Who else misses the sleeve notes?

Submitted by ofnuts t3_117l992 in Music

With the emergence of MP3 and then streaming, sleeve notes have become a thing of the past. You learned a lot from them, especially for classical and traditional music. You also had lyrics with translations. Some is this is very partially compensated by online resources for the best known works, but more confidential artists and pieces are left in the dark.

Am I alone to miss them?

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Key_Leg9565 t1_j9cgrht wrote

In my life sleeve notes have never left. If I’m interested enough in the music I probably have a physical copy which means I can look through the notes or art or whatever they decided to put in there. Love it

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gremy0 t1_j9clyur wrote

> very partially compensated by online resources

instead of a wee bit of paper you have at your fingertips wikis, forums, interviews (in various forms), live performances, tutorials, tabs, sheet music, reviews, covers, archives, academic papers, artist's websites and social media accounts, and any number of other websites and accounts posting information, related art and discussion.

I don't know how underground you're going that you don't get a least a half decent chunk of that.

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terryjuicelawson t1_j9eo66k wrote

While true, you need to seek that out a little. There was something about the inlay, I could read and re-read them while the music was actually playing.

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ofnuts OP t1_j9crj7z wrote

The web caters to the well-known: big names, big hits. For the rest, sometimes you can be lucky and hit a fan page, but very often you aren't.

I can be very underground, for instance trying to find the lyrics of a song in the Shetland dialect. Some traditional music groups have disappeared before the web became a thing. The wee bit of paper is the only information I would ever have.

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gremy0 t1_j9cw1va wrote

Anyone can upload just about anything to the internet, and they do, in their droves. It's not in the slightest just big names, that's quite ridiculous.

Even a basic search turns up several websites dedicated to the shetlands dialect and its songs, including a one that sells cds, reams of archives , dictionaries, a forum were you could ask about it, and the tools you would need to share any information you do gather to make it easier for the next person. Think you're really underselling and/or underutilizing the options available to you.

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Keuleman t1_j9c9ps0 wrote

Same here. Goes for DVD boxes etc as well.

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therockandrollsavior t1_j9c9zqw wrote

The whole album experience is now more niche than pop... very sad

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cintune t1_j9cc1l5 wrote

Quite the opposite. I'm only barely interested to even know song titles anymore.

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Junkstar t1_j9ch9p3 wrote

If you don't know who engineered it, who produced it, or where it was recorded, how could you ever become a great artist too? Liner notes are clues to the path of success.

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alegxab t1_j9eiaps wrote

All of that is on most streaming services, often a lot more detailed than what you could find on liner notes

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