Lionel Richie Live! - The Outrageous Tour

Lionel Richie Live! - The Outrageous Tour is a UK VHS release by The Video Collection on 5th October 1987, and then it got re-released in the UK by Music Club, and Video Collection International Ltd on 4th September 1989.

Description[]

Lionel Richie, one of the greatest singer songwriters, who came to fame in the seventies with the Commodores and has gone from strength to strength in the eighties; captures live at The Ahoy-Rotterdam-Holland, during his 1987 European tour. Lionel Richie delivers an 'outrageous' performance filled with surprises; a moveable stage, his band members flying adbove his head and a piano that plays itself. But these effects are just icing on the cake merely enhancing his fine musicianship, as he performs the following magical numbers:

Songs[]

Hello
All Night Long
Running With The Night
Truly
You Are
Three Times A Lady
Sail On
Say You, Say Me
Sela
Penny Lover
Tonight Will Be Alright
Dancing On The Ceiling

Credits[]

Licensed Exclusively By Radiovision International, Inc
© 1987 Brockman Enterprises Inc, All Rights Reserved.

Copyright[]

Packaging Design © 1987.
Video Collection International Limited.
Unit 10, Brunswick Industrial Park, Waterfall Road, New Southgate, London N11 1JL.

Opening (Original 1987 release) (with no trailer)[]

Warning screen (1986-1995)
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)
Start of Lionel Richie! - The Outrageous Tour (1987)

Closing (Original 1987 release) (with no trailer)[]

End of Lionel Richie Live! - The Outrageous Tour (1987)
Closing Credits
The Video Collection logo (1986-1995)

Trailers and info[]

It starts with a view of the video collection catalogue with a sky background and videos anywhere, one of which is the Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Coal and Other Stories VHS, easily identified by the orange background on the cover. The announcer says "Welcome to The Video Collection. Our brand new catalogue is packed with great films."

it is followed by a montage of clips of the following and in order:

Ring of Bright Water
Richard lll
Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Escape to Victory
The Way Ahead
Tommy Cooper
Benny Hill and Friends
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
Tin Tin (The Animated Series)
Dennis
Thundercats
Button Moon
Teddy Ruxpin
Music Videos of Phil Collins, Queen and Hot Chocolate under the Gold Rushes range (Possibly a successor to The Video Music Collection range)
Finally, there are the front cover of two videos, one about making the most of your house and the other Jane fonda's Prime Time Workout

The 1987 promo ends with The Video Collection 1986 logo as the Announcer says: "Films, cartoons, music and much, much more. A galaxy of entertainment that is close to your high street and part of your home. The Video Collection. Britain's biggest selling video label!"