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Import from Cheese-E-Pedia revision 274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854

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! colspan="2" | Source metadata
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Circus Tape.avif|frameless|300px]]
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Type
| Showtapes
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Dates
| 1986-05-18 – 1986-07
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Also known as
| Circus Night
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Tags
| ShowBiz Pizza Place
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Contributors
| sudo-trans-pony, Clownzin
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! style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top; width:35%;" | Showtape formats
| CEI 4-Track Reel
|}

The '''''Circus Tape'' is a semi-lost [[Rock-afire Explosion]] showtape from 1985 for ShowBiz Pizza Place.<ref name="cep1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20081219234700/http://www.showbizpizza.com/review/rae/index.html web.archive.org]</ref>'''

== History ==

The first hint of the showtape existing would come from the uncovering of the 1986 [[SPP Circus - Monkees]] tape in 2008, which at the time was believed to be the originator of the songs.<ref name="cep1" /> On October 21, 2011, the first sightings of the tape would be posted online, though once again presumed to be the Circus/Monkees collaboration tape.<ref name="cep2">[https://web.archive.org/web/20190925034644/https://tokensonly.com/2011/10/21/road-trip-to-arcade-nirvana-2010-part-3/ web.archive.org]</ref>
In the late 2010's, the Hannah Banana tracks would leak online. The intro to the demo tape portion contains a segment likely from the Circus Tape featuring Dook Larue shouting "Come see the show!".<ref name="cep4">[https://youtu.be/_o9bhXWo01g youtu.be]</ref>
On May 25th, 2024, Creative Engineering would release a YouTube video with a segment detailing the Circus showtape- as it was unclear to Aaron that the tape had been lost since it's creation. The '''The Show Must Go On''' segment would be partially debut, with plans for a release of the tape teased.<ref name="cep1" />
On July 14, 2024, at Billy Con IV at [[Billy Bob's Wonderland]], the segment ''Tears of a Clown'' from the tape would debut after being found by a fan, Jonah/Rockafirefan123.<ref name="cep3">[https://youtu.be/SCzbQrM4Gx0 youtu.be]</ref> On day 2 of Gully Con 3 the song "Sideshow Medley" would be played. This show was previously lost and was partially used in the demo tape portion of the Hannah Banana songs.On September 19th 2025, Aaron Fechter released an update on his burgulary to the Rock-afire Museum. In this video, he provided footage of the Rock-Afire Explosion playing the "Bigtop Medley" in Retromation.
In the Pistol Pete's Pizza Carousel tape you can hear the "Museum Song" from the Sideshow Medley being played in the background.

=== Cut Shows ===

Multiple pieces from the tape are known to be cut from the final ShowBiz release

== Show List ==

* Rides Medley (Tribute to the Circus Medley)
### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palisades_Park_(Freddy_Cannon_song Palisades Park])
### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_a_Carousel On a Carousel]
### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_Wheel_(song Spinning Wheel])
### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Rollercoaster Love Rollercoaster]
### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizzy_(Tommy_Roe_song Dizzy])
### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something/Anything%3F The Night the Carousel Burnt Down]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tears_of_a_Clown Tears of a Clown]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Curly_Shuffle The Curley Shuffle]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni25zH9oBzs Sideshow Medley]
### Come Inside (Intro)
### Little Egypt
### The Fat Man
### Museum Song
### Come Inside (Outro)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rryB24ad8c&t Bigtop Medley]

== References ==
<references />

== Import provenance ==
Imported from [https://github.com/The64thGamer/cheeseepedia/tree/274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854 Cheese-E-Pedia] at source revision <code>274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854</code>. Source material is provided under [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ CC BY-SA 4.0].

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