it ruining the cd…why don’t you keep it in it’s own separate jewel case?


    Thanks HM3 and demetrios.

    it doubles the amount of crap i have lying around the house. and if i'm going to do that, why bother keeping the cd case at all?

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