Re: Hammersmith video & CD

[laganlove@aol.com (Lagan Love)]

I purchased the Hammersmith video & CD DoublePack today. I am in San
Diego, but I didn't get it at Tower. I got it at an independant/import
store. Mine is definitely NTSC - that's because it's not the European
version but the CANADIAN release! The funny thing is that nowhere does it
say that the video is the NTSC format, but for some strange reason they
left the European format info on the back of the box: below the running
time it says in small print "PAL System, SECAM in France". Canada uses the
NTSC system so I purchased it and indeed the video is NTSC. It is clearly
marked EMI Music Canada on the back if you are looking for it and not the
European version. I paid $28.99US. The packaging reads Sound & Vision CD &
Video DoublePack - CD album available exclusively with this double pack -
Kate Bush Live at Hammersmith Odeon (7243 4 91306 3 0) EMI Picture Music
International

As far as laserdiscs go in the US: only The Whole Story, The Sensual World
(8") & TLTCTC have been released.

I have the Japanese laserdiscs for: The Single File, Live at Hammersmith
Odeon, Hair Of The Hound  & The Whole Story. I have the original releases
of the first two which I am pretty sure have since been reissued with
digital sound. Hair Of The Hound is digital sound and CAV!!! (Running Up
That Hill in slow-mo and still frames!)

A couple of years back The Single File VHS was available from Canada.
Around that same time I saw Live at Hammersmith Odeon VHS but I don't
recall if it was also Canadian or a US release.