Well initially i think these was to protect the record, and let you Id it quickly one purchased. To be fair a lot of there were made before computers. I don’

Well initially i think these was to protect the record, and let you Id it quickly one purchased. To be fair a lot of there were made before computers. I don’t think people judge records by their covers.. Though some like Led Zeppelin 3 and pyshical grafitti had holes cut into their outer shells making them kinda art like. Then there is the Beatles “white album” and spinal taps “smell the globe” (black album) which I think metálica copied....