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{{quote|a few years ago someone stopped me and asked if i knew where and how they could get a copy of [http://www.allmusic.com/album/hotel-ambient-mw0002845922 'hotel ambient']. and in my ignorance i had to confess that, no, i had no idea where they could get a copy of 'hotel ambient’. and then i realized that i didn't even have a copy of 'hotel ambient', and i was the one who had made it.
so to that end we're re-releasing 'hotel ambient'.
|'''[[Moby]]''', ''[http://moby.com/journal/were-re-releasing-hotel-ambient/ journal]'' (2014)}}
== Anime & Manga ==
* The English-language version of ''[[The Mysterious Cities of Gold]]'' was believed to have been lost after the dubbing studio went bankrupt. However, DVD editions of the entire collection were finally released in 2008, and the whole show is currently streamed on Netflix instant.
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== Film ==
* The delay of the DVD release of ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension]]'' is one of the strangest stories in the industry. Producer David Begelman made a shady career for himself as an executive at several major Hollywood studios, including Columbia Pictures and MGM. During this period, he was the target of multiple lawsuits and criminal prosecutions for embezzlement and fraud (including a notorious check-forging scandal that exploded after actor
* ''[[Tron]]'' lapsed into this after its 20th anniversary DVD release went out-of print several years ago. In 2010, when the sequel ''[[Tron: Legacy]]'' hit theaters, the film was reaching prices of up to $215 on Amazon, and even Netflix was having availability problems (the lack of re-release at such a propicious time [http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/11/10/tron-dvd-is-hard-to-find/ was questioned], [http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/11/16/tron-dvd/ raised] [http://io9.com/#!5690466/is-disney-deliberately-keeping-tron-out-of-print-on-dvd theories], [http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/new-strategy-for-tron-dvd/ and boosted piracy]). But at least it got a re-release, on both DVD and Blu-Ray, when ''Legacy'' hit shelves in 2011.
* Due to rights problems (including song copyrights), ''Hellzapoppin'' has never been released on VHS or DVD in America. It ''did'' get a UK DVD release in 2007, though.
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* ''[[Parker Lewis Can't Lose]]'' took its sweet time to move onto DVD, mostly due to music licensing issues,but it's out now.
* In Britain companies like Network DVD are a godsend for people looking for rare archive shows, sometimes even going so far as to track down missing videotapes. A couple of examples:
** ''The Arthur Haynes Show'': Haynes was a huge star in the 50s and 60s, with a popular sketch show written by
** ''The Strange World of Gurney Slade'' was a surreal 1960 series starring singer/actor Anthony Newley. It seems to have been too surreal for mass appeal, and it wasn't until 2011 that modern audiences got a chance to view it on DVD and judge for themselves.
* ''Tutti Frutti'', a 1987 six-part comedy-drama about an ageing Scottish rock band starring
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* ''[[Jem]]'' — Rhino Video released seasons 1-2 and part of 3 on DVD. The rest? Left in limbo. To make matters worse, the first two sets of DVDs went out of print and cost a pretty penny to buy a second-hand copy. [[Shout Factory]] has decided to release a complete series DVD boxset, including the long-unavailable season 3 episodes.
* One of the most [[Egregious]] examples of this trope was ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks]]'', considering musical numbers were their entire shtick. But, with the success of the [[Alvin and the Chipmunks|movies]], some compilations of the show have been released.
* ''[[
** Season 3 also airs on Teletoon Retro...IN CANADA! (Well, it ''was'' made in Canada...)
* The 1980 animated feature adaptation of ''
* In late January 2012, Warner Archive released the first season of ''[[Pac-Man (animation)|Pac-Man]]'' as a manufacture-on-demand DVD title.
* ''[[The Jetsons]]'' was among the first Hanna-Barbera series to receive a DVD boxset, but it contained only the original episodes, broadcast from 1962 to 1963. These also became the only episodes to air on Boomerang. The 1980s revival did not come to DVD, or air on Boomerang, until 2009. Even then, only half of season 2 became available on DVD, as well as the theatrical 1990 movie. Fans have to buy the second half of the season, the two concurrently produced TV movies, and (eventually) the third season through the Warner Archive.
* The 2003–2007 ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]'' series appeared to be in limbo when the series was dropped off Kewlopolis before the 2007 season 4 episodes could air, and rights for the series went from Playmates to Hasbro (and the animation rights went from [[Di C]] to Moonscoop). DVD releases of the series became slow and erratic, and many fans initially believed in 2009 that the releases would grind to a halt and the last eight episodes would not see the light of day upon hearing the news back then. However, stopping of releases is one thing that did not happen, [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|and the last DVD of the series came out in March 2012]].
* ''[[Recess]]''
* ''[[Godzilla: The Series]]'' still does not have a full DVD set (nine episodes released on DVD, two VHS tapes and the ''Monster Wars'' trilogy on both formats), but the full series is now streaming on Netflix.
* ''[[The Swan Princess]]'' and ''The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure'' came to DVD in 2004, but ''The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain'' did not. People wanting to complete the trilogy had to wait five years, when the second movie came, retitled ''The Swan Princess: The Secret of the Castle''.
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