Boxing Up Some Solo Beatles – George Harrison and Ringo Starr/The Long(box) and the Short of It

Today I am in the mood for another blast from the past – shocker I know.

I have done this topic before but since you don’t see these very much I thought I’d share some more of my CD longboxes. I may have shown some of these before but this is a more in-depth look at some of the boxes.

Also, this time it’s just George Harrison and Ringo Starr boxes … so here we go.

I won’t go into what a longbox is – there are several of my past posts that describe them – so above you can see some of the groovy George and Ringo boxes that have graced my collection for oh say over thirty some years or so.

These boxes represent the cream of the crop of solo music by Harrison and Starr and as you can see they are filled with great graphics and bright colors and really take me back to that brief moment in time when CDs were king and the music industry was really delving into their back catalogs. Finding new CD gems on the shelf seemed like it would never end but alas here we are now in a streaming world by and large.

Of course for me I’m sad that that era is over but as I admire 45 picture sleeves from the 1960s and 1970s these longboxes are the 80s and 90s equivalent and are a fun thing to take out every now and again to reminisce about – that is if your a collector of course.

And for all the other collector nutjobs (like me) out there are also a few choice hype stickers as well to add to the fun.

Take a gander above at these beauties. My favorite ones tend to be the ones that incorporate the artwork to the longer format of the box but all of them are fun to look at – at least to me.

(Note: The generic black Apple box is for the CD of Ringo’s album “Goodnight Vienna”. I have a couple of generic Apple boxes. These came out toward the end of the longbox era.)

Well, that’s all for today. Just a quick tip back in time for those of us who are old enough to remember spending hours back in the day perusing store racks for the new CD reissues of your favorite albums.

More soon.

Until then be safe and well and see you soon!

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James Grant was born and raised in Fort Wayne, IN. He is a freelance writer and has published over two hundred newspaper articles that focus on entertainment. Some of the people James has interviewed include: Gene Simmons of KISS, Peter Frampton, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, Diana Krall, Tommy James, Neal Doughty of REO Speedwagon, Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, Buddy Guy, Richard Williams of Kansas, Steely Dan, Dewey Bunnell of America, Alice Cooper, Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty, Phillip Phillips, George Jones, Glen "The Kid" Marhevka (trumpet player for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy), Paul O'Neill of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Bill Allen (Executive Director and Producer of Cirque de la Symphonie), Richard Sterban of The Oak Ridge Boys, Jim Brickman, Bryan Adams, Rick Springfield, Peter Tork of The Monkees, Clay Aiken, Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller, Keith Harkin of Celtic Thunder, John Rzeznik (lead singer and songwriter for The Goo Goo Dolls), Garry Peterson (drummer for The Guess Who), Tony Butala (lead singer for The Lettermen), Peter Noone (lead singer for Herman's Hermits), Gary Puckett, Graeme Edge (drummer and songwriter for The Moody Blues), Chloe Agnew of Celtic Woman, Rusty Young (lead singer and songwriter for Poco), Danny Hutton (lead singer for Three Dog Night), Gordon Lightfoot, Vivian Campbell (guitarist for Def Leppard) and Robby Takac (bass player for The Goo Goo Dolls).

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