{{Short description|Protective lining of vinyl records}} thumb|LP in an antistatic Record Dust Sleeve
A '''record sleeve''' is the outer covering of a vinyl record. Alternative terms are ''dust sleeve'', ''album liner'' and ''liner''.
The term is also used to denominate the outermost cardboard covering of a record, i.e. the ''record jacket'' or ''album jacket''.
The record jacket is extensively used to design and market a recording, as well as to additionally display general information on the record as artist name, titles list, title length etc. if no opening presents a readable label.
The terms liner notes, ''sleeve notes'' are used to refer to this label, jacket information.
Sleeves were originally printed on simple cardboard. British manufacturers Garrod and Lofthouse patented a "wrap around" sleeve design commonly seen on LPs in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/originalDocument?CC=GB&NR=943895A&KC=A&FT=D&date=19631211&DB=EPODOC&locale=en_gb|title=Gramophone Record Sleeves Patent 943895|date=11 December 1963|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref>
==See also== *Album cover *Cover art *Sleeveface
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Category:Packaging Category:Recorded music Category:Record collecting
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