Help! About CD seal

[Stadler]

usually those holes are there for ease in opening the plastic seal without having to get out a sharp object.  You can just kind of stretch/pull at that area and if it's that softer/stretchy plastic it will start tearing at that spot.

Yeah that could be it.

I’ve made this thread on a bunch of music forums and haven’t gotten a reply anywhere except here. I leave all of my CDs sealed and was worried the lack of a hole would prevent the CD from "breathing" or something like that and it would get fucked with time. Yes I have OCD.

Wait, what??

That was my reaction, too! 

[Stadler]

usually those holes are there for ease in opening the plastic seal without having to get out a sharp object.  You can just kind of stretch/pull at that area and if it's that softer/stretchy plastic it will start tearing at that spot.

Yeah that could be it.

I’ve made this thread on a bunch of music forums and haven’t gotten a reply anywhere except here. I leave all of my CDs sealed and was worried the lack of a hole would prevent the CD from "breathing" or something like that and it would get fucked with time. Yes I have OCD.

Shoulda come here first! 

[Stadler]

That might be a winter project for me.  I lost my CD log when my computer crashed a little while ago and foolishly didn't back it up.  This site looks legit to store stuff like that.

It's great. Scanning items in (if they have a barcode, relatively early stuff doesn't!) makes it easier but you might be surprised how many very similar editions use the same barcode and you then have to spend time identifying the exact version you have (by looking at the matrix/runout, SID codes etc). It can be quite arduous work.

It can lead to some really curious discoveries. I've still no idea on the origin of my copy of the the non-remastered recording of Vapor Trails (Rush), for example. Here's the release I probably have: https://www.discogs.com/Rush-Vapor-Trails/release/524671 but here's my note from cataloguing it: Well, this is strange! My CD has no catalogue number, no barcode, no label, no matrix/runout (or any other such markings in the spindle area). There's no label detail in the booklet, either. It does look like an official release, though, so I am completely stumped.

This.  I'm systematically putting all my music on a network hard drive, then I enter the CD/LP/DVD/BR into Discogs.  I just finished "Sting" last night.  I can't access it at work, so I can't show my "values", but it's in the ballpart of ProfessorPeart.   I find it incredibly interesting on a couple levels.  One, that there are a lot of sloppy people (hahaha) but two, that there are so many variations on what you would THINK would be a simple matter:  Company presses 9 gazillion CDs, puts them in boxes, then sells them.   Nope.   I've also learned about IFPI codes, glass mastering (the process of making the stamp from which all the CDs are made), etc. etc.   

I'm also sort of happy that I'm about 2,000 CDs in more or less, and I've only found ten Russian/counterfeit CDs.  Four I knew about when I bought them, two I strongly suspected but hoped for the best, and four that I'm kind of surprised/bummed about (including two that were purchased "new"). 

[Stadler]

Wowsers!  You can scan the barcodes?  That's brilliant.  I think I'm going to do this.  You can just make an account for free yeah?

Sure can.

It's the Discogs app that can scan barcodes. And you can also use it to do everything you can through the website, eg manipulate/view your collection, go shopping etc. I've got the Discogs app on Android but I imagine it's also available for Apple devices.

Mind = Blown

It's frankly one of the best inventions on the smart phones for us physical media collectors and cataloguers. I used to be like MP and remember everything in my media collection, but with distractions of life and work barely get time to revisit those collections and can't rely on memory anymore.

These apps are the best thing to happen since free porn.

I honestly didn't know you could scan them in; I scan them in for eBay - oh, that's the other thing; you can sell off any CDs you don't want or have duplicates for; I have about 30 CDs listed now (though I sell way more from eBay than Discogs) - but not Discogs.  I've typically done the manual search by catalogue number.  Not the worst thing in the world, except for releases like Born In The U.S.A. and Back In Black where there are 250 versions. 

Just the other day I made a purchase and saw Whitesnake's Greatest Hits in VG+ for $0.50, and no additional shipping so I added it to my cart.  Got it home and realized... I already had it.     

[pg1067]

Damn...I thought this thread was going to be about a transvestite pinniped.

[nobloodyname]

Just the other day I made a purchase and saw Whitesnake's Greatest Hits in VG+ for $0.50, and no additional shipping so I added it to my cart. Got it home and realized... I already had it.    

Absolutely love that! I think it's one of the more interesting aspects of getting older

[wolfking]

Wowsers!  You can scan the barcodes?  That's brilliant.  I think I'm going to do this.  You can just make an account for free yeah?

Sure can.

It's the Discogs app that can scan barcodes. And you can also use it to do everything you can through the website, eg manipulate/view your collection, go shopping etc. I've got the Discogs app on Android but I imagine it's also available for Apple devices.

Mind = Blown

It's frankly one of the best inventions on the smart phones for us physical media collectors and cataloguers. I used to be like MP and remember everything in my media collection, but with distractions of life and work barely get time to revisit those collections and can't rely on memory anymore.

These apps are the best thing to happen since free porn.

I honestly didn't know you could scan them in; I scan them in for eBay - oh, that's the other thing; you can sell off any CDs you don't want or have duplicates for; I have about 30 CDs listed now (though I sell way more from eBay than Discogs) - but not Discogs.  I've typically done the manual search by catalogue number.  Not the worst thing in the world, except for releases like Born In The U.S.A. and Back In Black where there are 250 versions. 

Just the other day I made a purchase and saw Whitesnake's Greatest Hits in VG+ for $0.50, and no additional shipping so I added it to my cart.  Got it home and realized... I already had it.   

LOL, I've done this once or twice.

[ytserush]

A few weeks back I found a Coltrane Afro Blue Session 2 CD set that I didn't think I had but when I got home to file it I realized I already had it.  Hadn't made that mistake in quite a while.

[TAC]

There's only ONE CD seal:

[ytserush]

There's only ONE CD seal:

Lemur?

[wolfking]

There's only ONE CD seal: