I've had some tightly packaged CDs before, but thankfully managed to get them out without snapping them. At least I am not the only one who has had an issue with these CDs and/or the packaging. I will know what to look for if I am able to purchase this again. Very frustrated...I was really looking forward to finally having the REAL versions of these singles - not the versions Richard has tinkered with through the years on the 10,000 different compilations that have been released.