When CD's were introduced in the 80's the came packaged in these long box form packages with gorgeous big artwork and cases. In the early 90's longbox CDs were deemed a waste of paper and packaging. So they destroyed and removed all of them and replaced CDs as they are now with no box and no packaging.

ALL WERE ORDERED TO BE DESTROYED and VERY COLLECTIBLE.

You will rarely see these beautiful cases - especially this iconic release! 

It has the corner of the box cut as it was a promo from back then.