In the year following the Yamaha event, Playmation played the clubs in the south bay area and began making their live show into something powerful.

On stage at the Cabaret in San Jose, California.

Some production contract offers were made, and with all the issues those type of things bring up, some decisions were made. Yes, they could have been "signed" but they were also extremely confident that with a little more work they could considerably strenghten their negotiating position. With expert counsel they decided they would stop playing live after the Holloween 1988 show and write another full album (CD) of material.

Proof sheet stills taken by Chris Kinney at the Gold Star Cafe, Holloween 1988. Playmation's last show forever, although no one knew it at the time.

At the same time they would begin working regularly with an Oakland choreographer, working their live show, making it better. They would turn down the offered production contracts, do this work, and then make a try at getting to the level of negotiating directly with a record company within a year. That was the goal, and from comments and interest shown by certain industry people, they had every reason to believe it possible.