MCA DiscoVision

Catalog Number 74-005

Format Standard Play CAV

Mono
Pressing Location	DiscoVision Carson
Label Color	Green
Retail Price	$19.95
Year Issued	1980

Side	Frames	Running Time
1	40,502	22min 30sec
2	47,215	26min 13sec
	87,717	48min 43sec

Ratings
Video Transfer
Audio Transfer
Replication

Packaging
Printed

Pressing Notes

Produced as an ABC Television special in 1978, guest stars included ABBA and Andy Gibb. It appears the program was either done live, or with little rehearsing as everything seems "off the cuff." Halfway through side 2 there is an impromptu Beach Boys medley which is truly awful. It's obvious why this type of speciality show never survived into the 80s. This one is only slightly better than the 1977 Barry Manilow special which was released by MGM/UA Home Video in 1982.

The video transfer appears clean and sharp. However, given as the program was produced for television and there was no such thing as hi-fidelity broadcasts in 1978, no one bothered with the audio. All the music sounds hollow and lifeless. Certain copies of Olivia have the LaserVision logo on the disc's label and/or jacket, others do not.

Release History

Olivia was never reissued on LaserDisc.

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