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Rock Arena - Suzanne Dowling July - Dec 1986

July 19 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA SPECIAL ON THE 'POGUES IN IRELAND' WITH CU IV LEAD SINGER SHAYNE MACGOWAN AND PERFORMANCES OF 'DIRTY OLD TOWN','SALLY','WAXIES DANGLE' & 'WILD CATS OF KILKENNY'.VIDEO CLIPS ARE ALSO SHOWN OF JOE JACKSON SINGING 'RIGHT AND WRONG','IT'S A BIG WORLD','MAN IN THE STREET'&'HOME TOWN',CYNDI LAUPER SINGING 'GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN','TIME AFTER TIME'&'WHEN YOU WERE MINE' AND PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION WITH 'MOUNTAINS'

July 22 1986
THIS WEEK'S SHOW INTRODUCED BY SUZANNE DOWLING FEATURES HUNTERS & COLLECTORS RECORDED IN THE ROCK ARENA STUDIO(22.01) AND VIDEOS FROM STEPHEN CUMMINGS AND TIM FINN ;ARTISTS:;STEPHEN CUMMINGS 'STUCK ON LOVE'(4.54);STEPHEN CUMMINGS 'SPEAK WITH FRANKNESS'(8.52);TIM FINN 'NO THUNDER NO FIRE NO RAIN'(12.30);TIM FINN 'SPIRITUAL HUNGER'(16.27);HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'EVERYTHINGS ON FIRE'(22.01);HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE?'(25.46);HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'STUCK ON YOU'(29.44);HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'RED LEATHER BELT'(33.00);HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'BETTY'S WORRY OR THE SLAB'(37.37);HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'DOG'(42.38);HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'SAY GOODBYE'(46.02);HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'THIS MORNING'(51.04)

August 9 1986
THIS WEEK'S SHOW FEATURES A SHORT SPECIAL ON THE VIOLENT FEMMES (4.41), CONSISTING OF INTERVIEWS WITH THE BAND MEMBERS AND THE GROUP BUSKING ON THE STEPS OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN THE U.S. THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE GROUP ARE SHOWN IN BETWEEN EACH SONG AND OCCASIONALLY DURING SONGS. SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES THE ARTISTS AND GIVES A BRIEF HISTORY OF EACH ACT AND THEIR LATEST WORK.;ARTISTS:;JIMMY BARNES 'WORKING CLASS MAN'(0.19);VIOLENT FEMMES 'PLEASE DO NOT GO'(5.54);VIOLENT FEMMES 'I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LIFES ABOUT'(8.44);VIOLENT FEMMES 'IT'S GONNA RAIN'(11.50);VIOLENT FEMMES 'CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION'(18.55);COLD CHISEL 'BREAKFAST AT SWEETHEARTS'(23.10);COLD CHISEL 'CHEAP WINE'(27.06);COLD CHISEL 'CHOIR GIRL'(30.16);COLD CHISEL 'FOREVER NOW'(38.39);EMERSON,LAKE & PALMER 'FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN'(42.36);EMERSON,LAKE & POWELL 'TOUCH & GO'(52.13)

August 30 1986
THIS WEEK SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES VIDEO CLIPS BY BOB DYLAN, TEXTONES, HUMAN LEAGUE AND AN INTERVIEW WITH ZZ TOP(44.24);ARTISTS:;BOB DYLAN 'SWEETHEART LIKE YOU'(0.21);TEXTONES 'STANDING IN THE LINE'(5.21);TEXTONES 'RUNNING'(9.13);TEXTONES 'NO LOVE IN YOU'(12.58);HUMAN LEAGUE 'DON'T YOU WANT ME'(17.08);HUMAN LEAGUE 'THE SOUND OF THE CROWD'(20.32);HUMAN LEAGUE 'EMPIRE STATE HUMAN'(23.24);HUMAN LEAGUE 'LOUISE'(26.28);HUMAN LEAGUE 'LIFE ON YOUR OWN'(30.290;ZZ TOP 'LEGS'(35.12);ZZ TOP 'STAGES'(41.38);ZZ TOP 'SLEEPING BAG'(47.56);ZZ TOP 'ROUGH BOY'(52.52)

September 7 1986
THIS WEEK FEATURES FOOTAGE OF A SIMPLE MINDS CONCERT IN ROTTERDAM(17.24). SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES THE TELECAST AND COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THE BAND WAS FORMED AND STATES THAT SINCE THE START OF THIS YEAR SIMPLE MINDS HAVE LENT THEIR NAME TO AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DONATING TAKINGS FROM SELECTED CONCERTS TO THE ORGANISATION AND ALLOWING THEM TO SET UP STALLS AT THEIR CONCERT VENUES;ARTISTS:;BEAT MAN 'MOTO-PSYCHO'(0.18);MARK EDWARDS 'WORLDS AWAY'(6.01);MARK EDWARDS 'ONLY A LOVE';SIMPLE MINDS 'WATERFRONT'(17.24);SIMPLE MINDS 'DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME'(25.23);SIMPLE MINDS 'THE BOOK OF BRILLIANT THINGS'(32.27);SIMPLE MINDS 'ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID'(39.00);SIMPLE MINDS 'ALIVE AND KICKING'(44.24);SIMPLE MINDS 'SANCTIFY YOURSELF'(51.53);

September 13 1986
THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES A SPECIAL PEFORMANCE FROM KIDS IN THE KITCHEN RECORDED IN NEW YORK(30.41). SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES NEW RELEASES FROM IT'S IMMATERIAL AND RUPERT HINE.;ARTISTS:;THINKMAN 'THE FORMULA'(0.20);IT'S IMMATERIAL 'HUZZA HUZZA'(5.26);IT'S IMMATERIAL 'A GIGANTIC RAFT'(8.51);IT'S IMMATERIAL 'CHALLO'(12.24);QUANTUM JUMP 'LONE RANGER'(16.08);RUPERT HINE 'SURFACE TENSION'(19.04);RUPERT HINE 'MISPLACED LOVE'(22.36);RUPERT HINE 'SET UP'(26.12);KIDS IN THE KITCHEN 'SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID'(31.21);KIDS IN THE KITCHEN 'CURRENT STAND'(34.58);KIDS IN THE KITCHEN 'BITTER DESIRE'(38.54);KIDS IN THE KITCHEN 'MY LIFE'(42.26);KIDS IN THE KITCHEN 'CHANGE IN MOOD'(47.18);KIDS IN THE KITCHEN 'NOT THE WAY'(52.12)

September 16 1986
THIS WEEK FEATURES A LIVE PERFORMANCE BY ZIMMERMAN RECORDED AT THE ABC STUDIOS(31.14). SUZANNE DOWLING INTRODUCES NEW RELEASES FROM SHRIEKBACK AND BASIA. SUZANNE INTERVIEWS JOHN CALE WH0 IS CURRENTLY ON HIS SECOND AUSTRALIAN TOUR, HE DISCUSSES HIS MUSIC AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS HE APPROACHES SONGWRITING(11.53).;ARTISTS:;MONDO ROCK 'RULE OF THREES'(0.18);SHRIEKBACK 'LINED UP'(5.21);SHRIEKBACK 'NEMESIS'(8.36);JOHN CALE 'THOUGHTLESS KIND'(20.47);MATT BIANCE 'WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?'(23.39);BASIA 'PRIME TIME T V'(27.03);ZIMMERMEN 'DON'T GO TO SYDNEY'(31.14);ZIMMERMEN 'HAPPY HEART'(35.03);ZIMMERMEN 'ALL THE BOYS NEED LOVE'(38.24);ZIMMERMEN 'ORDINARY MAN'(43.22);ZIMMERMAN 'SADDLE BRIDES'(46.31);ZIMMERMAN 'WHAT REALLY HURTS'(50.09);ZIMMERMAN 'NO ONE ELSE'(54.18);ZIMMERMAN 'PUSH AND SHOVE'(59.45)

September 20 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA WITH VIDEO CLIPS FEATURING JASON & THE SCORCHERS 'WHITE LIES','VAMP','GREAT BALLS OF FIRE','IF MONEY TALKS' & 'ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARIE';SIMPLY RED 'I WONT FEEL BAD','HOLDING BACK THE YEARS' & 'OPEN THE RED BOX';ROSE TATTOO 'BAD BOY FOR LOVE','I WISH','BORN TO BE WILD',' & 'CALLING';OPENING TITLES HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'THE WAY TO GO OUT' AND THERE IS A SHORT FILM CLIP 'LOVE DELLA'

October 4 1986
SHOW HOSTED BY SUZANNE DOWLING. INCLUDED IS A REPEAT OF THE 'SEVERED HEADS' SPECIAL WITH SEVEN CLIPS INCLUDING SPECIAL EFFECTS AND FOUR CLIPS FEATURING 'FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD' TAKEN FROM VARIOUS ROCKLINE PROGRAMMES (NUMBER'S 48, 67, 45 & 69 ).;ARTIST/TITLE:;FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 'TWO TRIBES' (0.18);FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 'POWER OF LOVE' (4.28);FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 'WAR' (9.39);FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 'WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME' (12.57);JOHN FOGERTY 'OLD MAN DOWN THE ROAD' (17.48);JOHN FOGERTY 'ROCK 'N ROLL GIRLS' (21.22);JOHN FOGERTY 'EYE OF THE ZOMBIE' (24.25);SEVERED HEADS (RECORDED LIVE) 'PETROL' (29.20);'A MILLION ANGELS' (35.00);'BLESS THIS HOUSE' (38.13);'BIG BLUE IS BACK' (42.07);'HAROLD & CINDY HOSPITAL' (45.46);'PROPELLOR' (48.53);'HALO' (54.06)

October 11 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA WITH VIDEO CLIPS FEATURING HEADHUNTERS 'I BELIEVE I'M IN LOVE';BILLY BRAGG 'LOVE GETS DANGEROUS','MILKMAN OF HUMAN KINDNESS','A13 TRUNK ROAD TO THE SEA','BETWEEN THE WARS' & 'DAYS LIKE THESE';MATT MOFFIT 'MISS THIS TONIGHT' & 'ALL THAT STUFF';NEW ORDER 'BLUE MONDAY','THIEVES LIKE US' & 'SHELL SHOCK';CHAKA KHAN 'WE CAN WORK IT OUT','STRONGER THAN BEFORE','AIN'T NOBODY','THIS IS MY NIGHT' AND 'I FEEL FOR YOU';OPENING TITLES HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'THE WAY TO GO OUT'

October 18 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA WITH VIDEOS FEATURING XTC 'ARE YOU RECEIVING ME','THIS IS POP','TOWERS OF LONDON','BALL AND CHAIN','SENSE WORKING OVERTIME' & 'ALL YOU PRETTY GIRLS';LRB 'ARE YOU RECEIVING ME' & JOHN FARNHAM 'YOU'RE THE VOICE';RANDY NEWMAN 'CLEVELAND','POLITICAL' & 'THAT'S WHY I LOVE MANKIND';VAN HALEN 'JUMP' & DAVID LEE ROTH 'JUST A GIGOLO' & 'GOING CRAZY';THERE IS ALSO A VIDEO 'FIVE VIGNETTES FROM THE FILM 'I HAVE A PONY' FEATURING COMEDIAN STEVEN WRIGHT.OPENING TITLES HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'THE WAY TO GO OUT'

November 15 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA WITH FEATURED SPECIAL OF YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT;OTHER VIDEOS ARE ARETHA FRANKLIN 'JUMPIN JACK FLASH','MODELS 'CUT LUNCH','BARBADOS' & 'LET'S KISS',NEIL YOUNG 'TOUCH THE NIGHT' & 'WEIGHT OF THE WORLD';OPENING TITLES HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'THE WAY TO GO OUT'

November 22 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING INTERVIEWS DAVID SYLVIAN & TALKS ABOUT HIS CAREER WITH 'JAPAN' AND AS A SOLO ARTIST SHOWING CLIPS 'SWING','NIGHTPORTER','VISIONS OF CHINA','RED GUITAR' & 'SILVER MOON'. OTHER VIDEO CLIPS SHOWN ARE HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'THE WAY TO GO OUT','I BELIEVE','EVERYTHING'S ON FIRE' AND 'IS THERE ANYBODY IN THERE' AND SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO 'SINCE I FOUND YOU'

December 6 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA SPECIAL ON 'THE THE' FEATURING INTERVIEW WITH MATT JOHNSON IN LONDON TOGETHER WITH VIDEO CLIPS OF 'MERCY BEAT','OUT OF THE BLUE','HEARTLAND','ANGELS OF DECEPTION','INFECTED','TWILIGHT CHAMPION',' AND 'SWEETBIRD OF TRUTH'

December 20 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS A SPECIAL ROCK ARENA FEATURING A STEPHEN CUMMINGS CONCERT RECORDED LIVE IN THE STUDIO WITH PERFORMANCES OF 'THIS WONDERFUL LIFE','LOVETOWN','SPEAK WITH FRANKNESS','WHERE IS SHE NOW','I CAN'T FACE THE DAY','MADE MISTAKES','FORBIDDEN TERRITORY','LOVE IS CRUCIAL BUT MONEY THAT'S EVERYTHING','EVERYONE'S A WINNER','LOVESTREAMS' AND 'IN SIEGE OF ROBERT MITCHAM'

December 23 1986 (Standby program)
SUZANNE DOWLING HOSTS STANDOWN PROGRAM FEATURING HALF HOUR CONCERT OF SIMPLY RED PERFORMING 'GRANDMA'S HANDS','SAD OLD RED','OPEN UP THE RED BOX','NO DIRECTION','HOLDING BACK THE YEARS','JERICHO' & 'MONEY'S TOO TIGHT TO MENTION' AND JOE JACKSON IN CONCERT PERFORMING 'RIGHT AND WRONG','BIG WORLD','MEN IN THE STREET' & 'HOMETOWN' TOGETHER WITH CU IV JACKSON RECORDED IN STUDIO ON 3.11.86

December 27 1986
THIS IS A SPECIAL SUMMER EDITION OF ROCK ARENA WHICH STUDIES MODERN POPULAR MUSIC IN THE U S S R THE PROGRAM DISCUSSES THE CURRENT STATUS OF MUSIC WITHIN THE U S S R AND HOW THE SOVIET UNION HAS BEEN TRADITIONALLY DEPRIVED OF WESTERN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC BECAUSE ROCK IS ASSOCIATED WITH BOURGEOIS IDEOLOGY AND THEREFORE REGARDED AS DECADENT. WITH THE GROWTH OF ROCK BANDS TO ALMOST 1,000 THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN FORCED TO OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE SOME BUT ONLY THOSE WHICH CONTAIN NO POLITICIAL OR SOCIAL CRITICISM. SEVERAL RUSSIAN ROCK STARS AND ROCK BANDS ARE INTERVIEWED AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OFFICIAL AND NON-OFFICIAL BANDS IS ILLUSTRATED, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA OF PUBLICITY,WHERE NON-OFFICIAL BANDS RELY ENTIRELY ON THE BLACK MARCKET AND WORD OF MOUTH. THERE IS ALOT OF FOOTAGE AROUND MOSCOW, ESPECIALLY THE KREMLIN(54.55).

December 30 1986
A MUSIC VIDEO PROGRAM HOSTED BY SUZANNE DOWLING WHO BRIEFLY INTRODUCES EACH ARTIST;ARTIST/TITLES:;00.00 HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, THE WAY TO GO OUT;00.18 THE UNFORGIVEN, I HEAR A CALL;04.57 PIL, RISE;09.18 THE WOODENTOPS, IT WILL COME;12.24 DEPECHE MODE, QUESTION OF LUST;17.20 STAN RIDGWAY, DRIVE SHE SAID;21.31 DWIGHT YOAKAM, HONKY TONK MAN;24.33 BODEANS, FADE AWAY;29.36 IT'S IMMATERIAL, DRIVING AWAY FROM HOME;33.21 THE SMITHS, PANIC;35.31 BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE, E=MC2;41.48 TALK TALK, LIFE'S WHAT YOU MAKE IT;45.52 LLOYD COLE & THE COMMOTIONS, LOST WEEKEND;49.02 THINKMAN, THE FORMULA;53.59 XTC, GRASS;56.42 THE THE, HEARTLAND

Re: Rock Arena - Suzanne Dowling July - Dec 1986

I am so DESPERATE for:

November 15 1986
SUZANNE DOWLING PRESENTS ROCK ARENA WITH FEATURED SPECIAL OF YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT;OTHER VIDEOS ARE ARETHA FRANKLIN 'JUMPIN JACK FLASH','MODELS 'CUT LUNCH','BARBADOS' & 'LET'S KISS',NEIL YOUNG 'TOUCH THE NIGHT' & 'WEIGHT OF THE WORLD';OPENING TITLES HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 'THE WAY TO GO OUT'


I have asked rage for this before a few times :-(

I have most of the interview and clips of David Sylvian of the episode from November 22 1986

AND

Though I don't have the FULL show, I do have the FULL Kids In The Kitchen concert live at 'The Cat Club' in NY from September 13 1986 :-)

Re: Rock Arena - Suzanne Dowling July - Dec 1986

Am i able to purchase these episodes from you?
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