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Soft Cell - Non Stop Exotic Video Show

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This is one of the first video albums. They did a video for every song. They use to show these videos on MTV every day in 1982 because there were not very many videos back then. Hard to believe. "Tainted Love" is a disturbing video. Soft Cell was a great electronic band. I forgot how some some songs like "Seedy Films" were brilliant.

This is just great.
Since the 1983 issue of the 'Non Stop Exotic Video Show' on VHS which became a collectors item, we weren't able to obtain those videos, and now, here they are !

Lead singer Marc Almond (along with Dave Ball) is showing his theatrical skills while presenting the videos in a non stop show of men, women, animals and dwarves ? Really some bizarre person !

And what do we have here ?
So, we have entertain me, bedsitter, frustration, torch, seedy films, secret life, youth, tainted love, memorabilia, sex dwarf, what, say hello wave goodbye.

I really love this one ! This one is my favorite !

this has got to be one of the most entertaining dvds i have ever seen.i owned the vhs version of this and wore it out.the picture is so clear soft cell have never looked so good.im dissapointed that the sex dwarf video is not included.i thought after all these years they would finally put it on dvd.i guess we,ll never see the video in its bondage dwarf and raw meat glory.my favorite 5 videos are 1.torch 2.bedsitter 3.tainted love 4.youth 5.say hello wave goodbye i love all the others too but i have my favorites.im wonding where i can get their other videos such as numbers ,where the heart is,down in the subway etc.i think fans of soft cell and marc almond should buy this.its great.

This includes ALMOST every Soft Cell music video, and I just love the clips in between with Marc and Dave talking and acting all goofy! :)

The videos that are sadly missing include: Sex Dwarf, Where The Heart Is, Soul Inside, Down in the Subway, and Monoculture.

Luckily, Where The Heart Is and Soul Inside are on the VHS tape "Memorabilia: The Singles." But, VHS tapes are rarely even watched anymore, and their quality looks pretty bad on a big screen TV. Plus, they can break and get damaged easily. So, that's why these 2 videos really should've been included as bonus features on this DVD!

Sex Dwarf was never released in any sort of format, and it was never even aired on TV. And I believe Down in the Subway was only aired on TV, but never distributed in any sort of format for purchase either... More than the other 2 videos, these 2 REALLY should've been included on this DVD since they can only be found online in not very great quality!

Monoculture was released in 2002 as a bonus video on the enhanced version of the Cruelty Without Beauty CD. I only have the normal CD without the bonus video, so I'm not sure how the quality even is of the video. I think it can only be played on a computer, though, because that's how it ususally is when videos are included on CDs.

Basically, all 5 of these great music videos should've been included as extras on this DVD! Since none of them have been officially released on a DVD, I seriously have no clue why they didn't think to include them! And since there aren't even that many Soft Cell videos overall, it should've been easy to just add the other 5 missing videos! It would even be great if they had included the 1991 versions of Tainted Love and Say Hello, Wave Goodbye. But, I guess that would be asking for a bit much!

It would be really great to have EVERY Soft Cell music video on one DVD. Or even better, how about blu-ray!

I remembered hearing about this video when it came out. I might have seen bits of it, but don't remember any of it. The biggest disappointment is that there aren't any versions of Sex Dwarf on this DVD: not the original banned video, not the 2nd video, nor any live version from the time either. Instead they have it playing during the end credits. You can find a really good live video of Sex Dwarf on Youtube from the time, & if you search you can also find the original banned video online, so it's inexcusable that they didn't include these on the dvd. There are also no extras here. No top of the pops or any other live performances or outtakes (I know a lot more video was filmed than what is presented here). One plus is that there are 2 audio options: stereo or 5.1. I didn't get to listen to the 5.1 mix, the stereo mix is a little thin (and sounds like it was taken directly from the cd, don't know if the original videos were the same as the album versions) & the vocals are out of sync with the lip syncing, but it does sound better than a direct port from VHS tape would sound & it's nice to have 5.1, though it would've been better had the complete album been released in 5.1/ 24 bit/192 khz SACD or dvd-audio. maybe some day.

Don't get me wrong: I AM A HUGE SOFT CELL/Marc Almond fan! I have ALL their LPs, 12" and CDs and videos and even saw them last year on their ill-fated but BRILLIANT "comeback" American tour - but...I must admit, after waiting literally over TWO DECADES to get this on DVD (the VHS is loooong out of print, but I have it, too!), I feel that they should have ADDED a bit more to this DVD package - c'mon, while the original "NON-STOP" videos are still stunning in their cheap/campy/80s flavor, but why not toss in some SOLO videos from MARC, Dave Ball's GRID, LIVE footage, interviews with the band, MTV stuff, etc.? I don't fault either Marc or Dave...this is just another example of record labels strip-mining their vaults and putting out ANYTHING on DVD, no matter how minimal or incomplete, just to make a dollar on "free" catalog product...that's what it is now, simply PRODUKT. *Better to buy SOFT CELL's stunning return-to-form reunion CD from 2003.