The K/S Press Songtapes

The K/S Press Songtapes is a series of seven early vids. They were sold/compiled by Carol Davis. 
These tapes were sold in the US and some had PAL versions available. The last one was on DVD.
==Their Inception==
In 1998, the editor of The K/S Press gets a twinkle in her eye: 
More progress, two months later: 
In the same issue she noted however:
By June 1998, they found someone willing to do a PAL tape conversion:
==Tape 1==
The K/S Press Songtape 1 was first listed for sale in the April 1998 issue of the KS Press and runs just under 2 hours long. The VHS cassette tape contains gen and K/S songvids by Chris Soto, along with offerings by Kandy Fong and an edited version of The Dancing Penises from Idicon #2 and #3. Songs: Mixed Gen and K/S. Examples: "I Dreamed a Dream," "This Time," and "I Don't Know Much."
A later ad from issue #21: 
From an ad in K/S Press #39: 
The response to this first tape was positive. In the May 1998 issue of the KS Press the coordinator wrote:
The contents of this first videotape are sadly unknown. However here is a possible partial listing
Vids by Kandy Fong
*Both Sides Now
*A Mocked Tune
*Midnite Blue
*Memories
*No Satisfaction
*It's All Coming Back to Me Now.
Vids by Chris Soto
*I Heard it through the Grapevine
*Wind Beneath My Wings
*Land of Confusion
*This Time
*Tijuana Jail
*One Moment in Time
*Saturday Night
*In The Burning Heart
*Right Here Waiting
*Don't Know Much
*Turn, Turn, Turn
*One Hand, One Heart
*"I Dreamed A Dream" by Les Miserables (shown at CaliCon 1989 and at the 2005 Vividcon "High-Definition Theater" vid show)
The following vids may have been also included, uncredited. Some are by Kandy Fong
* Eye of the Tiger
* Wild One
* Old Souls
* Snoopy v. Red Baron
* One is the Loneliest Number
* I'm Your Captain
* Total Eclipse of the Heart (by Caren Parnes)
* 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
* The Dream is Still Alive
* My Way
* Wind Beneath My Wings
* Satisfaction 
* Old Friends/Bookends
* Old Friends
* Star Trekkin'
* Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
===Reactions & Reviews: Tape 1===
==Tape 2== 
The K/S Press Songtape 2 was first advertised in the October 1998 issue of KS Press. 28 artists including Elizabeth Scott, Roberta Haga, Cybel Harper, Stacey D., Patricia Frazer Lamb, Janice Silverstein, and Katharine Scarritt. From the K/S Press ad: "Length: about ninety minutes. Songs: all K/S. Some of the songs include: Everything I Do, Never Gonna Let You Go, Turn Around, Look at Me, the "unforgettable K/S dolls on the bridge," and Right Here Waiting. Comment: picture quality varies greatly, a few of the last vids are very old, multi-generational, and hard to watch." In K/P Press #37 they explain: "The final 8 songs from the second tape are multi-multi-generation and very old, but they are still watchable. PAL versions will have deterioration than NTSC, unfortunately."
About the "dolls on the bridge" selection: "... those we discovered last summer from a very unassuming fan who doesn’t want her name mentioned, but who made some fantastic songtapes including one with the Kirk and Spock dolls undressing each other on the bridge." from The K/S Press #18 
From an ad in issue #36 of the K/S Press:
According to a comment in The K/S Press #36, included "two erotic selections in the middle of the tape with explicit (very explicit) footage from pornographic films. The two are basically repeats of one another in the erotic footage, it's the framing scenes from Star Trek that are different. While some might be shocked and offended, I found them— somewhat—tasteful. Somewhat."
In K/S Press #39: 
The PAL versions of the songtapes omitted the erotic selections:
The complete contents of this videotape are sadly unknown. However here is a possible partial listing:
Vids by Elizabeth S.
* Everything I Do
* Let's Give Them Something to Talk About
* Broken Arrow
* I've Been in Love With You
* Never Gonna Let You Go
* Take You Home Tonight
* Turn Around, Look at Me
* Turn Around, Look at Me (Reprise)
* Saved the Best for Last
* K/S Dolls 'on the Bridge
Vids by Roberta Haga
*Right Here Watiing
*Someone's Waiting for You
* Shoulder to Cry On
* The First Time Ever (Erotic)
* The First Time Ever (Erotic) (Reprise)
Vids by Cybel Harper
* Night and Day
* All of a Sudden
Vids by Stacy Doyle
*Against All Odds
Vids by Patricia Frazier Lamb
*Throwing It All Away
Vids by Janice S.
* Everything I Own
* The Eagle Will Rise Again
* Love Comes Walking In
Vids by Katharine Scarritt
*I've Seen the Light
*My One Winter Rose
*Don't Answer Me
*Hold On
 
===Reactions & Reviews: Tape 2===
==Tape 3==
The K/S Press Songtapes 3 was first listed in the November 1999 issue of the K/S Press, along with K/S Press Songtape #4. 
* Artists: Jersey Trek
* Length: about ninety minutes
* And I Love You So, We've Only Just Begun, The Way We Were, and more.
From an ad in K/S Press #39: 
The complete contents of this videotape are sadly unknown. However here is a possible partial listing:
* Star Trekkin'
* And I Love You So
* James Bond Theme
* Another One Bites the Dust
* My Way
* Nobody Does it Better
* Born to be Bad
* TV Themes
* I Want to be Sedated
* Pure Energy
* Sounds of Silence
* Danger Zone
* Mama
* Saturday Night's All Right
* Amazing Grace
* We've Only Just Begun
* Star Trek Movie Theme
* Lady
* Banned from Argo
* The Way We Were
* Oh, Yeah!
* Junk Food Junkie
* Addicted to Love
* Wind Beneath My Wings
* The Bitch is Back
==Tape 4==
The K/S Press Songtapes 4 was released in November 1999.
* Artists: Jersey Trek, Linda Lakin, and others
* Length: about ninety minutes
* Songs: A mix of mostly Gen with a few K/S or relationship-centered songs: (I Need You, Like a Prayer), then thirty minutes of mostly K/S and relationship vids including The Rose, What I Did for Love and more
from an ad in K/S Press #39: 
More vids by Jersey Trek
* They're Coming to Take Me Away
* Hurts So Good -
* A Matter of Trust
* From Russia With Love
* Hanky Panky
* I Need You
* Like a Little Prayer
* Spock's Odyssey
* Ghostbusters
* I Wanna Hold Your Hand
* Two Old Cats Like Us
Vids attributed to Linda Lakin
* Believe it or Not
* Without You
* It Amazes Me
* Wind Beneath My Wings
* The Way We Were
* Morning Has Broken
* Good Friend
* The Search is Over
Unknown Vidder
*The Rose (Spock character) (this may be the Caren Parnes vid)
*What I Did For Love
* What I Did For Love
* Total Eclipse of the Heart (Kirk character) (this may be the Caren Parnes vid)
*One is the Loneliest Number
==Tape 5==
The K/S Press Songtape 5 was first sold in September 2001. Karen's first vids were edited using two VCRs, her later ones along with the ones made by others that she remastered were done on computers using video editing software. All were submitted to the editors of KS Press via DVD who then transferred them onto videotape for sale.Morgan Dawn's personal notes accessed December 20. 2017.
From the ad in The K/S Press #61: "To songtape fans: At long last, your wait is over. The K/S Press is very happy to present our songtape #5! Most of the material on this tape was created by Karen Picciotti. Karen, take a bow! The songvids were presented during KiScon 2001 and also during Shore Leave this past summer. The tape is about an hour and fifteen minutes long, and includes the award-winning “The Call and the Answer” and “The Story of My Life.” Were there ever more perfect K/S songs? I don’t think so! And there are lots more goodies here as well, including a total of fifteen vids from Karen and four other K/S songvids created by others (on other KSP tapes) that Karen has redone so that they are in much better condition for watching."
From a later ad in The K/S Press #118: "Artist: Karen P. Length: About 90 minutes Songs: The Call and The Answer, The Story of My Life (both KiScon award winners), many others, plus faithful remakes of four vids that were practically unwatchable on [KS Press] songtape #2."
Playlist
# You Give Me Love
# Who Loves You More
# Music of My Heart
# Story of My Life
# The Search is Over
# Dreams to Dream
# One From Two
# The Call and the Answer
# Now and Later
# Once Again
# My Heart Will Go On
# This is the Moment
# Once Upon A Dream
# After All These Years
# Theme from "East of Eden"
The remade vids were
*I've Been This Way Before by Kath H.
*The Rose by Caren Parnes
*My One Winter Rose by Kath H.
*Love Walks In by Unknown
===Reactions and Reviews: Tape 5===
From KS Press #64: 
From KS Press #65: 
==Tape 6==
The K/ Press Songtapes 6 has the title: "Best Destiny." It was advertised in the December 2001 issue of K/S Press #64.
From the ad: 
* Artists: Helen and Virginia Sky, Liz, Killa and T. Jonesy
* Length: about 75 minutes
* Songs: by Liz: Rescue Me, Wild Thing, Broken Wings, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Secret Smile and more.
* Songs by Helen and Virginia Sky: Hello Again, The Love I Found In You, You Seem to Like Me, and more.
* songs by Killa and T. Jonesy: Bleed to Love Her, The Man's Too Strong, When I’m 64, Dante’s Prayer, more.
* Bonus: Liner Notes presented by Killa
A recreated playlist
Vids by Killa and TJonesy
* All by Myself
* As
* Bleed to Love Her
* Closer
* Dante's Prayer
* Falling in Love
* I Dreamed a Dream (vid by Chris Jones, remastered by Killa)
* Knights of the Roundtable
* Layla
* Momma Told Me Not to Come
* Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
* Razzle Dazzle
* Swinging on a Star
* The Man's Too Strong
* When I'm 64
* You're So Vain
Liz W.
* Bridge Over Troubled Water, 
* Broken Wings, 
* Days
* I Want To Know What Love Is
* Rescue Me, 
* Secret Smile
* Wild Thing 
Songs by Helen and Virginia Sky: 
* Hello Again, 
* The Love I Found In You, 
* You Seem to Like Me
*possibly others
===Reactions and reviews: Tape 6===
KS Press #48 of fans who attended Shore Leave where many of the videos debuted: 
KS Press #49: 
==Tape 7==
The K/S Press Songtape 7 was first listed in the February 2003 issue of KS Press #77.
* Artist: Karen P.
* Length: about one hour and fifteen minutes
* Songs: Sixteen songs, including Only Time, Seduces Me, Crossroads, Thank You for Loving Me, If That’s What it Takes, I Don’t Know, 10,000 Miles, Carry Me Like a Fire in Your Heart and more.
* Note: Several of these vids were shown at the KSP party on Friday night at the last Shore Leave.
Full playlist
# Only Time
# Seduces Me
# Crossroads
# Thank You For Loving Me
# If That's What It Takes
# I Don't Know
# It is You (I Have Loved)
# For Always
# You're Still You
# Color of Roses
# Remember
# 10,000 Miles
# Carry Me (Like A Fire In Your Heart)
# My One True Friend
# Legends
# Can You Feel The Love Tonight?
===Reactions and Reviews: Tape 7===
==Tape 8==
The K/S Press Songtape 8 was first listed in the November 2004 issue of KS Press. Despite its reference to 'songtape" the collection was only released on DVD.
* Artist: Karen P.
* Length: About one hour
* Songs: Twenty songs, including From This Moment, I'll Never Say Good-bye, This is the Night, You Raise Me Up, Sailing, Fields of Gold, and Oh, How the Years Go By
* Note: This songtape is presented on DVD only, and will only play on Region One (U.S. and Canada) players. Quality is not up to regular DVD standards but is more than watchable.
A recreated playlist
* Anytime You Need A Friend
* Fallen Embers
* Fields of Gold
* For You I Will
* From This Moment
* Have You Ever Been in Love?
* Here is Your Paradise
* I Want You to Need Me
* I Will Always Return
* I'll Be
* I'll Never Say Goodbye
* If You Could
* Now and Forever
* Oh, How the Years Go By
* One Friend
* Remember Me This Way
* Sailing
* This is the Night
* To Where You Are
* You Raise Me Up
==General Comments on the Songtapes==
==References==
 
Category:Star Trek TOS Vids
Category:Slash Vids
Category:1999 Vids
Category:Kirk/Spock Vids