January 26 1988
THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES AN AUSTRALIA DAY SPECIAL FOCUSING ON BANDS IN BRISBANE CALLED 'BRISBANE BANDS, GROWING UP IN BRISBANE IN THE 70'S & 80'S'(8.00) THE SHOW FEATURES INTERVIEWS WITH ARTISTS FROM BRISBANE SUCH AS ED KUEPPER(10.30), MARK CALLAGHAN FROM GANGGAJANG(8.50), MARK DADDS FROM THE SHARKS(36.00) ED WRECKAGE 'THE LEFTOVERS'(11.00) AND MEMBERS OF THE GO-BETWEENS. ALL OF THE INTERVIEWS WITH THESE ARTISTS CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE SPECIAL AND EACH ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR IMPRESSIONS OF BRISBANE AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE DURING THE 70'S AND 80'S, THE STRICT CONTROL OVER THE MUSIC SCENCE AND THE CONSERVATISM. SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES THE SHOW AND PRIOR TO THE SPECIAL TALKS ABOUT ED KUEPPER, HIS ALBUMS AND HIS CAREER(0.10).;ARTISTS:;ED KUEPPER 'STILL WINDING WINDOWS'(1.11);ED KUEPPER 'NOT A SOUL AROUND'(4.40);BRISBANE BANDS GROWING UP IN BRISBANE IN THE 70'S & 80'S:;THE SAINTS 'STRANDED'(12.26);THE LEFTOVERS 'CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL'(15.07);RAZAR 'SHUTDOWN COUNTDOWN'(16.41);THE YOUNG IDENTITIES 'NEW TRENDS'(17.12);THE SAINTS 'KNOW YOUR PRODUCT'(18.34);THE RIPTIDES'TOMORROWS TEARS'(23.50);THE GO-BETWEENS 'LEE REMICK'(26.05);THE GO-BETWEENS 'YOUR TURN MY TURN'(27.46);THE RIPTIDES '77 SUNSET STRIP'(28.50);THE SHARKS 'FREUD'(30.10);TOY WATCHES 'HAWAII'(30.57);THE APARTMENTS 'HELP'(31.25);THE GO-BETWEENS 'KAREN'(33.55);RAZAR 'TASK FORCE'(37.50);THE RIPTIDES 'HEARTS & FLOWERS'(39.20);THE GO-BETWEENS 'SPRING RAIN'(44.25);THANKS FOR THE FISH 'SMALLTOWN HICKSVILLE'(47.32);SHADOW FACTORY 'NEVER YOU MIND'(48.43);UPS AND DOWNS 'THE LIVING KIND'(49.54);THE GO-BETWEENS 'THE WRONG ROAD ROUND'(52.52);SEX PISTOLS 'ANARCHY IN U.K'(56.51);TANGLED SHOELACES 'JUST FOR YOU'(29.36).

February 9 1988
FIRST ROCK ARENA FOR 1998. THIS EDITION OF ROCK ARENA FEATURES NEW RELEASES FROM THE BEEHIVE, REM, THE TRIFFIDS AND INXS. SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES EACH OF THE ARTISTS AND THIS WEEK INTERVIEWS JAMES BROWN(26.14) WHO TALKS ABOUT HIS RECENT AUTOBIOGRAPHY, HIS CHILDHOOD AND HIS GENERAL PHILOSOHPHY TOWARDS MUSIC.;ARTISTS:;VOICE OF THE BEEHIVE 'I SAY NOTHING'(2.38);REM 'IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD AS I KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)'(6.44);REM 'THE ONE I LOVE'(10.44);THE TRIFFIDS 'WIDE OPEN ROAD'(18.28);THE TRIFFIDS 'BURY ME DEEP IN LOVE'(14.36);JAMES BROWN 'OUT OF SIGHT'(23.10);JAMES BROWN 'GEORGIA ON MY MIND'(36.09);JAMES BROWN 'PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG'(28.24);JAMES BROWN 'GRAVITY'(46.49);INXS 'LISTEN LIKE THIEVES'(51.34);INXS 'DEVIL INSIDE'(57.14);

February 16 1988
ABC MUSIC PROGRAM, ROCK ARENA;THE SISTERS OF MERCY FILM CLIP, THIS CORROSION;BODEANS FILM CLIP, FADE AWAY;BODEANS FILM CLIP, ONLY LOVE;ROBBIE ROBERTSON FILM CLIP, FALLEN ANGEL AND SHOWDOWN AT BIG SKY;THE GO-BETWEENS FILM CLIP, BYE BYE PRIDE;HONEYMOON IN GREEN FILM CLIP, EVE;BIG PIG FILM CLIP, BREAKAWAY;ROCKMELONS FILM CLIP, NEW GROOVE;JELLYBEAN FILM CLIP, THE REAL THING;THE HOUSEMARTINS FILM CLIP, FIVE GET OVER EXCITED;THE HOUSEMARTINS FILM CLIP, BUILD;MILES DAVIS FILM CLIP, DECOY;MILES DAVIS FILM CLIP, TUTU MEDLEY

February 23 1988
ABC MUSIC PROGRAM, ROCK ARENA;ERIC B & RANKIN FILM CLIP, PAID IN FULL;10,000 MANIACS FILM CLIP, SCORPIO RISING;10,000 MANIACS FILM CLIP, DON'T TALK;LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS FILM CLIP, JENNIFER SHE SAID;LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS FILM CLIP, MY BAG;BARKER AND SEYMOUR LIVE IN STUDIO PLAYING SPIRIT LEVEL;BARKER AND SEYMOUR LIVE IN STUDIO PLAYING SHE'S LOSING YOU;HUNTERS & COLLECTORS FILM CLIP, STILL HANGING AROUND;GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS FILM CLIP, SAVE THE OVERTIME FOR ME;GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS FILM CLIP, LOVE OVERBOARD;THE CHURCH FILM CLIP, UNDER THE MILKY WAY;THE CHURCH FILM CLIP, TANTALISED;ROY BUCHANAN FILM CLIP, WHEN A GUITAR PLAYS THE BLUES

March 15 1988
ROCK MUSIC PROGRAM WITH MUSIC CLIPS HOSTED BY SUZANNE DOWLING FEATURING DOWLING INTERVIEW WITH BRYAN FERRY;
0.02.00 OPENING TITLES;
0.02.19 "TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED AROUND" TWO MEN, A DRUM MACHINE AND A TRUMPET;
0.04.57 DOWLING LINK;
0.05.48 "LOVE ME TO DEATH" BOOM CRASH OPERA;
0.09.43 "GREAT WALL" BOOM CRASH OPERA;
0.13.50 "GOING NOWHERE" (B&W) DUMPTRUCK;
0.16.53 "BACK WHERE I BELONG" DUMPTRUCK;
0.20.47 DOWLING LINK;
0.21.12 "GHOST SHIPS" THE SAINTS;
0.24.47 "GRAIN OF SAND" THE SAINTS (B&W);
0.28.12 DOWLING LINK;
0.28.41 "THE RIGHT STUFF" BRYAN FERRY;
0.32.58 MCU IV FERRY RE TOURING & RECORDING, EFFORT OF SONGWRITING, PROCESSES INVOLVED, CA PART OF "WINDSWEPT" BY BRYAN FERRY;
0.38.39 "MORE THAN THIS" ROXY MUSIC;
0.44.49 MCU IV FERRY RE RECORD PRODUCERS, EARLY CHILDHOOD, MUSICAL INFLUENCES, PROGRESSION FROM CAREER IN ART TO MUSIC, CHALLENGES;
0.50.46 "THIS IS TOMORROW" BRYAN FERRY;
0.53.59 MCU IV FERRY RE UNIQUE STYLE OF EARLY PERFORMANCES OF ROXY MUSIC;
0.56.43 "IN EVERY DREAM HOME A HEARTACHE" BRYAN FERRY;
1.01.32 MCU IV FERRY RE HOW HIS SOLO CAREER DIFFERS FROM HIS WORK WITH ROXY MUSIC;
1.04.47 "KISS & TELL" BRYAN FERRY;
1.08.43 CU IV FERRY RE WHERE HE DRAWS HIS INSPIRATION FROM, WOULD CONSIDER WORKING WITH BRIAN ENO AS PRODUCER, PREPARATIONS FOR NEW ALBUM;
1.11.27 "BOTH END BURNING" ROXY MUSIC, INCLUDES CLOSING CREDITS

also UNEDITED INTERVIEW WITH SINGER, BRYAN FERRY HELD AT METRO NIGHTCLUB MELBOURNE, RE HIS NEW ALBUM, BETE NOIR

April 19 1988
THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES A SPECIAL ON JOHN HIATT(33.48), IT TRACES HIS TEENAGE YEARS, WHERE HE GREW UP AND ALL OF THE INFLUENCES WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO HIS MUSIC. SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES VIDEOS FROM THE CURE, MILES DAVIS AND RICHARD CLAPTON.;ARTISTS:;LL COOL J 'GOIN BACK TO CALI'(2.18);THE CURE 'HOT,HOT,HOT'(6.36);THE CURE 'JUST LIKE HEAVEN'(13.31);THE CURE 'CATCH'(16.52);MILES DAVIS 'MEDLEY'(20.05);MILES DAVIS 'HUMAN NATURE'(25.50);MILES DAVIS 'TIME AFTER TIME'(28.52);RODDY FROME 'KILLERMONT STREET'(30.52);JOHN HIATT 'MARILYN'(35.06);JOHN HIATT 'A THING CALLED LOVE'(36.42);JOHN HIATT 'ALONE IN THE DARK'(39.17);JOHN HIATT 'DESPERADOS WAITING FOR A TRAIN'(48.20);JOHN HIATT 'A CRAZY GIRL IS HARD TO FIND'(53.28);JOHN HIATT 'PURPLE RAIN'(56.38);JOHN HIATT 'DREAM GIRL'(56.58);JOHN HIATT 'LIPSTICK SUNSET'(58.39);BOB DYLAN 'THE USUAL'(61.28);RICHARD CLAPTON 'ANGELOU';RICHARD CLAPTON 'GOODBYE TIGER'(69.30)

May 3 1988
THIS WEEKS SHOW IS HOSTED BY SUZANNE DOWLING WHO INTRODUCES VIDEOS FROM DO RE MI, JIMMY BARNES, PREFAB SPROUT. THE SPECIAL FEATURE OF THIS WEEKS PROGRAM 'THE ROAD TO NEW ORLEANS'(22.42) WHICH IS HOSTED AND WRITTEN BY JULES HOLLAND FROM THE U.K BAND THE SQUEEZE. THE SHOW OPENS WITH STING SITTING IN A TRAIN TUNNEL SINGING A SONG(23.17),THEN FOLLOWS JULES HOLLAND AS HE BUYS A CAR AND BEGINS THE DRIVE DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS, ON HIS WAY HE STOPS OFF AT VARIOUS VENUES TO SEE PEFORMERS AND ONCE IN NEW ORLEANS HE DRIVES AROUND THE STREETS TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT AREAS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE IN TERMS OF MUSIC AND THE BLUES. THERE ARE APPEARANCES FROM FATS DOMINO(33.28) WHO PLAYS THE PIANO AND TALKS TO JULES ABOUT HIS MUSIC AND HIS OWN DISTINCT STYLE AND APPEARANCES BY THE NEVILLE BROTHERS(61.03) AND GOSPEL SINGERS(31.09).;ARTISTS:;DO RE MI 'HAUNT YOU'(2.17);PREFAB SPROUT 'WHEN LOVE BREAKS DOWN'(6.00);PREFAB SPROUT 'CARS AND GIRLS'(9.37);JIMMY BARNES 'I'M STILL ON YOUR SIDE'(14.30);JIMMY BARNES 'A CHANGE IS GONNA COME'(18.14);JOHNNY ALLEN 'THE PROMISED LAND'(40.11);DR YOUNG 'SUCH A NIGHT'(52.45);LEE DORSEY 'WORKING IN A COALMINE'(59.48);JULES HOLLAND 'DR JAZZ'(64.15);

June 7 1988
THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES SUZANNE DOWLING INTERVIEWING JONI MITCHELL(24.48) WHO TALKS ABOUT HER NEW ALBUM 'CHALK MARK IN A RAINSTORM', HOW SHE STARTED HER SINGING CAREER AND THE INFLUENCES ON HER MUSIC. SUZANNE ALSO INTRODUCES VIDEOS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS;ARTISTS;AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & FAMILY 'RECKLESS'(2.10);LOVE GONE WRONG 'WORLD UPSIDE DOWN'(6.57);LOVE GONE WRONG 'BETTER DAYS'(10.26);THE SMITHEREENS 'ONLY A MEMORY'(13.34);THE SMITHEREENS 'IN A LONELY PLACE'(17.08);THE SMITHEREENS 'BLOOD AND ROSES'(21.10);JONI MITCHELL 'WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE'(29.48);JONI MITCHELL 'GOOD FRIENDS'(36.39);JONI MITCHELL 'MY SECRET PLACE'(44.56);THE PROCLAIMERS 'MAKE MY HEART FLY'(50.27);THE PROCLAIMERS 'LETTER FROM AMERICA'(53.58);THE WHO 'MY GENERATION'(58.32);THE WHO 'SUBSTITUTE'(61.37);THE KANE GANG 'DON'T LOOK ANY FURTHER'(64.51);THE KANE GANG 'RESPECT YOURSELF'(69.10);THE O'KANES 'ONE TRUE LOVE'(73.44)

WOW,

I also remember very well taping sections from the following episodes:

February 16 1988

February 23 1988

March 15 1988

And Is till have some 0of the bits from these shows...