UK early video release

[Grangehill1]

Did anybody else get the Woolworths release of Blast from the Past and Hello Goodbye on VHS months before they were transmitted in the UK?

It was so weird watching the episodes early - JR and sue Ellen reconciled, Sue Ellen recovered, Ray and Donna and Tony.

I’ve always found a musical cue odd in Blast from the Past and it’s when Jack arrives at the Grayson wedding. As he gets out of his car the music goes ominous which is when the gum chewing bomb making says hello. But watching it out of context I always thought the music was saying something strange about Jack. And maybe Demtri Marinos had turned up. Anybody else notice this?

 

[Barbara Fan]

No Cant say I noticed that

I bought the first 12 episodes from Woolworths and the last 2 from S8 original

I think they were £6.99 but totally worth it as the Robot had been replaced and BBG was back in her rightful place

I played Ep 1, 7 (oil Barons ball) in particular to death - just loved them

PS edited your title as their was a typo

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I have the first release with The Family Ewing and Rock Bottom.

I did see the others but decided not to spoil the show's return on BBC1 by not buying them.

 

[Julia's Gun]

I bought that VHS with Blast from the Past on years ago in a charity shop for about £1. It was a prized possession and I used to show it to anyone who came round. This was before youtube and streaming, so owning episodes was the only way to re-watch classic Dallas episodes back then. I also had the VHS for Swan Song amd it was in a special oversized case.

 

[Grangehill1]

I have the first release with The Family Ewing and Rock Bottom.

I did see the others but decided not to spoil the show's return on BBC1 by not buying them.

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When was this issued? I think the Blast from the Past video came out around June 86? So on TV we would have reached around episode 12 or so.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

When was this issued? I think the Blast from the Past video came out around June 86? So on TV we would have reached around episode 12 or so.

I can't remember as this would've been back in 1985/86!

I'm guessing it was sometime in 1985.

 

[Barbara Fan]

The videos came out in 1986 C/O Guild Home Video

In 1983 I bought the complete mini series and S1 set by GHV for £120. in John Menzies, I neogotiated a deal with them - they were sitting on the shelves for ages - and they threw in the trailer for it also


I withdrew the money from my savings account (that was a lot of money!!) and my mum and her friend (who had a car) went into collect them as I was at school. We never told my dad about them for years as he thought i wasted my money on the show!!

GHV then started releasing S2 - but only the 1st 8 episodes on 4 discs and they were pretty pricey at £20 each for 2 / video so that was another £80 of pocket money spent (I got £2.00/week!) Again I didnt tell my dad for years!!! And used to hide them, or if he appeared home from work, Id run upstairs and hide the evidence

I played them to death - some more than others and was so miffed they stopped short of Mastectomy 1 and 2 - had to wait til the 90s for that thanks to a Dallas friend called Izzy

 

[LMLDallas78]

The videos came out in 1986 C/O Guild Home Video

In 1983 I bought the complete mini series and S1 set by GHV for £120. in John Menzies, I neogotiated a deal with them - they were sitting on the shelves for ages - and they threw in the trailer for it also


I withdrew the money from my savings account (that was a lot of money!!) and my mum and her friend (who had a car) went into collect them as I was at school. We never told my dad about them for years as he thought i wasted my money on the show!!

GHV then started releasing S2 - but only the 1st 8 episodes on 4 discs and they were pretty pricey at £20 each for 2 / video so that was another £80 of pocket money spent (I got £2.00/week!) Again I didnt tell my dad for years!!! And used to hide them, or if he appeared home from work, Id run upstairs and hide the evidence

I played them to death - some more than others and was so miffed they stopped short of Mastectomy 1 and 2 - had to wait til the 90s for that thanks to a Dallas friend called Izzy

What a great story, thanks for sharing.

I was not so lucky then at getting hold of such things and often recorded episodes on my cassette tape player just so I could listen to them again even with no pictures.
I taped them eventually on VHS during re runs which I've still got now, just can't part with them.

 

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[Barbara Fan]

I also taped Dallas onto casette every week and did until the second last series

From those tapes I then taped all the BBG scenes onto a tape with all BBG!!

My dad worked late on a Wed, and my mum was a youth leader with a girls organisation so out, so had house to myself and phone off the hook. Didnt answer the door either and everyone knew not to phone from 8.10pm - 9pm

I didnt do S7 original on cassette tape - No BBG or final year as it was so awful
I only binned them last year.

Now Im debating if I bin all my TDK Dallas tapes, got 4 onto a 3 hour tape - havent had a Video player in years and they do take up space. I wouldnt bin the GHV ones tho

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I still have a working VCR but it hardly gets used any more unfortunately.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I also taped Dallas onto casette every week and did until the second last series

From those tapes I then taped all the BBG scenes onto a tape with all BBG!!

My dad worked late on a Wed, and my mum was a youth leader with a girls organisation so out, so had house to myself and phone off the hook. Didnt answer the door either and everyone knew not to phone from 8.10pm - 9pm

I didnt do S7 original on cassette tape - No BBG or final year as it was so awful
I only binned them last year.

Now Im debating if I bin all my TDK Dallas tapes, got 4 onto a 3 hour tape - havent had a Video player in years and they do take up space. I wouldnt bin the GHV ones tho

If you wanted to you could buy yourself a working VCR off eBay, so you could play them again rather than getting rid of them.

 

[LMLDallas78]

I kept my little portable TV with video cassette player, can't bring myself to get rid of it. I've got a few programmes only on VHS and of course every Dallas episode.
Got all the DVDs but won't part with my VHS. Cassette tapes are making a big comeback (still got all my music ones) maybe VHS will, trends always go full circle and come back.