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This is a list of Barney Home Videos during the first generation of Barney & Friends (1992-1997) and the video series before it, Barney & the Backyard Gang.

Barney & the Backyard Gang (1988-1991)

As some of you know, Barney & the Backyard Gang is a video series that existed before Barney & Friends aired on PBS in 1992. There are eight videos in this series. In some videos, "I Love You" is always sung in the beginning or the end of the video. Each video was also available in audio cassette format. The videos are:

Backyardshow(2)
The Backyard Show
(October 13, 1988)
Threewishes(2)
Three Wishes
(January 27, 1989)
Dayatthebeach(2)
A Day at the Beach
(April 6, 1989)
Waitingforsanta 1993
Waiting for Santa
(May 4, 1990)
Campfiresingalong 1996
Campfire Sing-Along
(June 8, 1990)
Barneygoestoschool 1996
Barney Goes to School
(August 15, 1990)
Barneyinconcert 1996
Barney in Concert
(July 29, 1991)
Rockwithbarney 1996
Rock with Barney
(October 20, 1991)

Barney & Friends

Season 1 (1992-1993)

Magicalmusical
Barney's Magical Musical Adventure
(August 1, 1992)
Barneysbirthday 1993
Barney's Birthday
(September 2, 1992)
Bestmanners
Barney's Best Manners
(February 4, 1993)
Mothergoose
Barney Rhymes with Mother Goose
(May 26, 1993)
Homesweethomes
Barney's Home Sweet Homes
(August 25, 1993)

Season 2 (1994-1995)

Letspretendwithbarney vhs
Let's Pretend with Barney
(January 19, 1994)
Alphabetzoo 1994
Barney's Alphabet Zoo
(April 27, 1994)
Barneylive vhscover
Barney Live! in New York City
(August 3, 1994)
Imaginationisland vhscover
Barney's Imagination Island
(October 4, 1994)
Familiesarespecial vhs
Barney: Families are Special
(February 7, 1995)

Season 3 (1995-1996)

Barneysafety vhs
Safety
(April 11, 1995)
Makingnewfriends vhs
Making New Friends
(August 8, 1995)
Ridinginbarneyscar vhs
Riding in Barney's Car
(September 26, 1995)
Barneysongs vhs
Barney Songs
(November 7, 1995)
Allaboardforsharing vhs
All Aboard for Sharing
(January 23, 1996)

2-Packs

Barney2pack 1996
Exercise Circus & Parade of Numbers
(July 2, 1996)
Barneyscolorsandshapes
Barney's Colors & Shapes
(March 18, 1997)

Legacy

Around April 2000, all Barney Home Video titles from the first generation gradually began to go out of print, except Imagination Island, Barney Live! in New York City, and Barney Songs. The only two videos that were re-released as part of the Classic Collection were Barney in Concert and Barney's Alphabet Zoo, neither of which ever got a DVD.

Imagination Island and Barney Songs were the only two titles that got DVDs, while only the circus scenes from Barney Live! in New York City and The Exercise Circus were available as bonus features to "Barney's Super Singing Circus" in 2000.

After June 2006, HiT Entertainment (the current rights owner at the time) discontinued further plans on releasing pre-1997 Barney Home Videos on DVD, a year before the first three seasons made their way to Sprout.

All eight Backyard Gang videos were uploaded to YouTube by "barneycrazy12" from October 15–17, 2015, the only exception being "A Day at the Beach", which was uploaded on November 21. They still remain on YouTube to this day.

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