This project was semi abandoned after the announcement that the Devo films are getting official restorations, but that all depends on what we get. Obviously, there wont be much that can be done beyond official remasters from the original negatives, so here’s an idea.

We know that the first few videos up to the Freedom Of Choice era are being released very soon. Devo made the official announcement at the beginning of the month, and according to Jeff Winner (one of the fellows in charge of the official remasters) they will all be released in batches. I get the feeling by the end of the year, we’ll have all of them.

So how about this. After the official remasters come out, since they’ll most likely be just the videos on their own, what if I were to do reconstructions of the 3 original compilation videos, “Devovision - The Men Who Make The Music”, “We’re All DEVO” and “The Complete Truth About De-Evolution” using the new remasters as a base? This all depends on if the Rod Rooter segments are released as well (and I know at least one of them will be). If not, just a simple matter of enhancing the best quality versions I have at my disposal.

Either way, if no one is interested in this idea, then I guess this project could be officially cancelled. It’s still a major win as we’re at least getting restorations of ANY sort. That in of itself is good enough for me.

Duty now!
~ Mango