Some folks have been posting comments about their editions of this film, their memories of watching it for the first time, etc. The above are all of the editions that I have cluttering up my shelves. The blue VHS came first - back in the 1980s. The laserdisk came along in the 1990s, when I could afford to buy things like laserdisks from time to time, but could not afford anything so expensive as a player. I bought the VCD edition because, well, I'd heard that it was "official" and not a bootleg. (I'd previously believed all VCDs to be bootlegs.) When I watched it, it came through as black & white. Turns out that if you play PAL VCDs on NTSC DVD players on NTSC TV sets, one thing that can happen is that the film is shown in black & white. Weird. When the official DVD came out, well, obviously, I had to pick that up, because I hoped that it would address the various flaws in the film & there was the additional footage & there was Storm Thorgerson's involvement....
I guess it'll come as no surprise, coming from a guy who owns 4 different editions of this film, that my favorite edition of them all is this one.
Here are a few images sent in of the UK VHS edition -
5 comments:
I owned the VHS version.
I don't know if it's a case of nostalgia or if it's a true belief that that was my favourite,but it is.
The HRV Rev B version you uploaded a few days ago sounds very much like the VHS version.
I've been listening to it nice and loud and very much enjoying it.
I'm sure others have different opinions,.. such is life.
Thanks for making it available to everyone.
Cheers,
Alan.
the vhs cover of my pink floyd at pompeii,is white with a picture of the ruin with three pillars in pink with black and white writting saying pink floyd live at pompeii.it still has the price tag on it £19.95. a lot of money for a vhs tape back in the early eighties
Take a photo & email it to the address in my profile & I'll add it to this post!
ok i will email it today
Wow, I have none of these and mine is an early 80's (first?) VHS tape. PF is in orange lettering and the rest yellow. The main pic is the circular outdoor arena with head & shoulder shots of the 4 band members at the bottom of the cover. I'll email a pic.
cheers Hidden Persuaders
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