Your Oldest VCR Tape..

[mazinz]

I can say the oldest tapes (betamax) I have that I definitely know the date of the recording would be from the 1981 WOR chan 9 (NY-NJ) Thanksgiving holiday special (they showed 3 Godzilla films and the day before that they showed 3 kong related films which I also recorded). In fact if any of you saw on youtube or got a vhs/dvd dupe of the 81 Godzilla film special, chances are it came from my tape originally

Now I have a few tapes that I know were all recorded before that but I could not give exact time or year- assuming 1979-1980, would be a showtime airing of Pete's Dragon, the Muppet show and some other odd stuff (like the Krofft super star show that aired on wpix)

Likewise I can also swear my father possibly recorded on our first betadeck the Star wars holiday special because I can recall watching it more than once back then. Whatever became of that tape is beyond me

[boynightwing]

I have somewhere in my house the making of Empire Strikes Back. It was recorded off of TV. Probably...1980? What struck me as funny the last time I watched it, which was like 15 years ago, was the commercial for National Fur Week.

[VintageMike]

A tape simply marked "Wrestling #1" containing various WWF wrestling from 1985.
I wasn't handy with the remote when I started so every ad is intact for those shows which is crazy watching them now.

[AJ Collector]

Porn.....ok I said it. Like none of you have any!

I was going to throw it away since i don't have a VCR any more but I herd you can go blind. Or was that....never mind.

[Werewolf]

I don't think I have any VHS videos left of stuff I recorded off of TV. But I do have a couple of old VHS store bought vids of MOTU, Jem and Tigersharks cartoons I haven't been able to part with.

[MIB41]

I have KISS' last interview in makeup in late '82/early '83 and their unmasking on MTV later that same year. Much better than what you get on the KISStory boxsets too!

[Funkyterrance]

I've got a couple of 80's big box VHS, Westworld and Forbidden Planet. I got them at a yard sale ages ago (the 90s) and love the box art/glamour of them. Westworld is one of my favorites so an added bonus. Also, and this is the best, no previews or ads before the movie, it just STARTS!!!

[nvmbrsdoom5]

I think the oldest tapes I have that were recorded from television are-

1. My betamax tape from 1979 that has an episode of Sha-Na-Na (with Dusty Springfield as guest), then it has a documentary called "Black Holes, monsters that eat space and time" with scientist Durk Pearson, and a special primetime rerun of "Star Trek - Menagerie" that aired on WGN Channel 9 Chicago. I think it's from December 1979. All of the commercial breaks are included.

2. A betamax tape of "Brian's Song" that was recorded from ABC Channel 7 Chicago sometime in either 1978 or 1979, I forget which. It also has some commercial breaks included.

I have a bunch of various other beta tapes from the early 1980s and on, though sadly alot of the ones I used to have were either lost or erased.

Some of the commercial breaks from my aforementioned tapes are actually found on YouTube, uploaded by Fuzzy Memories, to whom I donated some copies of my old tapes.

[Apositive]

I cleared out all my VHS tapes a couple of years ago along with my VCR. I recently found a few Sandahl Bergman workout tapes in my storage room that I bought as collector's items. Yes, I collect Sandahl Bergman items.

[weatherwizard-Corey]

Mid 80s...

Have some Miami Vice episodes which go back to 84ish...

[MegoMark71]

Not very old for me. Royal Rumble 94 i think. The main event was Bret Hart vs Razor Ramon.