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! colspan="2" | Source metadata
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Tribute to Abbey Road.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%;" | Start date
| 1982
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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
| Sonim07, Montfortdog, Ceclife13, sudo-trans-pony, Luigigamin212
|}

***Tribute to Abbey Road* is a Rock-afire Explosion Showtape that was released in early September of 1982 for ShowBiz Pizza Place stores.https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/spp/spp_bulletin01.pdf
It features six segments covering a wide variety of songs of different genres, ending with a 14-minute long medley of songs from the B side of the Beatles 1969 album 'Abbey Road'.
This tape also includes three original songs written by members of the production crew.http://www.showbizpizza.com/review/rae/1982_abbeyroad.html**

== Production ==

When producing the ''Abbey Road'' segment, CEI rented 23 musicians to perform additional instruments, specifically listed are the horns and strings. During ''Louisiana,'' CEI moved their drums into a warehouse for recording to provide proper reverberation. ''Child of the Rock'' has 15 children from a local elementary school provide the backup vocals.<ref name="cep1">[https://youtu.be/c6zUGfr4BRE?si=pk1q2xQdjPFpgwBJ youtu.be]</ref>
Three songs on the tape would be original productions by The Noize. ''Louisiana'' would be written by Burt 'Sal' Wilson, ''Child of the Rock'' would be written by Duke Chauppetta, and ''Goofy Gas'' by Jeff 'Claude' Howell.<ref name="cep1" />
The showtape would be completed in late August.<ref name="cep1" />

== Show List ==

# '''Segment 1'''
### Elvis Medley
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Suede_Shoes Blue Suede Shoes]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Shook_Up All Shook Up]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Let_Me_Be_Your (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear]_Teddy_Bear)
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hound_Dog_(song Hound Dog])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Love Burnin' Love]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Now_or_Never_(song It's Now or Never])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_to_Sender_(song Return to Sender])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_on_a_String_(Elvis_Presley_song Puppet On a String])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fools_Rush_In_(Where_Angels_Fear_to_Tread Fools Rush In])
# '''Segment 2'''
### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Fields Cotton Fields]
### Louisiana Intro Skit
### Louisiana
# '''Segment 3'''
### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_(Annie Tomorrow])
### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(musical Maybe])
# '''Segment 4'''
### Child of the Rock
# '''Segment 5'''
### Goofy Gas
# '''Segment 6'''
### Abbey Road Medley
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Never_Give_Me_Your_Money You Never Give Me Your Money]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_King_(song Sun King])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Mr._Mustard Mean Mr. Mustard]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polythene_Pam Polythene Pam]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Came_In_Through_the_Bathroom_Window She Came In Through the Bathroom Window]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Slumbers Golden Slumbers]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carry_That_Weight Carry that Weight]
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_(Beatles_song The End])
##### [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Majesty_(song Her Majesty])

== Trivia ==

* This show was the first to feature Shalisa Sloan as the voice of Mitzi. She was only 11-years-old when she got the part.
* This show was also the first to feature Rick Bailey as a lead vocalist, although not as Beach Bear, but as the Moon in 'Golden Slumbers'. Previously, he had done instrumental work and back-up vocals for the band, but this is his first time singing lead. He would end up replacing Aaron Fechter as the voice of Beach Bear in the following showtape, [[RAE Christmas '82]].
* This is Aaron Fechter's final show recording any new vocals for Beach Bear. Anytime his Beach Bear voice is heard following this tape, it's through reused segments.
* All of the segments from this showtape would go on to be reused in future compilation tapes.
* At the time of it's release, the Abbey Road Medley was the longest individual segment on a Rock-afire showtape, clocking in at 14-minutes. This title has since been taken by longer tracks, however.

=== Credits ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Start !! End !! Serial !! Notes
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| Creative Engineering / Creative Records || || || ||
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| Skitzo Noize / The Tropical Cleaners || || || ||
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| Aaron Fechter || || || ||
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| Duke Chauppetta || || || ||
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| Burt Wilson || || || ||
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| Shalisa Sloan || || || ||
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| Rick Bailey || || || ||
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| Jeff Howell || || || ||
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| Kathy Norman || || || ||
|}

== References ==
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== Import provenance ==
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