Digital Tenderness - A Video History 1977 to 1996, by Adam Ant/The Ants was to be officially released as the new Adam And The Ants greatest hits DVD around the time of Adam's autobiography.

The release date had been announced as September 18th 2006, but on August 28th it was announced that due to a "licensing issue", the DVD had been cancelled.   The rumour mill suggests Adam was advised to object to the pre-Sony videos for "image" reasons, other sources say it was solely Adam's decision.  However Sony's plan to release a double DVD, Stand & Deliver, on December 11th 2006 now puts this compilation up on the shelf with Adam's Persuasion album - never released.

This withdrawn DVD had 31 tracks (initially 34) all remixed in 5.1 surround sound, including some footage which would have been seen for the very first time.  Such as:

• The Ants' performance of Plastic Surgery in the white room which appeared in a TV screen in the 1977 movie Jubilee.

• Laurie Rae Chamberlain's live film footage newly re-edited to the Dirk Wears White Socks demo.

• Stephanie Gluck's Cartrouble video made for Malcolm McLaren.

• Stephanie Gluck's Tabletalk video made for Malcolm McLaren.

• Zerøx video, visually re-edited to match the soundtrack due to the tape stretching.

• The Idea performed live at the Odeon in Lewisham, 1980.

  (The above 6 tracks now remain unseen, although the Stand & Deliver DVD is said to contain the Laurie Rae Chamberlain footage with Zerox used as the soundtrack as opposed to the Dirk Wears White Socks recording.)
   

• The alternative Kings Of The Wild Frontier video, shot from different angles.

• The BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test footage of Ants Invasion and Killer In The Home. (removed at a very early stage)

• Prince Charming with a new PC Revue intro and Marlon Brando ending.

• Single and extended edits of Room At The Top and Rough Stuff.

• Single and the EPK interview versions of Wonderful (dropped very early on).

The DVD, as with the other remastered CD's and box sets, has been compiled by Marco Pirroni, Andi Vaughan and Mark Alleyne, and promised to be the definitive Ants video collection. Only Stand And Deliver, Puss 'N Boots, Goody Two Shoes and Wonderful ever appearing on DVD compilations before, means this would have been a first for Ants on film on this format.

Copies of the DVD before it was withdrawn have turned up in very limited instances.  One is an early track listing featuring the Wonderful EPK track, one almost complete but missing the Lewisham Odeon performance of The Idea, and another featuring the finished 31 tracks marked below with an asterisk*.

The Original 34 Track List (see additional notes)

01 Plastic Surgery* [REMOVED FOR STAND & DELIVER DVD]
   Support footage from Derek Jarman's 1977 film 'Jubilee' - performed live in white room
02 Dirk Wears White Socks* [REMOVED FOR STAND & DELIVER DVD]
   Laurie Rae Chamberlain's live Super 8 film 1977-1978 - superb quality version of the DWWS demo
03 Cartrouble (part 2)* [REMOVED FOR STAND & DELIVER DVD]
   Experimental video 1979 - which misses out the first verse of Cartrouble (Part 2) - LP version
04 Tabletalk* [REMOVED FOR STAND & DELIVER DVD]
   Experimental video 1979 - with remastered soundtrack
05 Zerøx* [STAND & DELIVER DVD USES LAURIE RAE CHAMBERLAIN FOOTAGE]
   Experimental video 1979 - included extra endings with Adam on a medical couch.
06 Kings Of The Wild Frontier*
   Promo video 1980
07 Kings Of The Wild Frontier*
   Promo video 1980 - alternative edit - filmed from different angles
08 Dog Eat Dog*
   BBC TV's 'Top Of The Pops' 1980 - the rehearsal footage
09 'Antmusic'*
   Promo video 1980
10 Physical (You're So)*
   Live at Manchester's Apollo Theatre 1980 (remixed in 5.1 by Marco with louder guitars)
11 The Idea*
   Live at the Lewisham Odeon 1980 - guitars that sound like those used on Kick (Do It EP version)
12 Ants Invasion [THIS WAS EVENTUALLY REMOVED]
   BBC TV's 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' 1980
13 Killer In The Home  [THIS WAS EVENTUALLY REMOVED]
   BBC TV's 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' 1980
14 Stand And Deliver*
   Promo video 1981
15 Prince Charming*
   Promo video 1981 - without Marlon Brando scenes
16 Prince Charming*
   Promo video 1981 - alternative edit with new intro and Marlon Brando scenes
17 Ant Rap*
   Promo video 1981
18 Goody Two Shoes*
   Promo video 1982
19 Friend Or Foe*
   Promo video 1982
20 Desperate But Not Serious*
   Promo video 1982
21 Puss 'n Boots*
   Promo video 1983
22 Strip*
   Promo video 1983
23 Apollo 9*
   Promo video 1984
24 Vive Le Rock*
   Promo video 1985
25 Room At The Top*
   Promo video 1990 - single version
26 Room At The Top*
   Promo video 1990 - extended 12" edit
27 Can't Set Rules About Love*
   Promo video 1990
28 Rough Stuff*
   Promo video 1990 - single version (funkier mix)
29 Rough Stuff*
   Promo video 1990 - extended 12" edit
30 Wonderful*
   Promo video 1995
31 Wonderful [THIS WAS EVENTUALLY REMOVED]
   EPK - includes extended interview 1995
32 Beautiful Dream*
   Promo video 1995
33 Gotta Be A Sin*
   Promo video 1995
34 Interview* [REMOVED FOR STAND & DELIVER DVD]
   Adam interviewed by Marco Pirroni for the 2001 Ants convention (Adam interviewing Marco not used)

One web site (eil.com) advertised this DVD with a complete track listing that omitted the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test performances of Ants Invasion and Killer In The Home.  In anticipation of that page being removed, I have recreated on this site (without permission).  Just click HERE.

Below is just a part of what the back would have looked like:

Click to see a larger image (from adam-ant.net)