I recorded Life At The Outpost from Video Hits some years ago. Could Rage get a copy from Channel 10??. Is it true that it's not actually the Skatt Bros in this clip??

Channel 10 have the best video clip library as they kept all their clips while the ABC were throwing theirs out. They had always had clip programs starting with the first all night music clip show in Sydney in 1983 with John Torv's Video Music, which also started airing in Melbourne by mid 1984. In 1985 it became known as just Video Music and was hosted by Basia Bonkowski (who had been on SBS's Rock Around The World from 1982-84), and ran until 1986. I only have 90min of one episode but wish I had more as they played some great clips on there.

In 1987 Video Hits started on Ch10 weekend mornings while they also had Night Shift on Friday/Saturday nights (in competition with Rage) in the late 80's.

It would be great if they could share clips but think it would be unlikely.

Here is a scan of my Skatt Bros LP showing the actual band. If you watch the clip you will see the members are different, amongst other things the singer (Sean Delaney) in the clip has lost his tattoo and only one member had a body builders shape. I never noticed that until it was mentioned by the Casablanca Records history publication. The actual clip was shot in Australia and they have done a good job in finding similar characters while the choreography is as good as anything from the era. The 2 most obvious changes are the guy in the yellow singlet on the cover (Richie Fontana) has no comparable character in the clip while there is a blond guy in the clip who looks totally out of place as none of the band members looked like him.

Video Hits was great in the early years (1989-91). Straight after the commercial break they played an oldie and as the mandatory Community Service ad was coming to a close you pressed the pause button on the video (which was in record standby mode) and you'd tape a rare oldie. They played this clip (Life At the Outpost) and it was an edited version as the song on record ran over 4 minutes. The second verse and chorus was cut out.

One of my best tapings from Video Hits was the original 1975 clip for It's Almost Summer by Billy Thorpe. After Thorpie died Rage did a tribute and did not play the clip. I then put it on YouTube (my first upload). The producer of the clip posted a comment thanking me for uploading it as all broadcast copies of the clip had been destroyed.

Great YouTube upload, very good quality copy. That's what I love about YouTube, the quality of the material that is out there in the suburbs that people can now share. I wish I had recorded more back then. It's great to have 20-20 vision with hindsight.

Does that mean Channel 10 don't have a copy of It's Almost Summer anymore? I was under the impression they had kept their material since the mid 80's at least due to using it on their clip shows. I know here in Melbourne there are stories that they did create some space in their library at one stage and dumped a lot of it as landfill - I don't know what was supposed to have been dumped. They were based at outer-eastern Nunawading at the time and apparently the Nunawading Football Ground is propped up by old film.

Skatt Bros group had Sean Delaney on keyboards, who was the unofficial 5th member of KISS back in the 70s.

Delaney was very much responsible for helping with the characters/makeup designs and the stageshow and moves etc.

He was also in a relationship with KISS manager Bill Aucoin. Bill later managed Billy Idol and brought Idol from the UK back in the early 80s.

Sean Delaney died of cancer a few years ago.

According to the Rage blurb we will see some of the following.

"In celebration of Mardi Gras this Saturday night our playlist will keep you dancing and celebrating long into the night. With a big focus on 90s disco, the line-up will also feature music videos from The Scissor Sisters, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Tegan & Sara, Janet Jackson, K. D Lang, Bonnie Tyler, Boy George, Kim Hart, Chantoozies, The Skatt Bros among many more. The night’s full playlist will be posted on our website Friday afternoon. "

They have found a clip for Skatt Bros. Also interested in the Kim Hart clip.

YAY!

I requested Kim Hart and Scatt Brothers on my list!

I didn't think either of them would show up! Gawd, rage really ARE good to me at times

I also requested Bonnie's 'If You Were A Woman And i Was A Man' ... I WONDER if that will show up AND I requested SOLD from Boy George, if that gets played I WILL FREAK!