Talk:Longbox

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To my knowledge longboxes were only common in the US and NOT in entire North America. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.133.95.71 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 20 May 2006


 * I don't remember ever seeing them in the UK either. 217.42.32.26 (talk) 17:31, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * They were also used in Canada. I have a couple of CD albums with longboxes. I think Disney released a tonne of CDs and cassettes with longboxes, as well. Oojbook (talk) 14:04, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

I think the article should mention that in most cases only full length cds came in longboxes, although there are known cases of 3"cd longboxes and even cassette longboxes with full artwork, but these should be considered exceptional. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.133.95.71 (talk • contribs) 19:14, 20 May 2006

I don't have a source to back this up, but I recall reading at the time that a major reason for the longbox was the big record companies wanting to keep the their cardboard LP jacket printing business going (or had contracts/agreements with the companies printing LP jackets). --Drench 14:33, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Different meanings?
I've never heard of this usage for longbox. The only longbox I know of is that used to store comic books. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.93.26.126 (talk) 18:27, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. The term longbox, to me, refers to comic book storage, and I haven't read comics since my preteens. Maybe the comic book longbox could get its own article stub? Dukeofwulf (talk) 21:20, 13 June 2012 (UTC)


 * It's not a different meaning, just a different type of longbox for a different product. I remember very well when CDs were sold in longboxes (at least one CD I purchased, the Disney Afternoon soundtrack, was in a longbox), although I didn't know what they were called. In fact, I didn't know what they were called until just a short while ago. Come to think of it, I don't recall hearing comic book boxes referred to that, either, and I used to collect comics. Anyway, I think info on the use of longboxes for comic books should also be noted. --From Andoria with Love (talk) 07:03, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
 * That's incorrect, the term on the page is used to refer to album covers (physical covers, not musical covers), not storage spaces... Longbox in the comic book context would have to have a separate page. 2605:E000:1300:1AD:1984:69CC:942B:4A69 (talk) 02:29, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

Longbox waste controversy...
aren't plastic cases much more wasteful though?--88.106.230.36 (talk) 17:51, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Since people don't generally throw away the plastic cases which protect the CD, I would say... no. :) --From Andoria with Love (talk) 06:58, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

to throw a longbox away you have to be pretty stupid in the first place —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.47.168.15 (talk) 14:14, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * And in the same way it was 'stupid' to open up and throw away the boxes of old Star Wars toys in the 70s. When longboxes where common nobody saw it as anything other than wrapping for the real thing one bought, namely the CD+case+booklet.--83.254.198.33 (talk) 21:07, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Collectors?
I've got a collection of these boxes that I've stored for the last 20 years, and I'm curious if there are collectors out there interested in them. I hadn't planned on ever trying to sell them, but this economy has been fairly demanding. I wouldn't be posting here, but this is where I actually researched what they're identified as. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryanvpetersen (talk • contribs) 00:39, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Spinal Tap extra-long box
I am quite sure that the Spinal Tap 18-inch extra-long box refers to the band's famous Stonehenge stage prop. From This Is Spinal Tap : "Tufnel, rushing a sketch on a napkin, mislabels its dimensions, using a double prime symbol instead of single prime. The resulting prop, seen for the first time by the group during a show, ends up only 18 inches high (instead of the intended 18 feet), making the group a laughing stock on stage."

Thus here, instead of proposing that "...as well as an inside joke on the Christopher Guest scene in the film where he explains 'these (amplifiers) go to eleven'", I would say something like "as well as an inside joke on the scene in the film where the Stonehenge stage prop is a mere 18 inches in height...". Then also the Youtube reference should probably be changed (I did not check out the currently referenced YouTube link). Micraboy (talk) 13:48, 19 August 2011 (UTC)