Cannibal Man Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Brilliant thread! Couple of questions, then - Â Who did the music and voice over for the old classic Silver Vision tape intro? Â Also, as per the OSW Wrestlemania XI review - is it true the Silver Vision main man taped over some of the master tapes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Really Big Shoe Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Interesting topic. Was there any plans to release the Coliseum videos which weren't put out over here (like the Best of the WWF series etc.)? Which is the rarest VHS & DVD release(s) and was there any release which was planned but they had to pull at the last moment. Edited February 19, 2015 by Really Big Shoe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannibal Man Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) EDIT - double post Edited February 19, 2015 by Cannibal Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Zeus Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) The Bloodbath name was actually a company decision. It was changed along with the colour of the sleeve as it was thought the supermarkets wouldn't take it as is. Â As for people taping over masters, no. Master tapes aren't like normal video tapes, they are more akin to the old cinema reels, but in thick plastic cases and really heavy. Â There were never plans to release any of the Collesium videos. When SV got the contract on 1989 there was already a huge catalogue out in the US and they had to pick and choose which ones to launch onto the UK market. It would have saturated a budding market to release them at the time, and later on the demand just wasn't there. Tagged Classics had pretty much run it's course by the time SV ended things with WWE - the decline in sales of these titles was pretty dramatic. Â UMD sales were dismal. We never made one reorder on any title and had to scrap them in the end. Â Billy Graham - bull rope matches were indeed the main problem. Anything to do with strangulation was a huge issue with BBFC and WWF/E releases. Â The inserts disappeared when US stopped producing the artwork for them as they were stopping them themselves. I lobbied for see through cases so we put content listings in the reverse of sleeves, as a DVD collector myself I knew the worth. Edited February 19, 2015 by Midnight Zeus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted February 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 19, 2015 Cracking thread, Silver Vision was an anchor of my childhood fandom, as it would have been for most of us, I would imagine. I did buy a fair few tapes in Woolies over the years, and in fact the last Silver Vision tape I ever bought was in Woolies in Aberystwyth (WrestleMania XX) but for me the Silver Vision journey started in a John Menzies in the nearest town to my home village (at the time) where as a post-dentist treat, Papa Raid told me "let's get you a tape of that wrestling you like." I picked up The Third Annual Survivor Series because my introduction to wrestling had been through WrestleMania VI so I could tell from the belts around Hogan and Warrior's waists on the cover that it wouldn't have been too long before it. I made myself promise to avoid spending too much pocket money on wrestling that I'd never buy anything older than that tape... that didn't last. My next tape was Rumble '93 virtually as soon as it came out, from there I picked up the odd one that Mama Raid would randomly spot at the local (now) Bookers cash and carry, and then for my 12th birthday I got taken back up to John Menzies and in addition to 6 Hasbros, I got to take home Rumble 91 (still my most-watched PPV tape), SummerSlam 88, SummerSlam 93, WrestleMania VIII, WrestleMania The Greatest Hits (the Sovereign Series one), Bashed In The USA and WrestleFest '93. I can still remember watching the Perfect/Flair match and thinking "this is why Ric Flair went to WCW with the rest of the has-beens like Sid Justice and Anvil Nige Hart." Â Yeah, you didn't need to know any of that. But thanks, Silver Vision. Especially thanks for the Bret Hart shades, I still wear them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted February 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 19, 2015 Ooh, how come one of Survivor Series shows (88?) was exclusive to mail order? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Zeus Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 1987. SV actually started off as mail order before they got in the shops. For some reason they decided when they put the titles in the shops that SSeries 1987 would be kept back, presumably seen as the weak title amongst the potential launch range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted February 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yeah, I was well happy when I realized that through my mate's sister's video shop we could get straight from source and how excited I was when I first saw the Mega Mail black and white order form. The First Annual Survivor Series was in my first order, along with a bunch of random tapes where I had no idea what matches I'd see or even from what timeframe, such as Crunch Classic. They were exciting times for a 12 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daily Buzzard Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Wasn't there supposedly some kind of issue with the quality of SS87, the master tape had been damaged or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytie 2X4B 523P Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 I always thought HMV would have been the biggest distribution channel? Â Did you ever get sales figures from the retail stores? I always wondered who the hell would buy WWE dvds from the likes of hmv at them prices? Â I must have bought plenty of videos from woolies and WHS in the early 90's though. Â Virgin Megastores used to stock a lot of WWE VHS back then, so it was always there or Woolies. HMV was aways expensive back then. Â Used to love the Mega Mail catalogues, seemed to have loads without ever ordering from Silver Vision as a kid. Were the catalogues given away with WWF Magazine? Â Am I right in remembering I may have bought the Ric Flair book from you guys? If so why didnt you ever branch into selling other books? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Zeus Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) I think we did the Mega Mail once or twice in the WWE Magazine, but it cost an arm and a leg! Â We did indeed sell books at one point, and the WWE Magazine too, for about 2 years - we had lots of customers from France for the magazines. We also sold the WWE comic books at one point too - Austin, Rock and Foley. We even sold WWE live event hospitality packages for 2 events I think. Edited February 20, 2015 by Midnight Zeus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Love this thread! Â Question time, was there plans to relaease Monday Night Raw episodes in 1995, but was subsequently cancelled due to licensing issues and we ended up getting The Best Of Raw sets instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Zeus Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Before my time, but I never heard of any such releases being on the agenda. Not sure what the licensing issues would be, unless it was a US thing and something to do with the TV station there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro_y Disco Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions guys. I've been wondering about some of those things for years! Â It's amazing hearing about all the effort that was put in behind-the-scenes to give fans the best product possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Awards Moderator Share Posted February 19, 2015 It's sheer logistics. How many people would buy huge VHS sets? 18? There are minimum print runs that must be ordered. Even on DVD these were a tall order. No-one's going to pick up a set in Tesco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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