Prior to the release of the VHS Volumes, a laserdisc titled Beavis and Butt-Head: The Essential Collection was issued in 1994, containing sixteen episodes from the second and third seasons.

Prior to New World Pictures ' release of the film, Toho had the film dubbed in Hong Kong.

Prior to this, in his early twenties, he traveled to negotiate with Emperor Nero for the release of several Jewish priests.

Prior to the release of NeXTSTEP, Chrysler planned to buy 3, 000 copies in 1992.

Prior to the release of these maps, players were limited to playing multiplayer games on the single-player levels, which, while functional as multiplayer levels, were not designed with deathmatch gameplay specifically in mind.

Prior to the release of the TV series, the name Robotech was used by model kit manufacturer Revell on their Robotech Defenders line in the mid-1980s.

Prior to the album's release, the track " This Is It " was available for download on the iTunes Store, as well as for Rock Band.

Prior to the release of The Wind Waker, a bonus disc called The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Master Quest was released, containing a port of Ocarina of Time and a GameCube-modified version of Ocarina of Time Ura.

Prior to the release of HP-UX version 11. 11, HP used a decimal version numbering scheme with the first number giving the major release and the number following the decimal showing the minor release.

Prior to its release, a competition was run by Queen online to guess the track listing as a promotion for the album.

Prior to the release of Windows Media Player in Windows 98 Second Edition, separate programs, CD Player, Deluxe CD Player, DVD Player and Media Player, were included in old versions of Microsoft Windows for playback of media files.

Prior to the release of 1998's Follow the Leader, Gretchen Plewes, a Zeeland high school assistant principal, said in an interview for a Michigan newspaper that Korn's music is " indecent, vulgar, obscene and intends to be insulting " after giving a student, Eric VanHoven, a one-day suspension for wearing a shirt with the Korn logo on it.

Prior to the release of Dr. No – and unconnected with the book itself – Bernard Bergonzi, in the March 1958 issue of Twentieth Century attacked Fleming's work, saying that it contained " a strongly marked streak of voyeurism and sado-masochism " and that the books showed " the total lack of any ethical frame of reference ".

Prior to the release of this tape, President Nixon had denied political motivations in his instructions to the CIA, and claimed he had no knowledge prior to March 21, 1973 of any involvement by senior campaign officials such as John Mitchell.

Prior to the film's release, executive producer and Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs stated " If Toy Story is a modest hit — say $ 75 million at the box office — we'll and Disney both break even.

Tausen's preaching converted ordinary people, merchants, nobles, and monks and even the Prior grew to appreciate Tausen and ordered his release.

Prior to the release of the first film, she was noted for her Seven Gothic Tales, for which she is also known in Denmark.

Prior to the release of Windows Mobile 2003, third-party software was developed using Microsoft's eMbedded Visual Tools, eMbedded Visual Basic ( eVB ) and eMbedded Visual C ( eVC ).

Prior to release of the film, the Los Angeles Daily News reported that Bellaman " heads west to help Erich Wolfgang Korngold on the scoring " of the film, and that Bellaman used to be on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

Prior to its release, the film had been hailed by critic Amy Harmon as an epochal moment when cyberpunk counterculture would enter the mainstream.

Prior to the Special Edition release, however, LucasArts announced that Loom, along with other games from its back catalog, would be made available on Steam.

Prior to its North American release, game play footage from Super Mario Bros. 3 appeared in the Universal Studios film The Wizard, which helped fuel its fans ' anticipation.

Prior to the game's release, a promotional soundtrack was released in North America, titled Music to Pound the Ground To: Yoshi's Story Game Soundtrack.

Prior to the album's release, the band played festival and headline dates, and supported The Who in Europe through summer 2007, with a US headline tour to follow.

Prior to the album's release, Slipknot gave away " Heretic Song ", titled " The Heretic Anthem " on the album, free on their website and was limited to a quantity of 666 copies to coincide with the song's chorus ; " If you're 555, then I'm 666.

Prior to the album's release, Slash's Snakepit supported AC / DC on their Stiff Upper Lip tour from August to September, followed by their own headlining tour of theatres.

Prior to his departure, Johnson played on all but two of the new album's tracks.

Prior to the album's release, the Thompson Twins made headlines when they performed on the American leg of Live Aid in July 1985 and were joined onstage by Madonna.

Prior to the split, the band recorded an album's worth of new material, which to date remains unreleased.

Prior to the new release, Doves offered a free download of the album's lead track " Jetstream " on their website.

Prior to the album's release, Ben Gibbard stated: "... unlike The Photo Album, I feel like this record is definitely more like a proper album.

Prior to Nielsen SoundScan, year-end charts were calculated by an inverse-point system based solely on an album's performance on the Billboard 200 ( for example, an album would be given one point for a week spent at position 200, two points for a week spent at position 199 … up to 200 points for each week spent at number one ).

Prior to the new album's release in September 2010, the band issued the album track " Blackbird and the Fox ", featuring guest vocals from Ani DiFranco, as a free download on their website.

Prior to the video album's release, the " Video EP " Duran Duran Video 45 came out in two versions.

Prior to the album's release, the song Something Special would be chosen to become the closing title music for the 1987 MGM production Overboard starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, and the piano bridge from the song " Dixie Flyer " would subsequently often be utilized as break or filler music on public radio and public television.

Prior to the album's release, Ayala scheduled several activities, including an in-store contract signing.

Prior to the debut album's release the band was called Star 69, but was forced to change the name after a band from New York threatened to sue.

Prior to the album's North American release, a reduced version entitled Final Fantasy X Original Soundtrack was released on a single disk by Tokyopop in 2002.

Prior to the album's release, a remix produced by Hani of the song " Letting Go " ( the original version of which appeared on the album ) was given to select DJs making it another of Kristine W's unreleased remix hits.

Prior to the album's release, it was stated several times by the band members that this would likely be Falling Up's last project, but that it may be dependent on the reception of what was to be Your Sparkling Death Cometh.

Prior to the album's release Lombardo described leaving Slayer as a career low, because he did not know what type of music to play.

" Prior to the album's release, Phair embarked on a short acoustic tour where she played in smaller venues, bars, and clubs.

Prior to the album's release, an unsolicited remix by Boris Dlugosch of the track " Sing It Back " ( which had originally appeared in a sort of drum-and-bass incarnation on their previous album I Am Not a Doctor ) became a club and mainstream hit.

Prior to the album's release, Megaforce had high hopes for the record, as they expected wrestling fans to flock to Fozzy and buy the record.