Digging into the LD versions recently has gotten all this rushing back. Glad to hear that the German FAFDM is uncut with Enlish mono.
The LD mono for all three is wonderful, relatively clean and unfiltered like the DVD/BDs, sounding exactly like the 35mm prints both vintage and restored.
So in order to do this correctly,
AFOD-Italian restoration uses original Techniscope negative, MGM had Triage labs scan their best source as they don't hold the rights, which resulted in a differently colored and framed transfer. Best english audio still on LD, ufiltered.
FAFDM-MGM had access to o-neg which was scanned by Triage, German source uses this but adds cut scenes. The LD audio is great but sadly censored. The film is edited all over the place for some unknown reason.
GBU-Italian Mondo disc from the Italian restoration from correct elements. But we'd have to perform some edits to the Italian cut in order to match the English audio which would be sourced from LD, where it is lossless and unfiltered. In order to reform the Italian release version the cut scenes could have the Italian mono dropped in with the English subtitles. The grotto scene is an extra.
I'm almost positive the print source for the old MGM LDs and DVD is what Triage used to drop in and spot check color timing for the SE cut. It is most likely the IP for the international cut as the initial releases have Italian on-screen captions which were simply excised and replaced with US ones in later releases.
I still get confused on the intended edits for OUATITW vs. the restored 165 min cut.
As far as DYS is concerned, if we could drop in the remastered LD mono track, all that remains to do is find a good source for the final flashback with correct music. The LD mono is like the Dollars films, untouched, unfiltered and far more dynamic than you'd think.
Is it just me or did the SE DVD of DYS appear to be timed a bit incorrectly?