Why of course Jealous Guy was filmed at the ABC Countdown studios. Roxy performed Same Old Scene on the first Countdown of 1981 in the studio with a live audience whilst they were here in OZ touring and Bryan Ferry did a Humdrum interview with Moly. Exact same set as Same Old Scene with the blinds but Jealous Guy was filmed on the same set on Countdown but without a studio audience

THE FIRST COUNTDOWN FOR THE YEAR 1981 OFF TO A FLYING START WITH ROXY MUSIC THE FIRST
INTERNATIONAL GUESTS. ALSO FEATURES AN INTERVIEW MOLLY RECORDED IN BRUSSELLS WITH BRIAN JOHNSON AND ANGUS YOUNG FROM AC/DC.
LOCAL ARTISTS:
FLOWERS 'WALLS'
AIR SUPPLY 'EVERY WOMAN IN THE WORLD'
SLIM DUSTY 'DUNCAN'
THE SWINGERS 'COUNTING THE BEAT'
OVERSEAS ARTISTS:
AC/DC 'HELLS BELLS','ROCK & ROLL AIN'T NOISE POLLUTION'
ROXY MUSIC 'SAME OLD SCENE' .... rage played this episode in around 2004


Countdown pre recorded the 2nd number being Jealous Guy and didn't show it till later on which you saw the other night on the April episode.

Countdown did the same with A-ha in 1985 when A-ha performed Take On me and Train Of Thought with a studio audience but then pre recorded Hunting High And Low without a studio audience but in the Countdown studio.

Countdown were very clever like that, they would have extra performances to show later on to spread the performances by international artists put.


The very interesting studio performance was with Duran Duran's 'My Own Way'. The performance actually does not appear on the Duran Duran hosted episode with Molly from 1982, it only appeared on the Countdown request show, rage have played this performance and it has the request name on the bottom of the screen. It actually does not appear on any FULL proper Countdown episode which was odd seeing Duran Duran were huge. It is in none of the 1982 Archives unless it is a case of a missing episode like the Lene Lovich 1983 and the James Freud 1981.

You're onto it!
(though how come AC/DC are listed as overseas artists?)