Needles & Grooves

Open it and listen to the record. It's what it was made for.

Open it

I mean if you’re that excited about shrink wrap, they make who machines that do it. (Dirty music store secret: there’s a good chance if you bought a popular record at a retail shop it’s been returned/opened/played and re-shrinked).

Dig a hole and bury it, make a treasure map, put it in a bottle and throw it in the ocean!

I know I'm gonna open it when I get home from work tonight, it's just kinda surreal having something look brand new that's nearly 50 years old.

Do ittttttt!
I happened on a sealed copy of my favorite Etta James album (Deep In The Night) for a beyond-decent price, and you can bet that thing made its way to the turntable within five minutes of unboxing.

Haven't bought a lot of old sealed records but glad I opened my sealed original of Standing on the Verge of Getting It On.

I bought a sealed copy of Ziggy Stardust Mofi and a sealed OG UK Kid A and I ripped those things open the second I got them home. It's cathartic.

If it makes you feel better, buy another new release to sit on your shelf unopened for 40 years and have your grandkids sell it off when you go deaf.

I appreciate the overall sentiment in this thread. If this was an unopened video game people would be telling me to put that shit in a plastic tomb and get it rated by WATA so it could go on sale for $10,000.

Why did you purchase the album? If you purchased as a collector and value the fact that it’s sealed then leave it be. If you purchase it to listen to then you should open it up and spin it.

The oldest album I’ve opened was a sealed 1968 OG copy of Jimmy Smith’s Stay Loose. I am happy with my decision.

@TenderLovingKiller® Funny, I think my oldest is Jimmy Smith's Christmas '64.