Countdown Episodes * 70s & 80s Australian Music Programs * Music Video * Molly Trading * Collecting * Archival Information * Record/CD releases and more .........
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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 ...
The Countdown episodes below are the ones I submitted to rage in October this year and again in December last week. Hopefully a few of them will be played with any luck :-) Can't wait, the best time and only time of every year!
COUNTDOWN: Date:04/05/1980
Show no: 238
Summary: SHOW IS HOSTED BY JON ENGLISH.
LIVE STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
SHARON O’NEILL – WORDS
JAMES FREUD & THE RADIO STARS – MODERN GIRL
TOMMY SHAW – BOAT ON THE RIVER
JON ENGLISH – CARMILLA
VIDEO CLIPS FROM:
CRAZE, GARY NUMAN, MAJOR MATCHBOX, GODLEY & CRÈME AND MORE …
COUNTDOWN: Date:22/06/1980
Show no: 245
Summary: SHOW IS HOSTED BY JAMES REYNE AND INCLS REGULAR SEGMENTS, CHARTBUSTERS AND HUMDRUM MUSIC NEWS, DURING WHICH MOLLY IV'S JANIS IAN RE HER SONGWRITING, GRAMMYS AND WORKING WITH GIORGIO MORODER.
STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
AUSTRALIAN CRAWL 'DOWNHEARTED'
CHRIS PELCER 'YOU CAN BE MY SLAVE'
JOHN FARNHAM 'HELP'
JANIS IAN 'FLY TOO HIGH'
JANIS IAN 'THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SUN'
VIDEO CLIPS FROM:
THE ROMANTICS, JUDIE TZUKE, SPARKS,
BROTHERS JOHNSON, THE VETERANS,
COUNTDOWN: 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' VAPORS – ‘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'
HUMDRUM ITEMS:
XANADU 'DANCIN'
CURE 'THE FOREST'
DEVO 'FREEDOM OF CHOICE'
MI-SEX 'IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I'M LAUGHING'
COUNTDOWN: Date – 11/04/1982
Show no: 323
Summary: HOSTED BUY JO KENNEDY & ROSS O’DONOVAN ANS IS THE WEEK LEADING UP TO THE ROCK AWARDS. MOLLY INTERVIEWS JOAN ARMITRADING AND MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN LEAGUE
VIDEO CLIPS:
BLUE RONDO A LA TURK – ME & MR SANCHEZ
ROSS O’DONOVAN – I WANT TO LIVE IN A HOUSE
CHILLIWACK – GONE GONE GONE
DIVINYLS – ONLY LONELY
WENDY & THE ROCKETS – YOUR PLACE OR MINE
SHARON O’NEAL – ALL THE TEA IN CHINA
RICHARD CLAPTON – STRANGE*
*** This episode was listed to be played on rage in January 2017 on the final weekend of rage goes retro, but the 1982 Duran Duran episode was played instead. If this episode could be played as it was advertised for 'rage goes retro' 2017 that would be simply marvellous :-)
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. SHOW ENDED WITH MICHAEL JACKSON'S 'BEAT IT' VIDEO.
VIDEO CLIPS:
VENETIANS 'SOUND ON SOUND AND CLIPS FROM REAL LIFE, PRINCE, TEARS FOR FEARS, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, THOMAS DOLBY, SPANDAU BALLET AND MORE
COUNTDOWN: Date: 21/07/1985
Show no: 471
Summary: THIS SHOW IS HOSTED BY HOODOO GURUS.
LIVE STUDIO PERFORMANCES;
SCRITTI POLITTI – THE WORD GIRL
DO RE MI – MAN OVERBOARD
VIDEO CLIPS FROM:
YELLO, EURYTHMICS, TINA TURNER (WITH INTERVIEW) AND MORE …
******************************************************************************************************************
COUNTDOWN: 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 AND MORE ...
COUNTDOWN; Date:10/08/1986 / Show no: 521
SHOW INCLS REGULAR USA, UK AND AUSTRALIAN TOP 5'S, PROMO FOR COUNTDOWN MAGAZINE AND HUMDRUM WITH MOLLY WEARING HAT AND SHINY LIGHT BLUE SHIRT. 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.
LIVE STUDIO PERFORMANCES:
I’M TALKING – HOLY WORD
THE VENETIANS – IF SOMEBODY LOVES YOU
GEISHA – PART TIME LOVE AFFAIR
DRAGON – DREAMS OF ORDINARY MEN
VIDEO CLIPS FROM:
JEAN BEAUVOIR, BANANARAMA, MODELS, BOOM CRASH OPERA, SPANDAU BALLET
*** ONE MORE ADDED BELOW ***
COUNTDOWN: Date:10/02/1985
Show no:449
THIS SHOW WAS HOSTED BY KATE CEBERANO AND IAN COX, MOLLY INTRODUCED A NEW SEGMENT IN HUMDRUM - THE
AUSTRALIAN SINGLE TOP 5 TOP TEN ITEMS:
I'M TALKING 'TRUST ME'
MURRAY HEAD 'ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK' (EXCERPT)
COREY HART 'IT AIN'T ENOUGH' (EXCERPT)
NIK KERSHAW 'THE RIDDLE' (EXCERPT)
POINTER SISTERS 'NEUTRON DANCE'
BRYAN ADAMS 'RUN TO YOU'
THE ANGELS 'LOOK THE OTHER WAY'
TEARS FOR FEARS 'SHOUT'
BILLY OCEAN 'LOVERBOY'
DON HENLEY 'BOYS OF SUMMER'
BAILEY/COLLINS 'EASY LOVER' (EXCERPT)
JIMMY BARNES 'DAYLIGHT'
CULTURE CLUB 'MISTAKE NO.3'
TOP TEN ITEMS:
STYLE COUNCIL 'SHOUT TO THE TOP'
OAKEY/MORODER 'TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC DREAMS'
NIK KERSHAW 'THE RIDDLE'
PAT BENATAR 'WE BELONG'
EURYTHMICS 'SEXCRIME (1984)'
FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 'POWER OF LOVE'
MADONNA 'LIKE A VIRGIN'
WHAM 'LAST CHRISTMAS'
BAND AID PROJECT 'DO THEY KNOW IT'S XMAS?'
FOREIGNER 'I WANT TO KNOW WHAT LOVE IS'
One week to go :grinning:
Hope some of your requests come through for you, Jason. (especially the 1980/82 eps)
I'm good with anything as long as there's multiple Countdowns each weekend. My only request would be that they don't do any unnecessary zooming/cropping of the picture this season. 🤞
Seeing the Jon English and Daryl Cotton episodes in rage’s description this weekend coming on ‘rage goes retro’ 1 hopefully means two of my episode requests above will make January airing, that is two episodes off my requested list which would be a great start.
Yes, hopefully no stretching and all that nightmare ratios ☹️
Here's my Countdown requests for Rage 2019 Retro season and there were:
September 29 1981 Wendy Stapleton (Wendy & The Rocketts) (standby program)
January 10 1982 Molly (Summer Special #4 Export bands)
28-Sep-1986 and 04-Oct-1986 Episode 528
I'm glad that the New Zealand Invasion special is on the first episode of Rage Goes Retro 2019 which it's going to be on Saturday.
At Nathan, if rage played half an hour or one hour of Factory performances then fine but whole episodes are a waste of time as there are stupid skits in between, many that have nothind to do with music.
Rage should play such things on Saturday mornings in January, would work a treat.
I suppose if they played one Factory episode l could get some Rare PWL clips like Lou with Rookies Revenge or some more UK HOUSE STUFF