Long Form Video Press Release

[mdc@bsbbs.columbus.oh.us (Melissa D. Caldwell)]

The following is the text of the press release from A*Vision regarding
the Tori video.  Errors in grammar and spelling are not mine! :-)



A*VISION RELEASES TORI AMOS COLLECTION ON HOME VIDEO

Longform Video Combines Live Footage with Videos from Tori Amos' Debut
Album

NEW YORK,N.Y. - Tori Amos released her debut album Little Earthquakes
to sparkling reviews and critical acclaim.  Her haunting voice and
unique style of piano playing gives Tori a sound that is unequivocally
her own.  The home video release contains the tracks; "Silent All
These Years", "Winter", "China" and "Crucify".  Included in this
package are never before seen live versions of "Precious Things",
"Happy Phantom", "Little Earthquakes", to name a few.  The viewer is
given the opportunity to see what life on the road is like from the
behind the scenes footage included in this 55 minute long home video. 
The video captures every aspect of Tori Amos' one-of-a-kind talents. 
If you never experienced the magic of this artist here is your chance
to get the entire picture of what everyone around the country is
talking about.

Tori Amos began playing music at the age of five, when she got a
scholarship to the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore.  Her parents in
North Carolina brought music into the home early.  Tori remembers
hearing a lot of various styles from Fats Waller to Nat King Cole to
Jimi Hendrix.  This early exposure to different styles of music
explains the many influences that comes across in her own song
writing.  At 11 years old, Tori got thrown out of the conservatory for
playing by ear.

The next several years, found Tori playing Gershwin standards
accompanied by her father.  They found bars and hotels across
Washington and Baltimore where they could play.  Tori was living a
double life; on the one hand she was playing music at night with
people twice her age, then the next morning found her in high school
with people her own age.  In her late teens, Tori moved to Los
Angeles, vowing never to play the piano again.  While visiting a
friend's house where there was a big old piano, she began to
tentatively noodle on the keyboard.  She started to discover her old
voice, her old self.  This would later turn into the beginnings of the
Little Earthquakes album.  Tori moved once again to England where she
found the creative energy to complete the workings of her stunning
debut record.

TORI AMOS

Street Date:          11/10/92
Catalog Number:       50335-3
Suggested Retail:     $16.98
Running Time:         55 minutes


***End of press release****

I spoke with someone in the International Division of Atlantic today.
The video will be distributed by Warner Music International and will be
a worldwide release.  Street dates for Europe and Asia were not
available.  It is possible that the foreign release will be held up. 
(Stupid, considering that she made her break in Europe!) 

It will not be released on laserdisc initially.  LD sales make up only 10%
of the total music video sales and Atlantic is holding off on a LD
release to see whether a laserdisc release is justified.  I did
mention that I'd seen several requests for a laserdiscs and that I
hoped it would eventually make it to disc.  

Missy


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