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The SleeveLess Story

Why we frame record sleeves. Why we preserve what others discard. Why less is more.

Why Frames, Why Fabric, Why Now

A record sleeve is not packaging. It's the first thing your fingers touch when you reach into a crate. It's the image that lodged itself in your memory before you ever heard a note. The sleeve is the album in the way that matters most: it's the artifact you keep even when the vinyl is scratched beyond playing.

We frame these sleeves because they deserve to be seen, not buried. Original pressings with gate-folds, inner sleeves with liner notes, promo copies with radio station stamps – each one is a document of a moment in music. On your wall, it becomes a conversation piece, a time capsule, a reminder that great albums were designed, not just recorded.

The same logic applies to vintage garments. A tour jacket from 1978 carries more story in its worn elbows than any reproduction ever could. We clean, repair, and document these pieces – not to erase their history, but to honor it.

The Act of Salvage

Every item in our inventory was rescued. From estate sales, record store back rooms, thrift shops, and private collections. We don't manufacture scarcity – we find it. The scarcity already exists; we just pay attention to it.

Salvage requires patience. It means sorting through hundreds of records to find the one sleeve that survived decades intact. It means turning down pieces that look impressive but lack authenticity. It means knowing that some things should stay in the crate, and others deserve a second life on someone's wall.

When you buy from SleeveLess, you're not just buying a product. You're continuing a chain of custody that started decades ago. The sleeve that hung in a college dorm in 1973 now hangs in your living room. The story continues.

Provenance as a Form of Respect

We don't invent history. Every claim we make is traceable: the pressing plant, the catalog number, the year, the condition. If we don't know something, we say so. "Attributed to," "believed to be," "documentation suggests" – these phrases aren't hedging. They're honesty.

Objects don't hold value until someone tells you why they mattered. That's the work we do: research the context, verify the details, and write the story in a way that respects both the artifact and the reader. No marketing fluff. No invented rarity. Just the facts and the feeling.

When you read a product page on SleeveLess, you should feel like you're reading a museum placard crossed with a magazine feature. Vivid, concise, factual, and human.

Limited Drops, Not Endless Catalogs

We release in drops: seven pieces at a time, curated to live together on the same wall. One MVP, a couple of Tier 1s, some Tier 2s, and a few Tier 3s. Each drop is a conversation – the pieces relate to each other through era, genre, mood, or visual language.

When a drop sells through, those pieces move to The Crate – our archive of past offerings. They might come back someday, or they might not. That's the point. This isn't an endless scroll of inventory. It's a gallery rotation.

Limited drops force us to be selective. They force you to decide. And they ensure that every piece we offer has been considered, not just uploaded. Small batches, high intention, no bloat.

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