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COUNTDOWN IS BACK THIS JANUARY, 2019 ... ON rage !!!!!
Stay tuned below with regular Countdown full archival information for each Countdown episode rage shall be airing every Saturday throughout January ...
Meatloaf success was centered around Bat1 in late 70s and then Bat 2 in the early 90s.
He never had success with his other albums and singles in Australia.
Dead Ringer only reached No65 on our charts, and the other videos shown last night from the 80s did nothing in Australia, not even Top100.
Very happy fans today!!!!
Really enjoyed the Meat Loaf Ep he's a very funny guy and I love 1985 Eps in general. The 1980 IV was great too - anyone know what 1980 Ep it's from?
1980 was great too - loved the Gary Numan IV especially when Molly asked him about Bowie
Thanks Armin
So every episode that exists from 1980 has now been shown on Rage...finally....now if we can only get the handful that remain from 1981 and 1982....I should have been proactive and requested those for this year too, but let us see what happens...whilst the 1985 and 1986 shows are good to fill gaps, at the end of the day they both are just wall to wall music videos, which is why 1980 is SO MUCH more interesting...
The two missing Countdowns from 1980 as mentioned by Armin were recorded in Studio 41 Brisbane, whether that has anything to do with their absence from archives Im not sure, but for those interested, here was the line-ups
18th May 1980 (240) (53:44) (Wiped) – Recorded Studio 41 Brisbane
Hosts – Steve Gilpin & Don Martin
Film of Mi-Sex arriving Sydney Airport
Preview of Mi-Sex – Space Race (1: 30)
Mi-Sex – People
Angels – No Secrets
Sharon O’Neill – Words
Jo Jo Zep & Falcons – All I Wanna Do
Spilt Enz – I Hope I Never
Sky – Toccatta (Music Video – Excerpt Only)
Gary Numan – We Are Glass (Music Video)
Tourists – I Only Wanna Be With You (Music Video)
Willie Nelson – One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Music Video – Excerpt Only)
Humdrum – New Musik – Living By Numbers (Music Video), UK Squeeze – Another Nail In My Heart (Music Video), Genesis – Turn It On Again (Music Video)
National Top Ten:
10. Bette Midler – The Rose
9. Major Matchbox – Rockabilly Rebel
8. Daryl Cotton – Same Old Girl
7. The Motels – Total Control
6. B52’s – Rock Lobster
5. Janis Ian – Fly Too High
4. Rocky Burnette – Tired Of Toein’ the Line
3. Player One – Space Invaders
2. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
No. 1 – Split Enz – I Got You (Music Video)
25th May 1980 (241) (54:26) (Wiped) – Recorded Studio 41 Brisbane
Host – Gary Numan (scheduled, believed to have been replaced by Bob Geldof)
The Numbers – Modern Song
Mental As Anything – Come Around
Kim Hart – Love At First Night
J. Geils Band – Come Back (Music Video)
Christopher Cross – Ride Like The Wind (Music Video)
Motors – Love & Loneliness (Music Video)
UK Squeeze – Another Nail In My Heart (Music Video)
Queen – Save Me (Music Video)
Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers (Music Video)
Pat Benatar – We Live For Love (Music Video)
Chartbusters – Paul McCartney – Coming Up (Music Video), The Vapors – Turning Japanese (Music Video), Godley & Crème – An Englishman In New York (Music Video)
Humdrum – The Veterans – Ain’t No Age for Rock N Roll (Music Video), Janis Ian – Fly Too High (Music Video), Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno (Music Video)
Rachel Sweet – Baby Lets Play House (Music Video)
National Top Ten:
10. Bette Midler – The Rose
10. Major Matchbox – Rockabilly Rebel
9. Mi-Sex - People
8. Daryl Cotton – Same Old Girl
7. Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall
6. B52’s – Rock Lobster
6. Janis Ian – Fly Too High
5. The Motels – Total Control
4. Rocky Burnette – Tired Of Toein’ the Line
3. Player One – Space Invaders
2. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
No. 1 – Split Enz – I Got You (Music Video)
So every episode that exists from 1980 has now been shown on Rage...finally....now if we can only get the handful that remain from 1981 and 1982....I should have been proactive and requested those for this year too, but let us see what happens...whilst the 1985 and 1986 shows are good to fill gaps, at the end of the day they both are just wall to wall music videos, which is why 1980 is SO MUCH more interesting...
The two missing Countdowns from 1980 as mentioned by Armin were recorded in Studio 41 Brisbane, whether that has anything to do with their absence from archives Im not sure, but for those interested, here was the line-ups
18th May 1980 (240) (53:44) (Wiped) – Recorded Studio 41 Brisbane
Hosts – Steve Gilpin & Don Martin
Film of Mi-Sex arriving Sydney Airport
Preview of Mi-Sex – Space Race (1: 30)
Mi-Sex – People
Angels – No Secrets
Sharon O’Neill – Words
Jo Jo Zep & Falcons – All I Wanna Do
Spilt Enz – I Hope I Never
Sky – Toccatta (Music Video – Excerpt Only)
Gary Numan – We Are Glass (Music Video)
Tourists – I Only Wanna Be With You (Music Video)
Willie Nelson – One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (Music Video – Excerpt Only)
Humdrum – New Musik – Living By Numbers (Music Video), UK Squeeze – Another Nail In My Heart (Music Video), Genesis – Turn It On Again (Music Video)
National Top Ten:
10. Bette Midler – The Rose
9. Major Matchbox – Rockabilly Rebel
8. Daryl Cotton – Same Old Girl
7. The Motels – Total Control
6. B52’s – Rock Lobster
5. Janis Ian – Fly Too High
4. Rocky Burnette – Tired Of Toein’ the Line
3. Player One – Space Invaders
2. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
No. 1 – Split Enz – I Got You (Music Video)
25th May 1980 (241) (54:26) (Wiped) – Recorded Studio 41 Brisbane
Host – Gary Numan (scheduled, believed to have been replaced by Bob Geldof)
The Numbers – Modern Song
Mental As Anything – Come Around
Kim Hart – Love At First Night
J. Geils Band – Come Back (Music Video)
Christopher Cross – Ride Like The Wind (Music Video)
Motors – Love & Loneliness (Music Video)
UK Squeeze – Another Nail In My Heart (Music Video)
Queen – Save Me (Music Video)
Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers (Music Video)
Pat Benatar – We Live For Love (Music Video)
Chartbusters – Paul McCartney – Coming Up (Music Video), The Vapors – Turning Japanese (Music Video), Godley & Crème – An Englishman In New York (Music Video)
Humdrum – The Veterans – Ain’t No Age for Rock N Roll (Music Video), Janis Ian – Fly Too High (Music Video), Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Geno (Music Video)
Rachel Sweet – Baby Lets Play House (Music Video)
National Top Ten:
10. Bette Midler – The Rose
10. Major Matchbox – Rockabilly Rebel
9. Mi-Sex - People
8. Daryl Cotton – Same Old Girl
7. Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall
6. B52’s – Rock Lobster
6. Janis Ian – Fly Too High
5. The Motels – Total Control
4. Rocky Burnette – Tired Of Toein’ the Line
3. Player One – Space Invaders
2. The Pretenders – Brass In Pocket
No. 1 – Split Enz – I Got You (Music Video)
So not fair about the two missing 1980 Countdown Episodes!
I wonder if they are actually wiped or wandering somewhere else. In the last 10 years, Patrick requested the 1980 James Frued Hosted Episode and the 1983 Lene Lovich Hosted Episode and they were never listed in the Archival information which I bought from the ABC. So the two missing 1980 Episodes COULD very possibly still be alive and well!
Maybe, some of us should email rage and ask, I think I may do so this week. Just for future reference and if found, they could be played next year with any luck, if found and not wiped!
Maybe because as you said, they were filmed in Brisbane. Possibly the tapes are in Brisbane? 1980 was so long ago that they could be anywhere rotting away :-(
