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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Founded in 1979 by Walter Lehne, Video Classics was the first ever VHS distributor in Australia. It distributed material from such companies as [[Media Home Entertainment]], [[The Nostalgia Merchant]], [[Electric Video (UK)|Electric Blue]], [[Wizard Video]], and [[VCL (Germany)|VCL]], along with creating a "premium" sublabel named "Video Classics Gold" sometime in the early 80s. The company collapsed 1985 after its stock dropped off the exchange, and collapsed in a spectacular fashion. | Founded in 1979 by Walter Lehne, Video Classics was the first ever VHS distributor in Australia. It distributed material from such companies as [[Media Home Entertainment]], [[The Nostalgia Merchant]], [[Electric Video (UK)|Electric Blue]], [[Wizard Video]], and [[VCL (Germany)|VCL]], along with creating a "premium" sublabel named "Video Classics Gold" sometime in the early 80s. The company collapsed 1985 after its stock dropped off the exchange, and collapsed in a spectacular fashion. | ||
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==Video Classics== | ==Video Classics== | ||
===1st Logo (1979-1980)=== | ===1st Logo (1979-1980)=== | ||
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Video Classics (1979) (Credit - Roger Jules).png | |||
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'''Nicknames''': "Hodgepodge Collage", "The Cheap Cube", "Cheap Butt" | '''Nicknames''': "Hodgepodge Collage", "The Cheap Cube", "Cheap Butt" | ||
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===2nd Logo (1980?-1984?)=== | ===2nd Logo (1980?-1984?)=== | ||
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Video Classics (1980) (Credit - Roger Jules).png | |||
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'''Nicknames''': "The Pink Spotlight", "TV Static", "Video Classics Meets Kraftwerk" | '''Nicknames''': "The Pink Spotlight", "TV Static", "Video Classics Meets Kraftwerk" | ||
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===3rd Logo (1981?-1985?)=== | ===3rd Logo (1981?-1985?)=== | ||
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Video Classics (1981) (Credit - Roger Jules).png | |||
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'''Nicknames''': "Wireframe Parallelograms", "Bombastic Streaks" | '''Nicknames''': "Wireframe Parallelograms", "Bombastic Streaks" | ||
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===4th Logo (1983?-1984)=== | ===4th Logo (1983?-1984)=== | ||
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Video Classics (1983) (Credit - Roger Jules).png | |||
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'''Nicknames''': "Wireframe Australia", "The VHS Jets" | '''Nicknames''': "Wireframe Australia", "The VHS Jets" | ||
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===(1983-1984)=== | ===(1983-1984)=== | ||
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Video Classics Gold (1983) (Credit - Roger Jules).png | |||
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'''Nickname''': "The Brady Bunch of Logos" | '''Nickname''': "The Brady Bunch of Logos" | ||