Struck by the emerging video
game fad in 1981, (Jerry) Buckner and (Gary) Garcia recorded “Pac Man
Fever” as a tribute to the popular video game and shopped it around to
various major labels. All the companies turned it down but Arnie Geller heard
something he liked and released it on his independent BGO records. The song
became an instant hit after airing on a local morning show. After selling over
10,000 copies in a week CBS decided to release the record nationally in
December 1981 and within a month requested a full album. Buckner and Garcia
set about quickly learning every popular arcade game they could. The album was
completed in just two weeks. A rush of media coverage followed and both the
single and album were a major hit; "Pac-Man Fever" sold over two and
one half million copies. Retro-fueled interest in early video games prompted
the duo to re-record the Pac-Man Fever album in 1999 for its first release on
CD. Currently the guys continue to perform live and have a new studio project
set for release this year.
These are
only 2 minute snippets of each song, that's all I could find.
Pac
Man Fever
Froggy's
Lament
Ode
To A Centipede
Do
The Donkey Kong
Hyperspace
The
Defender
Mousetrap
Goin'
Berzerk
©
1982 BGO Music (805087301220)
