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Backgrounnd

Select-A-Tape was a British home entertainment company. They had a sub-label named Midnight Video, which only released nine movies until they folded.

Logo (Early-Mid 1980s)

Visuals: On a zooming space background is the "Select a Tape" phrase zooming in on a yellow fancy lettering. "Select" is above, "Tape" under "Select" being the T stylized to be underlining the world "elect". The letter "a" is between"Select" and "Tape" on the right.

Technique: Traditional animation.

Audio: There is a drum roll, when "Select-a-Tape" starts to zoom, a Moog synthesized jingle plays. An announcer says "Select-A-Tape now presents its feature attraction."

Availability: Appeared on The Man Who Skied Down Everest. Select-A-Tape is also credited to Microwave Massacre which was released by Midnight Video, but it's unknown if they received an on-screen credit.

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+===Backgrounnd===
-== Midnight Video ==
+'''Select-A-Tape''' was a British home entertainment company. They had a sub-label named Midnight Video, which only released nine movies until they folded.
-Midnight Video (sub-label of the adult label Wonderful World of Video, and a trademark of Select-A-Tape) only released nine movies until they folded.
-=== (1982) ===
-'''Note''': This is going by the print logo.
-'''Logo:''' It consists of a red circle with a yellow outline, containing a skeleton dressed in formal attire, complete with a top hat. "Midnight Video" is present in red.
-'''FX/SFX:''' TBA.
-'''Music/Sounds''': TBA.
-'''Availability''': Rare, possibly just as much as Select-A-Tape's logo. Among its credited releases are Bloodthirsty Butchers, The Man With 2 Heads, Microwave Massacre, Torture Dungeon, Gruesome Twosome, Gore Gore Girls, The Wizard of Gore and The Rats are Coming! TheWerewolvesare Here!.
-== Select-A-Tape ==
-=== (19??) ===
+===Logo (Early-Mid 1980s) ===
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-'''Logo:''' On a zooming space background, we see the "Select a Tape" phrase zooming in on a yellow fancy lettering. "Select" is above, "Tape" under "Select" being the T stylized to be underlining the world "elect". The letter "a" is between"Select" and "Tape" on the right.
+'''Visuals:''' On a zooming space background is the "Select a Tape" phrase zooming in on a yellow fancy lettering. "Select" is above, "Tape" under "Select" being the T stylized to be underlining the world "elect". The letter "a" is between"Select" and "Tape" on the right.
-'''FX/SFX:''' The "Select-a-Tape" logo zooming. All Scanimated.
-'''Music/Sounds''': We hear a drum roll, when "Select-a-Tape" starts to zoom, a Moog synthesized jingle plays. An announcer says "Select-A-Tape now presents its feature attraction."
+'''Technique:''' Traditional animation.
-'''Availability''': Extremely rare. Select-A-tape VHS tapes are some of the most wanted tapes on the collection market. Appeared on The Man Who Skied Down Everest. Select-A-Tape is also credited to Microwave Massacre which was released by Midnight Video, but it's unknown if they received an on-screen credit.
+'''Audio:''' There is a drum roll, when "Select-a-Tape" starts to zoom, a Moog synthesized jingle plays. An announcer says "Select-A-Tape now presents its feature attraction."
+'''Availability:''' Appeared on ''The Man Who Skied Down Everest''. Select-A-Tape is also credited to ''Microwave Massacre'' which was released by Midnight Video, but it's unknown if they received an on-screen credit.
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