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I have memories of that 29th Oct 1988 episode as well, on which I saw/heard Transvision Vamp's 'Revolution Baby' (a clip I selected for my Rage playlist) for the first time. I remember thinking it was bizarre that there was a follow-up to 'I Want Your Love' so soon (after about only 6 weeks).
This episode of The Factory was the day after I went to see Bros. That means I saw Bros on Friday 18th, October at Melbourne Tennis Centre!!! :-) THANKS for the date!
I'm sure it was a typo, but the 28th was the Friday before.
I used to go from ABC to 7
I too used to channel flick between 'The Factory' and 'Saturday Morning Live' with Jonno & Danno, and subsequently seem to have missed a lot of stuff, like Shakespear's Sister's 'Break My Heart' video premiering on The Factory on Dec 10th, 1988 - much earlier than I expected it would have first screened in Australia. I see they also aired Kylie's 'Made In Heaven' on the same episode - I had no idea there was even a video for this until about 2002
I know I don't need to say it, but looking at these playlists, how much BETTER is 'The Factory' to 'Recovery'/'10:30 Slot' and their ilk? It's a shame Rage have hardly touched 'The Factory' in their retro months, opting to air $hite like Recovery/10:30 Slot when it's 7-13 years *newer* than The Factory! What a warped perception of 'retro' they have.
This episode of The Factory was the day after I went to see Bros. That means I saw Bros on Friday 18th, October at Melbourne Tennis Centre!!! :-) THANKS for the date!
I'm sure it was a typo, but the 28th was the Friday before.
I used to go from ABC to 7
I too used to channel flick between 'The Factory' and 'Saturday Morning Live' with Jonno & Danno, and subsequently seem to have missed a lot of stuff, like Shakespear's Sister's 'Break My Heart' video premiering on The Factory on Dec 10th, 1988 - much earlier than I expected it would have first screened in Australia. I see they also aired Kylie's 'Made In Heaven' on the same episode - I had no idea there was even a video for this until about 2002
I know I don't need to say it, but looking at these playlists, how much BETTER is 'The Factory' to 'Recovery'/'10:30 Slot' and their ilk? It's a shame Rage have hardly touched 'The Factory' in their retro months, opting to air $hite like Recovery/10:30 Slot when it's 7-13 years *newer* than The Factory! What a warped perception of 'retro' they have.
Nathan, you just reminded me that I recorded 'Made In Heaven' off this episode onto audio cassette. I still have it and others recorded from this episode and episodes around this time. I made up a special tape called '1989 Be Happy Vol.2'
. I have been meaning to transfer it to CD. Also, it wasn't too long after 'Revolution Baby' that Transvision Vamp released 'Tell That Girl To Shutup' and then came 'Sister Moon' around April '89.
. A more inventive title than the 'Various '88' name I gave to a cassette I compiled from songs taped off the radio in 1988. I saw an '87 Right On Track vol. 2' Indonesian bootleg cassette listed on eBay recently, which curiously had all of 'Summer '88' plus a few extras on it.Also, it wasn't too long after 'Revolution Baby' that Transvision Vamp released 'Tell That Girl To Shutup' and then came 'Sister Moon' around April '89.
Yes 'Sister Moon' was released not long after TTGTSU in Oz.
That reminds me of a great thread on another pop forum I used to read: "Single/album covers that unintentionally tell you all you need to know." Examples:
I wonder if it's too late to put suggestions through to rage for retro month? I'm gonna put this episode of The Factory (29 October 1988) to them, or at least the bits and pieces of Wendy James, Bros and others in the studio. We need some 1988 in retro month! It also features Wa Wa Nee and Pseudo Echo in the studio. So come on Jason and Nathan and others, let's get behind this on the rage facebook. 
I keep forgetting that's you, Michael... but it was half-sure when I saw the lovely Ronald McDonald profile pic
I requested an episode from March 1989 (mainly 'cause it has a Yazz interview, but there's some other goodies on it too, I think)
edit - ah, its the March 26 1989 Ep 66:
Some 'highlights' from it (for me, anyway):
20.42.42 FF#2 VS THE PROCLAIMERS VIDEOCLIP I'M ON MY WAY;
20.47.29 FF#3 VS HOLLY JOHNSON VIDEOCLIP LOVE TRAIN;
20.58.03 FF#4 VS MARTIKA VIDEOCLIP MORE THAN YOU KNOW;
21.05.07 MCU IV DIVINYLS SINGER CHRISSY AMPHLETT RE CONCERN FOR SYDNEY'S BEACHES & CA'S BEACH;
21.07.26 MCU IV AMPHLETT RE RAISING AWARENESS OF POLLUTION;
21.08.30 FF#5 VS BANANARAMA VIDEOCLIP NATHAN JONES;
21.31.23 VS DADDO & DONOVAN RE DONOVAN'S NEW ALBUM, HIS DECISION TO LEAVE NEIGHBOURS;
22.16.24 FF#6 VS CLIVE YOUNG VIDEOCLIP SOMETHING SPECIAL;
22.23.13 FF#8 VS WA WA NEE PERFORM SOO GOOD LIVE IN THE STUDIO;
22.27.09 FF#6 VS EXCERPT YAZZ UNNAMED VIDEOCLIP;
22.27.27 VS DADDO IV'S YAZZ IN PARIS OVER THE TELEPHONE & FF#20 VS EXCERPTS FROM VARIOUS YAZZ VIDEOCLIPS;
My only worry about our suggestions on the 'post comment to page' section of the Facebook page is that rage seldom acknowledge the posts (unless they're asking simple, easy-to-obtain-the-answers-to questions relating to rage), so who knows whether they pay much attention to them... and they can get quickly buried among inane newer comments.
That's no Ronald McDonald pic, it's just some creepy clown in the drain.
I guess we can only try to get their attention and hopefully giving them a date saves them labour searching through the archives.
I like your suggestion too.
I guess we can only try to get their attention and hopefully giving them a date saves them labour searching through the archives.
I like your suggestion too.
Close enough to Ronald McDonald for me, anyway. It's a great pic.Yes, I gave Rage the TARA archive no. thingie for my suggestion, too. Though I had forgotten about this thread (which shows much more detail for the episodes than the TARA archive does). Actually I'd love a full night of The Factory & Countdown Revolution, but I'm not going to actually suggest that
As long as retro month isn't swamped with Recovery/10:30 Slot episodes, repeats of repeats for the music videos selections, boring live concert footage (like they opened each episode with a couple of years back) or repeat 70s Countdowns (sorry, I'm not that interested in that era), I'll be happy.
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