Custom LP Sleeves Update -- I'm out of sleeves!

UPDATE: please see update video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okMm9RBUYY4

It happened much quicker than I ever thought that it would. A video to offer the current "state of 'Blake sleeve' affairs" to the VC and plans moving forward. If you are at all interested in ordering some sleeves in the next 6 months, please watch and get in touch with us.

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• vinyl
• community
• VC
• custom
• LP
• sleeves
• records
• blake
• albums

[frofather]

Blake,

Any plans to ever make a "gatefold" version sleeve in this quality style? I am talking about the kind that you can fold out the gatefold LP and see the inside gatefold art while it is still in the sleeve.

[wertsdb71]

@frofather Believe it or not I've chatted a bit with Brandon (mrhoffame) about this idea and it is a great one, which I do believe we could make happen technically. The issue is that there is a minimum order that the manufacturer requires of 5000 pieces. I'm not sure that we have enough interest in the community to be able to ingest that many of these types of sleeves. When the dust settles, I will work a prototype with them and just see what happens. Then we'll go from there. :-D

[DoctorDeadwax]

put me down for a drop shipment, and if anyone in Canada wants some they can contact me and we can get a final number together before you place the order.

[wertsdb71]

@DoctorDeadwax GREAT! I know that Jeff (glowing00cabbage) and SpudBoy are looking for some sleeves. Being able to ship to your US address will be a huge savings in shipping costs.

[GuessImJustASpudBoy]

Not a problem! No one is asking you to control anything. I have plenty of the unsophisticated sleeves to protect my album covers. I'll call BU later in the week and find out how much shipping of a 1000 of those sleeves to Canada is. The story of my life are expenditures like these right AFTER Christmas. Guess I'm just a spud boy...looking for a real tomato....

[wertsdb71]

@GuessImJustASpudBoy Get in touch with Mark (DoctorDeadwax) about some sleeves. He has a US address and is planning to pick up a bunch of sleeves. I think this will work out very well for you and the other cats in Canada.

[EzaVinylAddict]

@DoctorDeadwax Yes! I will want to order some in the very near future so perhaps we can coordinate thanks!

[GuessImJustASpudBoy]

@wertsdb71 Yes, okay. I just received a PM from him now. Thanks.

[wertsdb71]

@GuessImJustASpudBoy I can't control the USPS/Canada Post rates. I imagine that BU is going to be about the same.  10 packs comes in at 28-30 pounds.