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* The Spectrum Video jingle. Used mostly on international releases. | * The Spectrum Video jingle. Used mostly on international releases. | ||
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* It can be seen on the UK pre-cert release of ''An American Werewolf in London''. | * It can be seen on the UK pre-cert release of ''An American Werewolf in London''. | ||
* This logo was also seen on the Image DVD release of ''Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii'', and PolyGram DVD of ''Magnum: On the Wings of Heaven'', due to the source of the video being an old master. | * This logo was also seen on the Image DVD release of ''Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii'', and PolyGram DVD of ''Magnum: On the Wings of Heaven'', due to the source of the video being an old master. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Three beeps, followed by a sped up, muffled excerpt of "Tonight" by Boytronic. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Three beeps, followed by a sped up, muffled excerpt of "Tonight" by Boytronic. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Only known to appear on a Spanish VHS of ''Breeders'' (1986) (AKA: ''La Muerte Ataca New York''). | ||
===4th Logo (May 1991-August 3, 1993)=== | ===4th Logo (May 1991-August 3, 1993)=== | ||
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* The <u>still variant</u> has no music. | * The <u>still variant</u> has no music. | ||
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* ''NFL Crunch Course'' aund the ''Buffalo Bills 1993 Video Yearbook'' are two tapes that have this, along with international ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' tapes (though the next logo was used on the box and tape label). | * ''NFL Crunch Course'' aund the ''Buffalo Bills 1993 Video Yearbook'' are two tapes that have this, along with international ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' tapes (though the next logo was used on the box and tape label). | ||
* Also seen on PolyGram's first three known rental releases in the UK (''The Crying Game'', ''Dust Devil'', and ''Braindead''); a fourth, ''Reservoir Dogs'', [https://www.bbfc.co.uk/education/case-studies/reservoir-dogs ended up being delayed until 1995] due to the lengthy pass through the Parliament of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill, which was drafted in 1993 as a response to the murder of James Bulger and was designed partially as an amendment to the Video Recordings Act 1984. | * Also seen on PolyGram's first three known rental releases in the UK (''The Crying Game'', ''Dust Devil'', and ''Braindead''); a fourth, ''Reservoir Dogs'', [https://www.bbfc.co.uk/education/case-studies/reservoir-dogs ended up being delayed until 1995] due to the lengthy pass through the Parliament of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill, which was drafted in 1993 as a response to the murder of James Bulger and was designed partially as an amendment to the Video Recordings Act 1984. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' On the extremely rare <u>screener VHS release of ''Bean''</u>, it uses the theme from the previous logo, and may possibly be even the first tape to use the logo. | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' On the extremely rare <u>screener VHS release of ''Bean''</u>, it uses the theme from the previous logo, and may possibly be even the first tape to use the logo. | ||
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* Seen on PolyGram releases of the period like ''Barney's Great Adventure'', ''What Dreams May Come'', ''Bean'', ''The Borrowers'', ''The Game'', ''Kansas'', ''The Land Girls'', ''Cats'', ''Very Bad Things'', ''The Last Days of Disco'', ''The Proposition'', ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'', ''Clay Pigeons'', ''Elizabeth'', American VHS releases of ''Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', and ''The Big Lebowski'', among others. | * Seen on PolyGram releases of the period like ''Barney's Great Adventure'', ''What Dreams May Come'', ''Bean'', ''The Borrowers'', ''The Game'', ''Kansas'', ''The Land Girls'', ''Cats'', ''Very Bad Things'', ''The Last Days of Disco'', ''The Proposition'', ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'', ''Clay Pigeons'', ''Elizabeth'', American VHS releases of ''Noddy's Toyland Adventures'', and ''The Big Lebowski'', among others. | ||
* It also appears on reissued VHS releases of ''Troll 2'', ''The Graduate'', ''Misery'', ''Needful Things'', ''Platoon'', ''Escape from New York'', ''Howling 2'', ''The Curse'', ''The Sure Thing'', and ''The Producers'', among others. | * It also appears on reissued VHS releases of ''Troll 2'', ''The Graduate'', ''Misery'', ''Needful Things'', ''Platoon'', ''Escape from New York'', ''Howling 2'', ''The Curse'', ''The Sure Thing'', and ''The Producers'', among others. | ||