Well done Guru, thanks for the very concise and excellent update. Taking into account the timecoded material, the other 7 shows from 1980, 81, 82 and the 6 from 1983 that have not been seen since transmission at all are things that eat away at me, as it would be great to be able to complete an entire years Countdown, especially from this period when the show was at its peak. I just hope we dont have to wait at least another 10 years for all that. That "sub-list" from the years 1980 to 1983 only shrunk by one episode this year, the very first one of the Summer with Hall & Oates from 1980. I would not complain about updgrading timecoded material for identical episodes without one as well, and this Summer was a major step forward for that with some really good episodes shown.

I think overall it was a big success, Rage would have been happy with the feedback, everyone was very enthusiastic and talkative (both here and in facebook) and it was another excellent month.

From what Rage has indicated and with Jasons posting in here it looks as if the 1986 show that was missed may well get an airing during the week as well. I will look out for that, but otherwise it is back into hibernation for me for another 11 months - I wish everyone well and catch you all next January!!

Cheers

Regards

Brett

There is an old thread here somewhere where I listed everything that was shown on Rage over the years, it does need updating though. There were 165 Hitscenes made between 1969 and 1972, and up to and including 2012 21 of them had been shown on Rage including 8 on the one night in 2012. I would have to check on 2013 & 2014 but I know this year there were 3, and maybe one or two in 2014 (but none in 2013?)

Gurubob may be able to assist further there - and with Rock Arena as well. I dont collect episodes of the latter show.

The Hitscenes are fairly easy to work out through a process of elimination as we know the full list that they have got and what they have played. There were 165 episodes and a few are missing and they have played 31 episodes so that would leave about 130 still to air.

The ones that have been shown are:
May 24 1969
May 31 1969
July 12 1969
July 26 1969
Aug 2 1969
Aug 16 1969
Sept 13 1969
Sept 20 1969
Nov 8 1969
Dec 6 1969
Dec 13 1969
Dec 20 1969
March 14 1970
March 21 1970
May 2 1970
May 16 1970
May 23 1970
May 30 1970
June 13 1970
July 11 1970
Oct 10 1970
Nov 14 1970
Dec 5 1970
March 20 1971
April 3 1971
April 24 1971
May 8 1971
May 29 1971
July 31 1971
Aug 21 1971
Oct 2 1971

For Rock Arena I have had more difficulty finding information as the ABC have only archived about half of them. I assume that they have all the later episodes from 1984 onwards when the show moved to Melbourne with Glen Shorrock hosting but I think there may be a fair few of the earlier Andrew Peters episodes 1982-83 missing - these were produced in Adelaide.

The ABC have archived 228 episodes, although some are just segment tapes (I contacted them about two years ago to buy their lists) and they must have made about 400 episodes all up so only about half of them are known. On the weekend they showed the May 4 1986 episode (which they advertised as March 4) and I had no information on that episode on either date so there must be many more still in storage.

The Rock Arena episodes that Rage have shown so far are:
Feb 23 1982 Kinks concert from 1979 (2011)
Nov 7 1982 J J Cale segment 25min shown on Rage 2/8/2013
June 7 1983 10CC, Godley & Crème, Split Enz
July 5 1983 Psychedelic Furs, The Jam, Echo & The Bunnymen
July 26 1983 Ultravox, Spandau Ballet, INXS (live)
August 2 1983 Malcolm McLaren, Sex Pistols, Adam & The Ants, Bow Wow Wow
August 23 1983? Rock ‘n’ Roll Girls – Sharon O’Neill, Divinyls, Marianne Faithful, Grace Jones
September 6 1983 Los Angeles - Little Feat, Warren Zevon, Jackson Browne, The Eagles
September 13 1983 Ska - The Specials, Fun Boy Three, The Beat, Madness
September 27 1983 Heavy Metal – AC/DC, Def Leppard, Motorhead, Iron Maiden
November 15 1983 David Bowie special
Dec 27 1983 Some Girls – Kim Wilde, Wendy & The Rocketts, Eurythmics, Pat Benatar (2010)
March 6 1984 Bernie Taupin (2014)
March 27 1984 Midnight Oil, Billy Idol, Euryhtmics, Cold Chisel
April 24 1984 Phil Collins. Mink DeVille (2014)
May 29 1984 Sunnyboys, David Bowie, Human League, Tom Petty
June 26 1984 Lou Reed, Manfred Mann, Bob Dylan (shown Rage 31/1/04)
July 3 1984 Pretenders + various - Suzanne Dowling’s first show (2014)
July 17 1984 Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Stephen Cummings, Style Council, Cold Chisel
September 4 1984 Howard Jones (concert), Cold Chisel, Siouxsie & The Banshees
October 9 1984 The Police, Elvis Costello
October 23 1984 Hunters & Collectors, Grace Jones, The Cars (2014)
November 13 1984 Chaka Khan, Jefferson Starship, UB 40, Kane Gang
December 11 1984 Lou Reed + various (2014)
December 18 1984 Australian clips, Machinations live (2010 + 2015)
January 8 1985 Various acts
January 19 1985 Midnight Oil live on Goat Island – Oils On The Water concert
February 12 1985 Talking Heads
February 19 1985 The Angels, Aswad (live)
May 12 1985 Talking Heads
July 30 1985 Do Re Mi live (2010)
September 3 1985 Eurythmics plus various acts (2011)
November 26 1985 Sade, Ganggajang live in Rock Arena studios (2010)
March 15 1986 Blondie, INXS, Neil Young, PIL, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop
March 16 1986 Blondie, INXS, Neil Young, PIL, Sex Pistols. Iggy Pop
March 25 1986 Todd Rundgren, Talk Talk, The Cult, Prince, The ****ed
March 29 1986 Eurogliders, Joni Mitchell, B52’s, Simple Minds
May 4 1986 The Church, The Cars, Sade, Mink DeVille (2015)
May 17 1986 Food, Trucks & Rock ‘n’ Roll – Live Aid documentary
July 22 1986 Hunters & Collectors live, Stephen Cummings, Tim Finn (2011)
August 9 1986 Cold Chisel, Violent Femmes, Emmerson Lake and Palmer
October 4 1986 Frankie Goes To Hollywood, John Fogerty, Severed Heads
January 1 1987 Crowded House live performance
January 3 1987 Various acts
February 7 1987 Ed Kuepper, Paul Kelly, Ganggajang, Warumpi Band, Radio Birdman
February 14 1987 Hunters & Collectors, The Angels, Vince Jones
May 30 1987 The Smiths
August 8 1987 Thrashing Doves, New Order, Chris Isaak, The Angels, Iggy Pop
September 5 1987 Marianne Faithful, Robyn Hitchcock, Tom Waits, Kids In The Kitchen
September 8 1987 Go-Betweens live, Machinations, Del Fuegos
December 19 1987 The Smiths, Prince, Not Drowning Waving, Dream Academy (Rage 10/1/04)
January 26 1988 Brisbane Bands – Ed Kuepper/The Saints, Riptides/Ganggajang,Go-Betweens
December 27 1988 Living Colour, Jimi Hendrix documentary
February 16 1988 Bo Deans, Robbie Robertson, Housemartins, Miles Davis (Rage 31/1/2004)

Don't go into hibernation too quickly, there may be some rare Moir Sisters clips next week which could include GTK not shown before which may be of interest to you.

Thanks for the info Guru - much appreciated.Throw in all the hundreds of Flashez segments and Countdown Revolution episodes & it looks like there's plenty in the vaults for future retro nights.

and 'Antenna'.