Magnetic Video

LaserVision Landmarks

Magnetic Video

MVC Logo

Magnetic Video was the first label for Laser Discs to be released in the U.S. from 20th Century-Fox. There are no known catalogs however that feature Magnetic Video. The first known catalog is the '20th Century-Fox Video Disc Selector.' This catalog lists all the titles released on the MVC label and also lists others, some of which never were produced at the time on LD.

There are two versions of this 'Video Disc Selector.' Both feature the same cover. Neither provides a date of issue, convenient considering LD had a terrible time releasing product on time during this period of its history. The second version of the 'Video Disc Selector' has a few more titles listed and an index on its inside back cover.

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ALIEN
No.1090-80 $34.95

Alien

The Black Stallion
4503-80 $39.95

Black Stallion

Carnal Knowledge
No.4003-80 $29.95

Carnal Knowledge

The Fog
4067-80 $29.95

The Fog

The Graduate
No.4006-80 $34.95

The Graduate

Let It Be
No.4508-80 $29.95

The Muppet Movie
No.9001-80 $29.95

The Muppet Movie

Notorious
No.8011-80 $29.95

Notorious

Phantasm
No.4066-80 $34.95

The Return of The Pink Panther
No.9031-80 $34.95

Return of the Pink Panther

The Sound of Music
1051-80 $49.95

The Sound of Music

Retailing for an amazing $49.98, "The Sound of Music" was the most expensive LD movie available, along with "Patton," when first issued in 1982. Pressed in Japan on 2-discs/4-sides in CX-Stereo with chapters. Note the 'MAGNETIC VIDEO' identification on the jacket, rather than the MVC logo.

Tom Jones
No.4511-80 $34.95

Tom Jones

Best Picture 1963 "Tom Jones" is a Japanese pressing on 2-discs/3-sides.

The African Queen
No.2025-80 $29.95

African Queen

Autumn Sonata
No.9021-80 $29.95

Autumn Sonata

Butch Cassidy and
the Sundance Kid
No.1060-80 $29.95

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Day of the Dolphin
No.4004-80 $34.95

Day of the Dolphin

A Golden Decade of
College Football 1970-1979
No.3701-80 $29.95

A Golden Decade of College Football

The King and I
No.1004-80 $34.95

The King and I

The Moon Is Blue
No.6102-80 $29.95

Nine To Five
No.1099-80 $29.95

Patton
No.1055-80 $49.95

Raise The Titanic
No.9023-80 $34.95

Saturn 3
No.9004-80 $29.95

Saturn III

Known pressings of "Saturn 3" are from Japan with jackets printed in the U.S. and a "Made in Japan" sticker applied to the back of the jacket.

They Shoot Horses,
Don't They?
No.8004-80 $29.95

They Shoot Horses Don't They

If the depressing subject matter doesn't get you down, the poor quality of the U.S. pressing found on most "They Shoot Horses" certainly will lower your spirits. The jacket states the film runs 120 minutes and it is very close to two hours spread across 1-disc/2-sides of CLV.

West Side Story
No.4519-80 $39.95

All That Jazz
No.1095-80 $34.95

All That Jazz

Blue Hawaii
2001-80 $29.95

Blue Hawaii

Carrie
No.4515-80 $29.95

Carrie

The French Connection
No.1009-80 $29.95

The French Connection

Hello Dolly
No.1001-80 $34.95

Hello, Dolly

The Making of Star Wars
SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back
No.1052-80 $29.95

Making of Star Wars

Murder By Decree
No.4059-80 $34.95

Murder By Decree

The Omen
No.1079-80 $29.95

The Producers
No.4058-80 $29.95

The Rose
No.1092-80 $39.95

The Rose

Take The Money And Run
No.8007-80 $29.95

Tora! Tora! Tora!
No.1017-80 $39.95

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Shades of things to come, "TORA! TORA! TORA!" was released on LD with an MVC-style jacket and a blue 20th Century-Fox Video logo though it is not the last title released in this silver-and-black jacket design. Known pressings for this release are all Japanese on 2-discs/3-sides.

Yankee Doodle Dandy
No.4513-80 $39.95

Yankee Doodle Dandy

The lauch of the LaserVision format in Japan included a great selection of Magnetic Video titles. For a review of these MVC Japanese discs, click on the jacket to the left.