The Human League Video Single (1983)

Infobox music DVD
Name = The Human League - Video Single
Type = Music video
Artist = The Human League


Released = August 1983
Recorded = 1981 - 1983
Rating = E - Exempt
Genre = Synthpop
Region =
Length = 12 Minutes
Label = Virgin Records
Director = Steve Barron
Producer = Various
Reviews =
Last DVD =
This DVD = The Human League Video Single (VHS) (Betamax) (1983)
Next DVD = "The Human League Greatest Hits" (VHS)
(1988)

"The Human League Video Single" is a compilation of music videos by the British Synthpop group The Human League released on VHS or 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 innovating, 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 5 years later in 1988 [Kolling, Niels [http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/mirror_man_video.htm] ]

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.

#"Mirror Man"
#"Love Action (I Believe in Love)"
#"Don't You Want Me"

References

External links

*http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/mirror_man_video.htm