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Vinyl records are a way to display the album art in a large-ish format. CDs are tiny and not as good for displaying.

• potamic 4y ago
  Wonder why CDs never came with ginormous jackets
  • gweinberg 4y ago
    They did. When CDs first came out, they were in these ridiculous long boxes so they would fit in with vinyl lps.
    • rufus_foreman 4y ago
      It also made them harder to shoplift.