GOLDFISH (JOKES, MAGIC & SOUVENIRS) (1990)

Contents (click or tap a "play" icon to see the video, or a song title for details)

1.   The Unguarded Moment
2.   Bel-Air
3.   Too Fast For You
4.   Tear It All Away
5.   Almost With You
6.   A Different Man
7.   Electric Lash
8.   It's No Reason
9.   Fly
10.   Constant In Opal
11.   Tantalized
12.   Columbus
13.   Under The Milky Way
14.   Reptile
15.   Metropolis *
16.   You're Still Beautiful *
17.   Ripple  (on DVD only)
18.   Two Places At Once  (on DVD only)

Credits

Steve Kilbey - Bass, Vocals
Peter Koppes - Guitar, Vocals
Marty Willson-Piper - Guitar, Vocals
Richard Ploog - Drums
   except * Jay Dee Daugherty - Drums

Direction:
   Michael J. Lembo/Jill Christiansen
   Mike's Artist Management, N.Y.
Package Design: Maude Gilman

Releases (rev. Jan. 27, 2019)

• VHS - Arista/6 West Home Video SW-5707 (USA) - April 3, 1990 - NTSC, Running Time: 80 minutes
• VHS - Mushroom V83237 (Australia) - PAL
• VHS - BMG 790 384 (Europe) - Sept. 24, 1990 - PAL
• "Constant In Opal" misspelt as "Constant in Opel" on the tracklisting on the sleeve.
• LaserDisc - Pioneer Artists PA-90-314 (USA) - NTSC
• DVD - EMI 0946 3 10137 9 9 (Australia) - July 18, 2005
• PAL, all regions, 4:3 aspect ratio, 5.1 Dolby Digital surround sound, running time: 85 minutes - Cover

Notes

Includes this Rolling Stone write-up on the back cover of the Arista VHS:

For years, The Church was one of Australia's best-kept rock & roll secrets, a band duly celebrated Down Under for its rare guitar brilliance and songwriting invention yet forever waiting to happen abroad. The symphonic twang and seductive melodies of 1988's Starfish and the group's latest album, Gold Afternoon Fix, have changed that for good. Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) is the definitive collection of The Church's unique videos. Spanning their entire career from the classic 1981 Australian single "The Unguarded Moment" to the recent hit "Metropolis." An essential complement to the band's records, Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) brings the sound and vision of The Church to life in altered states of color, image and performance which will delight both longtime fans and recent converts.
- David Fricke, Senior Writer, Rolling Stone

This altered write-up appears on the back cover of the 2005 EMI DVD:

For years, The Church were one of Australia's best-kept rock & roll secrets - a band duly celebrated at home for their rare guitar brilliance and song writing invention yet forever waiting to happen abroad. The symphonic twang and seductive melodies of 1988's Starfish and 1990's Gold Afternoon Fix changed that for good.

First issued in 1990, Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) is the definitive collection of The Church's unique videos from beginning to breakthrough: music for the eyes spanning the band's first decade, from the classic 1981 single 'The Unguarded Moment' to the 1990 hit 'Metropolis'.

This deluxe DVD edition includes an additional pair of stars from that era: 'Ripple', from The Church's 1992 masterpiece, Priest = Aura, and 'Two Places At Once' from 1994's Sometime Anywhere. The guitars now literally whirl around you as well, in 5.1 surround sound.

Goldfish (Jokes, Magic & Souvenirs) brings the music and vision of The Church to life in altered states of colour, image and performance which will delight and dazzle both long-time devotees and new converts.

David Fricke, Senior Editor
Rolling Stone

Marty Willson-Piper posted this message to the Noctorum Facebook page on Jan. 15, 2017:

I suddenly realized tonight that two of the guitars that I lost in the New York robbery, featured in two different video clips, shot in the same forest at Wiseman's Ferry, NSW, Australia. Electric Lash was shot at night using the Shergold, A Different Man in the day using the Rickenbacker. Was it the curse of the naiads from the nearby river or the sylvan sprites at their mischief? What was their influence on this terrible night? How come the guitars have never been seen again?

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