LaserDiscs [or LazerDisc if you’re in the USA] were a home video format but never managed to gainwidespread use in the USA, largely due to high costs for the players and video titles themselves and the inability to record TV programs. It was not a popular format in Europe and Australia when first released but was popular in the 1990s . By contrast, the format was much more popular in Japan and South East Asia. Its superior video and audio quality made it a popular choice among videophiles. The technologies and concepts behind LaserDisc were the foundation for later optical disc formats including CD, DVD and Blu-Ray.
Many laserdisc releases had sleeve variant that were interesting for collectors of artists or bands and given their fairly short life, some now have a cult group of collectors who have little interest in playing them but collect them for their artistic value.
You can find a selection of laserdiscs at eil.com – just search for your artist or band in the search box followed by ‘laserdisc’ ie for Madonna, type into the search ‘Madonna laserdisc’.
See what’s arrived on laserdisc recently in our short video clip here:
here are our top 3 today:-
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St Etienne release a 3 x Vinyl LP box set for their 1991 album Foxbase Alpha. The box includes an exclusive 1-sided 7″ of demo tracks, a picture book and trading cards. Out on the 17th […]
Goldfrapp have teamed up with Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan for a new version of Ocean. It originally appeared on their 2017 album, Silver Eye, with Gahan’s distinct vocals giving the track a new layer. “Working with Dave Gahan […]
From NME: Coldplay have announced the release of a new live album and concert film to finally round off their ‘A Head Full Of Dreams’ world tour. The four-piece concluded the tour in support of […]
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