{"id":503,"date":"2013-05-16T22:32:28","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retroramblings.net\/?p=503"},"modified":"2013-05-16T22:32:28","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:32:28","slug":"obscure-obsolete-media-du-jour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/?p=503","title":{"rendered":"Obscure obsolete media du jour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having found that clip of the Pat Metheny Group on YouTube a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to get hold of the DVD from which it was ripped.  Unfortunately it seems to be really hard to track down &#8211; I can find it easily enough on VHS, and also on Laserdisc, but not on DVD.  So I acquired it by&#8230; ahem&#8230; &#8220;other means&#8221;.  Since I&#8217;ve never actually handled a Laserdisc, though, I couldn&#8217;t resist the urge to buy a copy from a Stateside seller on EBay.<\/p>\n<p>It arrived yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sleeve.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sleeve.jpg\" alt=\"sleeve\" width=\"672\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sleeve.jpg 672w, https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sleeve-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/sleeve-403x300.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Disc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Disc.jpg\" alt=\"Disc\" width=\"752\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Disc.jpg 752w, https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Disc-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Disc-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was wrapped in newspaper, and I can honestly say this is a headline I never thought I&#8217;d see:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Nuns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Nuns.jpg\" alt=\"Nuns\" width=\"739\" height=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Nuns.jpg 739w, https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Nuns-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Nuns-443x300.jpg 443w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having found that clip of the Pat Metheny Group on YouTube a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to get hold of the DVD from which it was ripped. Unfortunately it seems to be really hard to track down &#8211; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/?p=503\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=503"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/retroramblings.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}