Re: [ARSCLIST] Disaster recovery- LPs

[phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So what's the prefered inner sleave for commercially produced LPs?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> If the discs are unique and not easily replaced, the first thing I'd do is 
> get rid of the plastic-lined sleeves, unless you know they're of the 
> highest quality....I've had too many of them fail even without climate 
> disasters. When I had a flooded basement in 1983, some lined sleeves were 
> fine and others weren't. Many of the lined sleeves we were using at a 
> radio station in the mid 60s now consist of a paper sleeve with a sheet of 
> plastic inside, no longer glued to the paper.
>
> Plastic-lined sleeves are of no use if the disc itself begins turning oily 
> even under normal storage conditions. I rarely use them anymore.
>
> dl