The Human League Video Single (1983)
| The Human League - Video Single | ||||
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| Video by The Human League | ||||
| Released | August 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 - 1983 | |||
| Genre | Synthpop | |||
| Length | 12 Minutes | |||
| Label | Virgin | |||
| Director | Steve Barron | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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The Human League Video Single is a compilation of music videos by the British synthpop group The Human League, released on VHS and Betamax format tape, and marketed as a "video single," released in the UK in August 1983.
It was the first "Video Single" to be released in the UK, designed to tap into the market created by the new and rapidly increasing popularity of domestic Videocassette recorders in the UK. Although extremely innovative, because it was such a new concept it was not a huge commercial success at the time. It was also not helped by a retail price of £10.99 which in 1983 was very expensive compared to the average cost of a vinyl single at £1.99. Within a few years such releases would be common place in the music industry. The video single would be a precursor to the Human Leagues next video venture, The Human League Greatest Hits released five years later in 1988 [1]
Track list
The Video Single was released after the success of the single "Mirror Man" which had reached number two in the UK single charts in December 1982, and "Mirror Man" is the title track, bundled together with the band's two previous biggest selling single videos.
References
- ↑ Kolling, Niels