After many, many hours of searching I have been unable to find anywhere in the UK that sells the amazing blake sleeves for vinyl. Does anybody have any leads on where these can be bought in the UK. They are available in the US but the postage costs are so large that it makes it impossible to buy them.
Damn, what a rumor this has become and it is spreading like wildfire! I remember I was a part of the vinyl community for a really short time, albeit for just a couple of months on You Tube, then I had to discontinue my account for personal reasons.
At one time, the only way that you could get a hold of these Blake Sleeves, is that you have to get in contact with Mr. Blake himself privately through the You Tube vinyl community, who initially designed them. Unfortunately, the company that designs the Blake Sleeves have no patent for them, so they basically had to make them upon the request of the creator. And yes, you guessed it right; His name is really Blake, and he is from the U.S. The good news today is that you can get these Blake Sleeves through the company directly that creates them. Here is a link for the website, Clear Bags, who is responsible for selling the Blake Sleeves: http://in.search.yahoo.com/r/_ylt=A0oGkmAns5VPMm0A0EzuPXRG;_ylu=X3oDMTByZWgwN285BHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMQRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkAw--/SIG=11d4f61sb/EXP=1335239591/**http%3A//www.clearbags.com/
Sadly, I don't believe there is any other way to get these Blake Sleeves into your possession, as Clear Bags does not sell their product out side of their company, to the best of my knowledge.
Anyway, if interested, here is a You Tube clip of Mr. Blake himself, the man behind the whole design of the "Blake Sleeve" phenomena: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okMm9RBUYY4
I hope this answers your question. You are fortunate that I was a part of the vinyl community, otherwise no one would know what the heck you were talking about! The Blake Sleeve is still one of the vinyl communities best kept secrets, but now is spreading like wildfire. Now, for anyone outside of the vinyl community, the Blake Sleeve can now be shared for all!
Thanks Vinyl Junkie. I had done a dummy buy on clear bags and to buy only 400 blake sleeves would have cost me £100 - £165 dollars.
These sleeves are amazing. I can`t believe that so few people know about them here in Britain. They make your LPs look so good. Hopefully if word continues to spread then some company here will import them or manufacture them here so we can buy them.
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