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Old 27-10-2010, 15:29
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Hey, just asking, would anyone post a picture of these onto this thread, because I'm sure somebody has on on this forum. Thanks!
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Old 27-10-2010, 15:43
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Old 27-10-2010, 15:45
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Thanks, anything cool inside it? Looks very cool!
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Old 27-10-2010, 15:47
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I've never seen/heard of this before?
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Old 27-10-2010, 15:48
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Thanks, anything cool inside it? Looks very cool!
god knows, just a pic I nabbed from ebay many moons ago
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Old 27-10-2010, 15:53
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I think generally longboxes just house the regular cd release.

There are two small pictures (front/back) at http://www.theloveof.tk/
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Old 27-10-2010, 16:20
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I think generally longboxes just house the regular cd release.

There are two small pictures (front/back) at http://www.theloveof.tk/
Yeah, seen that, wanted to see more pics
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Old 27-10-2010, 17:48
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I think generally longboxes just house the regular cd release.
yep, for some reason in up until the mid-90s-ish, that's how CDs were shipped and sold in the States. cf. A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica, when we first saw it and saw how the album was shipped in similar longboxes we thought we were missing out!

my Dad used to go to the States a lot in the early 90s and brought back "normal" CD boxes. when i asked him how did he get them like that and not in those long boxes, he explained that they all did come in them, but he just tossed them!

perhaps they did it as some sort of anti-shoplifting plan?
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Old 27-10-2010, 18:59
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I found some more info on Longboxes, it's quite an interesting little read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbox
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Old 27-10-2010, 19:33
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I found some more info on Longboxes, it's quite an interesting little read:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbox
cool tho did shops stop selling vinyl as early as 1993?? I'm sure thats not true
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Old 27-10-2010, 20:56
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cool tho did shops stop selling vinyl as early as 1993?? I'm sure thats not true
shops in the US did, especially major retail shops. obviously, the indie shops still carried vinyl.
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Yeah, all a matter of storing the damn things. Had all the LP storage things, and this provided an easier transition to move over to cds.

Most recent longbox I saw was abiggerbang by the Stones at a Sam's Club.
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Old 28-10-2010, 22:06
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thanks for the picture
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Seen a lot of talk about the Generation Terrorists longbox recently which I wasn't aware of up until now. How much else do we know about the longbox, e.g....

- where was it sold? USA - particular shops?
- how many exist in the world today? Anyone got one?
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