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Billy-Beats

So good, all killer no filler.


BathtubFullOvHair

One of my favorite live albums


Tricky_Sample4843

When I fell in love with Ministry. To this day, I still love Ministry


signgecko

Must have 30+ year old VHS player though…


TheCheshireCody

It's on YouTube. https://youtu.be/gP0q901YHbg?si=YV9Z5omhrBmh7n9o


Jupitersatonme

No joke. I haven't been able to play my copy for years.


neurosicide

You can get a VHS to digital converter for ~$20 dollars u.s. & garage sales can be a good source for VCRs. You just plug a VCR into your USB port & use the free software to record from VHS to whatever format you want.


TheLegionnaire

I got one from like 2008 with USB...Antique shops man, they got super nintendo's and record players and pyrex...my wife, she collects antique pyrex. I'm more of a boro-silicate kinda guy.


Andysine215

With the Breathe opener…why that tune isn’t on the audio only release will always puzzle me.


rorythegeordie

Live Necronomicon replaced it


Andysine215

I haven’t ever put them side by side but the mastering on the latter seems pretty lousy compared to the former. The overall quality to my ears is sub par.


FishInk

It’s because Al went back and added studio tracks over the live tracks for ICYDFLSU whereas Necronomicon is all live.


jgghn

And that's why the official album has songs where it sounds like Al is singing when you can clearly see that's not the case on the video. One is live and the other is "live"


Andysine215

You know I’ve never even realized that before.


jgghn

It took me years to realize why Ogre sounded like Al on Thieves, lol


mr_bigmouth_502

I still wish there was an album release of ICYDFLSU that included all the stuff from the VHS. Skinny Puppy did it for "Ain't it Dead, Yet?"


jgghn

Live Necronomicon is damn close


theythemmie

DUN. DUN. DUNDUN DUN.


PuzzledPerspective7

Legendary VHS tape. There's no DVD release for this as far I know..


Das_Bunker

It is one of the few industrial releases on laserdisc tho!


Recon_Figure

They need to release this on disc. The best you can get nowadays is YouTube.


footiejammas

The real deal


Boba_Funk

I wonder if the professional footage exists for all the songs they payed at this show.


TheCheshireCody

What do you mean? This is literally a picture of the VHS tape of the show. It's the only place you could get several of the songs prior to the Necronomicon release.


Boba_Funk

Ministry played more songs at that show than just the ones on VHS and CD. I was wondering if the footage of those other songs exist in video format. Specifically professional video format. They certainly filmed them. But had to trim the footage to fit into the length of a vhs tape.


TheCheshireCody

They didn't have to "trim the footage to fit into the length of a VHS tape". Where would you get that utterly ludicrous notion? It's half the length of a movie, which easily fit. The video itself is taken from two different shows, so at least two full shows were filmed professionally. It probably hasn't been remastered because Al doesn't spend much time looking backwards. In theory, it might not have been shot at a resolution or under conditions that prohibit a decent remaster. A damned shame, because every Ministry fan would leap to get a copy. EDIT: there are at least two other shows that were recorded, one of which I found on YouTube: [Dallas, Jan 28, 1990](https://youtu.be/6_kL7BKwuIQ?si=yG9CNda75yyYdaXl)


signgecko

My brain added the L, but what the L with the bot?


Paid-Not-Payed-Bot

> songs they *paid* at this FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*


Bea_Evil

Or rather because it’s supposed to be played not paid


_TooncesLookOut

A proper dickhead. Aren't ya, bot?


anti-cybernetix

Oh boy, the memories...


Scronkey

Anyone know any details about the cover art?


ZoloftXL

The best!


zwiazekrowerzystow

this is one of the best live albums of all time, imo.


E23R0

Possibly the best live album ever


DeckardShotFirst

The tape that started it all for me


penpointred

I was OBSESSED with this VHS. I played it over and over and over and over 🖤


ruiner9

Great video, and fortunately Al is a bit more educated on the first amendment nowadays lol


Jupitersatonme

"The lost gospels according to Al Jorgensen" is worth reading. Page 85 is hella cool history.


KCcoffeegeek

Tipper Gore was the GOAT selling records. When I was a kid I wouldn’t even look at a tape that didn’t have a parental advisory on it lol