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About me: Video Concert Hall was a video music program that aired from 1978 to 1981, and featured an eclectic mix of artists/genres, from Disco and R&B to Punk and New Wave.
To check out the majority of the videos, check out the Video Concert Hall Blog: http://videoconcerthall.blogspot.com
This MySpace page and the VCH Blog are updated by Mel, who was warped influenced by Video Concert Hall at the tender age of ten.
Who I'd like to meet: Video Concert Hall Fans! This is a place where we can connect.
Thanks alot for letting me go back to memorylane with VCH!!! I used to watch it every afternoon everyday. I even used to bribe my friends with baseball cards, candy & even pocket knives to watch it over their house for a week. I was addicted at 11-12. I loved seeing Iggy's Five Foot One, The Cramps Garbageman, and The Sports Who listens to the radio!!! GREAT STUFF that influences me to this day!!! I'm a Rock Musician, Journalist, & club DJ!!!
It's great to have found this page. I have very fond memories of this program. That small handful of videos never seemed to get old! I first heard and saw some of my all time favorites on VCH such as Squeeze and Split Enz. Thanks for the memories!
"Video Concert Hall: (SPN) Remember MTV? No, you really don't. Because the classic archetype for MTV didn't start with MTV. It started with Video Concert Hall. VCH was the very first music video program, back in the days when there were only about 20 or 30 music videos in existence. Fans watched the show religiously, every night. There was no host, just a brief intro set to the instrumental to Led Zepplin's "Carouselambra". What followed was a mix of clips, some by well-known artists, others by relative unknows, but none of that mattered. This was the first widespread appearance of a truly new art form and we were all transfixed. From Nazareth's "Holiday" to The Fools' "Night for Beautiful Girls" to the Sports' "Who Listens to the Radio" it was lightning in a bottle for a very short time. VCH aired on the Satellite Programming Network, which was eventually bough up by some other company and shut down. I think it's now CNBC. Today, VCH is a cultural touchstone among the very hip old people out there. If you remember it, you were a true witness to the revolution."
I sure didn't remember it airing on USA Network either! But then again, I do remember it premired in 1980 (at least in my neck of the woods) and ran well in to '82. Someday, a source of reference on the Wikipedia page would be helpful...
Thanks for keeping the the memory alive, Mel! Video Concert Hall influenced me so much musically and in other cultural ways. The songs and pre-MTV videos of that time have stuck with me my whole life and how wonderful to now, all these years later, begin to meet others who also loved VCH. Great! Maybe someone will produce DVDs for us. Or, I can dig out those old VHS tapes that I have somewhere...I sat there for hours in the middle of the night recording on a first-generation JVC recorder.
Thanks! And thanks for starting the Wikipedia article in the first place and getting my wheels turning.
I have a vinyl copy of Fearless, too! Not sure where it is, but it was my first album -- a 1980 Christmas gift, I believe. I'm sure there were many other ten-year-olds with the same request. :)
Thank you for doing what you do to keep the Video Concert Hall legacy alive. When I started the Wikipedia article once upon a time, I was thrilled to see so many people who loved this and was as touched by VCH as I was as a kid. You're definitely one of those people whose life would be nothing the same without the existence of Video Concert Hall and I'm glad!
Funny that you're using "Fearless" as your avatar - I just found a copy on vinyl last summer....
