DVD Releases
The first season of American Dreams was released on DVD in September 2004. As of December 2011 no formal release dates have been announced for the remaining two seasons. Prince has promised that the series epilogue will appear in the third season DVD release. However, it is widely believed that the huge number of licensed songs on the series make future DVD releases cost prohibitive, although Prince said that was not the case. On January 26, 2009, it was reported that Prince and other producers from the show were negotiating to get the final two seasons released on DVD, along with including the unaired epilogue. No recent news was made until June 21, 2010, where it was reported that the producers "are closer than ever to debuting a boxed set of all three seasons of American Dreams on DVD". However, negotiations seem to have stalled.
| American Dreams - Season One (Extended Music Edition) | ||||
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| United States | September 7, 2004 | |||
It should be noted that there are music alterations in the Season 1 DVD release in order to keep music licensing costs down. Prince has noted that the first season retains about "80% of the original music", keeping music he deemed critical to particular scenes, as well as performances of guest stars and music for the Bandstand dancers while replacing some background songs with "cheaper needle-drops" from the '60s. Prince said he doubted even hard-core fans would notice the difference.
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