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  • The Unipak, Who Came Up with that Idea?

    From mikeyman1966@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Jon C. Pennington on Wed Jul 5 07:31:03 2017
    On Monday, May 25, 1998 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, Jon C. Pennington wrote:
    After looking over some of the records in my collection, I noticed that
    I have acquired several with a Unipak cover. The Unipak was a packaging innovation developed in the late 1960s, but I have no idea why. Instead
    of a standard LP jacket with an opening on the right, the Unipak is
    like a gatefold LP jacket, but with a cover made of thin cardboard
    that can be flipped open to reveal an opening near the spine of the gatefold. In other words, the LP jacket has an opening on the left near
    the spine of the gatefold, instead of on the right. Does anybody why
    this came into existence? I can't see why. If you collect 1960s or
    1970s rock, a lot of albums with Unipak covers have totally shredded
    spines, because the record exerts too much pressure on the spine.
    Anyhow, here's a partial list of Unipak albums in my collection:

    Mort Garson, Signs of the Zodiac: Scorpio
    Blue Cheer, Outsideinside
    The Nazz, The Nazz
    Tonto's Expanding Headband, Zero Time
    Kaleidoscope, Incredible Kaleidoscope
    The Blues Magoos, Basic Blues Magoos

    Can anybody else think of any other interesting albums packaged in the Unipak format?

    Just wondering,

    Jon C. Pennington

    https://www.discogs.com/Herb-Alpert-The-Tijuana-Brass-Greatest-Hits/release/1104494
    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass ‎– Greatest Hits

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  • From blahgshitass@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 27 05:14:41 2018
    The Gatefold was developed by one of my uncles sometime in the early 60's or late 50's. It was first developed in Canada at CBS Records. My uncle made an absolute fortune off of it, but sadly he spent all that money on drugs and beer. He works at Walmart
    now.

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  • From Ira Krivit@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 18 13:36:51 2021
    Back in the day, teenagers would travel with their album collections, going to friends' homes to play records at a party, or some other social gathering. With Unipaks, the record won't slide out while you're carrying it.

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  • From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to Ira Krivit on Thu Feb 18 22:43:10 2021
    On 18/02/2021 21:36, Ira Krivit wrote:
    Back in the day, teenagers would travel with their album collections, going to friends' homes to play records at a party, or some other social gathering. With Unipaks, the record won't slide out while you're carrying it.

    I don't remember Unipaks so I can't answer who came up with the idea...
    but I do remember putting LP's in to a supermarket carrier bag and
    taking them round to my friends house so they could play them - and copy
    them to a C60/C90 - on many occasions.

    Plus, as a kid I doubt I would have had the money to waste on a Unipak
    anyway. There was always plastic carrier bags around!

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