Yesterday, I received my German GL DVD pack with the 1979 episodes.... GREAT!!!!!!!!! This weekend I am going to start with the episodes.....

Please give us some reviews when you watch. I would love to read them.

Goldensoaps are you watching the episodes in German or English? How is the video and sound quality?

That's incredible. I had no idea Papa Bauer's funeral episode was still around. And I'd never seen that photo before either.

(skip to 6:16)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuUGgsY-AtI&t=6m16s

Roger, thanks so much for the Bauer set, mainly because we finally get the "blue sky" GL opening with the lighthouse. Simple yet elegant, with the theme music obviously still played in studio. La Lumiere is such a gorgeous song, both organ and orchestra.

I can vouch for finding things in the strangest places. Dan Curtis Productions was looking for Dark Shadows tapes about a decade ago and that's when they unearthed Peter Marshall episodes of Hollywood Squares that supposedly had been destroyed. You never know what you'll find.

Yesterday, I received my German GL DVD pack with the 1979 episodes.... GREAT!!!!!!!!! This weekend I am going to start with the episodes.....

You're lucky. I pre-ordered mine and it didn't ship out until last Saturday. Since you have yours, could you confirm exactly when in 1979 the episodes begin?

From the Amazon.de description, it looks like there's 25 episodes on 5 dual-layer discs. It would be nice if they started using these discs on future B+B releases, then we could get 50 episodes at a time.

Now that they've started to release GL episodes, here's hoping they do California Clan (Santa Barbara) next.

Wasn't it reported the SB masters were destroyed or something? I truly hope not as I would LOVE for SB to come to DVD. But between the master tapes issue and music stuff (though, perhaps, music issues are less stringent internationally), I don't hold out much hope there. But I would dearly love to be wrong!

I have lots of episodes of The Guiding Light going back to the earliest know tv episodes known to exsist from July 10, 1952 the 9th show. For my complete list of Vintage Soap Opera episodes email me at [email protected]

Wasn't it reported the SB masters were destroyed or something? I truly hope not as I would LOVE for SB to come to DVD. But between the master tapes issue and music stuff (though, perhaps, music issues are less stringent internationally), I don't hold out much hope there. But I would dearly love to be wrong!

Wow, I really hope that isn't the case also as I'd love to shed the subtitled episodes I have. Perhaps someone who has definitive information on this could post it in the Santa Barbara thread? Meanwhile, still waiting for the German GL set. Hopefully, it will arrive by next week.

I have just opened my German GL DVD pack!!!! And it is WONDERFUL.....

The quality and sound is 10/10. It contains 5 DVDs with a total of 21 episodes + bonus!!!!!

They are in German and in English. Each episode has the opening ( the one from 1979) you can hear the voice and now Guiding Light...and next you can see the German opening with the name and image of the main characters in 1979. We can also see at the end the English closing and next the German one. Those episodes were broadcast in Germany in 1981 with stories from 1979...

I have just seen the first episode and Roger is in Paris and phones to Alan, because he wants to come back to Springfield....

With the 5 DVDs, we also can find a booklet of 32 pages with pictures and the story of Guiding Light...a lot of information...the problem is that the booklet is obviously in German! But it is really nice....

And about the bonus....in the 5th DVD, we have a bonus section with the great episode of 1973 (Episode number 6569)!!!!! ( in fact there is a great explanation of this episode in the booklet). The episode is only in English with German subtitles and finally there is a trailer of GL only in German... only three minutes with the best moments of all the episodes we have in the DVD pack.

Finally, I think it has been a great purchase for me..... I love this DVD pack because it has been made with love and loyalty to the fans!!! I recommend it!!!!! People who love classic episodes will love this DVD set....and it is only the first one.... I guess that they will release more DVD packs of GL.....

Edited June 29, 201213 yr by Goldensoaps

This is wonderful. I'm so happy you got to see this. 1979 was such a wonderful period for GL.

Was the 1973 episode Papa Bauer's funeral?

I have just opened my German GL DVD pack!!!! And it is WONDERFUL.....

The quality and sound is 10/10. It contains 5 DVDs with a total of 21 episodes + bonus!!!!!

They are in German and in English. Each episode has the opening ( the one from 1979) you can hear the voice and now Guiding Light...and next you can see the German opening with the name and image of the main characters in 1979. We can also see at the end the English closing and next the German one. Those episodes were broadcast in Germany in 1981 with stories from 1979...

I have just seen the first episode and Roger is in Paris and phones to Alan, because he wants to come back to Springfield....

With the 5 DVDs, we also can find a booklet of 32 pages with pictures and the story of Guiding Light...a lot of information...the problem is that the booklet is obviously in German! But it is really nice....

And about the bonus....in the 5th DVD, we have a bonus section with the great episode of 1973 (Episode number 6569)!!!!! ( in fact there is a great explanation of this episode in the booklet). The episode is only in English with German subtitles and finally there is a trailer of GL only in German... only three minutes with the best moments of all the episodes we have in the DVD pack.

Finally, I think it has been a great purchase for me..... I love this DVD pack because it has been made with love and loyalty to the fans!!! I recommend it!!!!! People who love classic episodes will love this DVD set....and it is only the first one.... I guess that they will release more DVD packs of GL.....

Yes, the episode from 1973 is the funeral of Papa Bauer ( with commercials)....the same episode of Soap Classics

You have to have a region free or region 2 player, right?

You have to have a region free or region 2 player, right?

Yes, I guess so. I am in Spain, so we have region 2 as Germany. The DVD box doesn't say anything...but with a region free player, you will be able to watch without any problem.

No, the others are correct. It was rushed and came out of left field, but since I was not thrilled about the actor and found the character pointless, it did not bother me. In fact, since Floyd had been such a sap all those years, constantly cuckolded by women, it seemed like a nice twist for me that he killed Andy Ferris, even though it was an accident.

Edited July 1, 201213 yr by SamanthaKitCat