There are a number of different brands available, but I have always found Mobile Fidelity sleeves to be of the very highest quality. Personally, I would recommend all record buyers spend the extra money to get archival sleeves.

As a result, I can ensure the liner sleeves remain in pristine condition, free of ring wear, seam splits, and additional dust in those precious grooves. Most of the time I prefer archival sleeves and in many cases I purchase them when they are not included. There is also no additional inner liner notes as the record sleeves double as the liner notes. Tri-folds are worse, but that is a story for another day. However, they can be challenging to slip the record in and out at times. While I don’t mind either design decision, gatefolds are just awesome. Speaking of the record, rather than being presented in a gatefold release, this double album is presented in a slipcase that accommodates both records. Some record labels do this, but I’m sure most consider the addition of a download code, or CD, to be nothing but a loss leader to encourage the purchase of the record. Regardless, I would much prefer the record labels give consumers the option to download either the MP3, or a higher quality FLAC or ALAC 16/44 copy that matches the quality of CD. Hence, I think in future I may just give away, via Subjective Sounds, the MP3 download codes to readers. Truth be told, with my ever increasing use of TIDAL Hi-Fi, the lossy MP3 codes are of little value to me personally, plus I can always do a higher quality needle drop with my Pro-ject Debut Carbon turntable. Usually it comes down to licensing agreements, or region specific bonus tracks. This isn’t necessarily uncommon as I have come across variations in downloaded albums that have been supplied with records in the past. What is bizarre is these songs are not bonus tracks and therefore should have been included in the download. The songs missing are the two final tracks Anxious and The Face Beneath The Waves. The vinyl edition comes with the standard lossy MP3 download code for the album, although it did not include the complete album. I also couldn’t wait to take the wrapping off this album as I was able to source a reasonably priced vinyl copy of Burials from Sydney’s iconic Red Eye Records. While the band has released the incredible Decemberunderground and Crash Love in the interim years, I wanted to take a look at their latest album, released a decade after Sing The Sorrow, to see just how far the band’s sound had developed.

A couple of weeks ago, I took a look at AFI’s evolving sound with Sing The Sorrow.

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