CD Collectors

I've been a huge Car Seat Headrest fan since 2016. I've been streaming it while waiting for it to be delivered.

I recently got a rather pristine copy of They Might Be Giants' 1996 single S-E-X-X-Y, mostly for a few bonus tracks unavailable on streaming. Like, it was in shrink wrap with hype sticker, albeit shrink wrap on its last legs - good enough that the rest of it was still in near mint condition, but too damaged for it to be worth keeping on, so I took a 2400 DPI scan of the hype sticker and removed it. Don't worry - I kept the hype sticker.

I want to keep it very fresh - I ripped the CD to my PC and plan on never taking it out of the case again. For now, I have put a zip lock around the case to prevent it gathering dust or getting fingerprints from handling.

However, since it's an FLP case, I am more worried about the case being crushed than a typical jewel case. While I don't plan on getting too ruff with it, I want something a bit harder.

Thus, I was wondering if any of you guys have any particular strategy for this case?

I've looked into CD display cases, but am otherwise having trouble finding results that aren't just CD jewel cases. I was thinking maybe something like the anti-theft containers retailers keep video games in, if they ever made a CD-sized version.

The ’indie pop starter pack’ I always dreamed of.

There used to be CD stores and every major outlet had some assortment of CDs. Then they all went online and you could order CDs from all sorts of quant and off colour websites. But that's all gone now, or have escaped me. How do people get there CDs today?

Do they even still make them? It's those thicker double CD jewel cases used exclusively in Japan. I live in the United States and I can find any available anywhere online. Sorry if this is a dumb question.

Getting ready for the new week, gotta reset those vibes before monday!

Do we count minidisc? Seems like it would, it is just a very small CD after all :D

This one I don't have a player for, so it's a pure collectible. Came with the high res audio though, so all good.