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'''Music/Sounds:''' An excerpt of the electronic disco song "Chase" by Giorgio Moroder with a male announcer saying "Video Classics presents the finest range of home video movies available in Australia. Video Classics are all top quality movies duplicated to the highest standards available in the world. For further details on the other video movies available, please contact your local dealer, or ring Sydney 926400 for these details." | '''Music/Sounds:''' An excerpt of the electronic disco song "Chase" by Giorgio Moroder with a male announcer saying "Video Classics presents the finest range of home video movies available in Australia. Video Classics are all top quality movies duplicated to the highest standards available in the world. For further details on the other video movies available, please contact your local dealer, or ring Sydney 926400 for these details." | ||
'''Availability''' | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It could be seen on early Betamax and VHS tapes from the company, like ''The Stick Up''. | ||
'''Editor's Note''': An absolute piece of its time, from the cheap animation to the logo starting off with soft nudity. Unlike the next 2 logos, it actually somewhat matches the print logo at the time (albeit heavily distorted). | '''Editor's Note''': An absolute piece of its time, from the cheap animation to the logo starting off with soft nudity. Unlike the next 2 logos, it actually somewhat matches the print logo at the time (albeit heavily distorted). | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A low electronic piano glissando ("Kometenmelodie 1" by Kraftwerk) as the line draws in, then a sweeping synthesized noise when "Video Classics" fades in, followed by an excerpt of"Kometenmelodie 2" by Kraftwerk. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A low electronic piano glissando ("Kometenmelodie 1" by Kraftwerk) as the line draws in, then a sweeping synthesized noise when "Video Classics" fades in, followed by an excerpt of"Kometenmelodie 2" by Kraftwerk. | ||
'''Availability''' | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Seen on several tapes from Video Classics during the time period, and may have also been used alongside the next 2 logos. Video Classics tapes are known for having inconsistent logos. Known to be on a copy of ''Superbug - Craziest Car in the World''. | ||
'''Editor's Note''': Better animation than before, but the action's rather static (no pun intended) and it doesn't resemble the print logo at all. | '''Editor's Note''': Better animation than before, but the action's rather static (no pun intended) and it doesn't resemble the print logo at all. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' An analog synth bassline accompanied by synthesized chirps when lasers pass by, a "whirring" sound when "Video" zooms out while the bassline fades out, then a four-note synth fanfare as "Classics" is being written out. | '''Music/Sounds:''' An analog synth bassline accompanied by synthesized chirps when lasers pass by, a "whirring" sound when "Video" zooms out while the bassline fades out, then a four-note synth fanfare as "Classics" is being written out. | ||
'''Availability''' | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Another logo used for the time, this would have been used with their adult tapes most of the time. | ||
'''Editor's Note''': A bit more dynamic than the previous logo, but its a lot more cheaper-looking (like the parallelogram being poorly rendered) and has a rather cheesy fanfare, not to mention "Classics" is barely legible. Also, still doesn't even closely resemble the print logo. | '''Editor's Note''': A bit more dynamic than the previous logo, but its a lot more cheaper-looking (like the parallelogram being poorly rendered) and has a rather cheesy fanfare, not to mention "Classics" is barely legible. Also, still doesn't even closely resemble the print logo. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On a March 1984 trailer tape from them, an announcer at the beginning says this: "Ladies and gentlemen, Video Classics is proud to present the most amazing lineup of talent since 1925! So stand by for everything you ever dreamed of in beautiful downtown Movieland, right through to the big pictures of Christmas 1984!" | '''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On a March 1984 trailer tape from them, an announcer at the beginning says this: "Ladies and gentlemen, Video Classics is proud to present the most amazing lineup of talent since 1925! So stand by for everything you ever dreamed of in beautiful downtown Movieland, right through to the big pictures of Christmas 1984!" | ||
'''Availability''' | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Once again, another logo they used during their existence, though its probably from a later point in their history. | ||
'''Editor's Note''': Hands down the best logo from the company, with the best animation and even the logo being correct this time! The flash can catch some off-guard, though. | '''Editor's Note''': Hands down the best logo from the company, with the best animation and even the logo being correct this time! The flash can catch some off-guard, though. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' An excerpt of the funky synth-keyboard disco tune "Protopulse" by Trevor Bastow. An announcer says "More quality home entertainment from Video Classics!" before the tune ends. The generic version uses a disco-synth tune that sounds like a cover/remix of "Get Up Action" by Digital Emotion. | '''Music/Sounds:''' An excerpt of the funky synth-keyboard disco tune "Protopulse" by Trevor Bastow. An announcer says "More quality home entertainment from Video Classics!" before the tune ends. The generic version uses a disco-synth tune that sounds like a cover/remix of "Get Up Action" by Digital Emotion. | ||
'''Availability''' | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It could only be seen on tapes under this sublabel. Sometimes the normal variant is used, sometimes the generic variant is. | ||
'''Editor's Note''': Compared to their normal logo at the time, this is a massive downgrade. The logo design is also rather cumbersome with the color choices. | '''Editor's Note''': Compared to their normal logo at the time, this is a massive downgrade. The logo design is also rather cumbersome with the color choices. | ||
[[Category:Home entertainment logos]] [[Category:Australian logos]] [[Category:Australian home entertainment logos]] | [[Category:Home entertainment logos]] [[Category:Australian logos]] [[Category:Australian home entertainment logos]] | ||