On 09/01/2017 17:10, Jim Lesurf wrote:

You should keep the LPs. In my view, owning them is in a sense a 'key' to
being able to play the digitised version in moral terms. And at some future
point there is a risk you'll need the LP anyway.

I was asked to digitize some LPs recently, and after monitoring and
cleaning up
I've had enough Gilbert and Sullivan to last several lifetimes.
But the interesting thing is that the translucent EMI inner sleeves
(marked 6/80 - a date code?)
had become brittle and shattered as I removed the disc.
Perhaps it's the same strategy of built-in obsolescence that produced
foam surrounds.

--
Eiron.