As regulars to the shop will recall, one of the many services to the community provided by the mighty Record Peddlar - the eighties Manchester vinyl collector shop responsible for a large proportion of the Factory Records back-office items available today - was that of alternative music videotek.
The shop amassed a formidable archive of material on the (relatively) new VHS format which was regularly shown during opening hours.
On researching for an - as yet unwritten - Scream City piece I spent some time on a certain website seeing if any of my own personal RP favourite vid selections were available.
As a summer holiday/rainy day treat, cerysmaticFactory presents the Record Peddlar Redux top twenty video show. Enjoy!
ACR - And Then Again (Celebration)
The Birthday Party - Junkyard (German TV)
Bowie & Bolan - Granada TV
Can - Paperhouse (German TV)
The Cramps - Garbageman (Video)
DAF - Der Mussolini (Live)
The Damned - Curtain Call (Live)
Duran Duran - The Chauffer (Video)
The Fall - Totally Wired (Live In America Therein)
Fun Boy 3 - Our Lips Are Sealed (The Tube?)
Japan - Swing (OGWT)
Joy Division - Transmission/She's Lost Control (Something Else)
Magazine - Motorcade (So It Goes)
PIL - Poptones (OGWT)
The Residents - The Act Of Being Polite (Video)
Section 25 - New Horizon (Video)
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Metal Postcard (OGWT)
Talking Heads - Crosseyed & Painless (Italian TV)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition (Sesame Street)
Frank Zappa - Montana (US TV)
Dedicated to Dave Booth