Saturday, July 30, 2022

Week 42: OG "Pac-Man Fever" on CD

As you may have noticed, there was no CD version of PMF. The format didn't exist when the album was released. But the original song has been published three times on CD. (All scans courtesy Discogs.com.)

The first was the K-Tel compilation, Seems Like Yesterday Vol. IV - Early 80's, released in 1990.



The second was also a K-Tel compilation. This time it was Madcap Melodies, a 1996 compilation of novelty songs.


Finally, it was included on disc 3 of Rhino's box set, Like, Omigod! The '80s Pop Culture Box (Totally), from 2002.


Yes, you will find the song on other CDs, but those contain the 1999 re-recording.

UPDATE: Thanks to Ron "Boogiemonster" Gerber of radio show Crap From the Past, I now know that only the Omigod! CD actually has the complete song. The other two CDs fade the songs early, so are missing the last six seconds.

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