Why are some music official videos that were on VHS not on DVD?

This is perplexing to me. I have official VHS tapes of some great stuff that I would love to have on official DVD and do not appear to be available. Any ideas as to why that is?

Some examples:

Neil Young and Crazy Horse, "Complex Sessions"
" " "Year of the Horse"
" " "Weld"
Lou Reed, "The New York Album"

 

I think with YouTube and the sort, a lot of music collections were seen as useless to release. I remember Fred Schneider once commented that there was a point they were considering putting the B-52's video collection out on DVD, but "who would buy a set when they can watch all the videos on YouTube?"

 

"Year of the Horse" is on DVD, I have it.

 

I have a local who does transfers
A couple I'd probably get done are
Front 242's Integration 8x10 and Wax Trax! Black Box x2

 

same here.

it needs to be upgraded to blu-ray imho.

great film. saw it on the big screen at the toronto film festival as well …..

i have a vhs of neil young - freedom … which was like an 'ep' vhs … not many songs maybe 30 min. …. haven't seen that on dvd either …..

 

It's very simple. The copyright holders can spend 10 dollars to make 20 dollars or spend 10 dollars to make 50 dollars. It's a matter of allocation of resources.

 

Certainly some promo vids, like labels would include with disc they wanted you to know about. I have Paula Abdul & MC Skat, for instance, and one by Jane Siberry. Also, a complete long-form vid of the Eno-Cale album. I bet I have more than a few commercially-available VHS vids not re-released on DVD. Joe Jackson's Big World sessions, where they recorded in front of a live audience, but instructed them to zip it. And a short tape of Swing Out Sister videos, and a Capercaillie pro-shot show I bought from England.[/I]

 

Also, I own this PULP VHS, but think it is available on DVD in Europe, but is Region Code Restricted and never released for the US DVD Region Code, and I do not own a multi region DVD Player.

 

The The: Infected (one of the first true long-form videos; absolutely brilliant)

Neil Young: Trans (directed by Hal Ashby!)

Sub Pop used to have a video club during the early 90's that feature a lot of promos from their roster at the time.

Laurie Anderson: Home of the Brave (35mm release and home video)

Gift (1993 Jane's Addiction film; played in a single theatre before going to VHS)

 

Richard Thompson – Across a Crowded Room (live at Barrymore's, Ottawa, Canada, April 1985)
Rosanne Cash – Interiors Live (ca. 1991)
There's also a little film by the name of Let It Be.

 

Kate Bush: The Line, The Cross and The Curve. Worth noting that her video for "Experiment IV" actually screened as a short film before several features in the U.K.

 

The Cure in Orange (L'Orange). Original camera negatives recently rediscovered, so a Blu Ray may be on the horizon

 

I used to love this on VHS.

 

Not a bootleg? I'll have to look for it again.

 

Either keep a video tape player around or learn to transfer from tape to DVD-R.

 

Neil's "Year Of The Horse" was definitely an official DVD release, in print for at least a few years. I noticed that "In Berlin" has gone out of print too BTW...that's another good one.

I concur with you regarding "Weld"...that's one I'd love to see on DVD.

 

Stone me no 25x25 on DVD yet.

 

A really good, well-paced Rolling Stones documentary from the late '80s. That would be a top-lister for me as well.

 

In the case of Van Morrison at the Beacon Theater (1989) the reason it wasn't released on dvd is simple sadism, so far as I can tell.

 

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814. Not the video compilation, but the full mini-movie.

 

I made a mistake on the Joe Jackson Live in Tokyo selection as it is actually the DVD that I own But as far as I know the other Joe Jackson title I listed has never gotten a DVD version and only VHS

 

Was this title only released on VHS, or is it also on DVD?

 

This is on DVD but cost a fortune-$125 Used and $156 Near New Condition on Amazon Secondary Sellers last time I checked. I had it on VHS. Their Final Concert and included some great songs from their last album when they just went by the name, 'Boingo'

 

I'd buy it! I'd rather watch someone's videos on a DVD than have to be interrupted and bombarded with pop-up ads all the time, like on YouTube.