They came in handy as the four of us got them from the same fake college (Whitman College I believe). We even took the necessary precaution of visiting Playland in the heart of Times Square that spring to procure the fakest looking fake IDs ever. However it was the Fountain Casino shows that stand out the most.
If memory serves we also saw UB40, David Bowie, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, The Police and many others. In between those two shows I spent the entire summer with 3 of my best friends hanging out, working summer jobs and going to concerts. In the last 2 days I found pictures from the English Beat show I saw on Apand the live set performed by Madness on August 23, 1983. Strangely they bookended the spring and end of summer of 1983 which was my senior year in high school. Nevertheless it has served as a touch point for two of the best shows I have ever seen.
From what I can tell it had its heyday from 1981-1984 when the cream of the crop of popular bands played there as it was an easy stop between New York and Philadelphia. Does anyone remember the Fountain Casino in Aberdeen, NJ? I have vague memories of where it was exactly and what it looked liked.
