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Funny, I still remember buying my first CD as a kid, Motley Crue's Girls, Girls, Girls (ouch!). The packaging back then was different and they'd put the CDs in
by mtoddh 14y ago
Funny, I still remember buying my first CD as a kid, Motley Crue's Girls, Girls, Girls (ouch!). The packaging back then was different and they'd put the CDs in long boxes whereas now you just buy it in the jewel case. I remember how cool it was getting a boombox that had a tape deck and a CD player and being able to make better mixtapes.
- ChuckMcM 14y agoLong boxes so that when you put them into the place where the store used to display LP albums the title was still at a comfortable reading height.
- kree10 14y agoI remember reading that longboxes were a way to prop up the LP jacket manufacturers, since the materials and process were similar, but... "citation needed".
- squarecat 14y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longbox
- tisme 14y agoAnother reason was so they wouldn't be stolen so often!
- heywire 14y agoI had nearly forgot about the long boxes that CDs came in!