Wikipedia has a very short entry which is self explanatory. It also looks like whoever wrote it borrowed a lot of it from Retard-o-trons web site or it was written by the same person.
So, just in case you are not familiar with what a video mixtape is, I thought I would share what it has to say...
"A video mixtape (VMT) is a stock footage movie consisting of clips from movies, television or home videos that are generally circulated as bootleg videos. Also called party tapes or video compilations, this phenomenon comes from the days of Betamax and VHS, when home editing and duplication became possible for the masses" - Wikipedia
But how and when did it all start? As I talked about in my previous post, the first video mixtape I saw was a collection of horror film clips.
It is also well documented in the UK that British television VT editors would edit together blooper reels and film parodies of their shows to distribute internally among staff during the late 1970's and early 1980's (usually in time for the office Christmas party). Could this be classed a very early video mixtape?
(A dirty version of kids TV show "Rainbow" made specifically for one of these tapes)
When and where did they evolve from compiling unseen and banned clips to what the video mixtape is today.
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