VHS: Store Memories

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by The Reaper Man@Cult Labs

Spoiled for choice in Kirkintilloch in the 80's/ early90's for renting AND buying.
We had:

GLOBAL

and every newspaper and corner shop and cafe had videos as well!

and later the TV rental shops all vanished and Blockbuster bought Videovaults premises and put all the other indies out the game.

I used to like Global. We didn't get any round here until the arse end of the rental days but i picked up quite a few big box ex-rentals from them for good prices.

[Demoncrat]

Mate still goes on about the time he rented Santa Claus Conquers The Martians from Global.

As Pia Zadora films go, if it aint Voyage Of The Rock Aliens ....

[MrBarlow]

That one my older brother thought was the best movie ever. He wore the tape out and I was thankful there was a God lol

[lister69]

Originally Posted by Rik

The guy that ran it even used to save me the display stands and posters after they were done with them, and would recommend all kinds of stuff to me when I popped in on my way home from school

That brings back cherished memories of my local video guy. He lent me an uncut version of The Toxic Avenger (it was banned at the time). It was like holding the Holy Grail. I had never seen anything close to that level of violence before so it blew my away.

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

First vhs I ever saw was An American Werewolf...

Likewise!

[mr 420]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

First vhs I ever saw was An American Werewolf...
First vhs I actually bought brand new was Jimi Plays Berkerly (still have it)
First two I ever hired were The Evil Dead and a live Sabbath tape from 76.
First ex rental I ever bought was either a Python tape or Suburbia (Penelope Spheeris), second was Inferno
First vhs I ever saw at someone else's house was How Sleep The Brave
First vhs featuring naked fun was Inside Seka
First vhs I ever ordered by mail was Flipside No 6 (from Rough Trade?..still have this as well!)

And the last I bought new was Audition

The first rental that made my young mind realize that Hammer was not the strongest horror out there was City of the Living Dead on Inter light and the first adult titles were Inside Desiree Cousteau and American Pie (No, not that one!).

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Mate still goes on about the time he rented Santa Claus Conquers The Martians from Global.

As Pia Zadora films go, if it aint Voyage Of The Rock Aliens ....

Ahem, what about Butterfly and The Lonely Lady? Uber-trash of the highest order.

[mr 420]

Does anyone here still have any old vhs catalogues? I think I've got a VTC "collectables" and one or two Warner pamphlets up in my old dear's loft. I'll have a look for them when I'm there at the weekend.

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by mr 420

The first rental that made my young mind realize that Hammer was not the strongest horror out there was City of the Living Dead on Inter light and the first adult titles were Inside Desiree Cousteau and American Pie (No, not that one!).



Ahem, what about Butterfly and The Lonely Lady? Uber-trash of the highest order.

All her work is the highest grade of WTF for me. A joy to behold

And it was Small Wonder I ordered the Flipside tape fae....

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

First two I ever hired were The Evil Dead and a live Sabbath

Presumably that was the 'Never Say Die' release, recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in June 1978, although the VHS release wasn't until some 8 years later in 1986



The set list for the VHS was:

Symptom of the Universe
War Pigs
Snowblind
Never Say Die
Black Sabbath
Dirty Women
Rock 'n' Roll Doctor
Electric Funeral
Children of the Grave
Paranoid

It was the last tour to feature Ozzy, before he was fired from the band (for the first time), and the support band was Van Halen which led to one of the all-time great Rock and Roll quotes from David Lee Roth when he proclaimed Lewisham to be the 'Rock and Roll centre of the universe'!

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

Presumably that was the 'Never Say Die' release, recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in June 1978, although the VHS release wasn't until some 8 years later in 1986



The set list for the VHS was:

Symptom of the Universe
War Pigs
Snowblind
Never Say Die
Black Sabbath
Dirty Women
Rock 'n' Roll Doctor
Electric Funeral
Children of the Grave
Paranoid

It was the last tour to feature Ozzy, before he was fired from the band (for the first time), and the support band was Van Halen which led to one of the all-time great Rock and Roll quotes from David Lee Roth when he proclaimed Lewisham to be the 'Rock and Roll centre of the universe'!

Aye, that's it...managed to pick up a dvd a while back...similar quality tis Great versions of Symptom and Electric Funeral imho.