I have just submitted tonight my Countdown epoisode requests and thought I would share ...


Date:08/06/1980
Show no: 243
Summary: HOSTED BY DARRYL COTTON, AS WELL AS IV WITH KEVIN GODLEY AND LOL CREME FROM 'GODLEY & CREME' RE THEIR SINGLE 'AN ENGLISHMAN IN NEW YORK', LYRICS, MUSICAL EFFECTS ON NEW ALBUM E.T.C... THEY ALSO TALK ABOUT THEIR INTEREST IN FILM AND VIDEO AND GRAPHIC DESIGN AND SEND A CHEERIO TO PEOPLE WATCHING COUNTDOWN. MOLLY READS OUT POEM FROM 'SKYHOOKS' FAN DURING HUMDRUM IN REACTION TO MOLLY'S CRITICISM OF BAND'S NEW ALBUM. POEM ENDS WITH LINE 'YOU WILL BE LEFT WITH EGG ON YOUR FACE' AS UNSEEN CREW MEMBER BREAKS RAW EGGS OVER MOLLY'S HEAD

STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
DARRYL COTTON & BAND 'HERE COMES ANOTHER HEARTACHE',
THE DUGITES 'IN YOUR CAR', JAMES FREUD AND THE RADIO STARS 'MODERN GIRL', MI-SEX 'SPACE RACE'
VIDEO CLIPS FROM:
JO JO ZEP, THE PRETENDERS, PAT BENATAR

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Date:17/08/1980
Show no:253
Summary: CHERRY RIPE INTERVIEWS JAMES FREUD IN LONDON AND DJ'S FROM 6PM,5AD,7HT,3XY,4BC AND 2WS HOST THE SHOW AS A LEAD UP TO THE XANADU DANCING CONTEST.

LIVE STUDIO ITEMS:
VAPORS 'TURNING JAPANESE','WAITING FOR THE WEEKEND'
JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS 'PUPPET ON A STRING'

LOCAL ARTISTS VIDEO CLIPS:MENTAL AS ANYTHING 'COME AROUND' ... OVERSEAS ARTISTS VIDEO CLIPS FROM:
ROLLING STONES, JONA LEWIE, KATE BUSH,
ROCKY BURNETTE, GRAHAM PARKER 'STUPEFACTION'
CHARTBUSTERS: AUSTRALIAN CRAWL, B-52'S ...
HUMDRUM ITEMS: XANADU 'DANCIN', CURE 'THE FOREST'
DEVO 'FREEDOM OF CHOICE',MI-SEX 'IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I'M LAUGHING'
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Date:28/09/1980 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Show no: 259
Summary: THE SHOW IS HOSTED BY THE LEAD SINGERS FROM THE BANDS WHO PERFORMED LIVE ON THE SHOW.
LIVE STUDIO ITEMS:
XTC 'GENERALS & MAJORS ... LISA BADE 'TRAVELLER IN THE NIGHT'
SWANEE 'OL ROSIE' ... EDITH BLISS 'TWO SINGLE BEDS' ...
FLOWERS 'WE CAN GET TOGETHER' ...

AUSTRALIAN REVIEW:
DUGITES 'GOODBYE', NUMBERS 'FIVE LETTER WORD',
MARK GILLESPIE 'ONLY HUMAN', JO JO ZEP & THE FALCONS 'PUPPET ON A STRING', MONITORS 'SINGING IN THE 80'S',
RICHARD CLAPTON 'GET BACK TO THE SHELTER',
INNOCENTS 'SOONER OR LATER', MI-SEX 'IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I'M LAUGHING', CHRISTIE ALLEN 'BABY GET AWAY and more ...

OVERSEAS ARTISTS VIDEO CLIPS FROM:
RANDY VANWARMER, POINTER SISTERS, PRETENDERS,
AC/DC '
HUMDRUM ITEMS:
GARY NUMAN 'I DIE YOU DIE', SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES 'CHRISTIE', ROXY MUSIC 'OH YEAH', DAVID ESSEX 'HOT LOVE'
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1981
Date: 22/02/1981
Show no: 273
Summary: THIS WEEKS SHOW FEATURES AN INTERVIEW WITH POLICE WITH ACCOMPANYING CLIPS, RECORDED EARLIER IN THE WEEK IN SYDNEY'S STUDIO 21. ALSO RECORDED IN SYDNEY WERE XL CAPRIS, AND KIM DURANT. THERE IS ALSO AN INTERVIEW WITH ADAM & THE ANTS RECORDED IN LONDON. LITTLE NELL (OF ROCKY HORROR SHOW FAME) HOSTS THE SHOW.

LOCAL ARTISTS:
XL CAPRIS 'WORLD WAR III', KIM DURANT 'ONE WAY LOVE AFFAIR'

OVERSEAS ARTISTS CLIPS FROM: ABBA, B A ROBERTSON,
ROCKY HORROR CAST 'TIME WARP', BOOMTOWN RATS,
LITTLE NELL, POLICE ...

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Date:23/08/1981
Show no: 298
Summary:GUEST PRESENTER IS PAUL NORTHAM,LEAD SINGER FROM MEO245.
LIVE STUDIO ITEMS:
TOYSHOW 'THEN I KISSED HIM', GILLIAN EASTOE 'ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART', SERIOUS YOUNG INSECTS 'TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING WORDS'
LOCAL ARTISTS VIDEO CLIPS FROM: SWANEE, MEO245
OVERSEAS ARTISTS VIDEO CLIPS FROM: TOYAH, RAINBOW, PHD,
QUICK, KIM CARNES, KIM WILDE, ATTACK, DEVO 'WHIP IT'

CHARTBUSTERS: MONDO ROCK, LENE LOVICH, JONA LEWIE
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Date: 05/09/1982
Show no: 344
Summary: THE SHOW IS HOSTED BY BILLY MILLER FROM BILLY MILLER AND THE GREAT BLOKES AND SPECIAL GUEST IS RUSSELL MULCHAY,DIRECTOR OF VIDEO CLIPS

LIVE STUDIO ITEMS:
BILLY MILLER 'PERPETUAL MOTION'
DYNAMIC HEPNOTICS 'HEPNOBEAT'
JANE SCALI 'HAVING A GOOD TIME'
TERRY SERIO 'IT ALL COMES RUNNING BACK'

AUSTRALIAN ALBUM PACKAGE:
LITTLE RIVER BAND, HUNTERS & COLLECTORS, AUSTRALIAN CRAWL

OVERSEAS ARTISTS:
SURVIVOR, JOE JACKSON, MISSING PERSONS, IRON MAIDEN,
FLEETWOOD
HUMDRUM ITEMS:
FRIDA, U2, SHEENA EASTERN, VANITY 6

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Date: 25/07/1982
Show no: 338
Summary: JOHN PAUL YOUNG IS GUEST PRESENTER.
LIVE STUDIO ITEMS:
JOHN PAUL YOUNG 'OH NO NO'
HEAVEN 'IN THE BEGINNING'
MIGHTY GUYS 'BE COOL BE SMART'
WARD 13 'MIDNIGHT CARAVAN'
RENEE GEYER 'LOVE SO SWEET'

LOCAL ARTISTS VIDEO CLIPS:AUSTRALIAN CRAWL

OVERSEAS ARTISTS VIDEO CLIPS FROM:
FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, FUN BOY THREE & BANANARAMA,
IRON MAIDEN, MOTELS, MEMBERS
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Date:22/05/1983
Show no: 371
Summary:THIS EDITION OF COUNTDOWN FEATURED NO HOST OR STUDIO PERFORMANCES AND HUMDRUM WAS TAPED AT THE MIGHTY MUSIC MACHINE SHOP WHERE MOLLY IV'D OWNER RE HOW ALTERNATIVE, DANCE AND DISCO CHARTS ARE COMPILED.

VIDEO CLIPS: VENETIANS 'SOUND ON SOUND' ...
REAL LIFE 'SEND ME AN ANGEL' ... ELTON JOHN 'I'M STILL STANDING' ... PRINCE 'LITTLE RED CORVETTE' ...

TEARS FOR FEARS 'CHANGE' ... JOAN ARMATRADING 'DROP THE PILOT' INCLUDES IV WITH ARMATRADING RE VIDEO CLIP ...

ECHO & BUNNYMEN 'THE CUTTER'

THOMAS DOLBY 'SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE' INCLUDES IV WITH DOLBY RE VIDEO CLIP

SPANDAU BALLET 'COMMUNICATION'
GREG KIHN 'JEOPARDY'... PINK FLOYD EXCERPTS FROM 'GUNNER'S DREAM', 'NOT NOW JOHN' AND 'FLETCHER MEMORIAL HOME'
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Date:24/07/1983
Show no: 380
Summary:SHOW HOSTED BY DJ'S IAN GRACE FROM 2SM AND GARY SHANNON FROM 6PM AND INCLUDES HUMDRUM MUSIC NEWS DURING WHICH RAP DANCER, ARTHUR TSIMBOURIS, PERFORMS AND MOLLY IV'S HIM RE HIS AGE, WHAT SCHOOL HE GOES TO AND WHAT HE WANTS TO DO WHEN HE GROWS UP. ALSO SHOWS FTG OF RAP DANCE IN STREET AND IV FAY WAYBILL FROM BAND, THE TUBES, RE WRITING SONGS TO GO WITH VIDEOS.

STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
HOODOO GURUS 'TOJO'; HAYSI FANTAYZEE 'SHINY SHINY';

VIDEO CLIPS:
RADIATORS 'YOU'; LOVERBOY 'HOT GIRLS IN LOVE';
JOAN ARMATRADING 'CALL ME NAMES'; ROBERT HAZZARD 'ESCALATOR OF LIFE'; ALTERED IMAGES 'DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT LOVE' AND IV SINGER CLARE; SPANDAU BALLET 'TRUE';
TUBES 'SHE'S A BEAUTY';
ELTON JOHN 'CALL IT THE BLUES';

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Date:14/10/1984
Show no: 438
Summary:Summary: THIS SHOW IS HOSTED BY COMEDY DUO LOS TRIOS RINGBARKUS WHO ARE PERFORMING SKETCHES BETWEEN CLIPS. MOLLY AND MEATLOAF PRESENTING HUMDRUM VIA SATELLITE FROM LONDON.

VIDEO CLIPS:
KAM SHA 'HE WILL SLEEP', TINA TURNER 'BETTER BE GOOD TO ME' AND IV RE SINGLE, ALBUM, COMING TO AUSTRALIA
COREY HART 'SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT'

EUROGLIDERS 'MAYBE ONLY I DREAM' (COUNTDOWN STUDIO PERFORMANCE VIDEO) ***

MADONNA 'LUCKY STAR', PAUL MCCARTNEY 'NO MORE LONELY NIGHTS', MODELS 'BIG ON LOVE', LOS TRIOS RINGBARKUS 'COOKING IN THE KITCHEN', BRONSKI BEAT 'WHY'
CULTURE CLUB 'THE WAR SONG'

CHARTBUSTERS (EXCERPTS):
MACHINATIONS, MALCOLM MCLAREN, BILLY IDOL, DIVINE

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Date: 16/6/1985
Show no: 466
Summary:THIS SHOW FEATURES IV WITH ANNIE LENNOX AND DAVE STEWART FROM EURYTHMICS RE FUTURE PLANS, ALBUM. MOLLY PRESENTS HUMDRUM VIA SATELLITE FROM LONDON AND NEW YORK, WHICH INCLUDED FTG OF MADONNA IN CONCERT PERFORMING 'HOLIDAY' AND 'DRESS YOU UP' (EXCERPTS).MOLLY IV ERIC FROM MONDO ROCK RE ALBUM.;

VIDEO CLIPS FROM: EUROGLIDERS, MACHINATIONS,
MEN AT WORK, BEARGARDEN, KIDS IN THE KITCHEN,
DURAN DURAN, JOAN ARMATRADING, DAVID BOWIE,
POINTER SISTERS, GO WEST

CHARTBUSTERS (EXCERPTS):;DO RE MI 'MAN OVERBOARD';
MATT BIANCO 'WHO'S SIDE ARE YOU ON';
STYLE COUNCIL 'WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN';
ANIMOTION 'OBSESSION';

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Date:27/10/1985 ***************************************************************
Show no: 485
Summary: THIS SHOW IS HOSTED BY MEMBERS FROM KIDS IN THE KITCHEN AND PRESENTS FTG OF MICHAEL JACKSON IN PERTH. MOLLY IV SCOTT FROM KIDS IN THE KITCHEN RE ALBUM.;

LIVE STUDIO PERFORMANCES:;
PSEUDO ECHO 'DON'T GO';
KIDS IN THE KITCHEN 'NOT THE WAY';
JOHN SWAN & BAND 'SAY YOU'LL DO SOMETHING';

VIDEO CLIPS FROM :; MARK EDWARDS, THE CURE,
KATE BUSH, ICEHOUSE, RED BOX, SIMPLE MINDS ';
CHARTBUSTERS

(EXCERPTS):;OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN 'SOUL KISS'; HOODOO GURUS 'LIKE WOW-WIPEOUT'; KOOL & THE GANG 'CHERISH'; JOHN PARR 'ST ELMO'S FIRE'; DANCE PACKAGE:; ANDRE CYMONE 'THE DANCE ELECTRIC' (EXCERPT); MAURICE WHITE 'STAND BY ME'
(EXCERPT) AND IV RE COMEBACK OF MUSIC OF THE 60'S; PRINCESS 'SAY I'M YOUR NUMBER 1'
(EXCERPT);READY FOR THE WORLD 'OH SHEILA' AND IV GROUP FOUNDATION;

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Year: 1986 *************************************************************************
Date: 10/8/1986
Show no: 521
Summary: ELTON JOHN IV RE DANCING WITH THE QUEEN TO 'ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK' AT PRINCE ANDREW'S 21ST AND HIS UPCOMING TOUR WITH THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA '

STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
I'M TALKING 'HOLY WORD'
GEISHA 'PART TIME LOVE AFFAIR'
DRAGON 'DREAMS OF ORDINARY MEN'
VENETIANS 'IF SOMEBODY LOVES YOU'

VIDEO CLIPS FROM: BOOM CRASH OPERA, MODELS,
SPANDAU BALLET, JEAN BEAUVOIR,
BANANARAMA 'VENUS'

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Year: 1987
Date: 28/6/1987
Show no: 560
Summary: SHOW HOSTED BY DAVE DOBBYN AND INCLS USA AND UK TOP 5'S. MELDRUM TALKS TO DOBBYN AT END OF SHOW RE FILM 'FOOTROT FLATS' SHOWING AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL AND RELEASE OF SINGLE IN AMERICA STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
DAVE DOBBYN 'YOU OUGHTA BE IN LOVE'
BOOM CRASH OPERA 'CITY FLAT'
THAT'S THAT 'GIVE ME RHYTHM'
PAINTERS AND DOCKERS 'NUDE SCHOOL' (MEMBERS OF BAND WEARING PLASTIC PIG NOSES)
VIDEO CLIPS:
CAROL HITCHCOCK 'GET READY'
THE CURE 'WHY CAN'T I BE YOU'
GO WEST 'I WANT TO HEAR IT FROM YOU'
BILLY IDOL 'SWEET SIXTEEN'
JIM KEAYS 'UNDECIDED'
THE BIG SUPREME 'PLEASE YOURSELF'
DAVID BOWIE 'TIME WILL CRAWL'
TOP TEN:
PARTY BOYS 'HE'S GONNA STEP ON YOU AGAIN'
SHONA LAING 'GLAD I'M NOT A KENNEDY'
CLUB NOUVEAU 'LEAN ON ME'
NOISEWORKS 'TAKE ME BACK'
BREAKFAST CLUB 'RIGHT ON TRACK'
WORLD PARTY 'SHIP OF FOOLS'
MEL AND KIM 'RESPECTABLE'
STARSHIP 'NOTHING'S GONNA STOP US NOW'
DAVE DOBBYN 'SLICE OF HEAVEN'
WHITNEY HOUSTON 'I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY'

Great selections Jason, hope they make the bulk of what we see in January.

5 Saturdays again this year.

Thanks Guru, I chose very carefully

And yes, we have the Meo 243 1981 ep on Timer code but it has so many drop outs, I am hoping for a crisp copy as it's a GREAT episode!

Here's my Countdown requests for Rage 2016 Retro season,Jason and there were:
September 29 1981 Wendy Stapleton (Wendy & The Rocketts) (standby program)
January 3 1982 Molly (Summer Special #3 New Zealand Invasion)
January 10 1982 Molly (Summer Special #4 Export bands)
28-Sep-1986 and 04-Oct-1986 Episode 528
I've been waiting for my requests to be on Rage in ages.

You have been requesting those episodes for a long time, good luck with them.

I suppose you will need to request them on the Rage site as I doubt they know about anything here, probably via Facebook. Hopefully people are requesting Countdown there as I don't want to see a summer of Recovery.

Like Guru, I'm happy to just see any new episodes.

I note this weekend Rage are playing a Recovery special, ie: all night Recovery. So going by that Rage have no excuse whatsoever to play any Recovery in January, thankfully.

I'll put in my Countdown requests soon although most of the ones I wanted to see have been shown now - I still want to see the 22 May 83 ep and the April 1987 show from the Underground Disco.

Here's hoping January will be a good one.

Next January is another 5 weekend one, thankfully. I want to ask for some Factory/Countdown Revolution stuff as well, but I know I'm in the minority there (and they probably aired too many C.Rev episodes this year).

I just hope they don't air any more of that show part-hosted by Gerry Sont that had very little actual musical content.

The Facebook page is generally the pits when it comes to well thought-out requests from commenters, with many people suggesting or getting excited over common clips they often play or have recently aired (e.g. Bomfunk MC's 'Freestyler' this weekend just gone), as though they hardly ever actually watch rage.

Fair enough. Facebook in general is the pits. Since the Rage messageboard/forum shut down I haven't checked what they do now, just assumed they do Facebook which I don't use.

So how do requests get handled at Rage these days? How do you contact them or has that avenue closed?

Guru,

I contact rage via Facebook and they do get the messages. Sometimes they will reply other times they won't.

Thanks Jason. Had a feeling Facebook was the main avenue. I preferred the old forum style for that so haven't done suggestions for about 2-3 years. The last few Retro seasons had still been great and if we get around 15 Countdowns over the 5 weeks I will be more than happy.

Guru, you could always try emailing them your requests at rage@abc.net.au if you don't want to use Facebook. I don't know whether you'll get a response though (not that you usually do on the Facebook page either).

You post them either as a comment to the page (I'm not sure how noticeable these are though if there's more than say 3 other people who've also posted a comment recently), or a comment on a post a rage staff member has made.

The trouble with the latter though is how do you know rage even sees it, especially if there are hundreds of comments on one of their posts (as there occasionally are - most being filler, of course). You can try tagging them in your comment by using @rage and selecting rage from the drop down box that comes up, but unless they like or respond to your comment, you don't know that they've actually seen it/taken note of your suggestion.

Generally, multiple people requesting the same video/show gets noticed more than just one person asking for it, with or without a number of likes for their post.

I find it also helps to be quick/one of the first commenters on a post rage make to the page.

I sent rage my January requests last month - 3 Rock Arenas and 3 Countdowns. I posted them a letter, very old fashioned, I know. If you send them a shopping list they will ignore it. Even asking for 6 episodes was pushing it, I'd probably have a much better chance of success if I asked for only 1 or 2.

I'll let you know if any of my requests get through.