Tape #2
Late 1982
Reviewed by VegaNova
Show Segments
"Goofy Gas"
"Abbey Road Medley" (You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came
in Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End, Her Majesty)
"Sal's Birthday"
"Happy Birthday Medley" (Sixteen Candles, Please Mr. Postman, Having A Party)
"Birthday" (Beatles)
"Music Goes Round and Round"
"Goin' Crazy / My Love"
"Hamlet Skit / You May Be Right"
"Satisfaction Medley" (I Can't Get No Satisfaction, For Your Love, Born To Be Wild)
"Baseball"
"Little Sister"
"Feelings Skit" (Feelings, You Light Up My Life, I Can't Get No Satisfaction)
This was the second Show Selector tape (the shows could be randomly cued by people in the audience from a "Show Selector" panel set up near the stage). The tape consists of a nice mix of golden-age Rock-afire material including all of the early Birthday songs.
Show Selector Panel - The Show Selector concept was a product of innovation funded by ShowBiz Pizza's research and development fund that was paid to CEI in the early years. Other products to come out of this fund were Uncle Klunk, and things that never saw completion such as second generation characters (Dook and Mitzi) and a Paul McCartney robot.
-3 out of 5 Tokens-
Another interesting mix of older songs including many that are personal favorites of mine, but being that this is a Show Selector tape I have to go with a lower rating. Plus it seems incomprehensible as to why the Birthday songs are included on this tape - later versions of the Show Selector tapes included a seperate panel located away from the main panel which allowed management and employees to execute the Birthday and special shows. One of the most exciting aspects of visiting ShowBiz as a child was to see the Rock-afire perform a special show for you on your birthday. When a kid has to program their own Birthday show, or others can trigger off a Birthday show at any random time it kinda ruins the magic in my opinion.
"Goofy Gas"
"Abbey Road Medley" (You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr. Mustard, Polythene Pam, She Came
in Through the Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End, Her Majesty)
"Sal's Birthday"
"Happy Birthday Medley" (Sixteen Candles, Please Mr. Postman, Having A Party)
"Birthday" (Beatles)
"Music Goes Round and Round"
"Goin' Crazy / My Love"
"Hamlet Skit / You May Be Right"
"Satisfaction Medley" (I Can't Get No Satisfaction, For Your Love, Born To Be Wild)
"Baseball"
"Little Sister"
"Feelings Skit" (Feelings, You Light Up My Life, I Can't Get No Satisfaction)
This was the second Show Selector tape (the shows could be randomly cued by people in the audience from a "Show Selector" panel set up near the stage). The tape consists of a nice mix of golden-age Rock-afire material including all of the early Birthday songs.
Show Selector Panel - The Show Selector concept was a product of innovation funded by ShowBiz Pizza's research and development fund that was paid to CEI in the early years. Other products to come out of this fund were Uncle Klunk, and things that never saw completion such as second generation characters (Dook and Mitzi) and a Paul McCartney robot.
-3 out of 5 Tokens-
Another interesting mix of older songs including many that are personal favorites of mine, but being that this is a Show Selector tape I have to go with a lower rating. Plus it seems incomprehensible as to why the Birthday songs are included on this tape - later versions of the Show Selector tapes included a seperate panel located away from the main panel which allowed management and employees to execute the Birthday and special shows. One of the most exciting aspects of visiting ShowBiz as a child was to see the Rock-afire perform a special show for you on your birthday. When a kid has to program their own Birthday show, or others can trigger off a Birthday show at any random time it kinda ruins the magic in my opinion.