COLUMBIA RECORD SLEEVES

SLEEVE #'S / DESCRIPTIONS YEAR LAST CATALOG # COMMENTS
ML 5103 / CL 669 1957 CL 968 Black and White. Thumbnails on Side A, Record Care and Needle information on Side B. Sleeve number is taken from the first and last thumnails on Side A.
C2L 9 / ML 5208 1959 CL 1174 Same as above.
Orange "1000" Eye Sleeve -- -- Sleeve is comprised of Columbia "Eye" Logos on both sides in orange ink. I found one of these in CL 1457
8358 / 316 1961 CL 1634 Color sleeve with thumbnails and text on both sides. Sleeve number is taken from the first LPs listed in the text on both sides.
Blue or Tan Stiped Sleeves 1962 -- These sleeves are have light and dark blue stripes running vertically and a Columbia logo in the middle. There is a tan version of the same sleeve. I have seen these primarily in records from 1962.

Between 1963 and 1967, Columbia released all of their LPs with plastic inner sleeves. These sleeves are clear and are rounded one one end.

Columbia Rock Machine 1968 CS 9590 Black and White sleeve with a stupid drawing of a "Rock Machine" and some thumbnails. Side B has all thumbnails and neither side has catalog numbers.
BOS 3220 / CS 9712 1969 CS 9716 Has a drawing of Records and text on Side A, thumbnails on Side B. Sleeve is identified by first and last thumbnails on Side B.
BD 1969 CS 9741 Same as above, except the sleeve is identified by a small "BD" located in the bottom right corner of the A Side.
Super Poster Giant Sizre 1969 CS 9741 Side A has thumbnails, Side B has an advertisment for posters and the text "Super Poster Giant Size". The center hole is removeable. Has more thumbnails than the BD sleeve.
HHC 1 -- -- I have not found this sleeve yet.
HHC 2 1970 CS 9844 Same as BD, only "HHC 2" is located in the bottom right corner.
HHC 3 1970 CS 9947 Same as above.
HHC 4 1971 CS 9986 Same as above.
SG 200-2 1970 KCS 9914 Only Likely used only in Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" LP. Has advertisment for S&G Songbooks on Side A, and the text from the HHC Sleeves on Side B. Has "SG 200-2" in the bottom right corner of side B.
JC 4-1 1970 CS 9943 Only Custom Inner sleeve for Johnny Cash's "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash" LP. Has a color advertisment for a Cash Poster on Side A. Has thumbnails of Johnny's albums on Side B. "JC 4-1" is in the bottom right corner of this side and "CS 9943" is the top right corner.
CPO 1 -- -- I have not found this sleeve yet
CPO 2 1970 -- Side A has the text from the HHC Series, Side B has an offer for Color Posters. "CPO 2" is loated in the bottom right corner of Side A.
CCW 1 1970 -- Side A has the text from the HHC Series, Side B has an offer for Country and Western Super Posters. "CCW 1" is located in the bottom right corner of Side A.

This is where it gets confusing! This next series of sleeves is designed like a the page of a newspaper with "The Inner Sleeve" as the title on Side A. The ones form 1971 have a number to the right of the title. The ones form 1972 have it underneith the title. There are no thumbnails, but each article talks about a specific artist and their new or upcoming album. I determined the last catalog number by looking up the albums that they were talking about. In 1972, Columbia put them out with an "A, B, C" variation. Sleeves that talked about Rock Music were given the "A's" (72 A 1/4) and the others were given to Classical, Counrty, Easy Listening, and possibly Jazz. I only wrote down the A series so far, but will keep looking for every variation. I'm guessing they put out 4 per categlory (hence the 1/4, 3/4, 4/4 after the 72 A) but I am not certain.

Inner Sleeve 71 / 204 1971 30402 71 / 204 to the right of the title on Side A
Inner Sleeve 71 / 803 1971 30640 Same as above
Inner Sleeve 72 A 1/4 1972 31136 Number has moved underneith the title.
Inner Sleeve 72 A 2/4 1972 -- I have not found this sleeve yet.
Inner Sleeve 72 A 3/4 1972 31318 --
Inner Sleeve 72 A 4/4 1972 31929 A "New Artists Special Issue"
Inner Sleeve 73 A 1/4 1973 32063 Number is underneith the title.
Inner Sleeve 73 A 3 1973 32452 The Inner Sleeve title has moved into a ring in the center of Side A. A logo with the same text is on Side B. "73 A 3" is at the top of Side B.
Inner Sleeve 72 D 1/4 1972 30925 Used in Country albums.

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