NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

ADDITION: Flicker Alley Blu-ray (June 2020): This is the exact same disc (excepting initial logos) - it is the same impressive transfer, and supplements are duplicated. It has the same turning time to the 1/1000th of a second. The only differences are the menus, order of the listed extras and the cover. The Flicker Alley includes a second disc DVD and same booklet. My advice? Don't hesitate - buy now wherever it is the most reasonably priced!

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ADDITION: Indicator Blu-ray (May 2020): Indicator have transferred Joseph L. Anderson's Spring Night Summer Night  to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "New 4K restoration" and "...thanks to the brilliant restoration efforts of Peter Conheim, Ross Lipman, and filmmaker Nicholas Winding Refn-along with the generous support of Refn's byNWR-the film was scanned in 4K resolution from the 35mm camera negative, and carefully reconstructed according to J.L. Anderson's original vision." It is so wonderful to get clandestine films like this exposed via a restoration in the 1080P format. The image looks excellent - far better than I would have imagined. A lot of passion went into this 4K-restored project and the results are impressive - almost miraculous showing deft contrast, fine grain, occasional depth and the dual-layered transfer with a max'ed out bitrate provides a superlative HD presentation. Kudos to all involved! 

On their Blu-ray, Indicator use a linear PCM mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. The film's audio is subject to its original production limitations, but this restoration is clean, consistent with all dialogue audible. There is no credited score but some music and singing, in the bar, sounding authentically flat but carrying some pleasing expression. Indicator offer optional English subtitles on their Region FREE Blu-ray.

The Indicator Blu-ray includes a new 25-minute retrospective documentary by Glenn Litton entitled Spring Night Summer Night': 50 Years Later. It features interviews with writer-director Joseph L. Anderson, writer-producer Franklin Miller, actors John Crawford, Ted Heimerdinger and Larue Hall, and sound editor Tom Peterson. Great to see them all reminiscing about the production. I'm Goin' to Straitsville is a new 1/4 hour documentary revisiting the Columbus, Ohio locations with Franklin and Judy Miller, and archivist and restoration supervisor Peter Conheim utilizing split-screens as they were driving around the old locations. We get to see a 3/4 hour 'Cleveland Cinematheque Q&A' from 2016 with the cast and crew panel participating in a discussion. For those very keen there is over an hour's worth of 16mm on-set footage from 1967 (no audio or with optional commentary featuring writer / producer / editor Franklin Miller hosted by Peter Conheim) showing rare and previously unseen material from the film's production. Great to see how they used dolly and tracking shots - real grassroots stuff. In the Middle of the Nights is a new 13-minute video essay by restoration supervisor Ross Lipman comparing Spring Night Summer Night to its 'sexploitation' recut, Miss Jessica Is Pregnant. Fascinating stuff. Indicator include three short films by Anderson and Miller, comprising a 'Bluegrass Trilogy'. They are Football as It Is Played Today from 1961, How Swived from 1962, and Cheers from 63' - each running about 5-minutes in length. There is a stills gallery of photos. The package has a limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Ian Mantgani, Glenn Litton's memories of director Joseph L. Anderson, Peter Conheim on the film's restoration, a look at the career of distributor Joseph L Brenner, an overview of critical responses, and film credits.

Wow! Spring Night Summer Night is all I heard it to be. I am very happy for my buddy Peter Conheim and his extensive effort in helping bringing this project to fruition. It is because of releases like this that I love both film and Blu-ray. This is something to revisit for years . It will have a special place in my digital disc library. Our highest recommendation!

Gary Tooze