Nevermind Zip Top — Nirvana

These were 12" x 5.5" cardboard boxes that housed the CD jewel case inside. To prevent theft, they used a "tear strip" or —a perforated plastic or paper strip that, when pulled, severed the top of the box so you could slide the CD out.

But for the dedicated collector and the vintage audio purist, there is a fourth, lesser-known artifact of immense value: the . nirvana nevermind zip top

Greenpeace targeted Nirvana specifically because of their "alternative" eco-friendly image. By 1992, Kurt Cobain himself reportedly asked Geffen Records to stop using longboxes for future releases. This moral pivot makes the Nevermind zip top a paradoxical artifact: a piece of environmental sin sold by a band that hated waste. These were 12" x 5