joevitus said: "I never understood why, despite the size of the actual disc, CDs weren't packagedin covers of the same size as LPs. Whoever wanted the tiny print and miniscule cover art? I rather hate that streaming is the main way of getting music now (yet almost everything I own is streaming--I know I'm a hypocrite) because it makes nearly everyone who worked on a recording anonymous. End of rant."
I agree that vinyl packaging and general presentation was much better. I spent a lot of time in the music retail business throughout most of the 80s. CDs originally came in 12" x 6" carboard sleeves or similarly-sized clear plastic blister packs (it varied by label/distributer), and this allowed them to be stood in existing 12" x 12" record bins for display in stores. When vinyl went away, CD packaging was reduced to the standard jewel box case. The size was always about reducing shipping, storage, and display costs.
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