Great to see the band Europe reform in recent years after a long spell without any new music.

Here are the various laserdiscs that were issued:



The titles were quite confusing as the US edition entitled 'Europe - the final countdown world tour' was in fact the same as the Japanese edition entitled 'Europe - Perfect Live'.
A totally different Japanese edition entited 'Europe - the final countdown tour 1986' also exists featuring an earlier lineup of the band with John Norum. Be warned this earlier edition has a 99% chance of laser rot. I had to buy a pile of copies to get one I would consider acceptable!

To add further confusion as if there wasn't already enough no less than 3 Europe laserdiscs were issued with the same title - Europe in America with different packaging.

You'll also find some later Europe videos on promo music laserdiscs:



"Halfway To Heaven" from Prisoners In Paradise album (1991) is on:
Laser Juke: Music Compilation Series [16.61.04]

"I'll Cry For You" from Prisoners In Paradise album (1991) is on:
Laser Juke: Music Compilation Series [17.52.02]

I bought Europe's 2006 album "Secret Society". I liked it quite a bit. "Always the Pretenders was a cool track. I was a big fan of Final Countdown and Out of This World when I was a kid. I taught myself to play several of their songs on my Casio keyboard by ear.

Since this band was usually more focused on nerdy topics like the ones you'd find on a power metal album (ninjas, indians, railbound murder mysteries, etc) the stuff ages a lot better than their moronic 80s hair metal contemporaries constantly talking about chicks and getting hammered. That stuff gets really old after a few decades. It also helps that Joey Tempest can actually sing without using that idiotic Cobra Commander voice that seemed to be almost required for 80s hair bands to succeed (ie: Guns and Roses, Cinderella, AC/DC, you name it, all would be good Cobra Commanders).

There is at least one VHD of Europe available:
Europe: The Final Countdown Tour 1986 (1986) [ODM-1053]

I like the fact the cover is completely different again: