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I'll have to look at other Embassy releases from the period, but my black clamshell copy of EFNY has the 2nd logo instead.
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imported>IlCattivo25 (I'll have to look at other Embassy releases from the period, but my black clamshell copy of EFNY has the 2nd logo instead.) |
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen at the beginning of the ''Raccoons on Ice/The Christmas Raccoons'' video along with the first VHS releases of ''Summer Lovers'', ''Humongous'', ''An Eye for An Eye'', ''Swamp Thing | '''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen at the beginning of the ''Raccoons on Ice/The Christmas Raccoons'' video along with the first VHS releases of ''Summer Lovers'', ''Humongous'', ''An Eye for An Eye'', ''Swamp Thing'', and ''Zapped''. The logo can also be retained on re-prints of Embassy's 1982-1983 video catalog. This logo remained intact on the 1983 VHS of ''The Soldier'' after the next logo. | ||
===2nd Logo ( | ===2nd Logo (October 1982-1987)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the Embassy Television logo, but the fifth note is a higher note than usual and after the sixth note in the theme, we instead hear a 10-note synth-flute section. This was composed by Ray Colcord, who also composed the main Embassy Television logo. Silent for worldwide releases, except a jazzy '80s-like synth tune for German releases. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the Embassy Television logo, but the fifth note is a higher note than usual and after the sixth note in the theme, we instead hear a 10-note synth-flute section. This was composed by Ray Colcord, who also composed the main Embassy Television logo. Silent for worldwide releases, except a jazzy '80s-like synth tune for German releases. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. It can be found on various Nelson and Embassy Home Entertainment releases like ''The Emerald Forest'' and ''The Graduate''. Could be in worldwide releases. This logo appeared on TV airings of ''A Chorus Line'' (the MGM DVD & Blu-ray releases of said film show its print logo on the back cover, but not on the DVD or Blu-ray) and the TCM airings of ''Bittersweet Love'' and ''The Man Who Had Power Over Women''. It's also preserved on the Nelson VHS release of ''The Red Balloon'', despite Embassy being mentioned nowhere on the packaging. The still version appears on the UK pre-cert release of ''The Howling''. It also made a strange appearance on a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXshRAIXFNk September 1987 Movie Channel broadcast] of ''Kiss of the Spider Woman''. The logo was retained on MGM's 1998 VHS of ''Sid and Nancy'' and a 1992 reprint of ''Blade Runner'' from [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]]. | '''Availability:''' Rare. It can be found on various Nelson and Embassy Home Entertainment releases like ''The Emerald Forest'' and ''The Graduate''. Could be in worldwide releases. Its first appearance was on ''Escape from New York'', which had previously been announced for release by 20th Century-Fox Video only to be cancelled. This logo appeared on TV airings of ''A Chorus Line'' (the MGM DVD & Blu-ray releases of said film show its print logo on the back cover, but not on the DVD or Blu-ray) and the TCM airings of ''Bittersweet Love'' and ''The Man Who Had Power Over Women''. It's also preserved on the Nelson VHS release of ''The Red Balloon'', despite Embassy being mentioned nowhere on the packaging. The still version appears on the UK pre-cert release of ''The Howling''. It also made a strange appearance on a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXshRAIXFNk September 1987 Movie Channel broadcast] of ''Kiss of the Spider Woman''. The logo was retained on MGM's 1998 VHS of ''Sid and Nancy'' and a 1992 reprint of ''Blade Runner'' from [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]]. | ||
===3rd Logo (1984?-1988?)=== | ===3rd Logo (1984?-1988?)=== | ||